He's got the look

So I just had to post this photo cause it's what Ben looks like most of the time. He's just got such a cute little face. I love his little expressions.

Lets go fly a kite

So we went to St. George and this kite here was the highlight of our trip. We even had to buy two cause we lost a peice to our first one. We spent $20 on kites. We went to the park and played frisbee and swung on the swings like we were 5 again. We even did all the tricks likes back flips and jumping off the swings while swinging. It's been a long time since i've done any of this kid stuff. It was lots of fun!!!

Yumm Yumm!

The day has come!!! Ben is now eating , or at least trying to eat, rice cereal. He still makes grossed out faces sometimes, but as long as I let him practically feed himself he'll do it. He thinks it's more fun that way. He can even almost take a bottle all by himself. Today he kept rolling over and every time he'd get to his stomache he'd cry, so i'd roll him back and he'd roll back over and cry, so i'd roll him back and it kept going on like this for like 10 minutes. Funny stuff.




On another note. Josh can't watch me feed him or he'll get sick. He said, "Once it's been in his mouth and comes out it's throw up." Just thought that was funny. He wouldn't last one second on fear factor.

A Tribute to our Geese

We just were just thinking back about what we were doing at this time last year. Here it is....




We found 7 abandoned goose eggs on our Lake about 1 week before they were going to hatch, so we took them home, incubated them, and hatched them. We built them a chicken run for them to grow up in and set them free when they were old enough to be on their own. We'd go swimming with them and they'd peck at our hair thinking it was grass or something, so it got a little crazy. When Josh would dive under they'd dive under with him. They were so cute. It was a fun 3 months. Maybe one day they'll come back to the lake to visit.

Motherhood

Those stroller rides save my days!!! I can't believe how fussy babies are! Thank goodness he's so cute cause it's moments like this when i'm about to lose it and I take him out and look at him and all the sudden he's smiling up at me all cute and bundled. Suddenly he's a bundle of joy. How can I stay mad at that??? I really look up to all you moms out there, what are we doing??? It gets easier right, ha.

What life used to be like

I was looking through some old videos and this one really made me laugh. Yep, this was our life. Oh how i miss those days.

love that camera!!

Ben loves the camera, so it's really easy to get these cute pictures of him. He just stares at it and follows it everywhere it goes. He is such a Gerber baby!

Tagged?

Who do you love? I have to say Josh the most, and anybody who likes to babysit my boy Ben, ha ha. And of course I love Ben too.
How long have you been married? 3 Years
Who said I love you first? Josh after about 2 months. But he's wanted to since the 7th grade. Whenever I used to walk by him in school he would always say to his friends "She will be mine. "After our first date he went home and told Debra (his mom) that he found the girl he was going to marry.
How long did you date? 3 years
Where did he propose? Besides the fact that we talked about it all the time...In a raft on his lake, but while he was going to put it on my finger he tripped and the ring fell into the lake. He dove in after it, and didn't come back up for a really long time. I think he was considering not coming back up. After all that I later found out it was a total scam and that the real ring was in the car the whole time. So I guess that's where he officially sealed the deal.
Who is taller? Josh, but he wishes I was
Who is smarter? Josh is smarter but i'm less scatterbrained
Who does the laundry? Me always, it's the only thing i don't even want help with.
Who pays the bills? I do, but mostly they pay themselves online
Who mows the lawn? Me, and an occasional Josh
Who cooks dinner? I do unless it's a grilled cheese, or eggs and toast. Josh is killer at those.
Who drives? Me, definitely, Josh hates it and I get sick otherwise. Not because Josh is a bad driver, I get sick with anybody.

So i guess i'm supposed to tag someone now, so that'll be Kim Mcdougal!!! Have Fun

Little Hands Little Feet

Yeah for the bouncer!!!

I have to thank Brooke for this one. I've been having a really hard time lately getting Ben to be happy on his own for even one second. Brooke came over and dropped off this jumper yesterday and I was able to successfully cook a delicious meal while Ben was happily entertained. Mostly it was great because I really used to enjoy cooking and I finally was able to enjoy it again. Here is what we had.
Strawberry Spinach Salad with homemade poppyseed dressing and homemade candied pecans.
Chicken salad with pineapple over biscuits (also homemade and cut into heart shapes.)
Needless to say not a 30 minute meal. I was so proud I should have taken a picture.
So for Brooke and Adam if you ever want to come over for dinner you are invited. I owe you big time. Love ya

Love of my Life!!!

I thought I'd pay a tribute To my True Love.
Josh and I have been through a lot together. Our love has been forged in a fire of adversity.
I think I sometimes give Josh a hard time for a lot of things, but truthfully he is so great.
Sure he hates changing poopy diapers, and constantly puts ice cream in the cupboard, but it's those things I love most. If I couldn't make fun of him, i'd be bored. Recently i've learned that I love to go places and make fun of people. Not because I think i'm better than others, but because I like people who are different. They make me laugh and if I ever make fun of others it's just because I could really be their best friends.
Josh has so many good qualities. I respect him for so many things. He is very loyal to everyone. And he is very honest and can't hide his feelings. I think we've all seen all of Josh's sides by now. He's always trying to be better. He's always trying crazy things to be different like not having a TV cause he got sick of it one day. Yes I know everyone thinks we're insane!
Most of all we have a passion for the things we love. We could be stuck in a room for a year all alone and we'd still build great times and laugh ourselves silly. In fact I think sometimes that's what he'd prefer. Our best memories were when I was sick at home and he'd come visit me. He's always been there for me.
So now that i've once again made you all jealous of our love, Ha ha, I will end my tribute.