Funny Ben Moments

He is a great helper at Grandma's when it comes to laundry. He was learning colors thanks to Uncle Erik's boxers.

Not such a great helper with cleaning around the house. He would rather nap. Me too.

Ben discovered watermelon!! Oh my! He will suck out all the juice and then get super mad when there isn't any left.

He is just goofy. The tongue out of the side of the mouth is a new favorite.

Ben helps me practice for Sunday by snoozing next to me on the piano bench. He likes to watch.

He played so hard with Grandma Linda he fell asleep right in the middle of play time.

Do we look alike? Grandma Gwen calls Ben "Clark" cause she thinks he looks like his grandpa.

We went to daddy's softball game to cheer him on. How can you not love this face?

First trip to the pool! Yes, Ben is sleeping. I think crying it out at night is really wearing him out. But we had fun anyway!

Hot Stuff!

Day 2, 11:32 pm

Day two of what you ask? Crying it out of course! My darling Benjamin has a case of being over-loved. You see he thinks he needs to be held in order to sleep. Very bad news for the mommy who has to do the nights all by herself while daddy is out getting the bacon. So I made the executive decision that this week Ben is going to learn how to sleep. I feel like a horrible mommy sitting here listening to him cry. He has now been crying for about two hours (Don't worry I have gone in to comfort him in 15 minute intervals). It is looking like mom might be doing the night shift too. Yikes!

The Best Babysitter

Go figure that my little brother is so good with Ben!! Erik knows more nursery rhymes than I do. He sings and plays with Ben and Ben loves it! Erik is even really good about staying calm when Ben gets all worked up! Scott couldn't make it to Ali's wedding so I was flying solo. I told Erik I needed a stand in to help me that night and he did! He was right by my side all night. He will be an awesome dad someday! We love you uncle Erik!

Betcha Didn't Know!

I am a closet florist. Not really although it is quite fun. My step-sister Ali got married June 7th and Becky and I were commissioned by Gwenya to do the flowers. We cleaned out Costco of all their pink roses and tweaked some Memorial Day mums to create masterpieces for the wedding. Of course mamma's boy Ben remained strapped to my chest throughout the whole affair!

Visitors!

We love when cousins and aunts and uncles come to play! Memorial Day weekend brought lots of family to our house and we loved every minute of it. We went fishing, fired up the BBQ, played dress up, puddle jumped and enjoyed Steve's brand new Wii. This was Weston and Ben's first meeting so naturally they were mobbed with the cameras. They are three weeks apart and the first Bruderer grandsons, so in case you didn't know they are kind of a big deal.