Ben and his Dadadaadada

Ben loves his daddy so much, if he leaves while Ben is asleep, he will wake up promptly and start to whimper. When he leaves for work, Ben chases him trying to keep him from going. When Todd comes home from work, there Ben is racing to the door. Sometimes, when I tell him that Daddy is coming home, he will crawl over to the window and wait for his Daddy to arrive. Yesterday was a big day for our little family. As Ben was playing in the living room Todd came home from work, as soon as Ben heard him he raced into the kitchen and started babbling dadddda, daddddda daaaddaaa. Ben has said Dadda before, but not in regards to his beloved daddy, now it has clicked and Ben is calling his daddy every time he walks into the room. Luckily enough I didn't have to wait to long for him to say mamma. This morning as he was playing with his toys, he looked up, reached for me and said Mamamama. Again, he has said it before, but it mostly meant "I'm hungry feed me NOW!!!"

Good news!

As some of you know, I have been working on refinishing a table for some time now. After becoming disheartened with it all with my last staining attempt I have finally gotten back on the ball, for the past few weeks I have been meticulously re-sanding all of the old stain off. Last week I worked feverishly to stain the table top, and today, this miraculous snowy day, I have successfully completed staining the ENTIRE thing! I know I am going to have to do some touch ups as soon as it dries, but it has been very exciting to see the whole thing the color it will be.

Next stop, The last and finishing touch, the polyurethane!

A day with the family

Today was alot of fun for me, I got to go over to my parent's house and help them put up sheetrock for their new apartment. I learned a really cool trick on how to pull out nails when their heads are all bent out of shape, and I liked watching my brothers Jared and David with my dad. I think now that I am older I appreciate my relationship with my parents more, and see them more as human beings than just "mom" or "dad". After working for several hours we were all pretty tired. Todd and I got the wonderful opportunity to go out to dinner with my parents. Although nothing profound was said, it was nice just to be together as part of our family.

Ben was HILARIOUS! We got him a plate of finger foods from the salad bar. We then proceeded to put the olive slices on his fingers. It was so fun to watch him explore his fingers in a whole new way. He did suck on them for a second, but it seems like everything that went into his mouth also fell out. Whether intentionally or not, I am not sure. He also kind of learned how to drink from a straw. We were giving him water by plugging one side of the straw and then letting the water fall into his mouth. When he started to suck on it to get more water I just filled it up, gave it to him and then quickly stuck the other end into the water cup. He got it! Well. . . at least for a few seconds. Given a few more tries and I think he will have it!