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!