Another Weekend in Salt Lake

My mom and Jeff are getting ready to finish their basement, so we headed down to Salt Lake to help them get started!

I told Matt that the dog would never ride in my car but I guess I lost that battle. He at least compromised and made her sit in her kennel in the backseat. It was so funny to watch her beg Matt for treats whenever he was eating! He said that he was on a diet- sharing half his food with the dog counts as a diet?

Don't you just want to squish that face? He's always been a good sleeper in the car!

Ollie was good in the car too. She left Ben alone and slept almost as long as Ben did.

Ben gets so much attention at my mom's house. I love every minute I get watching him with my mom, stepdad, and sisters.

Ben LOVED sharing lemon sorbet with grandma!

We went for a wintry walk and again, Ben was out!

While the boys worked, we played! That's how it should be, right?

Spring Adventures? Or Is It Still Winter?

Spring decided it wasn't ready to come for a while, so we had winter for WAY TOO LONG. Some of the things we do in the winter include...

Go grocery shopping. I seriously never go grocery shopping as much as I have since I had Ben! It's more of an outing than anything else now!

Feeding Ollie! He just realized that she was down there and thinks it's funny to give her snacks!

We also spend a lot of time playing together! I can't get enough of this cute little face!

Baby boy spent a lot of the winter with a cold. I had to take quite a few days off to stay home and take care of him, which was actually quite wonderful. Even when he is sick, he still is a happy little stinker!

One day I was home and stepped on something sharp. When I picked it up, it was Ollie's tooth! Gross right? I had no idea that puppies lost their baby teeth the same as people! Obviously I've never had a dog before!

Visit to Uncle Lance and Aunt Kendra

After we got back from Florida, Matt, Ben and I headed down to Lance's house to build closets. The boys worked like crazy and the girls and kids played like crazy!

We've been feeling like Ollie was getting pretty big, but after a couple days with Rudy, she still feels like a tiny puppy! Rudy is much better with kids than Ollie is too. Rudy would just let Ben sit next to him and pet him and Ollie was running around knocking people over.

Matt and Rudy have a special connection. The food connection. Rudy likes food. Matt likes to share food with dogs. It's perfect.

While the boys were working, Kendra and I (and all the kids) did some PiYo! It is so fun to workout with someone else!

Kailee was the cutest little mommy to Ben. She is an awesome big sister and cousin!

Even though it was February, we were all dying from being inside! We decided to take Ollie for her first walk and bundle up the kids in the strollers. It was one of those perfect sunny winter days!

Where's Ollie?

Looking at Ben when he's sleeping is one of my favorite things! He always finds the cutest/funniest ways to get comfortable, and it was no different at Lance and Kendra's house!

The boys worked so hard and I didn't even take any pictures of the closets! After we left, Lance and Kendra got them painted, and moved everything back in (can you imagine having to take everything out of your closets for a couple weeks? Ah!) and they look amazing! I'm so excited for them!

May the Force be with You

When we were in Disney, I spent HOURS looking for the perfect present for Ben. I literally would carry something around a store trying to decide if it was the right thing and then I would always put it back. Then I found the Star Wars bath toys. Yes, we were in Disney. I should have bought him Disney bath toys. I almost did. But I am too much of a nerd and bought the Star Wars bath toys. Good thing I did! He and I both love them! Okay, I love to play with them and he loves to try and eat them. We also have epic battles in the living room.

Episode One
Scene One: Ben is caught in the middle of the battle between the dark side and the Jedi. He doesn't know what to do!

Then Ben helps R2D2 fly across to enemy territory and attack the storm troopers!

Scene Two: Ben decides that R2D2 is a tasty snack.

MMMMMMM!

Scene Three: Ben comes back to the battle and it is already over. No one has survived. Or is there someone hidden away?

Scene Four: R2D2 survives and brings everyone else back to life!

Except that storm trooper. He's gotta go.

Episode Two

Scene One: The Jedi have recruited the Jed-duck in their battle against the forces of the dark side. Again, Ben is caught in the middle. After attacking the storm trooper and eating R2D2, no one knows whose side he is on.

To be continued...

7 Months!

At seven months, this boy was wearing 12-18 month clothes, size 3 diapers, and had three teeth! He mostly sits, but he FINALLY figured out how to roll from back to front so he was starting to wiggle around! Ben loves water! We take him to the pool to practice swimming and wearing his life jacket and he has so much fun! He is still super ticklish and so easy to get to laugh!

 

Little Moments

We went up to Midway to celebrate Opa Hans' birthday and Ben was acting pretty grumpy! The only person who could get him to calm down was his Papa. He snuggled up with Papa and took a little nap and woke up much happier! He loves his Papa!

In our efforts to keep Ben happy, Matt tried just about everything he could think of!

While We Were Away...

While we were gone, we kept getting pictures of Ben from my mom and Jenny of all their adventures with Ben! It made me miss my baby so much!

We also got pictures updating us about Ollie. Todd was watching her and he was worried that she would run away on the job site so he tied her to the trailer. When he went to look for her later she was gone! She had chewed her way through the rope tying her to the trailer and was running around playing! She might have been harder to watch than Ben!