We interupt this holiday...

As I sat down this morning I started to think about all the amazing things that has happened over the past year and wondered what exciting things are going to happen in 2009.   Benjamin enjoyed his first Christmas in Ohio & especially loved being spoiled by all his aunts & grandparents! 

Unfortunatley it wasn't all snowflakes & candy canes this Christmas.   I managed to catch something while traveling & and lost my voice on Christmas eve which spun into a raging ear infection.  After a quick trip to urgent care and prescription for antibiotics  I am hopefully on the road to recovery.   Unfortunatley that is not where the illness raging through our house stops...   Benjamin came home from daycare Monday with a fever and is now on antibiotics himself for a double ear infection.   Tom is still questionable, he doesn't seem to have the ear problem (yet) but he is congested & is coughing along with the rest of us.  Here is to hoping that 2009 is healthier!

I hope you all have a safe & warm rest of 2008 and a Very Happy 2009!

6 months and growing...

I can't believe my little peanut is 6-months old  already.   He was at the doctor's last week for his regular check-up and the next round of shots (yuck).  He now weighs 15 lbs 13 oz and is 26 3/4" tall.    Ben's had a cold for about the last month, thank you daycare, so I was a little concerned because he's become more and more congested lately.   After we got the we don't give antibiotics for every cold speech, he checked Benjamin's ears and guess what we have a another first - Benjamin's first ear infection!  So he ended up on an antibiotic afterall.

1st Thanksgiving - Keeping up with family tradition, Benjamin slept through thanksgiving dinner but was more than happy to share both Mommy's & Grandpa's pumpkin pie!   He's actually started eating more and more solid foods - currently his favorites include carrots, squash and sweet potatos.    Boy oh boy do those solid foods make some interesting diapers...  He's also gotten pretty good at rolling over and at the moment it's his favorite mode of transportation (besides Mommy & Daddy of course).   He's trying to crawl or so we think but it still looks more like swimming in place... he's started sitting up and  is getting better every day now he only topples over when he gets too excited.

Well I think that's it for now...