Just because

So today, for no reason at all, as I opened up this blog post, tears came streaming down my face.  I can't even begin to tell you how lucky I am to have this wonderful boy.  I wonder if every mother feels this way...I hope they do.  Don't get be wrong, life is not all sunshine and gum drops at our house.  There are plenty of time outs, tantrums and tears but I wouldn't trade it in for anything in the world.  I love mornings and night time the best.  My little monkey crawls out of his bed and stands next to me and pets my face and says "Momma, I awake".  I say, "I see that buddy.  Did you sleep good?"  He says, "Uh huh" and I ask "Did you have good dreams?  What did you dream about?"  He says the same thing every morning, "McQueen.  Chick.  The King. (pause) Want Chuggington.  (pause)  Need to make poops." 

At night, I love the snuggling in under the blanket to read a story (or 4) and sing songs.  The best is when he sings with me.  A.d.o.r.a.b.l.e!!!

I can't imagine what life would be without him. 

Big Boy Bed

We hit another milestone this week.....Benjamin learned how to crawl out of his crib while he was at Grandma's on Tuesday.  She heard him crying and there he was on the chair.  Poor guy was more startled than hurt.  That meant when I got to Grandma's it was time to break down her crib to the toddler bed which was no problem and instead of watching the movie that we picked up at the redbox we put together Ben's "new" bed.  Actually, it's a hand-me-down from Jack.  Ben was pretty excited about that.  While we were doing that I quick washed the big boy sheet and duvet cover so they would be ready for bed time.  He was not too sure about it at first but we read a few books in there and sang a couple of songs and he was good to go.  Boy does he look tiny in that big boy bed.   Here is the Duvet and here are the sheets  - we went with the blue stars.  Next we will be putting a train decal on the wall and hanging some pictues.

We attended the Children's Lighthouse  Music Festival fundraiser this past weekend.  There was a good turn out and was a lot of fun!  Ben loved the clown most of all.  He was a little shy of all the kids dancing and bopping around to the Teddy Bear Band but had fun none the less. 



Auntie Jojo turned my little man into a dragon. 
He loved it and was very sad when we had to wash it off for bed!!!
Can you see him saying "Cheese" in order to take this picture?
What a turkey!



Benjamin and Mo. 

3 weeks and counting :)

Ben has been diaper free (except for naps and over nights) for 3 whole weeks!!!

We even adventured out to the "great Minnesota get together"!  And it lived up to its name - It was GREAT!  We arrived around 10:30 and headed home around 8!  We hit just about every bathroom there (some twice) and had no accidents!!  By the way, Ben LOVES himself a corn dog!!  Just like his Momma!!!

We travel with the potty in the car as we have had to pull over a couple of times for peeps AND poops - which is super when you are on the freeway - but better that than in the pants....not complaining.

Naps he usually wakes up dry and most mornings he wakes up dry.  But I am not ready to give into just underwear for those just yet 

Have a Safe and Happy Labor Day!!