Ben slept through the night again. He sure was exhausted. But I don't sleep all the way through anyway, because I'm so used to waking up. It would take several days in a row of him doing this before I got used to it, and that seems unlikely ( Read more... )

She just called. Sadly, our first showing was not our last showing. She said they liked it, but that they thought the price was a little too high. I agree that the house isn't going to make a great investment property, which is why Dan and Michelle didn't buy it, but just because the price was more than these people were looking for doesn't mean ( Read more... )

Ben was throwing things all morning and had to go in time-out like 324 times. I told her that the time-outs were fine (we do it too) but that he needs to know what's OK to do, not just what's not OK. I told him on our way back over there that if he starts to feel frustrated or angry, he needs to say "pillow please" and he can punch, hit, bite or ( Read more... )

Ben and I had a great day until bedtime yesterday. That's when he asked for papa and it finally hit him what "not coming home" meant. He said "Papa get haircut?" Ha ha ha. I told him "Papa working." He said, "Papa work night?" And I said that yes, papa would be working all the way until the weekend. He was sad, but tried his hardest to go to sleep ( Read more... )

In the midst of every other crazy thing that is going on right now, and believe me, there are a ton, Stephen happened to see an ad in the paper for a building company, much like the one we used in Idaho. The catch here is that you have to already own your lot, and it has to be within their building areas. The farthest north they go is still about a ( Read more... )

These are the remaining photos from the big batch I took and uploaded all at once about a month ago. What do you guys think about getting them a few at a time? Spread the love? Or is it weird to see photos of Ben that are now a month old? I mean, he doesn't really look any different, other than that his hair is longer ... but I figured I'd ask. I ( Read more... )