It's almost here!

What is almost here, you are wondering? A very special day, a day when we become official homeowners. Tonight we have the walk through of the house to verify that everything is still ok and then Friday morning we head to the lawyer's office to close on our first home!! Don is so excited he already packed most of his clothes. He can't wait to move in and live with piles of boxes. He has forgotten about all the hard work ahead of us and is just looking forward to the house. I am trying to let his enthusiasm be contagious and not think about 12 hour days alone with two small children in the realm of chaos that will be our house for the first little bit.

But it is exciting to be able to finally call a place our home and to paint the walls. Although we are only painting two rooms to begin with, I already have a list of home improvement projects started. My mom is coming to help with things in two weeks once Don heads back to work. So hopefully in a month we will feel pretty settled. I know a lot of people can't wait to come try out the guest room, but remember there is only one bathroom for all of us.

We will try to post some pictures of our new home as soon as we get them. Maybe in the midst of painting this weekend Don can post some on the website. The internet should be ready to go by Friday and the modem supposedly arrived today. Things are moving along pretty quickly these days but I will try to catch up on some blogs in progress and to write one with a Jackie update since I haven't written about her lately. More to come soon on all fronts unless enthusiasm gets the better of me and I don't slow down to write updates.

~Tiffany

Ben's latest Stats

So we took Ben to his two month well baby visit on June 1. He has grown so much over the last month. He weighed 12 lbs 15.5 oz just over a week ago and was 22 3/4 inches long. That means that by now he is well over 13 lbs and will probably double his birth weight (7 lbs 9 oz) by  the end of his third month. And at that point he will probably weigh about half a Jackie. I think that is fairly impressive.

He also got the first full round of immunizations at his check up. He did his brave for each of the three needle pricks. He hardly cried, it was more of a "hey, that hurts people. Don't do it again." And then he was quiet. He had stopped crying after the last injection before I could even pick him up. 

And Ben is doing so well that we don't have to go back to the doctor until his four month well baby visit. 

Ben has also started smiling a lot. Those baby smiles are so wonderful and we also get wonderful little coos. Ben is also grabbing onto his toys and getting enjoyment out of them. He especially likes the little animal shaped chimes hanging on his basinet and laying on his back on the play-mat. Mirrors and lights also capture his attention for long periods of time. Ben is really starting to show us his sweet little personality and it is rewarding to see him blossoming.

~Tiffany

Photo Updates

Just to let everyone know there are new pictures up. Don was able to get them uploaded this weekend. There is one new gallery under the family tab and one under Ben's First Year. I am working on a couple of blog posts but haven't had much time to write on them the last few days. I will try to finish them soon.

~Tiffany