My big 9 Month old

Today Ben is 9 months old!!! He is such a big boy now...he army crawls everywhere and can now go from his tummy to his butt with no help...and he stands by himself holding on to things. Such a big boy!!! He weighs 19lbs 4oz, he has not been gaining as much since he started crawling, and he is 29 in long! He has become a mommas boy since teething and he now has 2 teeth!!! He loves to watch Yo Gabba Gabba and Blue's Clues, I try to limit TV but it is hard!!

Now the not so great things he does...he is refusing to eat baby food and will only eat what I am eating. We are trying to learn sign language and right now the all done sign is all he knows and he uses it after the first bite of food...so annoying!!! He hates to be in his high chair and car seat...also annoying.

Ben & Pax 1st Camp Experience

we took the boys camping this last weekend at Junction Creek and we had so much fun!!! Junction Creek is literally 8 miles from the middle of Durango, so we did not have to travel very far!!! Ben loved to be outside and he did so good, until it as nap time...but who could blame him!!

And Paxton was great...we all tryed really hard not to tell him NO and just let him explore and he did awesome, we did not lose him and he only got one knot on his head...good job Chad!!!! Paxton's favorite thing was that he got to play with a hammer when daddy was not a around and all he would say is I'm ham, I'm ham!!! think thats short for I'am hammering!!! I just love that little boy!!!

We ate very well and had a great time with Chad's family!!! Only thing missing.... Rochell!!!!


And there are lots of pictures thats why I did a slideshow and it is being stupid and it sometimes shows all the pictures and sometimes not!!!

Picnic in the Mountains

The weekend before last we took Ben to Hermosa park and had a picnic and played in the creek! ben loved it!!! He would not stop smiling!!! Thus...we decided to take him camping this last weekend!!!

Look who has a tooth! And I didn't even go to Med School!!!

So about three days after Ben's doctor tells me he is not teething and just has an ear infection....he pops this first pearly white!!!! Don't you just love doctors and their wisdom!!! PLease disregard the food all over his face!!!

Getting older

Since I got 1 year older and wiser yesterday, I thought I would share these wonderful words from a very wise 90 year old!!!
This is something we should all read at least once a week!




1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick.
Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch..

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree
to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than
crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with
God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up
the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no
idea
what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you
shouldn't
be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But
don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful
or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make
you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But
the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after
what you love in life,
don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the
fancy lingerie.
Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is
special.


22. Over prepare,
then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to
wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words
'In
five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of
your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else
does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of
anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of
it now.

36. Growing old
beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved..

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting
everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone
else's,we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you
need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still
a gift."

To teeth or not to teeth Part 2

Since Friday I had thought Ben was starting to teeth, which he still has no teeth yet so I was still not sure what to expect when this happened... It has been pretty rough the last couple of days. Ryus is again out of town, so I had to be the single mom during teething...not fun!!! Ben was pretty good in the morning and early afternoon, but by 4:00 he was not a happy camper. He wanted me and me only, he had a fever, and was very sensitive, I mean very sensitive. @ night he was waking every couple of hours and still would have a fever.

So this morning my mothers intuition told me that maybe there was more than just teething, so off to the DR.s office and low and behold he has had an ear infection...NOT TEETH! So that makes 2 ear infections to date and more ANTIBIOTICS...which I hate!!! I had thought earlier that maybe it was an ear infection and I tryed the olive oil and garlic trick...that did not do the trick !

So I am patiently awaiting the teeth, but the good thing is that Ben is not the terror I thought during teething, and I get another chance to see if he is a good teether or not. I still think there is a tooth coming, so we will see!!