10 months

We have had the most beautiful weather over the past couple weeks. This past weekend was no exception. It is finally starting to feel like summer!

We had a fun time this weekend. Ben actually had his first trip to Hooters on Saturday. I gave him a head's up about exactly what he would be seeing when we walked in there. I told him it probably wouldn't be a great idea to date any of the ladies (no offense to anyone who has ever worked there). But did he take my advice?? NOO! The first girl that came up to him and ooohed and aahhed over him, had Ben smiling from ear to ear. He is not always that fond of strangers, but these strangers he didn't have a problem with! Needless to say, I do enjoy the wings there and it was quite nice to share a pitcher of beer with my husband and watch a little college football.

After lunch our friends Jon, Glory, and Noah Jansen came over for a visit. We decided to go for a swim. Ben had a lot of fun. He seems indifferent when it is just him and I in the pool during the weekday. But he had his daddy in the pool with him, popping in and out of the water, and surprising Ben, so he had a blast. After the pool we put Ben and Noah in the bath together. I was wondering how that would go. As I stated in an earlier blog, they just don't understand that they are supposed to be good friends. There is a lot of poking and prodding to eachother. I believe they are just figuring eachother out, especially because they are so close in age (Noah turned 1 a few weeks ago). Ben also was a bit jealouse of Noah when I picked him up. Phil said the instant I picked Noah up, Ben saw me and burst into tears. Of course, I had to reassure Ben that HE is my baby boy, and I LOVE him the most. It seemed to work. Anyways, as you can see in the video the bath actually went really well. They each played and for the most part stayed out of eachother's way. When the bath was over, we fed the babies and put them to bed. Then we enjoyed a nice pizza dinner with adults!

The main highlight of our day on Sunday was swimming again at the pool, this time just our family. Ben had his 10 month bday on Monday, along with Grandpa Arnold who turned 61. You will see a naked Ben with his 10 month sign on his back. He is supposed to be getting his diaper changed at this point, and unfortunately he escaped from Phil's grasp. As nature would have it, he also felt the earge to "tinkle" right on our carpet the little bit of time he had his diaper off. I did have to laugh at him though, because he was crawling when he relieved himself and then went up on his feet as to not walk in his own urine. I guess that just reinstates the fact that I need to get the carpet cleaned.