Almost Packed Up

So, we are almost all packed. We packed for 2 straight days, breaking only for snacks, meals and to buy more boxes.

It actually was not too bad. Once we got on a roll, it seemed to just go by fairly easily. The hard part now is maneuvering through even more boxes than before (we went from 12-48 boxes!!) and keeping Ben safe. He has been doing ok with the boxes. They are helping him walk around all but about 2 feet of living room perimeter. We have been able to block him from any remaining cables by using boxes. His new found mobility is almost certain to get me and Tom into fantastic shape in no time. I think there is about a 50/50 shot of him walking before we move. Time will tell.

Anyway, all that's left is to pack up our remaining clothes and the stuff we will be bringing in the car with us and off we go. Woohoo!!

Ben's Ears

I have a personal vendetta against Ben's ears. My poor boy just cannot catch a break. He is still battling an ear infection that he has had since early August. We went to the pediatrician yesterday and got a stronger prescription so lets hope that helps out.

The past week has been the worst. I think he has just had enough of the ears and to top it off, he has more teeth just waiting to pop through his gums. (Even his pediatrician said he feels sorry for him because there are several teeth ready) He has been so clingy I can never put him down at home and he just seems really irritated by his ears and mouth. Ugh....

I am optimistic that this new drug will work. He was in a much better mood this morning and even allowed me to put him odwn to play on the floor without crying. Hopefully he will be even happier when I get him today from school. At least I get to hang out with him for the next 3 days to make sure he is feeling ok and gets the necessary cuddles when he doesn't feel well.

The big weekend is here. Hunkering down at home and getting through the rest of our packing. We have SOOO much to do at this point I just hope we can get through it all. Packing up stuff, packing suitcases for the week we are transient and packing things to get us through some time in NC before our stuff arrives....Our stuff gets picked up Friday so we have no choice I suppose, but it still seems like an awful lot to do.

Scooter Boy!

The last 20 seconds of this video make it worth watching. Our life has become a non-stop "who can get to him first" race to baby-safety. It is so much fun.

Apologies to my devoted blog fans out there for the lack of posts. I have had, yet again, a sinus infection, on top of yet another ear infection for Ben. That, coupled with horrible traffic and general life congestion, there has been literally no time for blogging. Hope to get back on track shortly!

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Money & Love

Whoever said money can't make you happy was obviously poor and stupid. On a daily basis, I think how much better (richer, fuller, more fun) life would be if I had more money. Today I found out that I need to come up with $x to buy my dream home, where x is a totally doable amount of money....if I had not just paid for movers, put a huge deposit on daycare and had my husband give notice at his job. Now, I am wracking my brain trying to figure out a no-fail, no-strings-attached way to do it. Topping the list....rob a bank? Haha..not really, but the thought did occur to me. Sell off my personal belongings....that would also maybe save on the cost of the move! Dress up like a homeless person and beg? Not sure that would get me very far and really I am much to proud to beg.

I have found in my life that everything happens for a reason so I am refusing to believe that this will not work out and that lack of funds will get in the way of us buying our first home. I know if we are determined enough (which we totally are!), we will find a way to make it happen.

I said to myself this afternoon, "I hate money", but that is far from true. I love money. I love my job primarily because it gives me money to do all the things I love to do (shop for Ben, by things for the apartment, eat good food). I do, I love money.

I am REALLY going to love money when I move into our new house and I get to buy some new things to make it even more fabulous than it already is.

Babies

In the past year, I have known 8 people to have babies...friends/coworkers and ME. Thats a lot of babies.

I have one more waiting to have her little boy in about a month or so.

Yesterday, I got news of 2 more babies, one in March and one in June (though I won't say who until I know the news has spread).

And, I have 3 (possibly 4) more friends hoping they will have news to share soon as well.

Thats a whole lot of babies!!! It is so much fun to share in the excitement with all of these women in my life. I hope they have all the luck that I had with Ben, from pregnancy and beyond.

Makes me realize how big my baby is getting. He is doing so much now (crawling is the newest art). I miss those baby days, all swaddled and sweet. I am so glad that with all the preggos or soon to be preggos there will be more babies to fall in love with to remind me of Ben's baby days.