Holy Plumperness

It happened right before my eyes... or during a nap or something. I picked up Ben in the middle of the night last night and he felt more solid. He had more meat on him.  I just hugged him all morning to be sure that it was true, that my little boy was indeed expanding. I know most of you will laugh and think that he is still very little compared to what he will be in the months to come, but it was my first realization that my newborn will not be a newborn forever. In fact he will only be a newborn for a week or two more. Crazy!  I keep staring into his dark grey eyes to see if I can see a hint of what is to come --- Blue or Brown. I watch his hair in anticipation for the brown to fade out and the blonde to phase in. He is covered in baby acne as of late. I have applied Stridex pimple cream all over his face and arms and legs, but it doesn't seem to help (I'm kidding for those of you who may be horrified about that last sentence).

O speaking of sleeping, anyone have any lately. I walk around in my PJ's half the morning trying to convince Ben to "please give me one more nap. just one more nap." I called my friend last week and said "Rae, he won't let me put him down without crying." She gave me some solutions and said something about making sure I put him down before he falls asleep so he doesn't learn to fall asleep only in my arms. "WHY didn't you tell me that a month and a half ago!" I retorted. She said she'd figured I had read it in the five or so books I had been reading before his birth. I thought back to those days O so long ago and sure enough I found the information shoved away on a shelf in my noggen. My brain's reference library isn't working lately, all I can think about is sleep and when the last time I changed Benjamin was. Really though since my revelation last week Ben is doing much better at preferring his crib to my arms. I still have the crib beat but he at least likes his own bed a little more this week, which means more bed-time for me!

What else. O yeah you know something else I knew I knew but forgot until I remembered? This past sunday things were going smoothly. I stepped out of class and into the mothers feeding room 25 minutes before Sacrament meeting. Plenty of time to feed and change the kid. Well I was wrapping up the feeding with five minutes to go when classes got out. People rushing in and out of the bathroom, two mothers in line for the baby glider and I am furiously changing Ben out of his dirty diaper to get us out in time for Sacrament meeting. That is when it happened. The rainbow effect.  All over his beautiful sunday outfit, the chair and me of course. I knew I should have kept him covered. Madly, I'm cleaning him and wiping the chair off, apologizing to the next mother in line to sit where he had just went. Luckily I had another outfit for him to change into, unfortunately it was plain old Pajamas-- PJ's  who wants to show off their newborn to his new ward in PJ's instead of those custom made miniature clothes for little people that just make you melt. PJ's. I'm still a little sore about that one. Well long story short we made it in time for sacrament meeting but not in enough time to be the only person walking in with a baby in PJ's while the entire congregation sat singing the opening hymn and watching us thinking "why is he wearing THAT to church?" We should have thrown her two showers.

OK so Benji is just about done with his 8th meal for the day (I was about to say dinner, but that wouldn't be accurate, because dinner is typically only the 3rd meal of the day). I hope all is well with you. Enjoy the pics of my little chubbler, O and his cute littlenesses in a Halloween pumpkin outfit.

Summer

Ya gotta love the newborn pouty faces. They are the BEST!