The Celebration

The big birthday bash for our 1 year old was a success! I think everyone had a nice time - Ben actually loved all the excitement. All day long he was following grandma and me around the house complaining but as soon as the festivities started, he was awesome. He really is a complainer - you should hear him sometimes. It gets to be kind of funny. I can about imagine what he'll all have to say when the words start coming out.

Friday was also dentist day for Jake. He's been to the dentist a few times but this time he had to have 2 cavities filled. He really did great. I wasn't sure how it was going to go because he was getting skiddish the closer we got to the dentist. I had to coax him in the chair but after that all went well. Of course the gas that they gave him helped out a bit! Even after the appt he was a champ - sleeping lips and cheeks and all! We went grocery shopping and birthday gift shopping for Ben. It helped that he had a stressful appt right before - it was pretty easy to convince his mother to buy him something too!

My mom was over today making homemade chili - I have so many tomatoes that we had to do something with some of them. She helped me make a huge batch so we could freeze a bunch. It turned out great. If anyone is up for canning pears - let me know. I have 50 lbs of them. I don't know what I was thinking when I ordered them!

I'm going to post a bunch of new pictures - I'm still a believer that they are more fun than words.


Grandpa Ken and Ben playing at the birthday party.


Jake helping Ben - or something like that!


Grandma Linda gave Ben a new sippy - as you can see
he liked it right away. It was his favorite.


Having a bit of cake...

Happy Birthday

Benjamin Turns 1!

Oh yes, it was a grand day. I can't believe he's 1 already, where does the time go? We really didn't do anything special for the day, other than go for a drive so Ben could experience what it was like to see where we are going in the car rather than where we've been. He thinks that having his carseat face foward is the coolest thing ever. Whenever I sneak a peak at him he gets a great big smile on his face. He has always hated getting into his carseat and now he hardly protests (though I'm sure this is short term - the fun will wear off).

We had planned to have cake after supper but both boys were too tuckered out. Jake fell asleep running an errand with Curt at 7pm and Ben was asleep shorter after. We'll celebrate Friday night with some family and a 'smash' cake.

Jake was busy over Labor Day weekend. He and Curt went to the I-94 raceway for some father-son fun. They had a blast. It wasn't just the typical races, they had all sorts of other things (rollover contest, tag team races, skid cars, monster truck, etc.). If you want to know what any of those things are or how it went, just give Jake a call. He also got to spend some time at Lake Maria playing, he spent a whole day with G & G Bergmann at Amy's house, then got to spend the night at the Lake and the whole next day with grandma. I think that might have been why he was soooo tired on Wednesday!

Next weekend I get to spend some much needed time with some girlfriends. Amber, Jo, Kim and I are heading to Lake Vermillion for a few days. The boys are staying with Amy. I can't wait!

Not a whole lot of other news. The busy season is starting for Curt so if anyone is looking to do something one night, let me know -- we'll be all alone most of the time.