My Typical iPhone Photo Dump

It is probably pretty obvious by now, but I take about a zillion photos of Ben every day.  I can hardly ever bring myself to delete them, either.  My phone serves as a reminder of all of the fun (and sometimes not so fun) things we did each day, and I never want to erase them :(

 

Anyway, here are the latest:

 

This weekend, we had an issue with some of our electrical wiring.  We spent approximately 7 hours trying to figure it out ourselves on Saturday.  Much to our frustration, we got super close to fixing it, but not quite 100%.  (Unless we wanted our hall light controlling the power to all three of the bedrooms) ;)  I have to say, we did learn a lot just by messing around with things and trying to figure out what the problem was.

 

Maureen and Vitaliy came to our rescue today and after 30 minutes, everything was back in working order :)

 

Here was Ben's attempt at "helping" daddy:



Ben is the first one to clap and throw his arms up for "TOUCHDOWN".  

 

Popcorn Snack.  He couldn't get enough.  So much so, that even when he broke to drink some water, he was holding a piece of popcorn at the corner of his mouth so he could eat some immediately when he finished drinking.

 

Story time:

 

I snuck into Ben's room after seeing him laying strangely in his crib.  He was so totally passed out with his mouth wide open that I had to snag a picture.

 

Grumpy in the car:

 

Ben had a meltdown the other morning over something, but when he finally calmed down, one, BIG crocodile tear remained.

 

First time eating cereal with milk and a spoon!  He was so careful!

 

 

My work from home days have been switching around a bit lately, and I've managed to work from home on a few Wednesdays - AKA Garbage Days!!  Ben and I got out for an early morning walk and stalked the garbage truck around the neighborhood.  

 

At the park, this is Ben (and Greg's) favorite game.  Greg will pretend to accidently get kicked by Ben each time he swings forward, and they will do it over. And over.  And over.  And Ben will just about die laughing each and every time.

 

 

There were a few kids hiding inside this tire making silly sounds for Ben.

 

Over Labor Day Weekend, we had the Nikonovs and the Cougans over for a BBQ.  The kids were thrilled to have their number 1 playmate in the house :)

 

Kitty hunting with Maeve.

 

Took a trip to the beach and threw rocks:

 

Dragging a broom around the garage.

 

Playing with cars (Greg's from when he was a kid) and tools with dad:

 

Painting with Mira and Maylee (at Callie's):