Busy. Busy. Busy.
That's the biggest reason why I haven't blogged in over a week. It's been tons of fun though!
Here's a rundown of our last week and 1/2 with lots of pictures.
Saturday: We got up early (since Benjamin slept terrible) and headed to the Brownsville Citywide Garage Sales. We didn't get too much but found a few fun deals. The afternoon was spent running errands, cleaning out some junk and enjoying a family walk.
The cute view I get while we walk :-)
Saturday we also started SOLIDS! He's been more than ready to start them so I finally gave in and took the plunge into it all. He was a little curious at first but really seemed to like them!
I'm pretty sure he liked his food!
Sunday: Sunday we went to church which was particularly good. In the afternoon we babysat our friends little boy, Gavriel, who is 2 1/2 months younger than Benjamin. They enjoyed each other and we all had a good time. After he left, Peter went to Albany to pick up a new mattress for our guest bedroom (will be Benjamin's room eventually) and I packed for my trip to Idaho. It was a long but good day.
Monday: Benjamin and I left at 5am to head for Idaho. I hadn't got much sleep so the drive was a little long but Benjamin did really well on the 7 1/2 hour drive. When we arrived we spent a couple of hours relaxing before we took off to Couer d'Alene for a mini-vacation with Aunt Amanda and Grandma. We had dinner with one of Amanda's old friends and shopped a bit. We stayed in a hotel in Spokane, so fun!
Aunt Amanda bought Benjamin a mini basketball which he loves!
Loving his solids even more!
Tuesday: We shopped around a little bit at some fun stores in Spokane. We came back to the hotel in the early afternoon and decided to take Benjamin swimming. He LOVED it. He kicks and kicks. He came back and got a bath in his new tub from Grandma and then we hit the buffet right next to the hotel. Yum!
Why are bum cracks so funny?
Showing off my moves for Aunt Amanda
Cute little guy in his baby boat!
He splashed and splashed in his new travel tub
Wednesday: We ran to a few more stores before heading back to Moscow. We stopped to hang out with Alan and Alexander then headed home for Benjamin to spend the evening with Uncle Aaron, Aunt Hannah and Grandfather. It was fun just talking and catching up with everyone.
Thursday: Benjamin woke up early....happy, but early. So Amanda and I finished packing up, said goodbye to everyone and headed off back to Oregon before 8am. The drive went pretty well, though for the last hour Benjamin definitely wanted to be out of his car seat and I didn't blame him, I was ready to be home too. We stopped by Daddy's work first though so he could see the little guy he'd missed so much the past couple of days. It was adorable to see Benjamin react to having Daddy back, he was so excited.
Friday: Amanda, Benjamin and I went garage saling in the morning then came home to get things ready for the Willamette Celebration concert in the park that evening. We took off about 3:30pm to enjoy the festivities. It was an absolutely gorgeous day! It's been warm and sunny here for almost 2-3 weeks now, love it!
Benjamin was sleeping during the face painting but was still so cute!
They had a motocross demonstration and some of the tricks were awesome!
We packed a picnic dinner then got ready for the concerts to start!
To say that Benjamin likes having Auntie Amanda around is an understatement!
Benjamin actually took a nap while SuperChick performed.....guess he was as impressed as his daddy with their music, ha!
SuperChick
Rapper Benjamin....who was "straight out Lacomb" as he said. He was terrible but fun to laugh at.
He woke up and danced for the Newsboys though. They were awesome!! And it was all free :-)
Newsboys!
We left before Skillet performed because it was almost 9pm. We headed home to get Benjamin to bed and we finished packing for our trip to Seattle! Another long but awesome day.
Saturday: We took off about 7:30am for Seattle. Our cousin Allison put together a bit of a family reunion to get all the grandkids together for our Grandmother. We hadn't seen some of the family members in years so it was nice to see everyone. We had a BBQ, the kids swam, and we all caught up with each other.
Benjamin with the host, cousin Allison
She also spoiled him with a "Christmas in July" gift of a new musical puppy which he adores.
My brother Adam who conked out on the couch after lunch was "decorated" by the rest of us!
Allison bought Benjamin his own little pool which he loved! It was another gorgeous day.
Cousins - Anika, Alena, and Maceio
Uncle Eric, Aunt Beth, Cousin Sarah and Megan, Uncle John
Benjamin snuggling up to the reason for the party, Grandmother
Uncle John, Aunt Michelle, Allison and Ryan (whose wife is due in January!)
Cousins! Me, Allison and Amanda
Benjamin and Maceio loved playing with each other!
Maceio kept saying "he's just the cutest baby", "can he sleep in my room?" "when can we have a playdate?" It was adorable
Our family with Grandmother
Benjamin definitely didn't nap while all the cousins wanted to entertain him, ha!
The whole group! It was a really nice time.
We left the reunion about 4:30 and headed down to the waterfront to enjoy all the tourist stuff Seattle has to offer. It was just such a beautiful evening.
At Pike Place Market
Benjamin was given free flowers by the ladies!
I think he enjoyed people watching as much as we did down at the waterfront
Of course we went to the arcade and played the candy machine game for Grandfather. Benjamin liked "playing" all the games....when they're this little you don't even need to put in a quarter!
We came back that evening and Scott (Allison's boyfriend) and Adam cooked us up some BBQ chicken, corn on the cob, salad and sourdough bread (from the waterfront) It was delicious and a nice cap to the fun day.
Sunday: We woke up, ate breakfast and packed up. We headed to the West Seattle Branch of Mars Hill Church for their service. The message was great though the music was a bit odd. Afterward we went and got a coffee then headed downtown for a Seattle Mariners game. It was another gorgeous day and we were excited to watch them play against the Red Sox.
I kinda think these two like each other!
waiting for Daddy to get our tickets from "will call" We had great seats in Left Field
So fun to go to games!
Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd.....
Go Mariners!!!
How cute is he? Aunt Amanda had bought him a Mariners t-shirt awhile back and found a Mariners baseball cap at our garage sales on Friday. Everyone couldn't stand how adorable he was (I'm not a biased mama at all!)
Rockin' his shades (yes, again from Aunt Amanda!)
view from the top of the stadium
such a cool city to visit
so glad my sis has come to visit!
family shot at the game
dancing with my Auntie
couple of cuties! (Benjamin even made it on tv....the cameraman came over specifically to film him. Hilarious!)
It was a beautiful day (though a bit hot in the bleachers) and we rallied in the bottom of the 8th inning to overtake the Red Sox and pull out the victory. What a great day :-)
We headed home after the game (and a quick stop at DQ) and got home around 10:15. We all crashed and slept well that night.
Monday: We were finally back home! We had a bit of a low key day and just went grocery shopping in the afternoon. We also received a free high chair from a friend. It was filthy though and needed a great cleaning so Amanda and I tackled that before dinner and 1 hour later we had an awesome highchair that looked brand new and didn't cost us a thing!!! Benjamin liked sitting in it for his dinner later that night.
Loving the new highchair
He is MORE than getting the hang of these solids!
Tuesday: We all slept good again last night and played with the little guy this morning. After his morning nap we went for a walk to get a soda at McDonalds. It's another gorgeous day. Benjamin just woke up from his afternoon nap and might go swimming here shortly. Aunt Amanda is AWESOME and is giving Peter and I a date night tonight. I'm super excited. This will be our first date night since Benjamin was born. I'm a little nervous. Not about whether Aunt Amanda can take care of him but whether he'll ever want his mama again after being with his fun Aunt! :-) I'll post more on our date later this week. Off to play with little man and wait for my wonderful hubby to come home. Tomorrow is probably going to involve a trip to the Oregon Zoo....should be a FUN but BUSY week.
Okay, finally caught up.....for now!
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