Clean Freak

It's been a few days so we can't leave people hanging without knowledge of our lives...I am sure everyone is very concerned. :-) In any case, I will keep you updated. This week it seems to be flying by so fast, already Friday tomorrow! Summer weeks always seem to go so quick because the school year just has to creep back up on me, it misses me too much, haha. We have planned yet another weekend getaway to visit family, this time to Grandma Diane's in the Quad Cities. It's already been over a month since she has seen little Ben, and little Ben is getting bigger!

Today, I was admiring his ability to stand up (with support) and he constantly beams with that to die for smile, like he is very proud of this accomplishment. I have a feeling that once this whole crawling and walking thing starts up, I will be running around the house like a mad woman to keep him out of things. He already has the talking thing down to a T.

Today, I had the cleaning itch to make things tidy around the house. Already wanting to clean a LOT again, you say? Because most people that truly know me, know that this is once...okay like three times in a blue moon that I do things to fix a mess. It's just not my forte. But once you have a child in your home, suddenly you start to think about things you don't want them to crawl on or touch that is dirty and possibly get it in their mouths...yuck. Now Ben isn't quite there yet, but I guess this was my practice run before I make this more of a regular routine. So now our house is lookin' not to shabby and even Andy is surprised by some of the things I did! :-)

We also visited with my family before our journey tomorrow,watching videos of when Ben was littler and when he was first born in the hospital. I am glad Andy was able to capture these moments (I was a little busy then), and he captured them appropriately. I can see us showing them when he is older and either shocking him in a good way or embarassing him....hmmm, oh well. :-) In any case, it was great to preserve memories of that big event. Maybe we'll post a few sometime up here for you all to see. Okay, I think I am headed to bed. Gotta be roarin' and ready to go for even more packing tomorrow and other various household duties before we are on the road again. Night all!