Our Little Drummer Boy

I don't know what it is, but something about being a mom makes you so fascinated whenever your baby does something new. Maybe its a just a first-time mom thing. Anyway, here's a cute new thing that Bennett does now. I hope you find it cute too. He sure is growing up, our little 7 mth old!

Things are pretty slow around here, just waiting for the move to start, less than a month away! I think I'll really miss Rexburg, but Boise sounds like lots of fun too! Bennett and I intend to explore it via stroller. Speaking of which he rides in it regularly now. He's a real straight sitter, but he just enjoys reclining in the stroller, but it makes it look like his neck disappears. He's also been enjoying the cool shades his Grandma Harvey sent him as well as the hat too. Sure keeps him cool!

We're also looking forward, ok so its mainly me, to getting Bennett's new car seat! Its been ordered at Walmart.com and should be arriving at the store any day now! I'm not sure how much he weighs or how long he is, but last month he was only 2 inches and pounds away from the limit. It might be safe to say its time to upgrade.

Andrew is a little stressed with work and not feeling very well. He seems to be on the mend though and hope that he continues to be. And so far he's been able to donate on schedule, so thank you for including us in your prayers.

What an odd day...

Yesterday afternoon, I called the police on our upstairs neighbors. A regular family rents above us and they have some teenagers, but usually they're not too bad. But with all families, sometimes they argue. Well this arguement went from rather silly to full out brawl with what sounded like hitting and throwing stuff, but definate screaming, swearing, and death threats. And of course this took place in their one bedroom that is on our level so I pretty much had a front-row seat. I banged on the door to kind of remind them others were listening in. That stopped them for about 30 seconds. Well it just kept getting worse and worse so I called the police to make sure they were ok. By the time the police showed up, they'd calmed down a bit. The police asked if I wanted to file charges or complaints or something like that. I didn't, I just wanted to make sure they were ok. While I'm glad everything turned out, I'm a little afraid of retaliation. The last time I called police on neighbors, we got a mysterious plate of cookies the next day that had ex-lax or something of the kind in them. We couldn't prove it, but the only person who didn't get sick was the one who didn't eat any of them. But then again that was in the dorms on campus where high-schoolers never mature. These neighbors have tried to get us in trouble on false charges before. I'll be really glad once we move away, hopefully our future neighbors will be better.

The day at least ended well, we went to the Rexburg Temple with Andrew's grandparents. I wish I could have done something like that with my own, but that never happened. Anyway, it was a great ending to a stressful and scary day!

Talk about nails on a chalk board

Not all baby noises are cute, and this sure isn't one of them! This video is Bennett's newest sound, and sadly it doesn't quite do it justice! With this one he reaches an impossibly high pitches. But I think you get the idea!

In other news, we finally found our apartment in Boise and our tentative moving date in August 14th. We're really looking forward to it. We have experienced a bit of a set back, Andrew and I were both donating plasma to help with costs, making an additional $100 a week. But yesterday, something happened while I was try to donate. I tried using my left arm, which the vein is hard to find so once they stuck the needle in, they kept adjusting the stupid thing! I felt like saying, "Give it up already! Let's just switch arms!" Eventually they did, but the blood was clotting in two places. Nothing bad happened to me, but basically I was just being bled. They consider that a blood donation, the amount that I lost while they were trying to fix things, so now I can't go back for 8 wks, meaning now its all up to Andrew. I hope things will work out so he can, sometimes he gets turned away for his high pulse. But I know something will work out since we know Boise is where the Lord wants us to be.

May The 4th Be With You

It sounds weird, but holidays are way more fun to celebrate when you have a baby! Last night I decorated a onesie for Bennett with a flag and the words "Born to be Free" around it. I feel so grateful that we truly live in a nation where we are free.

We went to the Rexburg Parade and enjoyed the floats and vehicles and other sights. We were afraid that Bennett was going to cry because of the loud police and fire truck sirens, but he only cried when he accidentally poked himself with his flag. His aunt (Andrew's sister) was playing in the marching band so it was fun to see her perform. I put a check mark above her head.

Then afterwards we just napped and later rejoined Andrew's family for dinner. We decided not to go to the fireworks (either in town or in Idaho Falls) because it would mess with Bennett's bedtime which he's beginning to fight anyway. But all in all, it was a fun holiday! I hope you all had fun celebrating with your families, I can't wait to hear about it. :)

Bennett's Big Smile

It is sooooo hard to get a picture of Bennett smiling! Because whenever the camera is about to go off, it makes a noise so its very distracting. So we turned the flash off and Andrew kept singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, which makes him smile every time. Also here's a video I meant to post a while ago.