so after two and a half weeks of painting, painting and more painting, along with all sorts of cleaning... there is finally a big red check mark in the "complete duplex" category! i met with a young lady on wednesday and gave her the keys this afternoon. she has a 5 year old boy and a 2 year old girl. i think they'll fit right in with all the other kiddos playing in the cul-de-sac.
the other exciting news to share is talk of baby #2. no, you are not finding out in our blog that i'm pregnant. i merely said talk of. i wouldn't do that to ya! we have decided to push back our "trying" until june/july (before we were thinking april/may). ben expressed concern of me being holed up in the house feeling lousy, not enjoying the summer months. i hadn't even thought of that. last summer, we didn't do much because i felt unsure about taking a 7-8 month old out on the river, camping. it's such a weird concept this trying stuff. back in december, ever since we decided that we needed another bubba of sorts, the anticipation has been eating away at me; i've got the fever, if you will! before, we had a week to decided, whereas now we've had months to ponder the idea. anyway, jack does need a buddy (or a nemesis), and we'll be happy to oblige him.
ben is back home and will be for a while. he quit "company #1" on monday and was working with "company #2" on wednesday. when you're a good hand, you can find work anywhere! whatta good man! he is now working on base at fort richardson. he came home yesterday to report we have enough work for me to retire on! that's always a good thing. this also went together with the o'jay's hit "for the love of money." can you picture ben singing that in our kitchen, dirty carhartts, face scruff and all? he's hilarious, and i love him to pieces.
i guess we need a jack update as well... his latest non-cute thing is what he does with his crackers. i was cooking the other night and had to pacify him with the nilla wafers. only i noticed he wasn't eating them right away, rather dragging them along the cracks in between the cupboards. i'm watching pieces flake and break off... wonderful. then he'd take a soggy bite and go back to grating the wafers on the cabinets. he's also into launching disapproving food and any crumbs, morsels from his high chair. and sometimes, he doesn't even need to try the foods, just by looking at it he can tell "nope, you must leave now" or "bombs away!" or "here, bella!" rascal. he still has a few reminder pimples on his back from our joyous week. the first of many nightmarish events, i'm sure. oooh, this is a big one: he has finally started to recognize items around him and is able to bring them to me! i think this is a huge milestone. he knows his sippy, blankie, bouncy ball, puppy (a super-soft yellow life is good stuffed animal from karen), people (as ben calls it, this playmobile guy that he carries around) and at one bedtime, he even brought me his pj bottoms. i would like to think this is a step closer to talking. maybe? and, he's also been pulling at his diaper a lot so i might have to break out the potty soon. i can't even imagine life without diapers. wow. how handy would that have been a few weeks ago...
well, i have been preoccupied by the duplex fiasco but now that it's taken care of, i can get back on track with blogging, taking pictures and enjoying this beautiful spring weather we've been having! big hugs to you all!
oh, the pictures included are from easter at the jenkins. jackie is clapping for his new rain boots! now we just need some puddles...
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