Rice Cereal Success!
Mood:  hungry
After multiple attempts with the rice cereal, we had a successful one tonight! By successful, I mean Ben was wearing 1/2 of it and he ate 1/2 of it. Much better than any other attempt we had! We did mix it with soy based formula this time instead of the usual...so maybe Ben was just trying to tell us that he likes to eat organically! If that is the case, I'm going to have to take him to Trader Joe's...I'm sure he'll love that place!

We are little Pilgrims!
Mood:  rushed
We ventured to Plymouth, Mass today to meet our friends Erica and Ron. We saw a lovely replica of the Mayflower but decided not to shell out the $8 to tour it. It was so small that we wouldn't have gotten our monies worth...plus, it wasn't even the real deal!

The Rock was so impressive...we could have stayed their for hours looking at the exciting thing, but we started getting hungry so we decided to eat instead of stare at the rock some more.

Laughing Goat Boy and the RMV
Mood:  cheeky
Today I was doing dishes, like a good little wife should be doing, and I heard some weird noise from Ben. So I went into the living room to see what was up and James had him laughing up a storm! It really didn't sound like laughs...more like a goat that got hit by a car...but he was all smiles at James and laughing like no tomorrow!

Ben had an adventurous couple days. We went to two RMVs today (that's DMV for people who live outside of Massachusetts). We just bought a used Jeep and there was an issue with the title. So after one RMV turned us away (the lady didn't seem too impressed with Ben...why, I do not know! ha ha!), we went to another...we schmoozed the lady with Ben and lo and behold she conveniently had her manager sign off on our problem. Good thing we had Ben with us...we're trying to teach him that good looks and a flashy, gummy smile can get you things in this world!

Attack of the River Rat!
Mood:  a-ok
Ben got a stuffed rat and oceaned theme swing from his grandmama...he likes to play with them together so it's sort of like Attack of the River Rats in our apartment these days. If you are reading this and want a stuffed rat for your own child or yourself, they sell them at Ikea for $1.99...they have grrrrreat things at Ikea!

Framingham Babies R Us is Tops!
Mood:  lucky
We trotted off to buy some diapers at Babies R Us and ended up getting an ExerSaucer too! The people at the Framingham/Natick Babies R Us were so nice! Maybe it's because it was a Monday afternoon and not a weekend, but the associates I talked to really should get some sort of Employee of the Month award and/or raises.

We weren't really sure how Ben would initially take to his new contraption...but once I picked him up to put him in, he was all smiles and giggles! He thought the whole experience was absolutely grand! Since he's still a little on the small side (the box says 4+ Months)...we only let him stay in for a couple minutes. Who knew colored hard plastic could be so much fun!

A big Move"ment"...
Today we signed the lease for our new apartment! James is not happy that we're selling out and moving to the suburbs, but that is what one does when they have babies we suppose!

While in the real estate office, Ben did one of his signature smelly "movements"...so when the agent left to make copies of stuff, James picked up the bugger and there was poopie all over! James got poopie on his shirt, and Ben was wearing a white outfit so it was great! This was the first major poopie leak...Great first impression for Newton's soon-to-be classiest residents!

Ben is now a man...
Mood:  on fire
It's official...Ben is a manly man...he made is first trip to Home Depot tonight and boy was he excited! The tools, the lighting, the plumbing supplies...he was just overwhelmingly excited! He grunted a few times and scratched himself...such a proud moment for both myself and James.

Oops...first emergency phone call to the doctor!
Mood:  accident prone
It was a peaceful Friday evening and we were getting set to leave when we accidently snipped Ben's thumb while trimming his nails. Of course we naturally thought we were going to have to get his thumb or worse, his whole hand amputated...but after a quick call to the doctor, we found out that babies are just like the rest of us humans...apply some pressure, put some ice on it, give him some Tylenol for the pain and it will heal up before you know it! We're also relieved, because we have no idea how we're going to teach Ben how to count without the use of his fingers...now he'll be able to learn to count to 10 and not 9.

Schwetty Little Ben
Mood:  smelly
As summer has hit the Boston area, we are faced with the fact that Ben has sweaty, smelly little feet. Again, traits he must have gotten from his father! We've been looking for baby odor eaters, but have not found them yet.

Father's Day Celebrations!
Mood:  hug me
We started out celebrating father's day by having James cook Becky breakfast! James was excited about this! We met Pappy Gary for lunch and ate dinner with Papa Joe...both celebrating their first Father's Day as Grandfathers!

James was happy that Ben got him a drop light from Sears for the big day! What a day!