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Coming home

15
Mar 2011
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Andi and Benton are coming home from Texas on Thursday…. finally. They don’t know yet if Drew will be coming with them or not (it’s a long story that I don’t want to get into.. let’s just say it involves the Army).

So either Andi, Drew and Benton will be leaving Thursday or Andi and Benton will. I just hope they don’t need to use their roadside assistance plan and the trip goes smoothly. If all goes well they’ll be back home sometime Friday night.

I can’t wait to see them. I miss them all so much.

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Bad day

12
Feb 2011
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I’m not having a real good day today. I’ve been babysitting Benton since Wednesday because Andi had Army business to take care of in Texas. She got back last night but had to be in Ft. Dix today and tomorrow for her Army Reserves weekend.

I swear I want to put up some wireless security cameras in the bedroom to see what Benton is doing when I put him down for his nap. I put him down today and a few minutes later he started crying. I went in to see what was wrong and he was completely soaked along with his pillow, quilt, clothes and his blankies. Evidently I didn’t put the cap on his bottle correctly and it leaked all over.

Note to self: just because the cap is tight doesn’t mean it’s on right… check it first!

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She’s ornery

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Feb 2011
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JoJo is a very ornery kitty. She’s been very hyper lately and attacks almost anything in sight. It’s funny to watch her set her scopes/sight on something, crouch down, wiggle her butt then attack. But it’s not so funny if it’s my foot that she attacks. Her nails are sharp and hurt.

She gets ahold of Benton’s toys and bats them around the room especially balls. Benton has little wooden peg people that she finds on the floor and bats them around too.

JoJo sure does give us plenty of laughs and entertainment.

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Benton

22
Jan 2011
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Benton is almost 17 months old and he doesn’t do a lot of things that babies his age do. He doesn’t wave, unless he feels like it. He doesn’t really say any words yet except for DaDa. But he does do a lot of things that older babies do and he shouldn’t be doing at his age.

For example he’s been climbing stairs long before he could walk.. since he was about 4 or 5 months old. He seems to have his own language but has started pointing to things he wants. Some of his “words” sort of resemble real words.

Andi is trying to figure out if he’s slow or really advanced for his age. He’s been walking since he was a year old and was walking with help since he was just a few months old. He has no problem putting one of his pegs for a toy into one of his shapes from his shape toy and other things like that.

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Growing like a weed

26
Oct 2010
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Benton is getting so big that he’s growing out of his baby clothes so fast. He wears 18-24 month sizes now and he’s only 14 months old.

The temperatures are beginning to cool off and he needs warmer clothes and jackets now. He has a couple hand-me-downs that Andi’s friend gave her but he needs more.

I guess it’s time to go find some good deals and do some shopping so the little sweetheart can keep warm and play outside this fall.

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Baby proofing

06
Aug 2010
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Benton is almost a year old and he’s into everything. We can’t afford to buy baby gates right now so we have to use chairs to keep him away from the stairs and the cabinet under the sink. This is not an easy task because he’s learned how to pull the chairs away from things.

He’s not walking yet but he stands by himself and has taken a step or two. I’m not looking forward to him walking.. well I am but I’m not. He’s also a climber and is constantly climbing on the couch. Andi says he’s going to give her a heart attack because he’s such a daredevil already.

He used to, as of just a few days ago, take 2 naps a day. The past few days he’s only taken 1 nap a day. That is making for such a long day chasing Benton and trying to keep him out of trouble. As Andi says… It’s a good thing he’s cute! lol

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Finding a baby doctor

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Dec 2009
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Andi is still trying to find a doctor to take Benton to. The county sent her to one place that was the pits! It was filthy. There were blood drops on the floor that hadn’t been cleaned up and the floor was just plain dirty. Syringes were sticking out of the sharps container. A little one could have easily grabbed the syringes that were sticking out.

The only thing they had in the exam room to clean the exam tables was a spray can of Lysol. They didn’t have any sanitizer or wipes.

Andi walked out of that place without having Benton looked at so now she has to find a baby doctor that has a clean office.

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