What a difference 20 minutes can make

Chris was laughing about how our living room is a perfect example of the fact that we need more space. I had not really given it much thought (the mess that is!) until after dinner I walked back into the living room and thought ... how did that happen??? Chris took some pics of the mess and than I took a shot of the same room just twenty minutes later. Its amazing what a difference twenty minutes can make!

The upside of being sick

Well, Ben is working on his fourth ear infection. This time it is a double ear infection with some gunk in his chest so we are sporting the inhaler too. What I find most amazing is how tolerant he is of being sick. I called the doctor because he had a fever for 48 hours, but no signs of ear problems. When I took him in to the doctor, he was very unhappy with the ear inspecton and then he just toddled off around the room checking everything out. He never really cries or shows signs that something is going on. He is such a little trooper! Well, he got up especially early this morning - 7 AM! By the time 11 rolled around he curled up in Daddy's lap and fell asleep. This is the first time since they were newborns that either one of them has done this. I had to take a picture and share. It was too too cute. Ben seems to have the same effect of Daddy as he did when he was first born. Put him out like a light! It was a great napping day and now we are off to watch the Super Bowl (commercials!).

Can Lunch be a Hat?

Well, we had some lovely sandwiches of cream cheese and jelly. Alas, we can not have peanut butter until we are three, so we used cream cheese instead. Well I was finishing a clean up and when I turned around it seems that Miss Maddie was confused with what to do with her sandwich. Apparently it resembed a hat and thus she used it as one. She seemed somewhat shocked when I shoved her head under the faucet after lunch and scrubbed it out. I guess she wanted to wear her "hat" all day.