Poor Benjamin!

So Friday morning 3 a.m. Benjamin woke up with a fever over 100F. So I took him in to see the Dr. and he said that it was only a really bad cold that is going around. Well I got home from work last night and his fever, which we were controlling with tylenol but he was asleep so we didn't want to wake him, had gone up to 102F. Joe being the wonderful father he is spent most of the night sleeping in the arm chair with Ben because anytime we moved Ben he would wake up. Just for the record though I did spend from like 4 a.m. yesterday sleeping in the arm chair with Ben. We decided to take him in to another walk in clinic because he is eating and sleeping less and getting a worse fever. The Dr. there thought his throat looked red and infected and prescribed antibiotics. Let's hope they work quickly.

Back To Work

So I started back at the Wholesale Club last week and all is going fairly well. I did have one customer come to me thinking he could pull the wool over my eyes because I "looked" new. He left 4 boxes of chicken fillets on his cart and put up a box of chicken burgers. The chicken burgers cost about $12 a box less than the chicken fillets. Well I caught it and I don't think he realized I caught it until he was checking over his receipt outside.
Joe and I went to Drumheller for Easter which was nice but Benjamin loves getting into all of Grandma's stuff and there is a lot of stuff he can get into. He especially loved dumping the dog's water all over the floor, twice. Daisy the dog really has no patience for babies and I think Ben made her mad the last time we visited by playing with her toys.
Grandma Puzey gave Benjamin a big Leopard printed looking bear which Ben really likes especially if you make it look like it is talking.
Best story ever------I was in the living room and Ben was playing in the kitchen. I heard a bang and than a lot of plasticky noises coming from where he was playing so I went to investigate. I found Ben on the floor with saltine crackers surrounding him and he was justing eating away. It was dinner time but his food wasn't ready yet. Apparently he decided to go find his own food. Have a great week everyone.

Life!

So I am no longer completely crazy. I was able to get out at least for a bit these last few days which was good. On Thursday I decided to try go out into the backyard here and let Benjamin run/walk around and play. Well that was all fine and good until I tried to get out. I forgot when I shut the gate behind me that the inside pull to get out had broke. So when I tried to get out I realized that I was locked in. I tried climbing up the fence a little to reach the latch and that didn't work. I tried every toy in the backyard and they didn't seem to work. I even tried to move a boulder from the backyard over to stand on and I couldn't lift it. Somehow one of the toys that I used unlatched the gate and we were able to get out. I did think about waiting for the people upstairs to come home but I had no idea how long they were going to be. Good thing I didn't wait, she didn't come home for at least an hour after I wanted to go back in.

I go back to work next week. I am starting to worry about all of the produce codes that I have forgotten. It is like I am going to be a brand new cashier that knows too much and yet not enough.

Going Crazy!!!!!

So I look out my little windows and see the sun shining and yearn to go out for a walk and get out from under this fake lighting. Being not the only one who is going out I check the weather channel and find out the current state of affairs outside. Now anyone who knows Lethbridge knows that it can be windy here. But of course today, the day when I am feeling so very stir crazy, is one of the windiest in awhile. The wind speed is somwhere between 64 km/h gusting up to 78km/h. I am not completely crazy and know that at that speed even when it is sunny and warm out would not be good for walks with a 11 month old. So here I am grateful that I put Benjamin down for a nap before his whining completely drove me nuts. I love being a mom, but somedays I just want out of this house. With only one car, which Joe has, and the weather outside looking so deceiving I just want out. By the way I can't use the computer when Ben is awake because he loves to grab all of the cords or the printer or bang on the keyboard. Enough of my complaining, I should be happy that I get the car tomorrow.

Joe's brother left sometime today for the MTC which is exciting. I know we will miss him. Time does seem to go by a lot faster than it may appear.

First Time Blogger!

So I have never blogged before and have no idea how to run this site yet. But I will learn.
Life is going great for us here. Joe is almost finished his first year at the Lethbridge College and has really enjoyed his studies there so far. I am going back to work on the 18th and having mixed emotions about doing this. First off I am excited to get some time away from Benjamin who gets into everything. Second I am dreading leaving him because he has been my 24/7 job for almost the whole last year. Benjamin is walking now which leaves everything overturned in my house. His little hands can reach up on top of the table and also open our 2 kitchen drawers. He loves chewing on shoelaces or anything string. Kinda like a puppy dog! I love making him laugh and get a kick out of playing his version of tag.

Ron, Joe's brother, leaves for his mission to Lima, Peru on Wedsnesday. I am excited for him to be doing this but saddened to not see him for two years. Benjamin has just started liking him and now he probably won't recognize him when he comes home.

Right now I am cooling my first ever homemade cheesecake and think I am going to be up for a while longer.

Hope everyone is doing well.