The birth of my iphone:

I have a new iphone! Some may think I'm lucky, but let me tell you what led up to the birth of my iphone. A little over a week ago my darling boy tossed my cell phone into the toilet (one of many things that has bathed in the porcelain throne). I didn't even know that he did it until Peter went to use the bathroom and called out to me "Hey did you know your phone is in the toilet?" I had been waiting for my contract with Altell (Verizon) to expire in november. I didn't want to invest in a new phone so I transferred my current phone number to Peter's old cell phone that Ben plays with as a toy. This worked great for about 4 days. Then one morning the speaker started acting up. I was trying to call people to make plans for the weekend and nobody could hear me! Mind you this phone is about 6 years old. I was so frustrated and my temper got the best of me. Somehow the phone fell out of my hand...with quite some force....and broke in half! Dunzo.

I ventured to the Verizon store and they told me that the only way I could use my phone insurance was if I signed a new 2 year contract with verizon. What was a girl to do? Over to the AT&T store I went and bought myself a new phone.

The good news is that now I can blog from my cell phone!

Lots of Pics and Posts to come,

Sarah

Wow! It has been way too long. So sorry.

It was a very long winter. Flu season hit the hospital hard this year and we were busy. Peter has been very busy at work too. They have been short staffed for a while. It seems like as soon as they hire someone new, someone else leaves. Unfortunately, Peter is the only one who does his job so he works almost every day.

Ben is getting so big! Everyday he does something new and I love him a little bit more. Not to say that he hasn't been testing my patience. As soon as that boy learned to walk he became a trouble maker. He is into EVERYTHING!!! As soon as I get him out of the dishwasher he's into the dog food, then once I get the dog food picked up he has pulled my bag off the table and emptied it!

Ben loves to talk, talk, talk. Every once in a while he says something we can understand, but its usually just jibberish. His favorite activities these days are reading books, playing outside, and taking baths.

As most of you know, Peter and I have been blessed to not have to put Ben in daycare. We have such a supportive family that we have never had to leave Ben with anyone other than family. Don't get me wrong, its not that daycares are bad, but I can't bring myself to pay a stranger to spend the day with my son when I would rather be with him myself. Our primary babysitters have been my sister's Amanda and Stacey. Both of them, however, found new jobs at the beginning of June. Stacey is nannying for a family in Ada and Amanda moved from evening shift to day shift. We are very happy for both of them. Luckily, Tami just graduated from high school and Paige is off for the summer! It's funny how things just work out. We are so blessed.

What some of you don't know, is that starting the 3rd week of July I am going to part-time and we won't need babysitters as often! I am so happy that I have the opportunity to be able to stay home with Ben more.

Again, I am sorry that I have been away for so long. I am hoping to blog more often.

I am leaving you with a video of Ben playing in the street fountain in Holland last week. Adorable!

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