Motherly Musings on Monday

In trying to figure out how to balance all of the necesseties of life, here is what I've been thinking lately:

* My little boy is adorable
*A schedule/routine is important to get anything done
*If the kitchen is messy, the whole house is messy
*If the kitchen is clean, the whole house might be clean
*If the whole house is clean, mommy is smiling
*Mopping is an important part of the week
*Showering is an important part of the day
*Dirty diapers accumulate fast unless you throw them outside right away
*Spiders are bad
*Construction can kind of drive you crazy (but that's okay, of course)
*Losing weight is tricky
*Chocolate is not tricky
*A good book can make you have a little vacation
*Too many good books makes for messy kitchen, house, etc.
*Blog posts without pictures are kind of boring
*My little boy is singing to me right now, in a tired, please-give-me-a-bottle-and-a-nap kind of way

If anyone has any great ideas on how to get it all done, everyday, please let me know. In the meantime, I'll keep counting my blessings.

7 months

Thought I'd post these pictures that Joslyn took at her house this week. She is so talented at catching the best expressions that my camera and ability can't come close to, and I just love these! Thanks Jos!
A little Benson update: He is what I'd call "officially" sitting up, although pretty wobbly, and he ate pears today. . . and he didn't throw up! Yea!

Sleepy Boys

Daddy and Benson took a Sunday afternoon nap today at Grandma's house. Sundays get to be tricky for Benson's naps because church isn't exactly the ideal napping place. He gets tired earlier in the afternoon because of this, and apparantely so does Daddy. Oh. And he might be tired too because he just cut his second tooth yesterday, and there's been a little bit less sleep the past few days!

Couldn't Resist These

I think he's saying, "Oh, bless your heart!"

Shy boy

More Exercise

I'm possibly becoming one of those annoying, bragging mommies who always says how brilliant her child is, but really, I'm just so proud of our little boy! He's making such good progress in so short a time. Yesterday he finally did a variation on the "tripod sit" on top of Daddy, and he didn't flop all the way over like he did on Monday.

More tummy time practice on the Boppy! He cried at first, but then Phil and I started making crazy faces and noises to entertain him, and he forgot that he was unhappy, and held his head and chest up great!
Although Benson hangs out in the bouncy seat a little bit everyday, he has never, except once, actually played with or even really noticed those hanging toys. Today he was staring at them, and his hands cooperated! He first grabbed the toy with one hand, then he brought the other one up to help,