A Day in the Life of a Bench: Settling In

We are starting to get more and more into our little groove here in Florida. I take James on a walk (sometimes more if we get sick of the apartment) to go see the ducks. He loves them and just starts to jabber away when he sees one. We have no couch and no tv yet so we spend a lot of time on the floor playing "I'm going to get you..." which usually ends up with a delightfully adorable little squeal from James and then he gets me before I can get him. I LOVE that boy. He makes my day so much brighter. He is also consistently sleeping in until 7:30 am now too which makes for one very happy mama. He still wakes up once to get a bottle but I don't mind. He is also walking more than crawling but it's sort of a sideways waddle. He has also learned how to open things with his teeth. Cracks me up because he'll try to open the funniest things with his teeth. I can't believe my little baby is almost one. My how time flies. Sometimes I wanted it to go faster and other times I just want to slow it down. I guess that's why they say to savor each moment. Chris likes his job so far and that is a blessing. I am so grateful he works so hard so I can stay home with little James. I love being a mom. It's the hardest thing I've ever done, but it's also the best. I know I say that all the time, but it's more true every single day. Feeling pretty blessed at the moment. I've been thinking about Easter coming up and I can't help but think that last Easter was the day we finally got to bring James home from the hospital. I am so grateful for the Savior and for His Atonement. I can't imagine going through life without the knowledge of the Resurrection and the fact that if we keep the commandments and do our very best, then we can dream of living with our Father in Heaven again. Trials are hard, but the knowledge of the Atonement makes trials possible to get through. I once heard a quote that I may have shared, but it's a good one. "God doesn't give us what we can handle. God helps us handle what we are given." I truly believe that. Thanks for listening to my thoughts :)

This is the top drawer of the filing cabinet and James thought it would make a good sock drawer. He tries to put everything in this drawer. If only he would keep up the habit of putting things away.

So when we got new phones James got upgraded as well. He loves playing with them and apparently thought they would make good boats. They didn't but I sure am glad it wasn't our actual phones.

I know this is pretty gross, but I promise I keep them very clean and am counting the days he will grow out of wanting to play in the toilet water.

There is also now a lock, well a hair tie around the handles so he doesn't do this anymore. I sometimes think that all I do is clean up messes.

Crazy, adorable, little messmaker anyways.

So I was trying to iron a few shirts but he woke up from his nap. I was almost done and didn't want to have to stop, but he was demanding to be held so naturally I stuck him in the washer. He didn't mind because he could see what I was doing. I promise it wasn't for more than 5 minutes that he was in there :)