March Madness

So it's been a while since our last post, but better late than never. Today is March 3rd and Ben is now just over 5 months old. He seems to grow and change everyday. His smiles and laughs are incredibly contagious and instantly warm our hearts. Ben is working hard to sit up like a big boy and doing a great job. His goal seems to be to pick up anything and everything he can and put it directly into his mouth, which happens to be a steady stream of drool. Ben continues to sleep through the night like a champ. We begin his bedtime routine around 7pm and by 8pm he's typically "arms over the head" for the night. He's been sleeping through the night pretty consistantly since the week of Christmas, what a blessing!! Sarah continues to be a wonderful fulltime mom staying home with Ben. Work has finally began to slow down for me with my new job, which means no more traveling in the near future. Life is good and we try our best to appreciate everyminute of it. That's it for today, I need to pace myself.

Let's Go Home

September 30, 2006

• We received the green light to take Ben home at 11:15am Saturday morning. Mom and Dad were excited to go home and return to their normal lives. Right!!


• Benjamin enjoyed his 1st car ride, he slept all the way home.


• We had a wonderful welcome home party for Ben. Both Grandma's and Grandpa's, Uncle Doug, Aunt Joce, and Emma came to visit for the afternoon. Everyone made sure Mom and Dad could relax with Ben and begin their adjustment. They prepared a much needed home cooked meal and brought plenty for dessert.


• Emma is extremely excited about her new cousin. Esspecially his eyes, ears, mouth, nose, etc... She was very cute and always wanted to know where "baby" was.


• That night Jaclynn brought Maddie over for their 1st date!! Mike and Marnie stopped in also, but thought Kendal would make Maddie jealous, so she stayed in bed. It's so great having such good friends close by.

Day Two

September 29, 2006

• Dustin took time out of his "busy" day to bring daddy Subway and most of all, visit "Little B"


• Benjamin was very excited to see Uncle Doug and Aunt Joclyn that evening. We're pretty sure they were excited to see Ben too. Aunt Joclyn had no problem holding her new nephew every chance she got.

Ben's Big Day

September 28, 2006

• We welcomed Benjamin Gregory Abbott into our family at 4:30pm. He weighed 8lb 9oz, 22 1/2 inch long. Happy Birthday Benjamin!!




• Both grandma's and grandpa's waited at the hospital all day excited to see their grandson.




• Aunt Kelly says she brought food for Grandma and Grandpa, but we think it was excuse for a sneak peak!!




• Aunt Carol and Uncle Gordan stopped in for their baby fix too. Aunt Carol brought mom some much deserved chocolate and baby Ben plenty of love. Uncle Gordan brought his camera!!




• The Krieder's and Schmidt's stopped in that evening after Mike finally pulled himself away from the endless pasta bowl at Olive Garden. Maddie and Kendal couldn't come back to see Ben, but we know they were both excited their new friend.