Benson

There is a building on campus named after President Ezra Taft Benson and I have been wanting to take Benson to stand by the sign and take his picture. We tried to do that a few weeks ago but the school is doing construction on the building so we couldn't really get a picture of the sign and Benson. I did get a picture of the "Benson" part of the sign in the parking lot though and a few pictures of Benson at the gardens next to the building.

Benson's Half Birthday (18 months)

Saturday, June 11th was Benson's 18th month birthday so of course we had to celebrate. We found these really good ice cream cupcakes at Coldstone. Benson loved the cupcake! We only let him eat half of a cupcake and that was too much. He was on a sugar high for a few hours after and then crashed (with a huge meltdown) before he finally fell asleep, well past his bedtime.

Rexburg Water Park

Rexburg has a free water park that we finally tried out yesterday. Benson loves to play in water, especially sprinklers, so he had a great time. He enjoyed standing right on top of the water and then sitting down. Most of the time he got sprayed right in the face which he thought was hilarious.

Hop To It

We took Benson to a local kids gym a few weeks ago. The gym is called Hop To It and is a gym full of inflatable bouncy toys. Benson had a really good time but was done after about 15 minutes, good thing it only cost $5. (Ignore the red eye in the pictures my camera was being weird)






Benson: Look, I can jump with my eyes closed!

National Donut Day

Benson: Why are you taking my picture? I just want to eat my donut!



Benson: Do you want a piece?



The first National Donut Day was the first Saturday in June. Of course we had to celebrate by eating as many donuts as we could and Benson was happy to help.

Commencement Pictures

My family and I made the trip up to Moscow about two weeks ago for my law school commencement. The weekend went flawless with our flights, car rental, the ceremony and just having a good time.

Swearing In Ceremony

I had to go to Boise a few weeks ago to get sworn in as an officially licensed attorney. I am officially known as licensed Idaho attorney 8131.

Benson's First Trip To The ER

Benson had his first trip to the ER about two weeks ago. He had been sick the two weeks prior to his visit to the ER and had been taking Penicillin for a severe sinus infection. I thought the penicillin worked great. After about 3 days Benson was feeling great, his congestion was gone, his runny nose was gone, the circles under his eyes were gone, he was feeling really good.

However, two days after his penicillin ended he started getting sick again with a runny nose, itchy eyes, fever and just plain not feeling good. Then one night he started breaking out in a rash, hives and huge bumps all over his body. This all came on in a span of amount 10 minutes. I was freaking out and my Mom suggested we take in him to get checked out.

After waiting for almost 1.5 in the ER waiting room and another 30 minutes once we got back into the room the doctor said it wasn't anything to worry about. He thought Benson probably had a viral infection and a viral rash, which is common in babies. So, after a few wasted hours and I'm sure a lot of money (I haven't gotten the bill yet but I'm sure I don't want to see it) we were sent home with "It should go away within a few days. Nothing to worry about. See his pediatrician in a few days just to check up on it."

Well, his rash got extremely worse over night so I decided to take him to see his pediatrician. Well of course our doctors office sucks and is always super busy so we couldn't see his normal doctor but got squeezed in at 4:00 p.m. with another doctor whose name I still don't know. After waiting for over 1.5 hours in the waiting room we were told the doctor we were going to see was 1.5 hours behind schedule and it would probably be another 30-45 minutes before we could see him. Hello! Shouldn't they tell you that when you check in? I guess none of the receptionists have had children so they don't know what it is like to entertain a sick, 16 month old baby for 2 hours, in a doctor's office waiting room. Needless to say I was furious!

We finally got to see the doctor, who was very nice, he took one look at Benson and said "This is not a viral rash. I don't know why the ER doctor told you that." What! He said, "This is clearly not a viral rash given the severity of the rash, the raised bumps and color. This is some type of allergic reaction rash." So, I guess a few hours in an ER waiting room and a few hundred dollars gets you NOTHING!

It turns out the Benson is most likely allergic to penicillin. The doctor suggested that we probably don't give Benson penicillin ever again. He said there really wasn't anything to do to help the rash. Because it was an allergic reaction to an antibiotic he didn't want to give Benson another antibiotic to treat it. He said it would take a few days, probably close to a week for the rash to go away. So, we left the office with a very tired, very cranky, 16 month old baby who looked like he had leprosy. Luckily the rash did go away in a few days and Benson hasn't really been sick since then.

1 Year Pictures

We finally got around to taking Benson in to get his 1 year old pictures taken. We're only about 5 months late. But better late then never I guess. These are the 6 pictures I actually got prints of. The other poses turned out cute as well but I liked these 6 the best. Benson was such a ham for the camera, as always. The picture with the marshmallow is one of my favorites. If you don't know Benson LOVES marshmallows, especially the flavored ones. I was trying to bribe him with a marshmallows while taking pictures and the photographer captured a cute picture of him eating the marshmallow. I'm hoping in the next few weeks to get family pictures taken outside.

Weekend Crafts

A few weekends ago I was in a crafty mood. I have had this fabric to make a pillow for Benson's room for quite a while now and finally got around to making the pillow case. I have also been wanting to make the tile craft for a while now too. I like how they both turned out. I'm currently making Benson a quilt, my first quilt. It is pirate fabric and going to turn out really cute when it's finally done.

Easter

Easter Egg Hunt

We were in Rexburg over Easter and took Benson to his first Easter Egg Hunt. He was totally into finding eggs and knew exactly what to do. Altough he didn't want to put the eggs in his basket. He tried to pick up as many as he could and just hold them in his arms. Then of course as soon as he realized there was candy in each egg he only wanted to eat the candy. He would smile everytime I would open an egg for him because he knew each one had a piece of candy. I'm pretty sure ... actually I know we give Benson way too much candy!

Benson's Haircut

We finally took Benson to get a haircut. His hair was getting really shaggy. I normally spike it in the middle of his head, giving him a mini mohawk. His hair was getting so long that the mini mohawk looked a little ridiculous. He was so funny while the barber cut his hair. Benson is normally all smiles and talkative but not on this day. I think he was a little scared of what the barber was doing to him. He just stared at him the entire time and slowly moved his head while the barber moved from side to side cutting his hair. Then he perked up as soon as the barber gave him a hershey kiss.