It's just a little crazy around here!

It's a big week at the Bennett house mainly because I got a job. Another job, I should say. I am currently still working my part time job, and now I have a full time job, hence the craziness. I hadn't even been looking for a job but a friend emailed me about a subrogation specialist position at an insurance company and it looked interesting. There were many attractive qualities about this job, including the fact that I wouldn't have to drive downtown, I get off at 4:30 everyday and oh, they pay me. Before I had Mason, I told Jake that I would continue working even after the baby so that he could finish school without having to have a job. Then I lost my job and gained the second love of my life and my priorities shifted a bit. I promised that around Mason's 6 month birthday I would look for a job, but that if I didn't get one before Jake went back to school in January we would just take out student loans and I would stay home. Well, I got the one and only job I was interested in so I guess I'll be working for the next two years. Lucky for us Mason goes to Sunny's house for the day where he is loved and adored and equally loves and adores her boys. Although I shed a few tears this morning, I am so relieved that I don't have to worry about him being ignored at a day care. My cousin Jen tells me that there will come a time where I actually enjoy using my brain and talking to adults. But I was just starting to learn spanish from Dora the Explorer and her cousin Diego!

A Breakthrough!

Mason has been crazy cranky this week and we know he is teething, but he has really ramped it up. He doesn't so much cry as whine and then screams very loudly and then returns to whining. I checked his gums every day and there was nothing, there was not even swelling. Well, two nights ago I finally got the big payoff, the tip of a tooth breaking through his gums! He's still kind of cranky and refuses to sleep more than 20 minutes during the day. He is now sleeping 12 hours at night though so I guess I shouldn't complain. My question is this...will he be this cranky every time he gets a new tooth? We looked it up and he will get a total of 20 teeth. That's a lot of crying, yo! Here he is in happier times...

Our Free Time Is Never Wasted

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We Caved

When I typed the title to this blog, Jake said "What's this we crap?" So I suppose to be truthful I should say that I caved. I just felt bad every time I ate a bowl of cereal in front of Mason and he would watch the spoon go from the bowl to my mouth and back to the bowl. He looked at me with these eyes that said "Momma, I could do that, you should let me try". And so I did. We fed Mason on October 15, 2007, a full 2 weeks before his 6 month birthday. But Dana was right, now I have to remember to feed him twice a day, which I have forgotten on more than one occassion. Anywho, our little guy is totally getting the hang of this eating thing. At six months we'll start feeding him vegetables. Yum.

The place is on fire!

I was just talking to my dear friend Erin, who resides in Escondido and I mentioned that I hadn't seen her online lately. She said "Well, I lost my cable and the place is on fire". I laughed. She said "No really". Turns out she's right! We hope that our friends and family in San Diego County are all safe and sound and don't have to take up residence in Qualcomm Stadium because that place is scary when you don't live in it. Here's a picture of Mason to cheer you up. He dressed up for the evacuations, but obviously takes them very seriously.

Another First

It seems like every week Mason does something for the first time. I can hardly keep up with them. One first that he had last week that was entirely unplanned was his first chiropractic adjustment. We were actually at the chiropractor for me but the doctor asked if I had had Mason evaluated and I said "Uh, no. Isn't he a bit young and a bit tiny for this?" He said he had worked on babies three weeks old. I said ok. He proceeded to pick him up and hang him upside down and then told me that he favors turning his head to the right. This is true. Then he had him lay on his belly on the big table and he adjusted his lower back. At this point, every person in the office is gathered around to watch the tiny man on the table. Even the other patients where watching. What was Mason doing? Loving every minute of it. He particularly loves the hanging upside down part, so we recreated it when we got home, much to his delight. Then he got to listen to his Ipod, which he also clearly loves.

Mason's Bath Time

A Bath Video, well, um, OK!