relief

Ben went to his last class yesterday. Homework is done. We didn't know how else to celebrate so Ben bought me flowers and Macee a toy for helping him get through school. What a sweetheart, huh? In exchange, I used like half of my grocery money to buy ourselves food to make us a nice rib dinner. It was such an awesome feeling to know that the stress of school is over. Ben did an amazing job fulfilling all of his responsibilities. He tackled being an Elder's Quorum president, a graduate student (in a fast track, one year program), becoming a new dad, and finishing his internship in record time so he could begin working. On top of all of that, he is 99% sure he will be getting a 4.0 this semester. I do have one amazing, smart husband! But, like when any other stress is relieved, he got sick and can't seem to get enough sleep.

On another note, Macee is getting her top teeth in. She is a grump and isn't sleeping well, which only compounds on the grumpiness. I wish teething wasn't so painful for these little things! It's so hard to watch them hurt and only be able to give them something cold to chew on and cuddle them. But, she has learned a new trick. I knew she would be up moving really fast because all that this girl has wanted to do is stand and bounce. Now she is able to walk with her "hippo". It's simply a push, walking toy. We've all seen them. I took this video for the family to see, but I will let you all enjoy too since I'm so proud of my baby.

http://youtu.be/yCNnXaMorV4

so busy

We are still alive down here in Arizona. We've been super busy, doing I don't know what. It must be the end of the semester or something. I just know that my house is a mess and we're just trying to keep our heads on straight while getting so excited for the next few weeks! A quick little update. Ben has one more class until he graduates!! The Harding grandparents will be down in exactly two weeks. The Ashdown grandparents will be down in three weeks with a nice week vacation to follow. I have, like...3 more pillows to make until my living room is all updated and cute. Macee is a crawling girl and getting herself into trouble, pulling on on things that tip over and crawling onto things that she can fall off of. I guess this is the stage that every mom takes about chasing their babies. I still love it and can't get enough of her joy and curiosity. Here is a picture of the happy girl, doing her new "cheese" face.


P.S. I hope you are all as excited for Ben's graduation as I am. I get my husband back!!! We'll have evenings together (well, most of them), we can eat dinner before 9:00 at night, I can stop having to leave him alone while he works on homework, he can help me put Macee to bed EVERY night, and then we can relax...together! Oh, did I mention that the stress of homework and school will be completely gone? Yes, gone on Monday.