The Rosy Roses!

Updates with Benson: He's 23 months and is such a little ham. He loves playing hide and go seek with dad and LOVES it when dad  comes home from work. Since we moved to the apartment, we're only about 5 minutes from James work, so dad gets to come home for lunch almost every day. I love that, and I know little buddy does too. He's also starting to jabber much more. He mimics noises all the time, and is really starting to develop a vocab. He LOVES reading books. Especially books with animals in them. It's so sweet. I love watching how he figures things out. It's so great :) A few months ago, we bought one of those potty seats that you sit on top of the regular toilet. He was TERRIFIED of it. Over the last few weeks he's been super interested in it, so we've had him sit on the potty and he actually goes pee!! Not sure i'm in the right stage of life to be potty training right now, but it's awesome. He also tells me when he's stinky, and most of ...

Quick sum of the last few weeks- I turned 28! That seems like such a big number! It's wierd. I certainly don't feel that old. I went to lunch with Jannette and Dolores at Newks. Love them! After James got off of work, we drove down to the Atlanta Aquarium. It's free on your birthday, so that made it so much more affordable just having to pay for one ticket. Especially their after 4pm special! Benson loved all of the fishy's. It was so cute. That aquarium really is just spectacular! I'm awed every time! The next day was Saturday, and James gave me some money and let me go shopping all by myself. It's been a while! It was nice not to have to fight Benson, and just take my time! We went over to the Kristjansens for their monthly birthday celebration. Love them so much. Afterwards, we dropped Benson off at the Froeres (Relief Society President at Collins Hill), then we went down to Atlanta to see The Lion King at the Fox theatre. It was so good! James gave me tic...

Well. This week has been one for the books apparently. Because i'm blogging about it. Last May-ish, James and I were going up to Gainsville to play some ultimate frisbee, and I noticed a slight stitch in my side. It came before we started playing, so I knew it wasn't injury related. I kept hoping that it would go away on its own, because I hate going to the dr. It wasn't really painful per say. Just... there. I would notice it mostly when I breathed in deep. I asked my dad, and Roman about it this summer when we were back in Idaho for the Burk Family Reunion. Neither of them had any real guesses as to it's nature, so I just kept keepin on. I for a long time, thought it was related to my IBS, so I started taking pro-biotics, pre-biotics, and fiber supplements. I made sure I was getting enough water every day, but it persisted. James and I wanted to start trying for another baby in October of 17. I finally decided to go to the dr's so I could get a clean bill of he...