Who is really..All tuckered Out?

So tons of little things has happen since my last post. We have been doing all kinds of fun things with Benjamin and his little playdate group. We have gone on stroller rides, played at the park, we did a picnic, went to a friends house in Eagle mountain, went to Jungle Gyms, to cuddle time at the library, Cabellos camping store, DinoLand in the Mall and just played almost everyday. He had tons of Fun but I think we "Tuckered" him out.

Sadly he's not the only one tuckered out. . . He has completely tired me out too. Ben has just entered his TERRIBLE TWO"S. He's such a little mischief... For example...

This Morning I accidently fell asleep nursing Ethan on the bed, Ben was completely trapped in the room with me during this time period. Suddenly I was wakened by Ben climbing on the bed and handing me 6B tile from our acquire game. At first I thought to my self,what could he have done in 20 min time, he must have just dumped the box. I sat up and looked around the room and there was a lake of things covering the whole floor. He had dumped our aquire game (with playmoney, 108 tiles, 150 stock cards and 6 company peices), Ticket to Ride (45 trains of 5 colors, 86 color cards, and tons of destination cards) and a whole drawer of Stamps. My first reaction was to scream- which luckly I didn't do. I just started sorting and counting making sure all the pieces were in my favorite games. Ben didn't make it easy either, he kept trying to play with the pieces and dump the box agian. so I locked him in his room while I started scavengering for the pieces, they were under the bed, behind the bed, behind the nightstand, in the laundry basket, in my scrapbooking drawers ect... Good news I did find every piece and found it something to laugh about as I told Matt and my sister about it.

Ethan's Baby blessing

Ethan's Baby blessing went very well. We were sourrounded by famiy and loved ones! Matt gave Ethan a very beautiful Blessing! Surprisingly everything went well, we had plenty of food, Barely enough space, and we all had a good time! (P.s. It was a Birthday Celebration for Papa Jaffa too, We had a huge yummy Chocolate Birthday cake {Happy Birthday Brent!!!}) Ben Even had a blast having his Aunt, and uncles and both sets of Grandparents all in the same room. He went from lap to lap and was eating off of eveyone's plates!!! Sadly by the end of the event he was tuckered out!!! He missed nap time completly and was a tired little guy. (as you can see in the picture below)

A New Van!!!

Matt and I decided it was time for a second vehicle, so I wasn't stranded at home everyday. After our trip to St. George last summer (In a Crammed car). We decided it was time for a bigger Car. . . And Low and behold we have this New Van. It is a Used 2006 Toyota Sienna, With every luxury EXCEPT navigation system , leather, and sun roof. We love it! It has great options and will be wonderful for traveling in!

Who is the Baby? and Who is the big Boy?

Benjamin Thinks he is the Baby... He love to sit in Ethan's baby car seat, the baby bouncer, the Swing (as you see below), and the bassinet (aslo shown below). I Think this is his way of trying to get attention. He's a little jeolous of the attention the baby gets.

Trip to the Mall

Yesterday we went to the Mall to get Ethan's Baby pictures taken. Matt told Ben that if he was good he could ride the Merry-go-round. At first Ben seemed really worried as it started to move... Then he started laughing, he loved it!! It was kinda fun to get pictures and eating at the mall it was a fun little Family night out!

Ben loves his New little Brother

The first day back home from the hospital Ben was acting so cute with Ethan. He would just stare into the pack n' play at Ethan. We put an arobic step in front so he could climb up for a better view. Now he will push Matt and I away from the Pack n 'play as if Protecting Ethan from us. That First day home, We would tell him that it was a Baby and show him the sign language for Baby. He instantly did the sign back, I seriously worked with him on that sign for months and once Ethan is here he does it. Just today I taught Ben to give Ethan kisses... This picture is right after a kiss, the pictures of the kisses you can't see Ben's face.

Ethan is Here

Ethan Brent Jaffa was Born Feb 2 at 2:30 Am. He was 8lbs 5oz. and 20 inches long. He has dark brown hair like Matts and his eyes are a really dark Blue so we are guessing he will have Brown eyes (Unlike Ben's Blue eyes). We are now home from the hospital after a 3 day stay, I had to have a last min, Unplanned C-Section because Ethan heart rate was below 80. But we are doing better now and are adjusting to having two kids!

Lost Camera Cord

Sadly lots has happened to us and few we have pictures for but I lost the camera cord... The latest on us is...

1- We had a great Christmas!! Ben Christmas was the best.. It's definitely more fun to see kids open presents!
2- We got Ben a New Room! It is Disney Cars, with a toddler bed, table and chairs, a toy chest and wall stickers. He loves it and adjusted fabulously to the new bed and not the crib anymore.
3- Matt and Ben caught the Rhoda Virus. It is a nasty virus that make everything come out on both ends. Ben had it so bad we had to take him to Primary Childrens to get Re-hydrated with an IV. (Now they are both heathly and happy)
4-Matt and I are getting prepared for the coming of Ethan. We had insurances change on the 1st so we needed a new doctor and a new hospital. We also got a little Bassinet for our room for Ethan to sleep in!
5- Last but not least Matt finally found a Wii, after a long, hard time searching! It's been fun!

Well that is all for us hopefully soon I find that camera cord, If not I will buy a new one to show you pictures of Ethan when he comes!

Santa Clause is coming to Town

Our ward had Breakfast for Santa. It was alot of fun and they had a lot of good food. It was kinda embarrassing cuz they asked me to lead the singing of some songs in order to "encourage" Santa to come out. So I lead them to sing "Here comes Santa Clause" and "Jingle Bells". Sadly this Year Ben is old enough to realize what is going on and with in seconds of being placed on Santa's lap he freaked out and wanted to get off. So This was as good as the picture could get.

Lights at Temple Square

Saturday Night Matt and I decided we wanted to Go Downtown and look at the lights at temple square. We decided to take tracks which seemed to be a fun adventure for Benjamin. He enjoyed mostly seeing his own reflection in the window of tracks.




For Dinner we ate at the Lion House Pantry where I used to work years ago. It was kinda fun to see my boss again after so many years. The Food there always seems so good. After dinner we took a brisk walk and saw temple square lights in like 10 min top. Considering the temperture... 24degrees out side. We were all cold but it was worth it.

Arms Full of Grandchildren

For Thanksgiving, Kim and Jarad and their little family come to Salt Lake from Montana. Grandma Jaffa literally had her arms Full of Grandchildren. It was lot of fun to see the kids, it's amazing how fast they grow up.
I think that one of the most things I am most thankfull for this Thanksgiving is family!! It's great to have so many people who love you and support you. I am so Thankful also that I have so many great examples in my family of Rightous, hard working, loving people.

Autumn Leaves

Ben is really funny when it comes to leaves...When he first would come upon leaves on the side walk, he would carefully step over or go around them. It was hilarious to see him trying not to step on leaves especailly when we arrived at yards where there was leaves all over..... Now over time I have worked with him and showed him how we stomp on the leaves and throw them and play with them instead of avoid them...Now when we play out side he loves to pick up the leaves and crumble them in his hands. He no longer tries not to step on them and he loves to hear their sound when they crumble!!!

Happy Halloween

We had such a fun Halloween with Matt and Ben matching as Buzz Light year!! They were the hit of the evening!!! I was a Pea Pod..with my little "pea" in my tummy. It was really fun to dress up and actually have ben walking around trick-or-treating!!!


As Promised a Picture of "Daddy Buzz"

I told a few people that Matt was being buzz too and they wouldn't believe me that he would actually dress up in a buzz costume so enjoy the veiw...Matt said it will never happen again!!

It's a BOY!!!!

Tuesday we had "The UltraSound"

and we've got a healthy little boy growing in there.

I noticed that it was a boy before the tech told me..

You can really tell!!!

There is no Question that Ben is going to have a

baby Brother!!!

We are thinking of the name Ethan Brent Jaffa...But we'll see!!!

Buzz LightYear to the Rescue

Ben's little Friend Kaleb turned one this week and they had a halloween/Birthday party! Keleb is the Lion and Ben was Buzz LightYear. The parents dress up too!!! Matt was Buzz too and I was a Pea Pod!!! (Matt said I am not allowed to show his picture) But it was really fun and Ben was a really cute BUZZ!!

I can brush my teeth

We've been Brushing Ben's teeth

for a while now

and he's finally decided

he can do it his self.

He actually does a really

good job getting everywhere!!!

Roseola

This last week has been really interesting with ben coming down with Roseola, It is simular to chicken pox except that it comes from a virus, and doesn't blister. He had fevers in the range of 102.1-103.7 for about 48 hours then the spots showed up. once the spots emerged he was back to being happy and playful... Because it' contaguos we were quarentined to our house for the weekend and until the last spot disapears. Adults can get it too but it shows it's self as a virus infection, with no spots.

Happy 1st Birthday Ben!!!!

I can't Believe Ben is already 1 yr old. He had a little kid party with the kids his age in the neighborhood during the day and got all these wonderful toys! It was a blast, Holly and Elizabeth came and it was fun to watch the kids play!

Then at night was had a Party with Matt's Family and Joe and Caleb. Here is Ben blowing out the candle on his Woody Cake... At first he tried to Grab the candle and finally Daddy helped blow it out for him!!! He loved his Birthday but his very most favorite thing was...... his Animal Train from Grandma Jaffa, Once he opened it he wouldn't even look at another present or Toy

Watch me Walk!!!

Ben has been walking with this walker for the last 2 days and last night on his Birthday Ben walked 5 steps without it from My Arms to Matt's!!! It could be anytime before he walks all by him self!!!

Sanfransico Vacation

Day 1:Trolley to Fisherman's Warf
we arrived in San Fransico Sunday night so technically Sunday was the first day but all we did was check into the hotel and chill. Then Monday Matt Had Confrences to go to for the WWDC. (World Wide Developer Confrence) So Ben and I swam in the hotel pool. When Matt came home we took a trolley and visited Fisherman's warf. Ben thought the ride there was fun sadly he missed the ride back because he was sleep.

At Fisherman's warf they have alot of fun things to do there. They have street entertainers, Shops, resturants, this merry-go-round, boats and ferry rides, and Ben's favorite the Sea Lions. We were imitating the sound of sea lions and ben tried really hard to make his own sound that sounded close enough that we would tell he was imitating them. We ate dinner at the In and Out Burger, saw the sights and headed back to the hotel. Poor Benjamin was so tuckered out and fell sleep while in line for the trolley.



Day 2:Union Square Park and Pizza
So thanks to Caleb he convinced Matt to let me wander durning the day while he was in confrences. So Tuesday, Ben and I went to Union park square. Sadly Matt had the camera so I had him take this picture later in the week. Ben had alot of Fun watching the Pigeons eat. Those birds arn't afraid of anyone. They went right up to ben in his stroller. Then we went to the disney store and back to the hotel to swim. Later that evening Matt and wandered and found a really good Pizza and pasta place we ate Pizza and spegetti.


Day 3: China Town
Today was just like the day before in the day activities... Went to the park again and the Disney store the only thing we added was Old Navy and Ross. Then that night we toured China town... we couldn't help our selves buying Ben a little China outfit. It was so Cute! Dinner was good too. Surprisingly enough Ben loved Chinese food, granted we ordered sweet and sour Chicken and Ham Fried Rice and a fruit dish, but it was good!!!



Day 4: SanFransico ZOO
Matt decided to ditch the rest of his confrences for this day and go to the zoo with us!!! It was Fun for the most part except that Ben was tired, it was his nap time and we really didn't let him nap. He seemed to like the Giraffe, the gorilla, and the penguins. But other than those few animals he barely seemed to notice them. For example in the zebra picture we got his picture looking at the camera because he simple refused to look at the zebras.
Well the rest of the zoo was fun. They had a Bird Feeding area where people were in the cage feeding birds. They also had a family zoo area where you can actually touch and pet the farm animals. They also Had a Little Choo train Ride to go on. After the zoo we went to a hotel in coupertino (I hope I spelled that right) so Matt could attend the apple Campus Bash. The Next morning we drove our 14 hour trip home.