Family Outings, Sunshine and Mother's Day

We've been very blessed with help over the past few weeks. I really don't know how people do it without help. I know I would have been a mess without all of the support from family and friends.
Our final visitor was Auntie Kim who came down for a few days last weekend.

Last Saturday we started life with just the four of us. It wa a beautiful spring day so we decided to venture out and take Benjamin on his first family outing. It was just our normal walk down to Alki, through Schmitz Park, ending up at the Whale Tail Park. Of course, we also had to eat at Pegasus because what would a trip to Alki be without that. We even walked all the way home, something we haven't done for about 8 months. It felt really good to get out and get some exercise. Benjamin was a champ and barely fussed at all. He is going to fit into our family just fine.


Benjamin giving one of his "looks"

On Mother's Day we boarded the Water Taxi and headed over toward downtown. We walked up to The Spaghetti Factory for lunch and then ran a few errands downtown before heading back. Again, Ben was awesome and it felt good to have two good walks in two days. It is so much easier to get around without having a baby in my belly. Marty on the otherhand has been nicknamed the "baby Sherpa" He carries Ben in the front pack and either pushes Josie in the stroller or carries her too. I guess I did carry both of them for 9 months, so we are far from even, right?

Second children have to be more flexible given the torment they are put through by older siblings. Josie is always trying to "play" with him. It looks different every single day. Today she tried to line up all of the puzzle pieces around his chair. At first she tried to hand him the pieces but obviously he is too young to hold on to them yet.