The Benson Family: BUSY!!!!!

Well we have surely had our work cut out for us lately. We started hardcore on OUR house! Yep that's right we own a home now..finally! :) We started on our room this past Saturday...lets just say the back way had 5 layers of wallpaper...ahhhh! So we have our room done but John's not happy with the wall so our contractor is redrywalling it. He will start on our completely new bathroom and laundry room the 17th. Our flooring will also start then! We are soooo excited! We are doing all of our own painting and my Dad's doing the light fixtures. Our family room furniture will be delivered tonight. We got a black leather set. Which means no food or dogs aloud :) I am really excited about our laminate and shag carpet we picked out for the house. My Dad already installed our hallway lights. They look soooooooo much better than the old. They roofing company should be starting anyday now on our roof. The shingles are in the driveway! It's been challenging but fun doing all these updates. We are ready for it to be done and hopefully by mid September it will be. We also got our Direct TV today! Thank goodness I have been dieing without my DVR...lol!

Ellie is doing great. She is growing like crazy. She is now laughing out loud. It's the sweetest thing I have ever heard in my life! She is sleeping in her crib now too. She didn't like it for the longest time. I had given up hope. I tried it out Sunday and she loves it now. She is sleeping on her belly too. Which freaks me out. I wasn't able to sleep for like 3 days when she first started it. I lay her on her back and I think as soon as I leave the room she rolls to her belly. STINKER!!! I also went back to work on Monday. I think it's been the roughest thing I have been through. I am crying as I type this. I love my job though and it's so rewarding knowing I am making a difference in a child's life! I am also looking at it in the perspective that I need to do this for Ellie so she can have nice things and we can provide extra for her. It has been hard on me though. She is in very good hands though. She has AMAZING grandparents who love her with all their hearts!

I went to the checkup from my surgery. I'm great! :)