After almost two weeks of my computer being down, it won't be long before I have it back. I received my hard drive back yesterday, along with my external drive which has just about all of my pictures and videos on it. Thank goodness the data recovery guy was able to save it all. It included 2 days of cloning my hard drive and then hours and hours of transferring everything. It's amazing what some people are able to do with computers. I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon at the Apple store and should be getting my new hard drive installed (I would have had it installed sooner but learned last weekend after a 45 minute trip to the Apple store that you need to give them your old hard drive to get a new one. Because I sent my hard drive to the data recovery guy, that wasn't possible). I am hoping that they are able to install it while I am there since it only takes a minute or two but I am prepared for them take a few days.
Whenever it is done though, I will definitely be updating with pictures. I do have pictures on my camera that I am anxiously waiting to upload.
Ben and Jack continue to do well.
Ben is a terror. I think it's a two year old thing. Or maybe a boy thing. Whatever it is, I hope he outgrows it. He talks more and more every day which I love. It is so much fun being able to communicate with him. Half of what comes out of his mouth is about baseball. He is learning about the game and loves to play it. A lot of times it's with an imaginary ball and whatever he can find to use as a bat. He likes to pretend he's sliding into a base or catching a fly ball (which he will tell you that's what he's doing). After he swings, he will yell out either single or homerun. Or sometimes it's a strike. In a few weeks, Ben will be starting parent/child soccer. It is for 2 and 3 year olds and introduces them to the sport. If anything, it will be good for him to be around other children his age. Ben has become very interested in books and we spend a lot of time each day reading them. It's usually the same books, over and over, to the point that he has a lot of the pages memorized. He is also into music and instruments. We think he has acquired some musical ability but we aren't quite sure how since Drew and I are far from being musically inclined. He likes to play the drum, guitar, piano, flute, anything that makes a sound. He also likes to tell other people what instruments they will be playing. He is quite bossy. As far as being a big brother, he's still learning the job. He doesn't understand that he needs to be gentle with Jack and we often catch him pushing him over or throwing balls at him. I wait for the day that Jack is bigger than Ben and "pays him back" for everything.
Little Jack Henry is still the best baby. We can go several days without him crying. He sleeps great. Smiles constantly. Laughs at everything his brother does. Puts everything he can in his mouth. He has mastered sitting up on his own. He will get on all fours and is starting to move his knees. I am so not ready for my 5 month old to start crawling. We will giving Jack his first solid food in 3 weeks. I think he is ready but we will be traveling a lot in the next few weeks and want to wait until we are back home on his normal schedule before trying it. Jack continues to grow. It won't be long before he starts thinning out once he starts crawling. I continue to enjoy my time with Jack, knowing that it won't be long before he is running around with Ben.
I hope everyone enjoys their holiday weekend. We are going to enjoy three days with Drew, not doing too much. On Thursday morning, the boys and I are leaving for Colorado to see the family we left behind there. We will get back the following Monday and then leave three days later to spend five days at the beach with Drew's family. It's going to be a fun couple of weeks.
