My Seattle trip last week was pretty exhausting. As much as I loved learning new things about the company and seeing coworkers I haven't seen in a while, by the end of the week I was totally missing my little boogerman.

I took the redeye back home, and as soon as I buckled my seatbelt I was out like a light, not to wake up until 4 1/2 hours later when we landed in Chicago. I got in at around 6am, and since Dave was working, his father picked me up and took him to their place, where Ben was sleeping. Ben looked like he'd grown a foot since I left him! I plopped down on the bed next to him and passed out, without even changing out of my clothes. I was in and out of sleep for the rest of the morning, and Ben woke up and looked at me like, "Where the hell have you been, Mommy?" and jumped on me and played with my face. I played a bit with him, but then fell back asleep. I woke up again at noon, and heard Ben downstairs playing. I got up and then realized that I hadn't switched my watch, and that it was actually was 2 in the afternoon. I'm a slacker! That week really took a lot out of me!

So for the rest of the day, I just vegged out and watched Ben. I just marveled at how much he's grown and that he's a little boy now. I couldn't help but pick him up occasionally and hug him and cover him with little kisses. It's hard to be away from him for so long!

So here's a pic of him from a couple weeks ago, the first time he's walked on his own in our backyard. He wasn't too fond of the squooshy, uneven feeling of the grass!

Posted by Yano at May 8, 2007 02:25 AM

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