In the 10 week countdown!

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One day shy of 30 weeks!

We're officially in the 10 week countdown now! And what's more, we're leaving to go to Yokosuka on May 11th (at 37 weeks) to wait nearby the hospital! We're all getting very excited. The house is more and more ready with everyday. All the tiny clothes are washed, diapers are prewashed, folded, and ready to go, and Bennet felt his brother move for the first time the other day! Tim still hasn't read the birth coach book I gave him. And now that we're in the countdown, my polite pleas for him to prepare himself for the birth of our son and my strategic placing of the book where he's sure to see it have morphed into slightly less polite demands that he read the damn book before I have to strategically place it somewhere else. I'm happy to report that I caught him reading it today, unprompted, during siesta. :)

The Many Faces of Bennet

Bennet has been really into making faces lately. In particular, he likes for Tim and I to mirror the faces back to him before he moves onto a new one. We've played the face game at home, in the tub, at the park, in the doctor's office, at the post office...and so on. I'm pretty sure most of the people on base either think I'm insane or think Bennet and I are constantly feuding (B is really into making the squinty-eyed angry face). Tim and I both really enjoy seeing what kind of faces he comes up with and thought we'd give you a little taste of the many faces of Bennet. (Please don't mind the eggs on his face. This particular round of face game was played at the breakfast table.)


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Like Buttah!

With all the bread that's been baking in our house recently, it was only a matter of time before we decided to make our own butter! So today, Bennet and I went to the store and bought fresh cream and spent the afternoon in the kitchen. We even used the buttermilk for irish soda bread. After all, you really need something to slather all the butter on!

Mommy is using the food processor,


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...but Bennet is going the shake-it-up route to creamy, buttery goodness!


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We've got whipped cream!


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At this point I started wondering if I did something wrong...


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But all of a sudden, the processor started shaking and there was something clunky inside! It actually worked!


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Drain off the buttermilk.


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And Bennet's STILL shaking!


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It's time to flavor the butter!


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Sun-dried tomato and basil butter.


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Italian herb and garlic butter.


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Toasted almond and honey butter.


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How about now, Mommy?


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Let's take a look....BUTTER!!


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All the pretty butters in a row.


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After all that hard work, a little taste of buttermilk sounds good!


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