Food for thought

Love thy neighbor as thyself.

I never knew how profound that statement was until Benjamin's World Literature class. This class blows my mind and I'm not even in it. When he comes home from class he has to detox his mind so he can actually sleep so I get to learn ALL that he learned that night. He is so diligent in both of his classes but be careful if you need to talk to him right when he gets home or after he studies, a two minute conversation could turn into two hours. It's pretty comical sometimes. Yesterday we talked about the above statement for a long time and I learned a lot. How do you love your neighbor as yourself if you don't love yourself? How do you love someone as much as you love yourself? Above all, how do you perfect that? Well, that is some food for thought. Have fun.

While I'm on the topic of love, I have to say I was completely blown away by a patient's generosity at work on Tuesday. The same patient I cried to while she was there the week before came in for her surgery and brought me a gift.

Yep, two handmade burp clothes! She was so cute! I wasn't here until she was already in surgery and everyone told me she kept asking for me. When she woke up from surgery she asked if I was there yet. As she sat in recovery I went back and thanked her for being so kind! She was glowing with charity. She taught me a lot! Sometimes when we think of doing something nice for someone else we need to simply do it! All to often I talk myself out of it because I don't want to be too invasive or whatever but that lady made my day! She is a lot closer to perfection than I. She seems to have learned how to love her neighbor as herself. Thank you kind lady!!

I also learned that our neighbors love us because they didn't steal our car.

 

Benjamin decided that he would leave the keys in the car door overnight. I laughed so hard when I found them after a good while of searching the house for them. I looked and looked then called Benji to see where he had put them. He did what we all do when asked where something is, he replied 'did you look....' then stated all the places I already looked. Then he said I hope I didn't lock them in the car. Yeah, me too because for some strange reason we still don't have a spare key. I walked down the stairs to find the keys dangling from the car door. I was still on the phone and just started laughing. Immediately he knew where they were. Just something else I can tease him about.

This is too! I keep telling him that he can't nurse Cohen the way I do but he is bound and determined to do so! I'm totally joking! He is so good and calming Cohen down. He is a great dad. I can't wait for their first Friday together when I have to work and they get the whole day together. That will be next Friday, one week from today! I am sure there will be some hilarious stories so stay tuned!! When I told Cohen that his dad was going to watch him all day he wasn't quite sure what to think:

    In the end he was EXTREMELY excited!!

Last weekend was my birthday...I'm 25 now! It was such a great birthday! Benji and Cohen were so good to me!! We started the celebrating on Friday afternoon, we went to Tuscano's which was delicious, then did some shopping at Forever21. That didn't last long because Cohen had gotten his shots earlier that day and was starting to do exactly what the doctor said he might do...CRY! Poor kid! I was so sad for him so we went home and I just held him the rest of the day while he slept. Saturday morning we did a yard sale/bake sale/breakfast fundraiser with the young men and young women in the ward! I had to be to the church by 6:30 AM so Benji got up super early and got all my presents ready and stuff. I've never woken up at 5:30 in the morning to get my birthday presents! It was like Christmas! I loved it! I got some good things...Benji even was brave enough to buy me some clothes. That is a first! I was impressed. The yard sale went great! Thanks to my wonderful presidency! They were a LIFESAVER!

I'm moving in to a new position at work! I am so excited about it! I have WAY better hours then what I was working before...unknown hours. It is a major blessing! This way I know I can be off work in time for Benji to go to class so Cohen doesn't have to be away from the both of us for any longer than is necessary. I am very grateful for that!

Cohen is doing great being away from us while we are at work though. He takes the bottle great and likes his babysitter. She does a wonderful job and adores Cohen almost as much as we do. We are grateful that we found someone so kind to help us out! On some days he goes to my parents house and my dad watches him. He is such a proud grandpa! My mom helps us out too when either of us gets off work late. We have some great support!

 

And when I work here in Layton I get to go home and see Cohen during my lunch.  



 

I know I say this about every time I write but I couldn't be happier to be a mother! It is so fulfilling! I've learned more than I ever thought possible in the last 2 months. It's like serving a mission all over again! Life is good in the Frye household and it looks like it is nap time.

Until next time my friends! 



 



Back to work..

Well I did it. I survived a week back at work. By week I mean 3 days. Honestly it was not half as bad as I imagined it to be. In my mind I'm thinking sheer TORTURE for myself and a screaming baby because he doesn't like me anymore. Yeah, you could say that is a little dramatic but Cohen still loves his mommy!

Sunday night was probably one of the roughest nights we've had since Cohen was born, he did not want to sleep at all. That made my first day back at work a bit of a blur and I was too tired to cry at all. Day two was definitely a lot more challenging. I called Benjamin right after I dropped him off and cried all the way to work. Day three my car wouldn't start (we need a new battery) and I cried while talking to a patient. How embarrassing. That is the life of a working mom I guess. I am extremely proud to be a mom and would stay home if I could but that is not what I need to be doing right now. As strange as this may sound I am confident that Benjamin and I are doing what is best for our family at this time, I have recieved confirmation of that. That confirmation also helps me get through each day!

Cohen has entered the smiling and cooing stage and is non-stop doing both. It brings me so much joy! His smile will melt your heart!

I am pretty sure he laughed at me this morning too! He is such a happy baby, we are so blessed! I've discovered he loves kissy noises, Disney songs, and Faith Hill's 'Wild One'. Maybe because mom and dad look like big dorks as we make faces and sing songs to him. He is a special boy. The Lord has truly blessed our family and I am extremely grateful!

Sunday was such a special day! Cohen received his baby blessing and Benjamin was able to give his first ever baby blessing! The day started out as kind of a disaster...Cohen was extremely fussy for some reason, our house was a mess, Benji had to go to a meeting that morning and I was all out of sorts. On the upside Cohen looked adorable in his white outfit and we made it to church about 20 minutes early. Just in time to realize that I had given everyone the wrong address. Go me! It all worked out though because everyone made it there in time and we could not be any more grateful for ALL of the support! My grandparents, a couple of my wonderful aunt's and uncles from my mom's side, cousins from both sides of the family, plenty of close family friends, our former bishop and his family, my mission president and his wife and of course my parents and siblings and their families (minus those that were thinking of us in Maryland and South Carolina...we missed y'all).  Thank you family and close friends! It means the world to us that we know we have your support!

The blessing itself was wonderful from what I was told. I couldn't hear a single word the microphone was broken. : ( Kind of funny though because they tried to fix it after Benjamin started the blessing and it started picking up a radio station. It wasn't super loud but you could definitely hear some background noise. Benjamin didn't even notice that no one could hear him. I asked him about it later and he said that he never even noticed. He didn't even realize that anyone else was standing in the cirlce with him; he said it felt like it was just him, Cohen, and the Spirit. He is such an inspiring person. I am so thankful for him and they way he honors the Priesthood that he holds. It is moments like those that you realize how wonderful our Father in Heaven is to us and how beautiful the plan of salvation is.  I'm thankful for the knowledge I have of the gospel and my forever family!

**Blessing pics to come!!**

We didn't do a lunch after because I needed to prep myself for going back to work. My prepping consisted mostly of holding Cohen every second that I could. My wonderful mom and sister got dinner for us so we could just come home and relax. It helped a ton! On a funny note, Benjamin said the FUNNIEST thing that day. I nearly peed my paints, which isn't too rare around him; he is funny! We were sitting on the floor eating and I was holding Cohen. We got finished eating, Benji got up to put the dishes in the sink and I started to get up off the floor. If anyone has ever tried getting off the floor while holding a baby it isn't the easiest thing in the world. I was using the couch to help me and was midway between sitting and standing when Benji came back in the room. He looked at me and instead of rushing to my aide, he said, 'Be careful, don't give yourself a hemmoroid!' Um, WHAT? A Hemmoroid? HAHAHAHA. I couldn't get up for a few minutes after that I was laughing so hard. He always knows when he says something he doesn't mean to because I laugh so hard I can  hardly speak. All I could say amidst my laughing was 'You mean hernia??' It was pretty funny.

He loves being outside and we love sitting with him by the pool! Especially his dad!

Today was Cohen's two month check-up! He is in the 75th percentile for height and weight! He is now 12 lbs. 5oz and 23 1/4 inches long! He is a growing boy! I am so proud of him!