Ben and Lauri's Happy Friday

We’ve had another good weekend here in Hawaii. I love being able to spend all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with Ben and our little guy Benson. We are not sure how long we will get to enjoy spending the weekends together since Ben will probably end up working both Friday and Saturday once he gets a job, so we’re taking advantage of our time together and making good memories.

Friday morning Ben had a job interview so later in the day after he got home we decided to head down to Wal-Mart and get a few special things.

1.       WIFI- For the last two weeks we have had the internet in our apartment, but no WIFI so our computer usage was restricted to sitting in the corner of our living room on the floor. This got old pretty fast and we decided that WIFI was necessary, so Friday night we got it and we’re Lovin’ it!

2.       A baby swing! These things are genius! Back in AZ we had a fun little bouncy seat that lit up, vibrated  and played music and we loved being able to put Benson in it for a bit, sadly we were not able to bring the bouncy seat along when we moved across the ocean. For the past month Benson has become accustom to being held A LOT since we haven’t had anything to really put him in and he’d get mad if you try to lay him down a lot.  Over the past month our arms have become very tired and often times I have gotten frustrated and felt as if I let Benson “bully” me in to holding him. 

So, while we were at Wal-Mart Friday night buying our WIFI we also got a baby swing, complete with music, vibrations, toy bar and a lock to make the swing into a stationary chair. So far I really like it and it’s been wonderful to have another alternative when Benson wants to move or get rocked back and forth. 

Oh yeah I thought this was pretty awesome:

Model baby on the box

Benson asleep in his car seat
It's not exactly the same pose, but
 I think you can see the resembalance's

When we were looking at the different swings that were available we saw this picture on the box. This little Baby reminded me so much of my little boy that it automatically made me want it even more! When we were checking out the cashier even made the same comment saying that Benson looked almost identical to the baby on the box! It was so funny!

 

We finished out our Wal-Mart trip by stopping by Jamba juice! Jamba Juice is one of the biggest chains we’ve seen over here I mean they have them everywhere!  Ben and I love Jamba juice, but unfortunately they are a little more expensive over here in Hawaii and with our tight budget we haven’t really splurged and gotten any until Friday.  We got the exclusive Hawaiian flavor called Kona Red it was the perfect delicious treat to indulge ourselves in on our walk to the bus.

 We finished out our day by going on a lovely Friday night date! We grabbed some yummy Greek food from a little stand we have been looking at for the past couple of weeks and then we went home to play some good old Mario Party 2 while snacking on some Delicious Aussie Licorice (if you haven’t tried that DO IT! It’s the best licorice Ben and I have ever tasted) and we ended our night by watching an episode or two of LOST the new series we just started to watch on Netflix. Friday was a good day to say the least!

Oh, guess what! The interview Ben Went to that morning called him for a second interview during this week! Wish him luck!

Thanks for reading

-          Lauri

Here's a cute picture of Benson

 just becasue I couldnt help it! :)