Sam was making Ben laugh tonight. He was laughing until KU lost in the NCAA tournament tonight.

Ben is almost 3 months old. He has been sleeping through the night for almost 2 weeks now, waking up to eat around 6:00 or 7:00. Sam comes in our room 2 or 3 times a week in the middle of the night so he can go potty. It has been several weeks since we had to change sheets in the middle of the night!!! Sam and I pray before he goes to sleep that God will help him wake up if he needs to go potty, and it has been exciting to share how God has answered our prayers! While Ben's smiles are precious, it hasn't been all fun and games around the Shaffer house, or should I say car. It seems like every time we want to go somewhere, Ben screams from driveway to driveway. You think you would be able to ignore it, but I have never experienced anything that has been so frustrating, and irritating. I'm not sure what the neighbors are thinking when every time I get Ben out of the car, he is wailing away. It sure makes it hard to make it to our weekly trips to the Walmart and Target toy aisles. (Or maybe 2 or 3 times a week trips).

Sam has gotten back into his Thomas the Tank Engine trains (the Cars cars haven't been out in a few days.) His most current thing is to have mom and dad tell stories about the trains. We then have to make up a story, that involves most of the trains. If the story is too short, Sam requests that we tell a longer story next time. When we think we are out of stories, Sam says that he will give us a kiss if we will tell another story. (It's so cute.) How can you say no. The theme of today's stories was that all the trains visited Target, and all of them had to stop at the snack bar first and get the number 1 Combo - popcorn and a drink.)

Auntie Kerri came over a couple of times this week to play with the boys (and go to Target!). She was able to give me some "respite" care so I could pick up some things that I had in a consignment sale this week. I took 183ish items (clothes, toys, bedding, etc.) including 99 maternity clothes (pants, shirts, dresses, skirts, etc.). I came home with 83 items, and made around $175, so I'm really excited. Plus Doug is really excited that all of the stuff is not all over our room anymore. I had to price and tag every item I took and put it on a hanger, and that seemed to take an eternity.

Stay tuned for more funny stories and pictures from our somewhat chaotic life!