A Busy Time

It has been a long time since I posted anything here. Truth be told it's because I got a new computer and forgot to add this site as a favorite to remind me to update it. Since I last wrote there have been a few changes around the Benda household. Rowan James was born on June 9, 2009. He is now 4 months old and is crazy as ever. We are all excited as Aunt Kate and cousin Bryson will be gracing us with their presence in November.

The wine is going great and just this past Thursday we bottled 90 bottles of wine. I've ordered 3 more batches of wine and they should be going and complete at the begining or mid December.

The prison is talking about possibly laying off some workers and unfortunately they are talking about laying me off. This isn't for sure obviously as the jury is still out on how many they are going to lay off so keep your fingers crossed. I will try to keep up with this page a little better now that I have remembered it's here.

A little update.

We decided to get some pictures taken of Rachel, Aiden and I along with Rachel's belly. I really hate getting my picture taken but I'm sure I'm really going to appreciate the fact that it was done down the road. The photo's were taken by a girl I went to school with, her name is now Amy Poe. You can find her on facebook under poetography. I have added a few of the pictures she did so you can see what kind of a job she does.

We have been told to basically expect the baby any day now. However, if Rachel hasn't given birth by the 8th of June, the doctor is going to induce her. She is pretty miserable right about now and we are both ready for the new Baby Benda to get here.

Happy Easter 2009

This was the first Easter Aiden knew what he was doing. He woke to a note from the Easter Bunny telling him that he had eggs and his basket to find. After the egg hunt We got him ready for church. The other picture is Aiden posing for Aunt Katey. Easter was nice as we spent it at my Dad's house with some of our family. We had a big lunch and Aiden got search for more eggs. In a little over a week we go to see Aunt Kate in PA.

Everything that's going on!

Aiden got an early Easter present from his Grandma Kathy and Papa Mike. He basically refuses to anywhere without his new bike. He wakes up early in the morning wanting to ride it, he takes shorter naps so he can ride it a little bit longer, and he's actually pretty good on it. We've been riding down to the park everyday possible, when the weather permits that is. A week from tomorrow Aiden gets his tonsils taken out so we are all so very anxious about that. They say his tonsils are to big and they are causing him to snore. They also have pits in them and that's causing him to get sick a lot.

Rachel is doing great. She has been at her job for over a year now and she is finally starting to settle in. Thank you Jesus, I finally get a little peace. Now she's two months from her due date and I get to deal with that now.

Kaine is doing great, obviously he is getting pretty big. He is just a little over 5 months old. He is training very well. He is now house broke and he no longer sleeps in a cage, instead he sleeps on a big pillow on the floor by our bed. He fetches and does very well on walks. I'm still trying to get him to listen to Aiden. As it is right now he loves to chew on Aiden's toys.

Overall the Benda family is doing very well. We have a lot going on in the next couple of weeks. We have Easter this Sunday and in a few weeks we are heading out to PA to visit Kate and Adam and their soon to be new arrival. I'm sure there will be plenty of posts from that trip. More to follow soon.

A Little Update!

It's been a little while since I've posted anything here so I thought I would give you all a little update on the things going on around here. Rachel and the unborn baby are doing great. We are going on walks every now and again and we are officially done with volleyball. That is of course a good thing because Rachel was starting to scare me a little bit while she was playing.

Kaine got his stitches out today and is doing very well. He is getting huge after only being 4 months old. His obedience is doing very well and will soon be a very well behaved dog.

I painted the living room a week ago and also put in a new sink with faucet and put in a new counter top. I'm trying to get Rachel to let me do the rest of the kitchen. When that is done, pretty much every room downstairs will have been redone and finished. My buddy Colin was in town this past weekend and we hung out. I haven't seen him in like 5 years. That's how my friends do it, they spread their time out that way you miss them a little bit.

So this week there were a lot of things going on. I started bottling my wine on Thursday. I got 22 1/2 bottles out of my approximate 5 gallons. To some of the bottles I added a raspberry flavoring and some I left as is. It tasted pretty good for my first batch of home made wine if I do say so myself. I've already started giving some bottles away but Rachel has informed me that I need to save some bottles for when she is no longer pregnant.

Last night we had a poker tournament here at the house and Rachel was the perfect hostess. The turnout for the game was great and I ended up taking 2nd place. Kaine is doing really well and is getting bigger everyday. Rachel is a little nervous of how big he is actually going to get. Aiden and Kaine are wresting all the time which is good I guess. I think Aiden is going to be in for a rude awakening when Kaine gets full grown.

This Thursday is the big day for Kaine, he gets the old snip! I know, I'm taking away his manhood but it's honestly for the best. So that's what's going on in the Benda house.

Sick at Home

Two weeks ago Aiden was home sick with strep, we gave him medicine, he started feeling better, and then last night he came down with a fever. I took him to the hospital today and he still has strep. So we have two more weeks of medicine, then to the doctor, and if he still has it, they will probably have to take out his tonsils.

Kaine is doing very well with house training, we haven't had an accident in over a week. Aiden and Kaine are so cute together and play like no other. They are rather funny together, although today, Aiden doesn't feel like playing so Kaine is just lying there next to him wondering what is going on.

Rachel is doing very well although she wasn't feeling very good last night or today either. We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the next baby. In April we are planning a trip out to PA to visit Kate and Adam and their new baby beer.

My next project is a big one and am probably going to require some help on it. I want to tackle the kitchen. My goal is to be able to do it for about $1000, maybe even less. We shall see how it goes. That is what's new in the Benda house.