Visitors

This first video is just a rare glimpse of Ben when he's awake and not crying. As you can see, he'll eat anything, especially pillows.
Over this past weekend we were visited by beings from other states. Mainly Illinois. We also had (Ben's) grandparents, (Ben's) great-grandparents and some in-state friends as well.
It went pretty well considering how unpredictable Ben is at the moment. Our friends' kids were quite interested (and a little alarmed) by Ben and his crying.
Seth and Michelle brought their daughter Ava (she was the one who was very concerned with Ben's crying) from Illinois up to visit. They came over with Seth's sister, Lauren, and her husband Jason and son Noah.
Shortly after that we had some more visitors from Illinois, Beth's friends Holly and Steve and their son Matt. Matt is almost four and is quite a bundle of energy. A little reminder as to just how much more work Ben will be. Woo hoo! Hopefully Jo will be in the states by then and can take him for a week or two at a time.
Tuesday we had Grandpa and Grandma Duffy stop by as well Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma Mueller. I missed all the fun, but apparently is was a good time. Everyone got a chance to hold a mostly sleepy Ben. Except Dave (Grandpa Duffy). He got to hold a mostly cranky Benjamin.
Ben also got to go visit Grandpa Anderson over the weekend. Mr. Josh Anderson decided that Dr. Mrs. Beth Anderson had hit the point where she would collapse if she didn't get some sleep, so he took little cranky Ben Anderson over to Tim. The car ride over didn't calm Ben (it's only a 3 min car ride...), and the warm porch didn't help much either, but Grandpa Anderson, also known in certain arenas as "The Human Pacifier", was able to get the job done, and Ben was knocked out after that for a good hour.