And the Christmas season is in full swing..

(will add photos and more stories soon)

Benjamin come around the corner after napping and was truly gobsmacked by the sight of the Christmas tree!  It was SO adorably funny!  He kept signing "tree" and saying, "tee, tee" as walked in circles all around the tree.  Then he suddenly stopped, and ever so gently reached out his little pointer finger to touch the very tippy edge of one of the bottom branches.  Touched the tippy edge, pulled away quickly and resumed circling, signing, and "tee, tee," looking back at me in wonder at how it all happened.

*tear* 

one of my best.  moments.  ever....  :)

EOtM/BON

So, the month of October ended on a spooky note - and the beginning of November has come and gone.

WTF

During his "boy-parts-breathing" phase the night before, Benjamin had a little accident on the carpet - which we immediately covered with Baking Soda and dishawashing detergent. Jump to morning where Benjamin found the baking soda while mommy was in the ladies room.  I thought that the box was empty - obviously it wasn't - but, he dumped it all in the same place as the night before (and on his shoulder!

My leaf corralling days are, I hope, numbered, but we have one stinky crazy tree in the front that continues its days with TONS of leaves still green.  It is always the first tree to bloom and the last tree to loose it's leaves.  It's a pretty tree, and a shady tree, but I am a tired leaf corraller at this point and just want it to be ovah.

Just a small sampling of the leaves in our yard - w h e w  There's nothing like my little helper!!! xo

I can hardly believe that my parents and neice will be here next Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday... dang time is moving quickly...

Benjamin in his bed with Forest and bevy of stuffed protectors :)

Benjamin is hardly nursing at all anymore - tends to fall asleep with the binky in his mouth rather than my nipple.  It's all so very precious and bittersweet.  We have not yet heard back from the Dr's office regarding what financial situation we are in with the new insurance and trying for another pregnancy (this time just a transfer of frozen beans) - so these might be my last days of nursing a baby.  I try to concentrate on being thankful that I even had the opportunity at all - this almost never happened.  I am SO so so so grateful and beyond happy that it has - my sweet baboo puffin ;)

Dusk with my sweet baboo puffin after one day of leaf corralling - of course, more leaves dropped in a few days and it looked as if I had never been there...

Benjamin Rene Quinones - I know that yours is going to be a life filled with love, you wild and wooly little bear!  ;)

The day before Halloween we went to Prima Tana's school for a little party and to watch her parade - SO cute!  After coming home and having a nap, we carved our pumpkin so that we could dine by jack-o-lantern light for a few spoooooky nights :)

I feel quite full of it all.  Maybe I'll wear an underwire bra tomorrow.  TMI??

Happy Autumn, all ;)

We took Benjamin back to Jumbo's on Halloween - we rode on the hay wagon behind the tractor (he LOVES tractors), and took another jaunt with the pony.  Curiously enough, there were just a few other families - all with toddler boys!

 

bwyl  *SherryQ* xo

Outside in October

Mommy likes Autumn best.

Goodbye pesky gnats/mosquitoes/other annoying bugs!

Of course, there are now a bazillion stink bugs invading Maryland (yuck!) all over everywhere...  and the ladybugs are back...  and deer ticks, but still, the leaves are pretty, the temperature is more likeable and so we play outside a lot.  Yes, I have resorted to using popsicles as bait to lure him back inside when the time calls...  boo, Momma!!! lol

I hold my sweet puffin baboo as he falls asleep.  He turns towards me and says, " Mama," and then his sleepy little eyes roll back into his droopy lids, two more sucks on the binky, and  he    is      out :)  I almost cried, he is such a gentle squash of my heart just bursting forth to be his own self!  He is growing and learning and growing some more.  I am overwhelmed at how it is possible to be more in love with him everyday...  and am capturing every moment in my heart and soul to save up for the inevitable times when he will unwittingly attempt to break my heart by doing exactly what he is supposed to do - live his beautiful life as himself.  My sweet baboo puffin!  xo  I love you!

 

 

We went to another pumpkin patch...

 

 

  Happy Birthday to my little Bro/ Uncle Corey/ Daddy (to Prima Tana)

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a new blog - another journey :)

No worries - this blog is staying for those sweet baby puffins (and fans!)

xo

*SherryQ*

@ 15 Months (10.8.09)

15 Months?!!? 15 Months?!!!!! Seriously, how has it been 15 months since we went to the hospital to be induced (UGH!) and birth our sweet baboo puffin?!!?

CrAzY

Fuh reals.

We were unsuccessful at taking a good chair shot this month :(

So, we played on Gyffy co-co-pop instead :)

and then we went outside to explore stuff

Prima Tana spent the night with us this week while Uncle Corey was out of town and poor Aunt Sydney had a yucky illness :'( (she is a little better today)

We had spaghetti. Some of it even made it into his tummy...

Benjamin can feed himself!

Tana eats like a lady with her utensils!!!

Yesterday we went to Prima Tana's school for Fall Fun Day :) Benjamin wore his cute little monkey sweater suit... Is he going to sue me for these photos when he is up for the Surgeon of the Year award? Or do I just need to start his therapy savings now?

Momma! Stop trying to photograph me in this stupid chair!

Be the Monkey...with a little car

Momma loves me!

Yup, I look like a monkey going to a Fall Fun Day Festival

She bounces like Tigger!

She is too beautiful to stop the photographs!

Happy Fall, ya'll
bwyl *SherryQ* xo

JUMBO's Pumpkin Farm

We drove over to the other side of the mountain and visited Jumbo's pumpkin farm last weekend. Benjamin went crazy making all of the farm animal signs!

Benjamin signs, "pig"

This year Tana notices the farmy smells! :)

Puffins LOVE goats!!!

Prima Tana

Prima Tana and Benjamin!

Benjamin and Prima Tana rode horses!!! My apologies for the pictures with Benjamin being so very small - the larger I made them, the larger I was (I am SO not into being fat, I'm really not sure why I am doing it), and the less inclined I was to share them - so you get the un-cropped versions of far away, courtesy of Octavio, the photographer :)

Prima Tana

Benjamin Puffin!

Benjamin shows off his horsey-legs - He was demonstrating how he rode the horse!

Handsome Fellows XOXO

Supah Strong SupahStar!

Running Cousins :)

Yeah, that's right, I AM crazy cool!

Found a pumpkin, found a pumpkin!

Found a GREAT pumpkin!

Found the GREATEST Pumpkin!!!

Run away, pumpkin catchers!!!

Tiny Puffins with tiny pumpkins

Tiny Puffins with a GIANT pumpkin!

Final measurements before we took our leave...

See ya next year, Jumbo's (or next week!)!

It's SO crazy to think this was just last year's visit when he spent the entire time asleep in the Moby :) Babies are babies for about a millisecond!!!

bwyl *SherryQ* xo

Where Betty-Ann becomes Olivia, Nature is explored, and Forest is conquered!

Benjamin's Prima Zoe received a baby doll a while ago and named her, "Betty-Ann," after her Grandmother on her father's side. Once Zoe had a Betty-Ann doll, Tana wanted one too - so Granny (my mother) got Tana a Betty-Ann to match Zoe's.

When Benjamin was about 9 or 10 months old, Tana was spending the night and brought her Betty-Ann with her. Benjamin fell in love with Betty-Ann, so Prima Tana graciously left Betty-Ann to play with Benjamin for a while. A few weeks later, Prima Tana missed Betty-Ann, and took her home. Benjamin was sad :(

Aunt Kerry (Zoe's momma) happened to be visiting when Tana's Betty-Ann went home, so she went out and got Benjamin his very own Betty-Ann! Only now, Tana has delcared that there are too many Betty-Anns around, so Benjamin's Betty-Ann is now named Olivia. It is official - the tip top Puffin has spoken

.
Benjamin reads a library book to Olivia!

Benjamin loves to be outside - LOVES, loves, loves it!

Poor Forest never stood a chance!

Autumn comes to Mt. Zion Rd.

A slight chill in the air brings out some long-ish sleeves, layering, and rambunctious fellows!

Benjamin wishes to escape beyond the tetanus fence...

Forest shows him an escape, through ingestion of questionable berries, leaves and grasses
Naughty Puppers!

When too much basil happens to good babies...

He is now aware that he might need basil intervention!

This was not pesto in the making (we have tons of that already) - but rather for a spinach yogurt dip that we have become obsessed with and are eating almost daily... need more aero garden seeds... :)

bwyl *SherryQ*

Weekend after Labor Day

Yup - I got over my big bad self :)

And now, some overdue posts... and photos

Zoe at the park

Tana at the park

Girl cousins at the park

Silly Billy Puffins at the park! Benjamin decided to take a nap instead...

We headed over the mountains and through the woods, to Granny and GDad’s house, for Zoe’s very happy 4th birthday - 4!!!!!!!! These years are moving past so very quickly - or is it my imagination? Tana and her daddy came over too - by airplane. We should have done that too - that drive is something else with our sweet baboo puffin! I end up praying for our lives as we struggled pluggled luggled along…

We stayed in the motor home in the driveway - awesome. Well, actually, other than not having the water/ sewer hooked up (so we had to run inside the house when those things were needed), it is a very nice set-up. We even had wireless Internet access and Direct TV!!!

Tana is reading to Benjamin in the car

"That's my dinosaur, his spines are so soft.
(looks up with complete shock on her face and exclaims)
I said, 'spines!' I said,'spines!" :)

Of course, the trip was too short to do everything that we wanted to do… but I was so glad to be able to go to Zoe’s happy birthday party - and to see her new house (across the street from Granny and GDad!

Happy Birthday, Zoe!

Tana at the Princess birthday party

Benjamin did not even last long enough to see the cake :)

bwyl *SherryQ*

sahm..

I have photos and captions and cute stories to share - just need the energy and time to post...

For now, I am working on what most stay-at-home-mommies of young children experience (especially when they are ill) - feeling isolated and a bit irrelevant (other than my little baboo puffin).

So - la dee dah

bwyl *SherryQ* "she's not so different, after all"

Labor Day Weekend

We rested, and Big Papi grocery shopped...

***

We went to Harper's Ferry. It was hot and humid - but gorgeous! We are making plans to go back asap and do some walking to see where the Shenandoah meets the Potomac. Benjamin was completely enthralled by a group of Asian tourists - and they thought that he was so cute pointing to them and listening to their language, they just kept encouraging the little rascal ;)

{{{{Wishful thinking, Momma}}}}

bwyl *SherryQ* xo

Gyffy co-co-POP! and tomatoes

My former supervisor in my former work-a-day girl life (wherein I posed as a furniture liberating, group advocating, renegade librarian!), is such a lovely lady (and a magical sheep farmer), and I am so lucky that she has stayed a friend in my post-work life :)

We had lunch with Mary the other day, and she presented little Mister Benjamin with the most awesome Gyffy! We call him, Gyffy, Gyffy, co-co-POP...

He is awesome and bouncy and super duper fun!
He = Gyffy ;)
THANK YOU, MARY!!!! xo

Tana brought 2 tomato plants over in June, and we planted them in the third pot outside - the tomatoes are there!

bwyl *SherryQ* xo

What to do when everyone leaves...

#1. Be a binky stealer!

#2. Make your modified sign for pony ride and look helpless so that Momma will assist you
#3. Eat a new puzzle piece out of frustration
#4. Just look sad and cry :'(

bwyl *SherryQ* xo

Visitors from Cincinnati, and a return to the Creamery

Prima Tana's school/ summer camp had a three week hiatus before their fall term began, so she came and spent one week of that with us!!!! YAY :)

My parents (Granny and GDad), came over and brought Prima Zoe with them to play with Tana for the week!!! YAY :)

***

There was lots of fun to be had - sprinklers, toddler pool, API playdate, and a visit to the South Mountain Creamery!

My Dad doesn't join us on a lot of outings because of his bad back (aka World of Warcraft)

Benjamin thought that there were sheep too - he is saying, "baa," and looking towards the cows ;)

Kerry and Jim arrived on Thursday and stayed through the weekend.
Prima Tana and Prima Zoe LOVE being together, and they both adore my sister!

**
Cousins LOVE Cows!!!

By now, Benjamin's mad walking skills have really developed, and he had a grand ol' time showing them off to everyone ;)

bwyl *SherryQ* xo

More Demonstrations and the Kuritars :)

While the Kuritar family returned for a fun day in D.C. (they left the house @ 6:45 a.m.), Benjamin and I stayed home to review his mad skills!

and

call me crazy - here :)

And a still of Sydney Kuritar - Spencer did not want to be photographed :)


bwyl *SherryQ* xo

Benjamin's first trip to a Smithsonian!

(photos are Big Papi, Benjamin, Uncle Corey, Aunt Sydney and Prima Tana)



My friend from down the street while I was growing up, Joan, brought her two children, Spencer, 10, and Sydney, 8, to visit D.C., and stayed with us for a few days.

Since we missed going with the Neziri's, Abuela, Abuelo, Big Papi, and Tio Tony, we used their visit as an excuse to get off of our behinds and take little Mister Benjamin to a Smithsonian, and ended up at the Natural History Smithsonian for the day.

It was H O FREAKIN' T - seriously the hottest day of the summer, but the museum was fun and Benjamin enjoyed himself very much (as long as we were holding him).
:)

New moves!

Check, check, check, check it!

and
Stay Tuned!
'cause

oh yeah
and

then, you'll not be surprised by

or this...

Hee hee :) here are a few still shots:

Benjamin at 13 months...

He is very interested in doing what I do - sweeping, being close to Big Papi, and watching tomatoes grow :)

bwyl *SherryQ* xo

I had a birthday

Yup - I am like, old, and stuff - not TOO OLD (Rachel G.), just old enough for me :)
Before our feast of

MONSTER SPAGHETTI - mwahhahahahahahahahaha!

Prima Tana joined us for dinner, and dessert, of course! She even spent the night :)

***

Ahhh - the flowers - SO, so lovely and very appreciated!

***

It's tough being a baby... ;)

Seeing Calves

We are trying to gently nudge Benjamin into making his afternoon nap THE nap for the day... this photo is on day 1 of the experiment of keeping him awake and active in the morning. Good job, Momma (NOT)... 2 minutes in the car on the way out to the Creamery, he is fast asleep - in his new carseat!


Benjamin woke up as soon as we stopped - it was only about a ten minute drive, so maybe we'll be back on track... Anywho, we walked up to the calf barn and saw some sweet babies. Benjamin LOVED the calves and hens and roosters ...

I wonder why Mommy and baby Benjamin already have such different points of view!

Big Papi and Benjamin are exhausted after the creamery visit and a trip to the Common Market!

An early evening playdate at Mrs. Clark's house :) Benjamin and little Maggie are one month apart (Maggie is older - but teeny tiny!). I love the way Dave (Cadia Rose's Daddy) is looking up with so much love at his wife, Natalie... She was in the photo, pre-crop, but the angle was unfortunate, so I opted for the crop :)


At the Catoctin Mountain Orchard with Uncle Corey, Aunt Sydney and Prima Tana...

Uncle Corey plays "let's scare Big Papi"
with Benjamin, on top of a rotten pile of hay
- seriously, it is stinky slimey sinky gooey rotten!

Benjamin has a proud Prima showing him how to play on the train

SUPER WONDER GIRL of the UNIVERSE!

Tana brought her fancy Nancy purse and sunglasses,
along with her sparkly Boston Red Sox logo hat!
Perfect accessories for teaching Benjamin how to play on the tractor - dontcha think? :)

Unpleasant News..

Nothing about the sweet puffins (thank goodness!)...

However, this is a very strange coincidence:
In the past two months, both sets of our parents have had their homes burglarized.

One set live in Puerto Rico, and lost many precious items and all electronics.

One set live in Cincinnati, and lost only their giant television, but probably "only" because the neighbor saw the selfish nasties (who then saw her seeing them and sped away) and called 911.

Makes me want to build a little safety nest for them close by so that we can help keep watch - with Forest's assistance, of course... and maybe a few of his friends too.

Dear Burglars,
Stop bothering people with your lack of self confidence or respect for yourself and others. You only have one life to live - make it worthy and full of positive energy for yourself and others.

Thank you,

bwyl *SherryQ* xo

Photos and moving bits...

Sport Boy!

Benjamin and Big Papi play a game of "chase me" before bedtime :) June '09

Sleepy bear in the car sportin' his awesome stretchy strap sunglasses! June '09

***I removed two photos of Benjamin and his cousins in the bathtub, and one little movie clip of Benjamin in the bathtub. These were precious and sweet moments with our precious and sweet baby puffins... but, it was brought to my attention that not everyone views children in the same way. I know that, but I forgot for a moment... stupid reality, stupid nasty people.***

Giving Forest a dental exam

Teasing Mommy with his standing/walking potential!

Rockin' out!

Just before Benjamin became very ill... super sick stander!

Sweet baby bear was SO sick over his birthday celebration weekend - we were exhausted! July '09
Showing Big Papi how to eat sweet corn :) July '09
Something is finger lickin' good... more CORN! :) July '09
Tio Hiram sent Benjamin this cool green puppy - a perfect pet! (Sorry, Forest!) July '09

WineBerries from our yard - we made an awesome gluten-free crumble!!! yummmm

He is a super duper dancer - but wimped out in front of the camera... so mostly just a diaper and mommy encouragement video :)

bwyl *SherryQ* xo

My Goodness!

at the Festival of the Arts the first weekend in June!
What happened to June?with Prima Tana, learning about digging in the dirt with Flat Sneaks!

Just after Benjamin gave Forest a dental exam - surprisingly, all went well :)

I can take things out of the laundry basket!

I try to go down the stairs with all of my toys, all by myself!

What happened to my sweet baby? He is SO big and starting to stumble walk!!!!

June slipped away very quickly with playgroups, Father's Day, Tana here for a week, and poor little Benjamin getting ill :(

Benjamin had back-to-back viral infections, followed by an ear infection. This all started the weekend before his Abuela, Abuelo and Tio Tony came into town - and continued right through Granny, GDad, Prima Zoe, Aunt Kerry, Uncle Jim, Titi Evelyn, Uncle Qefli, Primo Aidan, and Prima Nadia's visit... We ended up taking him to the ER on July 4th, the day of his celebration :(

Uncle Qefli helps Aidan cut his Happy Birthday Cake! Benjamin and his Happy Birthday cupcakes! Ttit Evelyn comforts a sick Benjamin...

All was well, though - the family pulled it all through and enjoyed themselves all together for the weekend! They played Wii, went through downtown Frederick, checked out some of the Smithsonians and memorials, played in the sprinkler, and with the sparklers :) Benjamin did enjoy having everyone around, and wishes so much that he had felt better so that he could've played and giggled too!

Benjamin has recovered very well from the illness, and is busy, busy, busy, growing, growing, growing and being a one-year-old!!! He likes to look at books, dance, throw balls, make music with instruments, be chased and startled, put doggie food in his mouth and then crawl away quickly while giggling, and push furniture about. He is a truly wild and wooly sweet baby bear!

I can hardly believe it has been a year since his birth - it all seems so surreal... what a blessing we have received in having Benjamin in our lives :)

We'll see what we can do about getting a sibling for our sweet baby bear. Our insurance plan changed this past year, and we are not sure what it will cover in regards to the two frozen embryos. Poor frozen puffins! We'll keep you posted ;)

We hope that all of you are doing well, and we hope to post more frequently (yeah, right!).

bwyl :) *SherryQ* xo

Welcomed by the Kerins of Hudson

My dear friend for over 20 years (blangitty frick-a-chick, another "oldie" indicator!), Mrs. Kerins, has been overcoming challenge after challenge these past few years, and I have been too self absorbed to be of any assistance (boo, bad friend, indeed). To help distract us from these circumstances, I conspired with Mr. Kerins to have the Quinones family be surprise weekend houseguests at the Kerins of Hudson's.

John Kerins, Benjamin Quinones, Big Papi, Teddy Kerins

We drove from Frederick to Hudson in about 6.5 hours - not too bad considering that I-76 was shut down from Pittsburgh to 80, so we had to take a detour, AND we were traveling with one little Mister "unenthusiastic carseat rider."

Upon arrival, we went straight to the front door and rang the bell. Mrs. Kerins opened the door to us asking, "Is this where the fan club meets?" She was SHOCKED - she stared at us for a seond in complete disbelief, and then bent over laughing and crying and trying to catch her breath! It was the most wonderful reaction and we all felt so smarty arty at having pulled one over on her - as Mrs. Kerins is exceptionally clever, and I had myself convinced that she had us all figured out!

The Kerins family are all handsome and well - Mrs. Kerins is dilligently working on her recovery. We had a splendid weekend of cooking out, hanging out, playing outside, laughing out loud, and hugging all around :) We love the Kerins and we miss seeing them!!!! Hopefully we will not have to wait too long for a planned weekend of fun ;) THANK YOU to Mr. Kerins for allowing us this intrusion, and T H A N K Y O U to Mrs. Kerins for being such a great sport. :) xoxoxoxo And, Thank You to those beautiful boys for playing so nicely with Benjamin and showing him how the "big guys" roll... xoxo

bwyl *SherryQ* xo

Around the House and going to the FMS

Benjamin likes to look out of the windows and use his very loud voice to greet the day :)

Teddy keeps Benjamin company in his VERY OWN bed - I know that you are shocked (frankly, I am too - about the bed, I mean). We purchased a tempur-pedic style foam twin mattress, so that Benjamin would still have the same feeling as sleeping in our bed. He really likes to play around on his bed, and seems to be napping there pretty well. The next step is going to be putting him into his own bed while he is still awake and see if he falls asleep on his own... Sounds like another "Mommy" issue to me too :)

We had some beautiful blooms this month... and our very magic tree continues to hold on... defying all gravity, wind, and the past few winters of ice storms. It truly is a magic tree! I too wonder who lives inside of there, but shy away from getting close and really exploring - I don't want to scare anything away :)



A silly baby playing in a guest room - please avert your eyes from the nasty carpet/ Grandmother's old chair that needs recovered / table extensions stored underneath the bed/ random room divider covered with a fabric piece from Egypt / and empty Pelligrino box :( Dear Sherry, fix up your house, please. Thank you, random guest.

This month also found us at the Friends Meeting School as stand-ins for Tana's Grandparents on Grandparent's day. Although, come to think of it, if we had come from a different time, or family situations, we are old enough to be grandparents - FRICK and EEEEEEEEEEEEEKS!!!! >:P Daggumit and dang, we are OLDEN...

Tana is the sweet puffin in the tie-dye shirt on the far right of the screen with impish curly hair. Curiously enough, behind two tall boys (Patrick and Akash), and next to the assistant teacher, Miss Tina. Tana gets to spend a lot of one-on-one time with Miss Tina :)

This video is very fuzzy (sorry)... and Benjamin became very excited at one point and knocked the camera all around (again, sorry!) Tana is reading her story about her pet, Forest. Forest is our Golden Retriever - notice at the end how she says that her favorite thing about Forest is that he lives at Titi's (that's me) house! Tana and Forest have had some challenges ;) Having each child read their stories aloud took over an hour... 3, 4, and 5 year-olds sitting for an hour... aye, yi, yi.

bwyl *SherryQ* xo

The Piano Man

Hee hee :)

This is from earlier in the month - he can get up and down with total and complete abandon, I mean, "ease."

Of course, I keep telling Granny and GDad how much of a super music genius Benjamin could be IF he had a black lacquer petite baby grand piano, and matching bench... I'm just sayin' that I calls it how I sees it :)

bwys *SherryQ* xo

Benjamin receives visitors :)

This past month Benjamin turned 10 months old, and received visits from Granny, GDad, the younger McCoys, the Hess family, AND the Gelhaus family of Ohio! Ms. Robyn and her handsome Red Sox fan beau, Michael, also joined in the fun! Don't tell Benjamin, Robyn and Michael may have also stopped over to see the Gehaus family :) Even though I was exhausted for some unexplained reason, it was lovely to see everyone! My mother and my husband really stepped up to the plate with all of the food (THANK YOU!) We enjoyed a Mexican fiesta evening with tasty treats - but I forgot to put on the music, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, which would have made the evening even more fun...


Benjamin enjoyed Prima Zoe and Prima Tana's visit!




Sleepy Benjamin is thinking a lot.





Prima Tana and Prima Zoe wore pretty dresses to Beans in the Belfrey with their Mommies and their sweet Granny!

Jack Gelhaus knows all kinds of tricky tricks like walking, running, growing awesome teeth... Benjamin was in awe, and a little bit perplexed!

Our little non-API (but all meeting through and communicating through API) baby playgroup met at Benjamin's house this month! How fun!!! My theory was that if we hosted the group, then I knew we would make it - and be on time... I didn't count on Benjamin deciding to fall asleep about 10 minutes before everyone arrived, and then to sleep soundly through 2/3 of the playgroup ... wouldn't you know it!?! Oh well... we're going to host again in June, maybe he'll stay awake for some of it then :)