We met up at the boat loading dock on the Columbia River and went out on the boat for four hours with the whole family. Ben was SO sweet on Della. He calls her "baby Adeline" and it melts my heart. Della is not used to being around children so she was very keen to watch the boys play.
I was trying to get baby to sleep, and Ben kept coming over and trying to keep the sun out of her eyes by covering them, which in turn made her cry, so I tried to teach him to cup his hands to block the light.
Ben was obsessed with her binkie too, because you can stick your finger in it. Any time Delly got a little fussy, he would come over and stick it in her mouth and say "It's okay baby Adeline!"
The next day, we went over to Ben's house to play, and the boys kept showing Della all of their toys. When I pulled my camera out, Ben was very eager to get his picture taken with her.
Mostly it was just the three of us Houstons getting quality time together. But that's okay because we needed a break from the distractions of normalcy.
I didn't have the talk I wanted to. I worked myself up for literally weeks on what I wanted to say, and then it never felt like the right time.
I know Ben knows me, loves my baby, and thinks it's hilarious when Zach falls in the water off the wake board. I know he's comfortable with me in his home, and in his space.
That will have to be enough.
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