Kris, I'm not surprised you're feeling it more this time around! Try not to feel guilty about spending too much time with the boys, Ben has been watching far too much TV this week because it's too hot to go outside and I'm the size of a beached whale anyway and really can't be stuffed doing anything. We all have these times!
Sounds like you need a bit of 'me' time to help you get rid of that cold.
Love your ticker pic by the way!

Jen, I didn't answer your question about your mum's boyfriend. Ben is really shy. Craig is as well so I figure it's just his personality. He does the exact same thing, hands over his eyes, when he is around strangers. It's hard when the other person doesn't make an effort too, but sometimes it doesn't even matter if they do. Ben wouldn't go near Santa this year - hands over the eyes every time we saw him I wasn't going to traumatise him just for a photo so we didn't get one. Maybe next year! Ben does warm up to people after a while sometimes though.