Hair Cuts (Part II)

As I mentioned in the Hair Cuts post last month I did not miss Cody's first REAL hair cut with Jody. I took the boys in last Wednesday to get their hair cut before family pictures last Friday (I've got a post started with some sample family pictures coming soon). Logan did great, he's so used to the clippers and just sits there the whole time...mainly I think because he knows that he gets a sucker at the end and remember he lives for suckers right now! Cody on the other hand was a little leary of the clippers and kept trying to turn to see what the heck was going on. He did cry a little, but nothing major and he looked so handsome afterward!! Here are a few pictures.

Logan just chillaxin'


You can sort of tell here he's telling us how old he is. He can't quite master the pointer and middle finger 2 symbol so he does the pointer and thumb instead.


Cody before his hair cut.


Cody during his hair cut...note the big tear under his right eye...poor guy...


Cody after his hair cut! Cutie!!


Him and Jody made up! Cody loves her! Thanks Jody for a great night!


And finally some pics of the boys enjoying their suckers! Even Cody got one...see he's trying to eat the whole thing at once...




Coming as well...Logan's 2nd Birthday Party Pictures! Stay tuned!

Happy 2nd Birthday Logan!

My little Logie Bear you're now two years old and it completely blows my mind how fast the last two years have gone by. I know I'll say this every year on your birthday (as well as Cody's) but it does truly amaze me how quickly you grow and change.

You're still wearing 18 month clothes; although most days it does look like you're waiting for a flood. You love your "flashy shirt" (the shirts Grandma Meyer gave you that light up) and hate wearing sweatshirts. You love wearing things on your head though and usually have some sort of hat on even if it's a bucket or pillow or dish of some sort. You're 100% boy. You LOVE the 4-wheeler rides and tractor rides Daddy takes you on; you're constantly trying to figure out how things work or how to take them apart. You only have to watch your Dad or I do something once and you're already trying to imitate what we've done. You don't care in the least if your dirty and the other day you were giggling with delight when you found the mud puddle at the end of the driveway. You LOVE being outside and will push your lawnmower up and down the driveway just talking to yourself for hours.

We've been struggling the last few months to get you to eat at home. You eat great at daycare, but it's a constant challenge to get you to eat your dinner at home. You are always asking, "Milk Please Mom", "Juice Please Mom", "Wawa Please Mom". You'd much rather drink yourself full rather than eat. Although you love your noodles and would eat Mac 'N Cheese every night for dinner if your father and I would let you.

I love that when you're playing, you'll throw your bag over your shoulder, walk out of the room and shut the door saying, "Bye Mom. See you later", leaving on some adventure known only to you. I can already see signs that you may have an annal side to you. The other day you came downstairs with a bag full of balls, but not just any balls, only the yellow balls from your ball bin. When you play with the Wii controllers you line them up and have to have them all touching, facing the same way with the wrist straps laid out just perfect. Playing with your blocks is the same way; only the red blocks can go together and when Mom tries to give you a blue block for your stack you get upset and say, "No Thank You Mommy" in your mad voice.

Speaking of your voice, it's one of the most angelic sounds I've ever heard...well when you're not screaming or telling me no...and even then you say "Nope" in such a cute little high pitched voice it makes me smile just thinking about it. I love that you're starting to talk more, expanding into actual stories now. It's still a bit of a puzzle to actually interpret what you're saying some times, but it's fun and Mom's learning more and more every day how to speak Loganese.

You are Cody's hero...even though you've knocked him over so many times and tried to squeeze him until his head pops off. Even still he always lights up when you walk into the room. When you're playing, you'll randomly stop and give Cody a kiss and it just melts my heart that you love him so much. I find myself stopping some times just too look at you and try to savor every min of you being this age. Sure you're stubborn at times, but most the time it's so amazing to watch you discover the world around you. I love being able to relearn things with you and find excitement in the ordinary every day things such as a passing airplane or cows in the field. You've taught your father and I so much, not the least is how to love someone so unconditionally. I pray every day that we're teaching you how to respect the people and things around you as well as how to work hard for what you want in life.

Your father and I love you so much little Bear! Happy Birthday!

Cody Talking

Here's a few short video's of Cody talking. One day he woke up and just started talking like this. It's so cute and of course it's the typical baby talk...he only does it with something in his mouth! :)

First 4-Wheeler Ride

Last week when it was nice out, we took Cody for his first 4-wheeler ride. You can tell he was excited about it...



I think he really did enjoy it...although he fell asleep almost right away so I'm not really sure.

My super husband! Hi Handsome!


Strapped in and ready to go. He looks really enthused huh?


I know Logan was excited though! He lives for 4-wheeler rides!




Daddy strapping Cody down.


So we get back from the 4-wheeler ride right, and Brian gets off, goes around to the front of the 4-wheeler and begins to un-strap the car seat. Oh, I forgot to mention that he did NOT turn the 4-wheeler off...so of course what does Logan do? Yup pushes the throttle down and jumps the 4-wheeler forward by a foot. Brian luckily dodged off to the side and grabbed the brake right away or Logan would have been taking Cody for a wild ride around the pasture. I couldn't help but start laughing and of course this caused Logan to laugh and think it was funny instead of incredible dangerous...I guess...life on the Ranch right? After all this, I was going through the pictures I had taken of the adventure and saw the one below. I took this picture before we even left on the ride (and the 4-wheeler was off at this point), but look where Logan's hand is? On the throttle! hehe, we should have seen it coming...


Enjoying a spring 4-wheeler ride. Note: I had my own 4-wheeler...or rather Mikey's 4-wheeler so no we didn't jam the whole family on one.




Picture of the lead dog: Ruger.


Cody's hair-do after the 4-wheeler adventure. I'm sure my hair would look like that too if Logan was driving! :-)

What can I say...

Well it's been another week since I posted last...what can I say...? I haven't heard anyone complaining about the lack of posts though so maybe it just goes to show that no one is really reading this blog anyway...

I was away in Florida for work though so I guess I could use that as an excuse. Although I did have some free time on the trip and could have blogged...

The trip was AWESOME! I went for an Agile Scrum Alliance Conference and it was seriously a great trip. The conference was really good; I learned a lot of things and met a ton of great people. The hotel I stayed at was super cool! Gaylord Palms Hotel was the name of it and it was HUGE. It had two pools and a spa right in the hotel. I got a massage, read TWO, yes TWO whole books cover-to-cover, went to bed early and slept in late (which means I slept until 7:30). It was so relaxing. I would have loved to have the kids and Brian there with me, but I also really needed the solo time as well.

My little Cody Mouse you are 6 months old now!! I just cannot believe how fast these last 6 months have gone by! And really the last year! I'm a week away from writing Logan's 2 year post...that's right 2 YEARS OLD!! What!? I have a two year old? How is that even possible? Most days I feel like I can barely take care of myself...how can I also be responsible for two other people's lives?

Cody is SOOOOOO close to crawling it's not even funny! Here's a picture of him up on his hands and knees.



He'll get up on all 4s and sort of rock back-n-forth on this hands and knees. He hasn't fully mastered the concept of moving his hands forward though and usually ends up doing a face-plant into the carpet instead of crawling forward, but I don't think it will be long now before he's up and full-on crawling. Although don't get me wrong, he can get around now. You put him down on one side of the room and he'll be on the other side of the room before you know it. Reaching and stretching for toys or blankets. He hasn't gotten any teeth yet, but is still drooling like crazy!! Note the huge drool marks on my shoulders in the picture below.



We also got Grandma Meyer's walker back and he's been scooting around the kitchen in the walker lately...well that is when Logan's not occupying it. I think Logan likes it better now than he did when he was Cody's age. We try not to let him in it cause I just know one day he's going to break it, but the kid is fast and kind of hard to get out once he's in. Having the walker is a great thing though. Cody, like Logan, likes to see what's going on, so it's nice to be able to wheel him into the kitchen when I'm cooking dinner and he can watch Logan playing on the floor or just feel better that he's included in the action.





Logan is going through a few stages/phases right now...
1) He LOVES suckers. (Note he's got one in the picture below). He asks for them as soon as he gets home from daycare, first thing in the morning, before dinner, after dinner...you get the point. The problem is I ran out of them about a week and a half ago...but for some reason Logan just hasn't gotten that into his head yet. He still points at the same brown bowl with the candy in it and goes, "Sucker please Mom" and every time I have to respond, "Honey you eat them all. They're all gone." Now I could probably get more suckers (and I'm sure I will someday), but I can't help but think that would just feed the cycle more.



2) He has learned to say "No"...or really, "Nope" all the time now. It's not so much the fact that he says, 'Nope', but really the WAY he says 'Nope'. He says it in such a high-pitched Angelic voice and shakes his head back-and-forth. It's as if he's saying, "Nope Mom I'm not going to do what you want me to do, but thanks for asking, maybe next time I'll consider it." Little Stinker!

3) He does not want us to leave him at daycare any more. He'll walk into Julie's no problem, but once we're inside he does not want us to leave. Julie said he's fine about 2 min after we leave, but while we're there it's, "Hold Me Mommy. Hold me!" He'll start crying and reaching for us or running after us when we finally decide it's time to go. It breaks my heart every time I have to leave him there, but what other choice do I have? I have to go to work...I would love to just hang out with the boys all day long, but it's just not in the cards for us. I just keep telling myself, "I'm not a bad mother for going to work when my child is screaming and crying for me to hold him...I'm not a bad mother."

Brian recently taught Logan how to shake hands. He just did it spontaneously one morning before he left for work. Logan wouldn't give him a kiss for some reason, so instead Brian goes, "Can I shake your hand instead?" Logan thought it was really cool and will randomly come up to you and want to shake your hand. It's so funny and too cute!



Alright I'll sign off for now. I'm in class and I think the guy next to me is going to clock me for typing super loud...

My Boys

An Animoto Video I put together of the boys...Enjoy.

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Whirlwind

I am literally shocked that a week has gone by already since the last post! Seriously where has the time gone and what have I been doing to fill it so rapidly?

Oh wait...that's right...I have a 2 year old and a 6 month old and they've both and miserable colds for the last few days and Brian was gone at state wrestling for a majority of the weekend. I was very sad though then I went to get ready for work Sunday night and realized I hadn't take a single picture of the boys all weekend long. I usually take at least a couple of them, but I didn't even get out the camera this weekend. You would think I'd try to remedy that fact by taking a ton of them this week...but still haven't take a single picture. Things have been busier than normal the last few days. Work for both Brian and I is crazy busy and as I mentioned earlier the boys have bad colds. Cody especially hasn't really slept for more than 3 hours at a time the last three nights. Most the time he's up every hour or so sometimes even more. Last night he was up 5 times in an hour. Poor little mouse just can't breath. I feel so bad for him, but there's not really much you can do for kids that age with colds. We've been doing the Vicks before bed and the vaporizer in his room at night and sucking his boogers out every chance we get, but it's really just a waiting game. Just need to let it run it's course.

Anyway I just wanted to post something quick so you knew I was still alive and kickin'. I'll try to do a better job of updating this and also try to complain less...

I'm so excited it's nice this week! It's just what the doctor ordered for my cabin fever!