Strawberry Dreams

Every month/season it seems like we are finding fun, inexpensive things to do with Cody. This spring it has been Strawberry picking. We have a local farm called Bedners that has seasonal fruits/veggies/flower picking. Right now it's tomato's / Strawberries. We've gone twice now and both times us as well as Cody has had a blast.

They have a fun little set up. On the weekends the have little booths with vendors, think homemade ice cream, lemonade, a barbacue shack, homemade crafts and such. You purchase the size bucket you want then off to the field to wait for your ride... A tractor with a bed and seats runs every 10 minutes or so to take you out to the fields. I would guess they have 100 acres or so with the different picking options. You can stay out as long as you want then catch a tractor back. It's a really fun afternoon out.

As for Cody he is still reaching all his milestones and amazing us everyday. He can now count to 10 on his own and can kinda say his A B C's along with the song from his Leapfrog computer. Of course I still think he is gifted and much smarter than those his age :)

Swimmy time ~ 22 Months

It has offically turned into Springtime here in South Florida. It is absolutly beautiful, high 70's during the day and mid 60's at night. I wish it would saty this way forever, but the hot sticky mess is right around the corner....


Cody and I took our first trip to the pool a few weeks ago. i had forgotten how much he loved it. He would have stayed in all day long but when his lips started to turn blue (the heater is not working) I knew it was time to get out and on home we went.



We had a speical treat a couple weeks ago. Dave, Paula and the boys were in town for a long weekend and we were able to meet them down in The Maimi area. The hotel they were staying had a beautiful pool area with a kiddie area, lazy river and a water slide for the big kids. Again Cody loved it. He would take turns having one of us, Dave or one of the boys bring him into the pool and splash around.

Later that night we stayed for dinner and have a great time. Cody was the life of the night, dancing around with the bigger kids, and getting everybody to do what he wanted, while us grown ups had a chance to catch up. It was a very nice night spent with my family. What a treat!

South Florida Fair 2011

The South Florida Fair was a couple of weeks ago and what a fun time we had. We went with friends of ours that have a little boy 10 months older than Cody and what fun they had. Last year Cody was only 8 months old was only able to go on a couple of rides sitting in our laps. This year he was able to go on more of the big boy rides, play games and running around with Kellen. By the end of the night we were all tuckered out, Cody from running from attraction to attraction, us from running after him....

Lately Cody has been going through an eating phase. Before he would eat just about anything I gave him. Now we are lucky to get 1 good meal into him per day. The only things he really will eat are mac n cheese, hot dogs, bologne, string cheese, baby pasta w/ sauce and special K cereal and most fruit. NO chicken fingers, french fries, pizza, bread, PB&J, grilled cheese, the staples of most toddlers diets. Weird hgh? I hear this is all normal and shall soon pass. As long as he is gaining weight, which he is, its all is good!

~21 Months~

I know it's been a while since I last wrote. I've been a bit busy with learning a new billing system @ work, a crazy active toddler and all the demands of life in general.

Cody is... well a crazy crazy little man. He is everywhere. He is a talking walking, running, little person. His motto is go go go. He is into anything and everything. All the blogs and books I read say this is very normal for an 21 month/almost toddler, but man, the kid is driving me crazy:) Boys will be boys

Don't get me wrong, he is a very sweet, snuggly, good natured little boy, whom i love more than life, but a bit wild. Luckily we have found the trick to calm him down and sit still for a bit. Show/movies. He loves his shows (Dora, Diego, Elmo, Backyardigans etc...) The minute we put the TV on, down he goes, either on the rug or his chair. I know too much TV is not good, but a couple of shows a day won't hurt anybody....

Christmas 2010 / Happy New Year

Christmas has come and gone and I am left with a bit of sadness that it's all over and a bit of happiness of things to come in the upcoming year. We spent Christmas Eve and day with my Mom and Craig whole family. Started the day off opening presents at our house, went to Mom's and opened there then spent the rest of the day at Tim and Michelle's. Cody was excited to open each and every present then tossed it aside for the next.

It was a truely magical season watching Cody with his expressions and sheer joy with every new experience he encountered. The next year will indeed be filled with a lot of ups and downs with a toddler soon to be a terrible 2 toddler in our lives and I can't wait to experience them all......

19 Months ~ It's almost Christmas....

What an sheer joy it is to experince the Holidays through a toddlers eyes. Last year at this time, Cody was just sitting up on his own, barely moving and not realizing really what was going on around him. This year we are watching Christmas specials, decorating the Christams tree, going to Santa's enchanted forrest (sorry no pictures, he was running around too much to take one) and wrapping presents together.

Since watching Frosty the Snowman.....everytime he sees a snowman figure, picture, lights or anything, he starts singing the song and I can't help but smile. I can't wait for Christmas morning and day to watch him open his presents. I really don't even care about myself anymore, it is all about him......

We were able to have our Holiday photo's taken this year with the pups (above). I was very happy with the way they came out and very excited to have this memory with the pups and Cody. Friends of ours found this photographer that specializes in pet and family photo's, so hopefully we will get great pictures for years to come

Cody is truely the light of my life. I wonder everyday if every mother feels this way about her child. At 19 months he is talking up a storm, mimics everything we say and do and is just a happy little boy. Of course he has his days but for the most part is a joy to have around. .

Thanksgiving 2010

Me, Grandpa and my Daddy

I'm a little late in posting our Thanksgiving festivities, but better late then never. LOL. We ventured up to my Dad's for the second year in a row and had a blast again. The drive wasn't too bad, made it in 6 hours and thank goodness for the portable DVD player we borrowed for Cody. He absolutly loved this thing and kept him occupied for hours at a time.

While we were there we took a drive into Beaufort, which is a beautiful old town right on the coast of SC, even though it was cloudy that day we managed a horse drawn trolly tour before the big rains came in. Cody was such a good boy. The tour guide would let him hold the bottom of the reins and he thought that was awesome. We also went into Savannah one night to see the Xmas tree lighting. We were told we were a day too early, but that was ok, we had a great time anyways and got to go to the Savannah Candy Companny, which was my favorite. We hope to go up to SC every year around the Holidays. it's fun for us and my Dad & Chris too.....