Cody ~ 46 Weeks ~ Family Times

This past weekend Craigs family from Ohio came down for a visit. Travis & Kim were the last immediate family to meet Cody. He was a bit shy at first, but shortly warmed up to them. We spent the weekend hanging out and catching up. Very relaxing.

We also took Cody to Church for the first time. We were a little weary of how he would do, but we were pleasantly surprised. He loved all the singing and our church has a full band so he constantly looking around to see what was going. It was really fun to watch. We are going to try to go at least once a month.

We have a busy weekend planned. Cody & I have Friday off and hopefully will be taking our first trip to the beach. Stay tuned for pictures and how it goes. My Mom got him a beach baby tent as an early birthday present which will hopefully keep him safe from the Florida sun and a fun, clean place to play. Saturday we are having a Birthday party for Travis and Sunday is Easter.

I really think Cody may be walking by his 1st Birthday. In the last week he has really gotten good @ creeping. It's very hard to keep him in 1 place these days, he's just all over the place. He realized he could crawl up the stairs earlier this week. Craig was right there with him. I was told it's important not to keep him away from the stairs, because he will only want to go up them more. So we have installed the gate and it will only be open when we are there with him. It's both fun to watch and exhausting and yes, I realize this is just the beginning.

Creeping Cody ~ 44 Weeks

Well Cody has mastered crawling and is now creeping and climbing. Up/down, up/down is all he wants to do these days, especially at my Mom's house where it is plushly carpeted (and safer). He is a crazy man. Every night after dinner on the floor her goes. He's content for about a half an hour playing with all his toys around him, then off he goes, usually straight for the dog bowls. After the dog bowls, off to the stairs then back to his toys. It's about the same every night.

With creeping, Cody started a bunch of new stuff in the past 10 days. He now holds his bottle all by him self. He's been holding his sippy cup for months now, but just got the hang of the big bottle. He also clapping his hands. All you have to do is start singing "if your happy and you know it" and his 2 chubby hands start clapping together. He also shakes his his no, he doesn't know what it means yet, but mimicks us and the biggest new thing Cody started doing is.............he says MAMA. At first Craig said it didn't count because he said it along with wawawa and babababa, but he banged his hand, looked straight at me and said MAMA and put his hands up. It melted my heart.

I catch myself saying and writing , It's the cutest thing all the time, but thats how I feel. Our little boy amazes me everyday. He does the cutest things and makes the funniest faces, i'm brought to tears almost everyday because the how happy this little person makes me. Being a Mommy has totally completed my life and I thank God for him everyday.

Cody's 1st trip to the Zoo....

Daddy & Cody @ The Palm Beach Zoo



We took Cody for his first visit the The Palm Beach Zoo this past weekend. Friends of ours have gone many times and have raved about it, but this was our first outing. I was pleasantly surprised. It was really cute, fairly inexpensive and right around the corner. It's definetly somewhere we will go often as he grows up. Cody really enjoyed the Carousal and the Flamingo's. Other than that he really seemed un-fazed and was just happy looking around. Craig and I had a blast, the only thing the Zoo could add to make us happy is Beer carts. LOL....

With the arrival of Cody's top 4 teeth, comes the fun of trying all new foods. I am trying to give him big boy foods at night. He still recieves baby food @ Daycare, so I am getting adventurous at night. Over the weekend we tried pancakes, turkey meatloaf, french fries (just one) grilled cheeses and ice cream (thanks grandma). He loved it all.... If he's anything like his Mommy and Daddy, he will like everything....especailly ice cream!

Cody's Weekend of First's

This past week was full of first's starting with Cody's first forward crawl. It is so dam cute. It's like a perfect little crawl, one hand and one knee at a time. Cody is also sitting up by himself. At first he could only go from hands and knee's to the right side, now back forth side to side he goes. I'm so amazed, just 3 weeks ago, we were still putting pillows behind him when he sat because we were afraid he would fall back, now he's from one side of the house to the other in 1 minute flat.

I reported last time that Cody was getting his 2 side top teeth, well my guy is now getting his 2 front teeth as well. Poor little man. 4 teeth at once. I think he has a high tolorence to pain because he has only been really cranky a few times, and man that must hurt. My day dreams of dracula pictures are just a thought of the past.


Cody attended his first little league game this weekend. It was opening day at the Boynton Beach LL Field. All of the Palm beach County teams were there. They had Bounce houses and Slides (next year) and practice games all day. it was fun to watch him try to take all the excitment in.

Another first this weekend was Cody's first Cornhole Tournament. Every year around this time Eileen's parents are down from Ohio and we have a big cookout and cornhole.
This year Eileens dad made Cincinati chili and we all brought the fix ins. It was a great day and Cody got to hang with Kellen and both his grandma's. Lots of fun for all.

Cody Boo ~ 9 Months Old

We went to Cody's 9 month visit today and he hasn't really grown much in the past 6 weeks or so. Still about 21 lbs, 28 inches, and head circumference of 45.5 cm. He's now only abut 50 - 60% for height and weight, but still 95% for HC. He's due for a growth spurt any week now..... He is cutting 2 new teeth. His 2 bottom teeth came through around 6 months, but nothing since. I noticed the top left (not front but to the side) this weekend and the Dr Kortz felt the top left(also not front) this morning. Can't wait til they come in, Cody will look like Dracula with his botton 2 teeth and top 2 side teeth.

Went to The Delray Garlic Festival this past weekend with Cody's BFF, Kellen and The Pikes. It was quite chilly and windy. Poor guy wasn't very happy, he had fallen asleep in the car, so when we got there he woke when we moved him into the stroller. By the time were ready to leave he started to crake a smile. None the less, a good time was had. Cody went down the big slide with daddy and went on his first carnival train ride with mommy. Kellen got to go on a few more rides since he is a big boy (18 months), but by next year Cody will enjoy all these fun S. Florida attractions....

Cody"s Crawling - Almost 9 months....

What an exciting week we are having. I worked from my Mom's house on Tuesday and all of a sudden I looked up and Cody was up on all fours crawling backwards. It was so awesome. I feel so blessed that I was there to experience it. I even got a video of it to show Daddy (and the anybody else who wants to see). He has been trying now for a couple of weeks, so we knew it would be any day....

Now last week I could have done without. Cody woke up late last Sunday night crying which is very unlike him. He had a slight fever so i decided to keep him home from daycare (off to grandma's) by Tuesday it was over 101 so to the doctor we went. He has had a slight cough ever since he had the Croop but the doctor said not to worry about it until he had a fever. Well it finally went back into his lungs. I think this was the sickest he's been, or at least the craniest. Man sick babies are no fun. He would try to laugh but would just end up crying, It was sad and frustrating and draining. Thank goodness but Saturday he was starting to feel better and Monday morning he woke up and I could tell i had my happy baby back. What a relief......

Splish splash Cody's taking a big boy bath....

I finally broke down and stopped using the infant bather. Cody has been grown out of it for weeks now, but I wasn't ready to let it go yet. I don't know why, I was just a little nervous about him being in the big bath. We LOVE bath time. No matter if Cody is happy or cranky, bath time makes him happy, which makes me happy.

We went to

the South Florida Fair this past weekend. Cody really didn't know what to make of all the bright lights and peeps. He spent the entire time we were there moving his head from side to side trying to see everything with a blank stare. Cody overload......

I'm still treading along with my goal to get back to my pre-baby

weight. I'm down 2.5 lbs since the new year. It's slowly coming off. I've come to realize I may get down the weight I was but I don't thik i'll ever be the same size. It's ok, cause my little man is worth every inch of it!