and you don't throw a fit.

Wade gets his schedule today for his new job and he told me "I get what I get" and Cal turns around and says that Ginna always says "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit." This is very true.

Dreams

This morning Cal woke up and told me that "Me and Audrey(his friend from day care) were at Ginna's (day care) and we had sparkles come out of our hands and the sparkles made the man disappear. The sparkles were magical." I asked if the man was good or bad. He said the man was good.

Sweet dreams....

Going to the doctor

This morning Cody had his 18 month check up. We're only 3 1/2 months late but better late than never. He was SO good. He was super cheerful and giggly for the doctors and nurses. He did cry when he got his 2 shots, one in each leg. And then he started to immediately itch when the band aides went on. Which we soon took off since he was trying to itch them away. And then we had to go get his blood drawn. Calvin had his blood taken for allergy testing and it was a nightmare, so I was expecting much of the same for Cody. When his name was called these 2 beautiful young nurse types came over to get his blood. He sat on my lap and I held his one arm and they held his other arm. And he couldn't have cared less. He watched them draw his blood and one poke was all it took. He sat perfectly still - as if he instinctively knew that he shouldn't move - or maybe he was mesmerized by the beauty of the nurses - of course it could've also been the death grip I had on him. At any rate, he was perfect. And it's moments like that that make my heart swell with love and pride. And when we were done, he just ran down the hall giggling.

Now we're home and Calvin and I are going to try to put white trim up in the newly painted kitchen. I hope I can measure and cut correctly. And if it's a little off, I figure I know how to use caulk :) Wish me and Calvin luck and have a wonderful new year!

Christmas Time

For the week leading up to Christmas, our family (mostly Wade and I) had a stomach bug. I had to take almost 4 days off work before feeling any better. It all subsided by December 23, though we were still reluctant to eat.

Christmas weekend was wonderful. The boys played together wonderfully. They were spoiled by Grandma Deanna and Grandpa Morris, Grandpa Floyd and Grandma Gloria, uncle Austin, Santa and us. They got musical instruments, a tunnel to crawl through, a tent to go over the bed, tricycles, trains, trains, trains, an etch-a-sketch, a truck, ornaments, skittles, books and probably other things I'm forgetting.

They got a set of Pooh books from Uncle Austin. Every night, Calvin has asked me if I will read all of them please and I have to tell him no. It would probably take over an hour to read them all. They are great books that explain some scientific type things like where rain comes from. This morniing in the car, Calvin was telling me that the clouds in the sky have water and will rain some day. It's so fun to watch him learn about things and come to understand different things.

Cody has a hugely multiplying vocabulary these days. Everything we say; he says. He loves the automatic trash can at Ginna's house. He plays with it all day long and says "trash" about 20 times a day. At home, he likes to point out all of the fans. Fan. Fan. Fan. He loves to drink water and is doing really well with his big boy cup. He also loves to practice pouring anything that was in his big boy cup. So we give him just a little bit at a time unless we have an ample supply of towels on standby.

I've decided that I need to make a career change. I'm tossing around a few ideas. I'll let you know if any of it pans out.

Thanksgiving morning

This morning when Calvin woke up, he came running into the kitchen and wanted me to lift him up to look outside. So I picked him up and we looked out the kitchen window for a few seconds. Then he wanted down and I made pancakes.

We had talked about how it was Thanksgiving today but he mixed it up with Christmas. When I asked him what day it was he said "Christmas!"

A little while later, I asked him what he was looking for outside and he said he was looking for Santa.

Happy Halloween!

Tonight Grandma Deanna and Grandpa Morris helped hand out candy at our house while we took Cal and Cody around the neighborhood to Trick or Treat. Calvin was SO EXCITED to go up to people's houses tonight and get candy. He kept saying "they're so nice!" Cody followed right along with his big brother and their pumpkin (candy sacks) got so heavy that Cody seemed barely able to carry it along.

After trick or treating, we came back to the house and attempted to get a family photo. Here they are...

18 months already

Cody, aka, Coder, Code Man, CodyCode, is starting to talk up a storm. Hard to believe he's already at this stage. He's 18 months now, he's got 10 teeth, four in front on top and bottom and two top molars. He's starting to finally grow some hair. He's a dare devil, always busy and constantly shoving everything that will fit in his mouth. His most recent fun is flipping over his "Cody" chair and saying "weeee!" as he tries to go down it like a slide. He likes to make us laugh too!

Here is a list of his words so far (or at least as many as I can think of):


1. Yes
2. No
3. daddy
4. mommy
5. Addy
6. B
7. Calvin (cal – in)
8. Down (downie)
9. Thank you (ank oo)
10. baby (babe E)
11. Audrey
12. Amen
13. Night night
14. Bye Bye
15. Hello
16. Honk (onk)
17. Eye
18. Nose
19. Ear
20. Duck
21. Cup
22. Juice
23. Apple
24. Belly
25. Ball
26. Out
27. Chase
28. Owie
29. Bottle (ba ba)
30. Blanket (bunky)
31. Please (eee sss)
32. Puppy
33. Woof
34. Tickle Tickle
35. Ribbit
36. Spoon
37. Vacuum (vac cue)
38. Rasberry (ras bur e)
39. Banana (nana)
40. Knock knock
41. Balloon
42. Roar (says this when he sees a tiger or lion)
43. Pumpkin (pum in)