C Monkey

We have been very busy lately and at the same time not so much.  Last week we went to Portland to see Grandma for Thanksgiving.  Cody was super excited to see Brandon again.  Brandon was awesome with Cody, he didn't mind hanging out with Cody and playing with him.  I wish we lived closer to any of our other family with kids, it would be so nice to see Cody play with his cousins.

Cody did amazing on the airplane.  He didn't through a fit in either direction.  On the last leg home, after we landed, he asked if we could go on another airplane to Brandon's house.  I told him later.  Fortunately he hasn't asked again, 'cause I don't know how I am going to explain that one.

This week, Cody has been telling us that he has a brown baby in his belly.  He went up to one of his teachers, who is pregnang, and started rubbing her belly and told her he has a baby in his belly.  He tells me in the morning that his baby is hungry.  This morning, Miss Tanya, the owner of his school, asked me who was pregnant in our family.  I told her no one, it was because Miss Angela is pregnant.  He even told me I had a baby in my belly.  I can't help but think of Alex when Lucy was born, telling everyone he was going to go have his baby. 

Cody still refuses to go to sleep by himself.  We are trying the reward chart, but, again, no go.  He doesn't care.  We told him he needs 5 stickers to get his helicopter.  One sticker per night he sleeps by himself.  And STILL no go.  He wants me to sit next to him or sit in the chair in his room.  I think I am going to start taking his toys away, one for every night I have to stay in his room or he comes into ours.  Maybe if I start with the helicoptors or his movies, he might get it quickly.  He has alot of toys anyway.

Tomorrow is Cody's party.  All his buddies are coming.  And we are going to videotape them.  This should be intersting.

Fireman ahoy!

Just this time last year, we went to the Pierce College Pumpkin Patch with Kyle.  One of the first outings we did with Kyle and Jessica.  I am very very happy we are friends with them.  Cody loves Kyle.  In fact until up until about a week or so ago, Cody called Kyle "My Buddy."  He couldn't say Kyle's name, so we needed something to identify Kyle by.  My Buddy seemed to work very well.  He can say his name now, but I think he will always be My Buddy to Cody. 

Pumpkin Pictures and Movies:

2008 and 2009.  What a change.  Last year we went with a stroller, this year, none.  My baby is growing up!  I can't imagine what having grandchildren does to your sense of time.

Some videos for you:

And if you haven't heard, Cody has been breaking out in hives.  We don't know why.  But they seem to be getting better.

Saturday at the park, playing with Jeff:

And just in case I haven't posted this one before:

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Several times this past couple of months, Cody has come home from school saying "uppy choo choo."  For the life of me, I couldn't figure out what he was saying.  He calls his blanket his uppy, and I didn't understand why he was taking about the trains, we didn't live near them yet. When he came home with goody bags, I finally figured out that he was saying happy birthday. 

This morning, since it was my birthday, I was trying to get him to say happy birthday to me.  He wouldn't.  BUT he did make me say happy choo choo to him and then sing the birthdat song. 

When we got to school, I came around to his side of the car, and asked one last time.  He grinned, pulled his paci out, and said "Happy Choo Choo!"

Traslation: Bob the Builder, can we fix it?  Yes we can.

Cody was going commando when I picked up him up from school today.  Mostly my fault since I keep forgetting to bring him more undies.  Not the story though.

We got home, and before he started playing, I told him it was pee pee time.  He went willingly, this time.  He stepped up on his stool, waited for me to lift the lid and yank down his pants.  He still has a hard time pulling them down.  He peed, and wiped.  I told him to pull his pants up.  He leaned down, grabed his pants, which were around his ankles, paused, and farted, perilously close to my face.  He laughed and then yanked up his shorts.

You get to guess who he is just like.

We have started doing things in the evenings after dinner to help Cody burn some of his energy.  We were doing it hoping he would be tired enough to sleep in his own bed.  THAT didn't work, but we still are doing it to spend some good time to go. 

This is a film of Cody rolling down the hill at the park across the street.

Two days ago, we walked by the wash behind our complex.  Cody had a blast and a hard time keeping up on his Diego bike.  Every time he goes to his friend Kyle's house, he rides Kyle's radio flyer bike, the one he can actually reach the pedals.  Yesterday we bought him his own radio flyer.  And we can barely keep up with him.  He LOVES it.  I need to get some pictures of him, but since I have a hard enough time posting the little that I do, well, don't hold your breathe.  I will try to get some tomorrow.  Maybe. 

We'll see. 

We love it here!  I am so glad that we moved!