My sweet little Cody turned 1 on November 11! Oh how I love this little boy! He is such a joy in my life. After much deliberation I decided to have a "party" for him, and somewhat for Jayci, also, since her birthday kind of got skipped (plus, she wanted everything to be hers, so I figured I'd just tell her it was for her. It's easier that way). After the party I realized why I had stressed about it. I am such a bad hostess! I really am. Not that anything went terribly wrong, just little things. I am not very detail oriented and just don't think of little things that would make parties nicer, or guests more comfortable. Mostly things that I don't really care about or think about myself, that other people probably do. It's a weakness I have, in my opinion. I'm sure everyone thought it was fine, I just needed to get that off my chest. It was still fun. I loved all the support I got. Chad and I have great families!
One of my biggest stresses was a cake. I am so bad at this and have no skills. All in all, I thought it turned out cute. Very basic, but cute. I had to go buy a cake pan, candle, and frosting kit. Maybe now I can improve on my cake making skill.
Cody was wanting to grab it.
Once he had the cake, he was pretty cautious about digging in. I didn't get a picture of him real messy in the end.
He was real excited about the presents. I think he was mostly just wanting the candy on top of Jayci's gift.
Leslie got him a cute cat book with textures and pop outs. He loves looking at it.
Here's Jayci's one gift she was excited about. It had a "J for Jayci", as she loves to say, and tootsie rolls on top, her favorite candy.
Here's part of the fun group. They were so nice to come support me and the kids.
My kids actually smiled in this picture! I think it's so cute!
5 things I love about Cody:
1. He is cuddly and touchy. Unlike Jayci he loves to give kisses, cuddle, wrestle, and just lay on top of anyone within reach. Jayci really hates it :) but I love it!!
2. He adores his sister. In my last post I said Jayci adores her brother, but I think mostly it's the other way around. He follows her around and does everything she does, it's so cute!
3. He is one year old and I love this age. I think it's my favorite. I remember adoring Jayci at 1. I love to watch them toddle around, I could watch him all day! (he is full out running now, and climbing everything).
4. He makes the cutest and funniest faces, and has beautiful big brown eyes.
5. He is our little entertainer. He is always making us laugh and doing funny things. He is quite the tease already (Can I say "like his dad!"). His newest thing is to say "uh-oh" all day to every little thing that happens. I love it, it's adorable! He also LOVES playing games: hide and seek, chase, being tossed onto the bed, etc. He wants to play play play all day.
Okay, so this is a totally random post, but I came across this picture today and felt like it was worthy to share with everyone. I love this picture of Shelly and me in college. It was Halloween, and I think we made some pretty hot 80's chicks. The sad thing is, all I had to do was comb out my hair and it made for some perfect 80's rock hair. The best part about this is that Shelly got extra credit from one of her teachers for dressing up that day, so she walked around campus like this and said she got such funny looks directed at her. She was about the only one dressed up that day and I think people wondered if she was dressed up... or not. I still laugh when I think about it! I love this girl! Those were the good ol days!
