Cupcake Making

For Cody's 1st birthday I decided I wanted to make a cute cake since I knew I would never make something like this ever again. I have been obsessed lately with cupcakes and I thought that would be perfect since he is just a little guy. I found this recipe for monkey cupcakes. He is a goofball so the monkey part fit him perfectly. I have never made cupcakes before. I know sounds dumb, but I don't bake unless it is from a pillsbury box. I was really nervous, but it all worked out thanks to Von makng sure I didn't screw up. I didn't take a picture so here is the picture from the site I got it from. I was really excited that they turned out so good and that Cody liked them. For other birthdays I would love to keep making this stuff, but it is exhausting. At least I can say I did it once.

What Will The Gender Be?

Lately I have been really troubled by wheter or not we should find out the sex of our new baby. We kept Cody a surprise and it was awesome. I loved being in suspense the whole time and at the very end hearing It's A Boy as the doctor held him. Everybody said it would be really hard and acted like we were crazy. Who in their right minds does that anymore. Well, Von and I are crazy if you haven't noticed yet. We like being different and making people wait in suspense.
I don't know why this time it is harder for me to decide if we want to find out the gender. I think partly because we have done a surprise already so now it feels like a been their done that moment. I get mixed feelings from everyone and Von could care less. Go figure. Although I know deep down inside he wants to do a surprise he just doesn't tell me, but I know that boy like the back of my hand. Well, time is running out for me. I have one more week till I have to decide for sure. So you can all wait in suspense to see what we decide. I am open to suggestions since I can never make decisions.

Emotions

Lately I have been trying really hard not to predict my future and to just trust that everything will be ok. Von has graduated and it is really nice to have him home to help out with Cody. Since he is now done with school I can't stop thinking about where we will end up and what he will be doing. I just want our little family to be happy wherever we are. Some days it is really hard for me cause all of our friends are moving on with their lives and we probably will never see them again. Sometimes I feel like I will be in a one bedroom apartment forever with a million kids. Of course we don't have a million kids, but it feels like it. Sometimes I just want to move and start a new adventure in my life, but of course certain circumstances don't allow us too. That is why day by day our situation stresses me out. We have been so blessed with Cody so I am praying and hoping that we can be even more blessed as we move on. For now I am going to try to not think about it and just accept what life has brought me.

Friends

This is Cody and his friend Parker. Can't you tell they are so happy to be together. It's a little blury, but they were getting grumpy. Sometimes I tell Cody that we are going to see Parker and he gets a big smile on his face. Cody just likes to watch Parker do all the things he can't do and learn from him. We will be sad when they move away and they won't see each other anymore. I hope they enjoy each others company while they can. Even though Cody is half Parker's age and half his size, you can tell that they will be friends forever.

I Love Food

Here is another picture of him eating. I couldn't figure out how to get all my pictures on one post without being one right after another.

Messy Face

We started Cody on food about 2 months ago. He is doing really good with everything I have given him. So, people would tell me that babies don't like the rice cereal that you start them out on so I was really nervous about it. To my surprise Cody loves the rice cereal. He also loves the oatmeal cereal. I think he likes those more than vegetables and fruits. He basically likes everything, but pears and I only tried those once so I am going to try that again. I am grateful that he likes food so much.
Every time I go to get him food he puts his arm up in the air and bangs his hands on the tray.
If I put down the food for one second he freaks out and worries that he is not getting food. He is such a garbage disposal.

Exercises

Today Cody graduated from his physical therapy class. I started taking Cody to physical therapy because his pediatrician was worried about the shape of his head. I procrastinated taking him because I was scared they would tell me he needed a helmet. Not like anything is wrong with wearing one for a couple of months, but I was afraid people would look at him weird. So, our first time there they gave me a bunch of exercises to do with him and they measured his head. The measurements didn't qualify him for a helmet. I was so relieved so I promised myself I would do the exercises with him so he wouldn't need a helmet later. Well if you know me than you know that I did the exercises only once in a whole month. So, today was our third appointment and they re-evaluated him. I was shocked when they said he improved a lot and he was graduating from physical therapy. I didn't tell the doctor that I never did the exercises with him for fear he wouldn't let him graduate. I was so proud of Cody. I'm not saying never do what doctors tell you to do because I did stop putting him in his bouncer which I think helped a lot so he was able to sit up more on his own and start rolling and scooting around. So, I did do something they told me to do which was to stop using the bouncer.
I think as moms we get so use to doing what we want for our children, when maybe we need to let them explore more, but are afraid too. I will admit I used the bouncer as something that helped me so I didn't have to pay as much attention to him when I did dishes cause I knew he was safe. Now I stopped using it and Cody has grown so much. Any day now he will be crawling. And when he does I'm sure I will have many crazy experiences wishing he was still in his bouncer. Now I need to take another step and lower his mattress all the way down in his crib. I hate when he grows out of things. Next thing I know he's going to be asking me if he can go on a date.