My Monkey

Our church had a Family Fun Fest & Trunker Treat on Saturday. Of course, we took Cody in his awesome monkey costume! He wouldn't perform for anyone else, but we did manage to get him to act like a monkey for a picture. I think his favorite part was riding the ponies. He wanted to do it twice, but we only had time to do the hayride and he'd been talking about doing that all day, so we couldn't miss it. On Sunday, when we turned into the church parking lot, Cody said "There's no more candy." And then, walking up to the building, Cody pointed to where the ponies were the night before and said something about riding them....I told him that the ponies had to go home and he understood. This kid doesn't forget anything! I can't imagine that we'll actually take Cody out on Halloween, but this was better than trick-or-treating anyway!

Baseball in the Fall

Yesterday was the first wonderfully cold day of the year. We took advantage (and gave in to Cody's sweet request) and went outside to play ball. Papa Doc says he's either going to be an awesome baseball player or be burnt-out by the time he's old enough to play. He's quite the athlete and refuses to wear anything other than baseball or football "shirts"!

This is video of our evening...it's couple of minutes long and pretty cute!

Cody Classics

Cute video we took of Cody on Sunday. Please forgive my annoying voice....and yes, he put his hat on that way by himself. (I'm not sure where he saw someone do that.)

Also - notice his black eye! He ran into a shelf at daycare. It's a first!



He's so much fun!

I like John Mayer too! (And Thriller was my first album.)

Day 1 at Echo and I've been inspired to blog - and blog about something other than my gorgeous boy! I met these guys from Windsor Crossing Community Church, one of AD's projects. They seem to be really fun - even though they're trying to take credit for my Regent University hip bag (that's what I'm calling it). I know that only a couple of people will understand this post and only one will probably actually read this...oh well! (I found Monty Hobson's blog - he's one of the guys from Windsor - and he apparently is a John Mayer fan and has a post about the Michael Jackson "Thriller" album. So crazy that I would meet him today and find out almost immediately that we have things in common!)

Anyway, as I drove home today from the Echo Conference at Watermark Church here in Dallas, I realized that it is so cool that I get these opportunities. I mean, I spend almost everyday at work thinking about churches and how they desire to use what God has provided for them to reach people in the world. I research churches that have asked us to write proposals and churches where we've just completed work. I learn about them and what makes them special. THEN, I get to do things like go to church media conferences and meet other Christians, and in this case, fun, young, goofy, energetic, real Christians. The best part is that, because these are conferences for church leaders, I get to spend time in worship and hearing the word of God as a part of my work day! Like on a Thursday evening! Or a Friday morning before my day really starts! That is so cool!

It just makes me wonder again, why me? How did I get the chance to grow up in a Christian home, marry a wonderful Christian man and work for a company where I'm surrounded by other Christians? Why am I so lucky? I thank God for his blessings!

Okay, speaking of thanking God. Today Cathy suggested that I pray with Cody every night and start the prayer with a "Thank you God for..." Cody's only 2, but I gave it a shot. After we read our story (Veggie Tales Bible stories) and sang a few songs (tonight's hits: VeggieTales theme and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"), I told Cody that we should pray and thank God. He started with his dinnertime prayer ("God is great. God is good...etc...) Then I said "Let's thank God for baby (his bear) and I thank God for Cody." He said "Thank God for Mommy." I replied, "Thank God for Daddy." Cody finished our prayer like this "God for my books. God for my piggie [bank]. God for my cars."

It seems that he got the point! Amazing!

Yes, I realize that I've, once again, posted about Cody - but it was just too cool of a story to not talk about!

My sweet boy!

Cody and "Stuey" have to share Nana's new pillow. They both love it - but Cody usually wins the battle over who gets to lie on it.

Today I thought I'd share some other recent funnies from Cody:

He had a lot of fun at the Roughriders game last weekend and keeps talking about it. In fact, three days after the game he pretended to be a "baseball man" and wanted to go see "the clouds that go pop" (fireworks to you and me)!

Last Monday, Jimmy came home from work and Cody met him at the door with "Daddy, did you go to work?" Jimmy said yes and Cody responded "Did you hammer the house?" Apparently, he remembered a couple of weekends ago when he asked where Daddy was and I told him he was outside working on the fence. To add to that - yesterday Jimmy was replacing more of the fence and Cody told me "Daddy boom the fence."

And finally, Cody and I were driving home one day last week and he pointed out the clouds and an airplane in the sky. Then he said "Uh uh, Airplane! That's not nice! No No! Mommy, tell airplane 'No no'!" I asked him "what did the airplane do?" and he said "Airplane fly into clouds!" So rude!!!

The Lion King

Ryan was in town this weekend and, once again, cracked us up with an impromptu movie scene re-enactment. This time, it was from "The Lion King". Cody thought it was funny and even laughed after the fifth time (in this video). It makes me laugh every time I watch it!

July 4th!

Okay...I'm posting again! It's the Fourth of July and we've already had a BIG weekend! My dad came in Tuesday night and last night was Kaboomtown in Addison where we get to watch the city's airshow and fireworks from the hangar across the street from our office. Acoustic Dimensions (where I work) caters dinner for all of us and we spend the evening hanging out. The coolest part is seeing all of the dad's I work with in their element...being Dad's. I really love getting a glimpse into the real lives of these funny, smart and awesome people.
Yesterday was Jimmy's birthday too, but in true Jimmy fashion, he didn't want to do anything or even get any gifts. Kind of let down for me, but he really doesn't seem to care. OH! Here's something funny! I completely forgot that it was his birthday this morning and finally remembered on my way to work! When I called he said, "It's okay. You're only the 5th person to remember." I'm so terrible!!
Today was uneventful, but fun - we all slept late - even Cody! Of course, he didn't go to bed until about midnight last night and was up at 6:30 and Jimmy had to convince him to go back to sleep - but when that was done, he slept until 10! We then met up with Jimmy's parents and Amanda and Ryan and headed over to Ikea. Lots of walking a little buying...late lunch...and then back to the apartment to swim in the pool. By the time we got out, Cody was exhausted and hungry. In fact, it was his idea to get out of the pool!
All of that - and we still have two days left! Woohoo!!!