My New Toy!

I finally got Photoshop and I love it!!! They had Photoshop Elements 7 at Costco for $49.99! It's normally $79.99. Anyways, I can edit all my photos, digital scrapbook, make all my own blogger headers and backgrounds, and much more! I highly recommend it. I am having so much fun! (Thanks Mindee for helping me figure out where to start!)
This is what Clint and Bode were doing after church while I was on the computer playing around. What a cute bald head.

5 Months Old!

Bode is the best baby ever and I don't know how we got so lucky to be his parents! The time is going by so fast and he is getting cuter and funnier everyday. Clint has a blast every night tickling him to death and Bode laughs so cute! I love it. (I love it too because Clint is too preoccupied to tickle me!) He is very independent these days and loves to chill by himself. As long as he has something to play with he is happy. He drools all over everything, and tries to put everything in his mouth. His new thing is trying to suck on my cheeks and my chin. He is still very much a thumb sucker. Every nap and every bedtime you can bet his thumb is in his mouth. The poor skin at the base of the thumb is just raw he sucks so hard. I found out Clint was a thumb sucker! Like father like son I guess. Bode loves to sit up! For the past month he tries to always be sitting up. If you lay him back he will try his hardest to sit up. He can support himself for a few seconds before falling over, but I think he will be able to sit up on his own very soon. Everyone that sees Bode can't believe how big he is for his age or how chubby his cheeks are. Yes people he is chubby!! There is nothing wrong with that and I love it. This kid smiles all day long. It makes me happy just thinking about how happy he is. He is starting to get his hands out in front of him and his knees under him. Maybe he will crawl soon? I can't get enough of his cute face. His new thing is he loves to stand up against things. He can't do it for very long, but he sure tries hard! Bode in all his chubbiness.
We love you Bode!

Bode & Darci

Bode and I drove into Salt Lake with Clint this morning and after we dropped him off at work, we were able to hang out with my sister in law Jodi and her two kids. It was such a fun day! Darci was born 6 days before Bode and it was so funny watching them play. Clint and Jodi's husband, Andy, work for the same company and so they rode back from work together and then we all went out for dinner. Thanks for a great time! I got one with both babies smiling! They were having a good time staring at each other. Don't you love their matching drool spots? Bode would much rather sit up then relax on the couch.

Bode & Mom

Love this kid.

This & That

Clint and I went out on a date last night! That's right, we got a babysitter!! As we were driving into Lehi to start the night off with shopping, we could not believe how old the two of us are. I remember being the babysitter. Bode went to bed around 7:45 and the sitter came over at 8, so he was sound asleep the entire time, but I was freaking out! I didn't want to be the crazy who called her a million times, so instead I called my mom to freak out on her. :) The sitter did great and we just traded a hair cut for babysitting, so it worked out perfect. After we got some cute summer clothes for Bode, we had ice cream, then went to a movie. What a fun night! A bit weird with no baby, but fun. It reminded us of when Bode was in the NICU and we went out and about feeling childless. What's a post without pictures of my baby? Grandma Bonnie & Grandpa Ron gave Bode this fish tank toy for Christmas and he LOVES it. Everytime he moves it, it makes noise. This picture is funny to me for two reasons. 1. Bode thinks he can put anything in his mouth. 2. You can see some of his baby boob cleavage. There is never a shortage of smiles around our house. How did this even happen? I thought it was funny. Thank heavens he still loves to cuddle even though he's getting older.
p.s. I am embracing the thumb sucking. It is pretty cute and from what people say, it's not as bad as I thought. :)

Bode Bode

His little personality is really coming through now, and it's so much fun. He makes us laugh all the time. On a side note: I NEED ADVICE. Bode is a thumb sucker. That's right. He loves his thumb. He won't take a binkie anymore. Who needs a binkie when you have your thumb? I snuck in his room while he was falling asleep to take this picture. Poor kid got startled from the shutter and opened his eyes. I hope this is just a phase. It's been going on for about a week now. I put him in his crib awake for all naps and bed time and he goes to sleep. Well, this is his favorite time to suck on it. I always check on him to make sure he fell asleep, or is working on falling asleep and the blanket isn't covering his face and that is when I see it! UGH. Help!

Family Time

This week has been so busy and so much fun! Mom, Dad, Erica and Logan all came in town for my Grandpa K's birthday party. They were here from Wednesday to Friday and I figured it would be much easier on Bode and I to spend the few days in Salt Lake rather than drive back and forth all week, or worse, miss the party because he would be home in bed. It was so much fun!! Bode was so great and had so much fun with the Grandparents and Great Grandparents. The only picture I took was one of Great Grandpa K with Bode. I wish I would have taken more! It's so not like me. Weird.

Bode is such a fun kid. He loves to stand all the time, so we thought it would be fun to get him a new toy thing. He loves it! He turns around and plays with all the toys he is surrounded by. He loves to stick all of them in his mouth and has a grand ole time gumming them to death.
Thanks to everyone who gave me cereal eating tips. He is doing pretty good now, and always has some before bed. It works like a charm! He now sleeps for a good 10-12 hours straight through. He wakes up blowing bubbles and playing with his blanket just happy as a clam. We love our Bode and are so lucky he is such a great kid!

Photo Shoot

Isn't he adorable! Of course I think that because he is mine! My neighbor, Laura, told me about another neighbor we have who just started a photography business. She was nice enough to practice on Bode. These are a few pictures she posted on her website that I snagged, but I can't wait to see the rest! I have the same camera she has, so I want to learn this for sure. www.carriejohnsonphotography.blogspot.com

Cute Bode

Messy

At Bode's 4 month checkup, my pediatrician told me I could start trying cereal whenever I wanted. He sleeps from 7 pm to 7 am most of the time waking up once to eat. The pediatrician said that a night time feeding with cereal would help get rid of the middle of the night wakings. This would be great! I tried and it was very unsuccessful. Clint could not understand how I got the cereal up his nose. I told him to try himself, but he didn't want to. It's messy! Bode can't quite figure out what to do. This was my 4th time trying, and I thought it would be easier to strip him down and put him in the tub. I don't think he swallowed any. Everything that goes in comes right back out. I hope he gets the hang of it soon! At least it was pretty easy to get him clean this time.