Last Weekend

Clint went fly fishing in Wyoming again so Bode and I decided to hang out with his cousins. We headed up to Farmington and Bode played with Darci and Drew for hours and hours! He loved their animals too. Jodi and I just sat around talking and working on our tans. It was such a fun weekend! Thanks so much to Andy and Jodi for letting us hang out with your family. p.s. Drew was in love with Gunner. You should keep him. :)

Before Clint’s fishing trip, he tied some flies and organized his fly box. Bode was so interested in those little flies! He sat on Clint’s lap for a good 5-7 minutes, which is forever in Bode time, and just looked at them. Clint just loved it. He is always saying he can’t wait for Bode to go on the trips with him when he gets older.

I’m sure not very many of my blogging friends care about these next pictures, but it is our family blog and Clint is part of our family.. and this is what he does! Show your husbands or something. :) I’ll bet my dad will appreciate them.

  

18 months Old

Here are few pictures of cute little Bode. He’s almost 18 months old and I can’t even believe it. This post is almost a week early but what the heck.

He’s talking up a storm

repeats everything we say

says NO all the time like a little brat

fights nap/bed time for the first time in his life

argues with “Gunno” all day long as if he was his brother and not his dog- especially when Gunner is sitting on his blankie. He’ll pull as hard as he can and say, “Gunno no no no!!! Mooooommmm! Mom! Mommy.. no!”

sticks up for himself when other kids are mean to him (not sure if I should be proud of him or mad at him)

giggles/ laughs all the time

smiles

hums/sings to himself

asks for food all day (mostly for “cheeeeezzz,” “Hog dogs",” and “sopsicles” (popsicles)

wants to be outside playing 24/7

tries to put on his own shoes

he’s attached to his blankie more than ever

he’s starting to get attached to his binkie (this started happening when he had the last ear infection.. I have to hide it from him and only allow it in his crib.)

loves to wave at everyone he sees and say “hi!” or “byebye”

finally started saying “wuv wu” (love you) but we’ve only heard it a few times

says “tenks” (thanks) when you give him something. One time I gave him a popsicle and without me asking him to say thank you he turned around and said, “tenks mom!”

he can sense when we ask questions and always says yeah or no in response (this can make for some pretty funny conversations with an 18 month old.)

always brings us stuff and says “ere!” (here)

loves “bubbos” (bubbles)

finally likes getting his teeth brushed

Clint’s taught him how to move his hand with a swishing sound to pretend he’s fly fishing

loves to snuggle lately

let’s me sleep in until almost 9 every day

loves to point out whenever something is “ditty” (dirty) – hot, cold, or “ceen” (clean)

He’ll identify any body part, some animals, all animal sounds and certain toys and other objects when you ask him

starting to get a serious attitude

HATES timeouts with a passion. I’ve never heard him cry harder than when he’s sitting on that step.

I’m sure there’s more but it’s late and I can’t remember anything else! I just realized the last post where I explained things about Bode was all about how nice and sweet and good he was! HA – a lot can change in a short time. He’s still pretty good for the most part. We love our Bode and couldn’t imagine life without him.

 

I didn’t realize how reddish/coppery my hair was until I saw this picture! I do my own color so you’d think I’d realize what the heck I did to it.

Clint’s Weekend

Clint spent the weekend up in Wyoming fly fishing with 2 other guys and loved it. It’s funny because my old middle school friend Emily is married to Kyle who now fly fishes with Clint.. Anyways- he took out my old camera for the first time on a fishing trip. He got some great pictures and is already talking about upgrading the camera for himself. Funny how I had that same camera for 2 years and it took the good part of a year to convince him why I needed to upgrade. Clint hates it when I blog collage style because you can’t see each picture very well… SO just for you love I didn’t collage them.

     

Play Date

Every Friday me, my sister Kelli, and my cousin Sara try and go to my Grandma and Grandpa’s house to let the kids play. They have so much fun and it’s nice to get out see everyone. It’s finally warm enough to let them play outside! Yay!!

  

Hee Haw Farms

A couple days ago Kelli and I got the kids together to play at a farm. They had so much fun!! It’s the same place we all went last fall for the pumpkin patch. It was a beautiful day and my mom and Bret came along for the fun. Miss Kaylan just loved everything. She was fearless on this huge slide, she loved the pony ride, the hayride, the hayjump, the ferret, the animals, everything! She is so cute and so funny. Bode loved the slide with Uncle Bret, he warmed up to the baby goats, he played in dirt and stared at animals a lot, and he tried to walk around during the hayride. No other kids stood up let alone tried walking. Silly kid. My favorite part of the day was when Bode and Kaylan rode in these little cars behind a big tractor. Bode would not sit down! His fingers clutched the edge of the car so tight and he stood for 2 whole rides. It was hilarious!! The second ride (the one in the pink car) he didn’t have a tight grip when the tractor started and he got jolted back. All the other kids sat and enjoyed the ride while Bode stood and held on for dear life. We all went out to eat afterwards and Kenna was being so cute! You barely notice her because she is so quite and so good. Kelli was making her laugh and it was so cute.

It’s almost midnight, Clint’s out of town for the weekend fly fishing and I better go to bed. I have more to blog tomorrow if I get around to it. :)

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Pictures

Bode and I were going to play at Heehaw farms today with some friends and possibly my sister. Bode napped for 3 hours so we missed the friends, and Kelli decided she’s going tomorrow with Aaron and I didn’t want to go alone. I was all ready, Bode was all ready, and I wanted to get OUT! I’ve already shopped until I dropped (or dropped all the money) and so I figured I would take some pictures. I’m loving the new camera! It’s such an upgrade from my old one and I’m having so much fun. So who wants me to practice on THEM?!?!?! I need people, people. :)

More on baby animal day at heehaws later this week!

 

    

 

(I think most self portraits are tacky (at least the ones I try to do..) but I had never used the self timer! Bode would not hold still for the 10 second option or the 2 sec one for that matter.)

So Close

We almost have flowers!!! If it would stop snowing and the winter weather advisories would go away that would be nice.

 

Today

My brother in law Aaron had drill near our house today so the Thurgood Fam came over to play. Aaron ended up getting to leave super early and so we had so much fun hanging out! Bode and Kaylan played and played. They are so stinkin’ cute together. Clint and Aaron took the dogs to a pheasant farm and had a blast. Kelli and I talked and watched the kids play. We had breakfast, lunch and dinner with them. It was insane how fast the day went by! Kaylan is being potty trained and so that cute princess potty went everywhere we did. I couldn’t resist the photo-op below. Kaylan is such a big girl and it plays music when she goes in it. :) It was such a warm day so I had Bode in SHORTS! He looked like such a big boy I just couldn’t believe it. Thanks Kelli and Aaron for coming to hang out with us for the day!

 

I’ve been teaching Clint how to work the camera and since I have a new one now, he gets my old one. I’m so proud of him because this was his first time really trying it out with a lot of manual settings! He’s going to come back from all his fishing trips this summer with some awesome pictures.

 

It was a fun day for all of us, including Gunner. Oh wait.. he was gun shy and waited for Clint at the truck the whole afternoon.

Chipotle

Bode loves it just like his mom and dad. Clint was embarrassed I took my camera in with me, but I don’t really care what he thinks.

 

Kangaroo Zoo

Today Bode and I had a play date with 3 of my neighbors and their kids. We went to a bouncy house and Bode had so much fun! He was so scared at first and would not let go of me, but he ended up loving it. They had huge slides and every time I took him up he would say, “One.. two…. free!!” It was so cute. We will be going back there for sure! After all the kids played and played, we all went out to eat. It was a super fun day and I’m so happy that I am such good friends with my neighbors. Bode was so tired after we ate he fell asleep in the car almost instantly. I was pretty tired myself because I was up all night playing with my NEW CAMERA! yay me! Clint surprised me and I couldn’t be happier! Anyways – so we drove home and both took naps and then played outside with the neighbors again for a few hours until it was dinner time. What a fun day!

  

Poor Bode gets no support in our spare car seat. I keep meaning to take the good one out of the car.

Easter (ish) Photo Shoot

There is an abandoned shed near my parent’s house. Every time I go to visit them I want to stop and take pictures there. I finally did! Not once, but twice. I took Bode and then my brother. This picture is Bode’s “I’m mad” face. I think it’s hilarious! Go here for some more pictures. I’ll post some of my brother when I get around to processing them. :)

Easter

We had so much fun this weekend! Bode is at a really fun age and we loved seeing him enjoy this holiday. He didn’t care about the hunts, but he would find one egg and sit and eat all the candy inside of it while the other kids got the other eggs. We started out going to an Easter egg hunt over at the park near our house. It was pure chaos and we were 2 minutes late and ended up missing the whole thing. We ran into our friends who shared a few eggs with Bode and he didn’t waste time unwrapping the candy and eating it.

After the hunt at Nolan Park we walked over to a friend’s house for another hunt. She had the kids make the cutest cupcakes! I made one for Bode because he wanted to eat the stuff and that was all. She had lunch for everyone and we all had a great time.

Next up for the day was an Easter egg hunt over at my grandma’s house. It was fun seeing all the cousins and having the kids play together. Bode did pretty good trying to look for the eggs this time, but then he would put them back where he found them. Clint kept making fun of me but I grabbed a few for his basket. He’s in a different shirt because he got candy all over the first one from earlier that morning.

 

Today I gave Bode his Easter basket and he loved it! I had so much stuff for him this year I ended up giving him half of it last week, but he still loved the little things he got today. He kept walking like the egg toy stomping his feet and it was pretty cute. He is so funny. I tried telling him about Jesus and although he can point to a picture and say His name he was all about the candy this year.

 

Today we had an Easter feast over at my parent’s house. It was so good! I can’t believe all the yummy food that was there. It really felt like Thanksgiving. My parents let us take leftovers home and I can’t wait to eat them. Especially the candied yams. Yum. Bode has so much fun with Kaylan and Kenna. My brother in law is over in Korea and so Kelli and the girls stayed with my parents for the weekend. We drove down a few times to play. We just love hanging out with the Thurgoods! We missed Erica and her family. I hope you guys had fun in Cedar.

 

I thought I’d do a collage just of Kenna. She is so cute!!! Those eyes. Ahhhhhh.

 

I hope everybody had as much fun as we did!

Naked Boy

Bode had a fever for like 3 days straight so I let him run around naked with popsicles. I think it made him feel better. I like to think so anyway. He didn’t even pee anywhere!

 

I love his pot belly, even if it’s covered in heat rash. :)

I’m happy to say he’s feeling much better these days.

Oh that blue thing is his Handy Manny hammer. He’s in love.