Snow

We got it the day after Halloween. Although I was glad it didn’t come the day before, I’m still mad about it. I hate winter!

Bode was in love. He wanted to play in it all day long. :)

Stats

I took Bode and Owen to the Doctor last week for a combined check up. Clint was going to come with me, but ended up having to work. It would have been a good idea had Clint been with me… but 2 boys at the Dr. both getting shots with just little old me was NOT fun. Never again.

Owen is doing great! He’s so chunky and all is well. Here are the little guys stats:

• Weight - 12.71 lbs. – 70%
• Height - 23.5 inches – 67%
• Head - 15.9 inches – 59%

Bode is also doing great. Here are his 3 year stats:

• Weight – 35.4 lbs. – 83% (This was fully clothed!)
• Height – 39.5 inches – 90%
• They didn’t measure his head! ha-ha.

I’m really blessed to have two happy healthy boys! Bode got his shots first and flipped out. It was so sad. I was trying to console him so I scooped him right up off that table and started patting his back and saying, “Oh honey! I’m sorry. It’s ok. You’ll feel better in a few minutes.. it’s ok.. “ Bode barked back, “I am NOT honey! I am Bode Clinton Romney and STOP burping me!!!”

Owen was up next. I had finally calmed down Bode and he helped me hold one of Owen’s hands, and I held the other one. Owen got the shots and started crying immediately! It was just so sad. :( I picked him up and calmed him down and I look over and Bode was crying again. He was so upset that his brother was upset. What a mess! I’m glad Bode won’t need another check up until he starts school because I can’t handle that again! I felt like crying with the boys. Bode talked about his “meam meam doctors” for days after that. It’s hard trying to explain to a 3 year old that Doctors are not mean, they are just helping prevent us from getting sick. It’s way over his head! Just like trying to convince Bode that I can turn right on a red light is ok too. He always tells me I shouldn’t have gone because the light wasn’t green. AHH! 

This is Owen after we got home. I just love his chunky legs!!

You can kind of tell that he has a small hernia on his belly button. :( Dr. says it will go away on it’s own.

Trick or Treating at the Park

The Saturday before Halloween our local park did a little trick or treating day. A bunch of vendors from the area passed out candy along with their business cards and they had a few bouncy houses set up. Bode was grumpy the whole time and since Owen was sick, he napped at home with Clint. We didn’t stay long.

We ran into Bode’s friend Logan. It was funny that they were the same dragon!

Bode was so scared to put his hand into that mouth! He cried and screamed in horror and I think they felt bad for him because they threw out like 5 pieces of candy. He was very hesitant, but did go in closer to pick up the candy from the grass.

No more Halloween… until next year…

Halloween

So this year Halloween was kind of a bummer. The boys are sick and it’s so sad. Bode is actually doing a lot better, but poor Owen can barely breath sometimes. I was supposed to go to Clint’s work around 11 to trick or treat and then have lunch and I totally forgot about the whole thing. I barely slept at all the night before because Owen was so sick. So we woke up around 8 and Owen went right back down for a 3 hour nap. I felt so sad for him and I wanted to rid my house of every single sick germ! I went into a deep cleaning frenzy. I seriously spent 3 hours scrubbing and organizing the entire upstairs when Owen finally woke up and got hungry. I’m sitting there feeding him and looking through my phone when I realize I have a ton of missed calls and texts. Clint was wondering where I was and my sister in law (our husbands both work together) was wondering where I was. The truck has bad tires, but since we got new tires for the Mazda a few weeks ago, we’ve been waiting on getting new ones for the truck. Clint thought maybe one blew out and we were on the side of the road or something. I felt really bad! I left my phone downstairs and didn’t think much of it. He even called my neighbor who came by to check on us. :( I can’t believe I spaced that.

This is how the boys spent the afternoon. Well.. for Owen that is how he spent his whole day.

I kept building up Halloween and how much fun Bode was going to have trick or treating. He refused to go to a Halloween party the Friday before that my cousin was hosting because he said, “Mom I’m just too sick. I can’t want to go. I hab a tummy ache and I’m soo tired!” He wasn’t excited at all. He didn’t want to trick or treat either. He kept telling me, “But mom. I hab enough candy. I don’t need anymore.” Ahh! Clint had to work late and he didn’t even get home until almost 7. The kids started knocking at the door around 5! I was still making dinner and not ready for them at all. Bode opened the door, the kids said trick or treat.. and then Bode just shut the door again. It was pretty funny! I told him what to do from then on out so Bode manned the door for me until dinner was ready. Around 6 my friend Mindy came by with her kids to trick or treat. She asked if Bode had already gone and I told her that we were waiting on Clint to come home. She offered to take him for me and off they went. Owen was still sleeping and I didn’t have the heart to wake him up.

She told me that he wasn’t really into getting candy from people. He was more interested in the leaves.. and rocks he would find.. and he kept asking where I was. Bode is something else!

Clint got home and Owen was awake by then, so I got him dressed up and we walked around the neighborhood to meet up with Bode.

My cute little dragons!

Bode and his candy! After we met up with my friend and Bode we trick or treated 2 more houses and went home. Clint wanted to watch football, Bode was done, and I didn’t care one way or another. Bode loved handing out candy! We let him do it all by himself. He’d open the door, grab the candy, and give it to each kid. Then he’d say stuff like, “Have a good night!” “Bye guys!” It was hilarious. He enjoyed handing out candy more than he did asking for it.

We had so many trick or treaters (Over 200) that we ran out of candy and started giving away the crappy stuff Bode got. After that, we turned off the light. It was around 8:15.

This is Bode with a mouthful of candy saying, “Mom! Stop taking pictures!”

I hope everyone had a great Halloween!

Bode’s Birthday Party!

This year I really wanted to pick a party location where I wouldn’t have to do a thing! I knew I didn’t want to play hostess and run a bunch of games, or have tons of kids making a mess in my house. Enter Cabelas! It was awesome. We showed up to a lovely conference room decked out with balloons and gift bags. We chit chatted until the pizza was ready and the kids colored pictures. After pizza, we had cake. Clint’s sister Rachel owns a bakery and is amazing. Bode was in love with his cake!! After cake, the kids saw the big tank feeding of the fish. After that, they got to feed some fish on their own, next up was the shooting range, and after that Bode opened presents. It was such a fun night! Bode is still talking about his party and how much fun it was.

I had my friend Janae snap a quick picture of Bode and I before we left for the party. I’m glad I did because I didn’t get a chance to get any with him at Cabelas! He didn’t cooperate, but we got one anyway.

Check out the pumpkin Bode made at preschool. The eyes are to the right of the nose. :)

Bode was in awe of his cake! He didn’t know what to think so he just sat and stared at it.

Then he tried to eat the trees and the fish.

Coloring while we waited on pizza. Clint kept telling him that the fish food in that little black cup was candy. He almost ate it!

Bode thought the elephant and fish on the wall were so cool. This is the best picture I got, even though it cuts off the fish.

Blowing out candles! I should have been in front of him so I could see him blowing them out, but oh well. Once we got there I realized I forgot candles and a lighter. Aunt Ali and Gma Cozzy went off to find something and came back with those lovely green candles from the store. I was just thankful they were able to find something!

After Bode blew out his candles he was so happy because I told him he could finally eat the fish.

The cake was so good. I told Rachel to do whatever she wanted and she did not disappoint. It was so cool. The top part was funfetti, the middle was some kind of pumpkin spice with cream cheese frosting, and the bottom was apple something another with apple filling. It was delicious and we made sure anyone who would go home with some did! We had so much left over.

Gabe, Cooper M., Bode & Cooper R. These friends all live on our street.

I had to feed Owen around this time so my mom grabbed my camera and started taking a bunch of pictures. She got pictures of every single person who came to the party, but it was still in manual mode and so not a lot of them turned out. I should have turned it to Auto but I wasn’t thinking.  I was glad that she got some though.

My grandpa B and my dad. Then Clint and my grandpa K. We were so glad Bode’s great grandparents could come out!

Everyone feeding the fish! I rejoined the party around this time and it seemed like all the kids were having a great time.

Next up was the shooting range. At the last minute we found out that Clint’s sister Rachel and her boys couldn’t make it. Also Clint’s brother Andy and his family couldn’t make it. SOOO that was going to be 7 extra kids. I sent my parents into the room to check all the gift bags for extra tokens. Each kid got a ton of turns because we had so many. Bode loved it!

This is Bode’s cousin Drextin and grandpa B. I just thought this picture was really funny.

I was glad some of the adults got to enjoy a few rounds. :)

Bode and his friend Gabe.

Bode opening his presents. Every person who gave him a gift except for 2 people got him something to do with dinosaurs! That boy is in dino heaven. He is so funny with all his new toys. He plays with them every day and LOVES them all. I didn’t even make him say thanks to everyone at the party, but he keeps telling me thank you every day. So thanks from Bode!!

He has so many dinosaurs now it’s crazy. He absolutely loves it.

Bode loves balloons and we brought them all home with us. They are all popped or deflated and in the trash now, but he carried those things around for at least a few days.

Owen was a little angel boy the entire night. I didn’t even know who had him or where he was most of the time, but he was such a good boy! He was awake for just about all of the party, but not fussy really. This was right before we headed home and his eyes were so red. I felt bad because I knew he was so tired. There was just too much going on. He didn’t want to sleep and miss out on any of the action. :)

Thanks to everyone who came out for the party and helped us celebrate Bode turning 3. It didn’t hit me until I was looking through all the pictures for the first time that I have a 3 year old. I started tearing up like a big baby. I just can’t believe it’s been that long already. We love Bode and he’s such a little miracle boy. He drives me crazy some days, but I just can’t imagine life without him.