Has it really been a week?

We've been really busy this past week. Soccer started and Cody and Cooper have had the BEST time! He is learning so many skills already and I'm very impressed!! The pictures I took during their class did not turn out good because of the lighting in the complex, but this was taken right before going inside.
We had our usual Wednesday playdate last week and we met at the mall. Cody and Erin rode on the carousel which was a great warm up because....
...we went to the Gwinnett County Fair that afternoon with Cooper's family. Cody and Cooper rode EVERY kid ride and had the most fun I've seen two little boys have! I took TONS of pictures, but here are a select few of the best ones.



If you can't tell, they had to ride the Speedway several times. Thank goodness it was hand stamp day so they could ride as much as they wanted!
On a personal note, I've been to boot camp now for almost 2 weeks and I can tell a HUGE difference already! I've enjoyed it and I'm continuing to go as much as I can. I've missed today because of these horrible allergies and a silly headache, but I'm back full force tomorrow!!!

BEEP-BEEP-BEEP...GOOOOOAL...VROOM!

These are the sounds we have heard in our house today!
First if you will take a look at the picture on the left. That is what I saw this morning when I heard the BEEP-BEEP-BEEP. It was time to get up for my first day of boot camp. Keep in mind I'm a stay home mommy and I'm blessed my child sleeps until between 7:30 and 8 every morning. 5:45 was WAY too early! Boot camp started at 6:30 and I had my buns worked off today. I was very glad I went even though my body hates me right now. It hates me because it has not exercised to that intensity in so long!! I never quit any of the exercises even though I thought I was going to pass out a couple of times. I'll be popping a couple of ibuprofen before going to sleep so I can get up again tomorrow morning at 5:45 and do it all over again!

GOOOOOOAL! We spent the afternoon with Gina and Laura Leigh at the Mall of Georgia looking for new tennis shoes and soccer socks. After they left, Cody and I found his socks at Dick's but they didn't carry his size shoe. SOOO...I didn't see any tennis shoes in the mall I liked, so off to Norcross and the New Balance store (a good 30 minutes away from where we were). We get there and they only have ONE shoe in his size. The ugly yellow and black shoes. So since his other tennis shoes do not fit at all anymore, we had to buy these shoes. I went ahead and got them since New Balance hold up very well. We'll find a pair of cute gray ones later. So when we got home, he wanted to put on his entire soccer uniform. He was running around and dancing in it. This was the ONLY picture I could get.
And finally...VROOM! Daddy brought home the most important thing of all. Since Cody is FINALLY potty trained and has gone over a week with NO accidents, he got what he wanted. The Lego Ferrari Racing Pit Stop. It took daddy and mommy at least 1.5 hours to put it together with stickers and all, but it was well worth it to see his excitement. He played with it for a while before going to bed and he did NOT want to go to bed. He arranged things the way he wanted them and had me take a picture. We are very proud of him and he kept saying over and over "Mommy is proud of me, Daddy is proud of me, and I'm proud of me! Thank you!" At least he was very grateful for it. Hooray for no more diapers!!!

NO HIVES!

We woke up this morning to clear skin! The hives are gone completely!!! So he was able to go to church and see his friends he has missed the past 3 weeks. He was VERY excited to be there. He had so much fun with Ms Lindsey and Ms Amy this morning. When we were packing up church (yes, we pack up church because we meet in a community center still) he was running around everywhere and I was sure he was going to have another outbreak. Nothing! Thank goodness! So this evening we went to Cooper's house for dinner and those boys did not stop even up until the second we had to go home. Cody was not happy at all to go home, but we'll see them again on Tuesday at soccer. Yeah, I'm a soccer mom now even though I swore I was not going to be a soccer mom. Oh well.
I've been having pains in my wrist the past couple of days and today it was really bad. I was talking to Amy at church about it and she said he had the same problem and it was because she was sleeping on her hand funny. I went out and got a brace to stabilize my wrist and it actually has helped. I'm going to try and sleep in it. Well, off to bed! I have to get up at 6 AM for my first day of boot camp. I am so nervous about it because, well, I think there are only 2 of us that early and I know she is going to work me to death (and I need it!!).

Little Kickers, Golf Lesson and HIVES!!

We had a LONG night last night and a busy day today! Last night, Cody's rash got much worse. I ended up calling the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta on call nurse and after about 30 minutes on the phone, she had me at ease that it was only hives and that we might not ever find out what caused them. According to WebMD they can be hereditary and Dennis has had them twice that he can remember. She did say that the red dyes in his benadryl could be causing the outbreak to be worse, so Dennis RAN to Walgreens at 9:45 (they close at 10) and got Dye Free Benadryl. Guess what...they have not been HALF as bad as they were last night. But just to be safe, Cody slept with us just in case he had breathing issues. All night legs and arms were flying all over me. Oh well.
We woke up early this morning to get him signed up for Little Kickers Soccer. We were there when the email said they were open at 10:00. There was already a huge line with kids EVERYWHERE! We got him signed up and he was able to participate in a quick 15 minute demonstration class and he had such a good time! Cooper was able to get in the same class as him, so they will be playing soccer together this fall! There will be tons of pictures to come!
He had his picture taken with Hopper the Little Kickers Bunny several times.
Listening to Coach Jason in the demonstration class.
Cody and Cooper with Hopper
They were very glad to see each other. It had been 3 weeks!!

Then it was on to his golf lesson with Mr. Peter. He actually played a par 3 hole today and did VERY good. I was so proud of how he is listening to instruction and doing what he is told. We were worried right when we pulled up. He said he didn't want to go see Mr. Peter. When we told him about playing the hole and getting a golf cart, he perked right up and was ready to go!
Mr. Peter telling him where he is aiming.
What form!!
In the golf cart. He still looks sick, poor thing!
Putting it in on the green.
And getting his ball out of the hole!!

It has been a busy weekend and it is only Saturday night! Auburn just won with the score of 3-2 so it was ugly, but hey...a win is a win! WAR EAGLE!!!

We found them!!

This morning started off with a little scare. Cody woke up with a horrible rash all over his body. I freaked out a little and called the doctor first thing. We rushed over there and the doctor looked at him. No fever, no infection anywhere. The doctor said it was an allergic reaction to something and 9 times out of 10 you never figure out what caused the break out. Well THAT didn't ease me because what if it happens again? So he said to just give Cody benadril and it will take a while for the rash to go away. We snapped the picture going across the Chattahoochee this morning on the way to the doctor since we were stopped in rush hour traffic.

We have been looking for the Rescue Heroes. They do not sell them in stores anymore, so I've seen them on ebay (but they were $10 each on there) so I have been asking people to look for any they might want to get rid of. Today we went to Little Lambs Consignment sale. I've never been to one before and wasn't sure what I would find. We ended up finding a new Tommy wind breaker, a cute Halloween t-shirt, LOTS of scrapbook supplies, and RESCUE HEROES! All of them! They were $2.50 each and he also found a Power Ranger for $1. Since he has been doing so good at the potty training lately, I was happy to buy them for him. He has been playing with them since we cleaned them up. They are in almost perfect condition. I don't think they have been played with before. Poor toys! :)

So much for Pat Pat Rocket...

We NOW want the Ferrari F1 Pit from the Lego store. It broke my heart tonight to walk out without it for him, but I have to stick to my guns. If he stays dry the rest of the week and weekend with NO accents at all, I will GLADLY go and buy it for him. Thanks to Lori and Deb he now is a Lego Maniac! Daddy loves it by the way. We couldn't go to the Lego store tonight without him. HAHA!
Update coming soon!!

We've got a mission....

We are getting closer and closer to our Pat Pat Rocket! He has successfully finally gone to the potty like he needs to! We just needed the costume magazine and the toy magazine to help him concentrate. YIPPEE! So this afternoon we're going to the Lego outlet to get a new small bucket of Lego's to celebrate finally going to the potty instead of our pants (well, we had #1 mastered for a while now, it is the #2 we are celebrating)!

I was so excited so I snapped a very nice picture today that will be perfect to show the high school girlfriends and to put in his Senior yearbook! Join with me in celebrating! YIPPEE!!!

Build-a-Bear Celebration!

Since he kept his pants dry ALL last week, I let him go to Build-a-bear and build his own bear! Little K had never been before so she had the best time. Cody was an old pro and he finally picked out Clyde the bear. Clyde even has on his own 'bear big boy undies' so he had to go potty with us everywhere.




Little K made "Big Alice" because she is an Alabama Fan. I know, I'm working on it! HAHA
Loving on his bear!!
FUN TIMES!

Playing Golf at Sugar Hill

We played golf this morning. I had my 2nd par ever!! I had several double bogeys and higher, but my par was AWESOME! On a par 4! Here are some of the sights and views from today.

These geese were my friends! We had to sit and wait for a long time for the group ahead of us to finish and they just stayed there eating. When I hit my shot over them, they scattered FAST!

View from the Driving Range

Going to tee up

I have to take the self portrait!!

It was getting HOT as the day went on, so we're kinda sweaty!

Oh yeah...I forgot....

If you could not tell from the previous post...I cut bangs again. I'm digging them so far...ask me in another couple weeks if I still like 'em! This pic was the day I did it (and no, I wasn't driving...I was stopped in the neighborhood!)

DATE NIGHT!!

We had date night tonight! Since we are on a 'get healthy' kick, we decided to go bowling. It was so much fun and the place we went was VERY cool! It was nice to have a 'date' for the first time in a LONG time. We need to do it more often.


See...I DID make it to 100!

Catching up...3rd Birthday parties!

Here are Cody's parties!
Columbus (7/12/08):

Suwanee (7/15/08):

You can click in the slide shows to view all of the pictures in the Picasa albums.

More Dry Pants!!

YAY! We have two days of dry pants! But here is the tricky part. He has figured out that he needs to go #2 before he gets out of bed while he still has on the pull up. Hmm...any ideas on how to get around this new hurdle? It is 11:00 am and he is still dry this morning and he even has gone on his own once. We're looking better than ever in this process and I'm FINALLY encouraged that my child will not be 18 years old in diapers as he graduates High School.
On a different note, thank you so much everyone for the sweet comments on my purse I made. I have a LOT of practicing to do to get it right but your thoughtful comments mean a lot and encourage me. I'm doing these for free right now while I am practicing, so if you are interested in getting one, please let me know!! Hopefully I'll have a post this afternoon after I get my hair cut. I'm getting BANGS again! Taking it back retro on ya!

Getting Crafty

Okay so I know it isn't perfect. I'm learning slowly how to sew on my own without patterns (they are too much trouble to figure out). I made this last night without a pattern. It is for a 2 year old so that is why the straps are so tiny. The purse itself is small and it even has a flat bottom and a liner! GO ME! I'm going to attempt one today for a 4 year old so I need to go a little bigger. The mom said she was going to get her initial put on the front so I think it will be precious!



On a different note, the potty thing is still going good! We had 2 accidents yesterday so he didn't get his certificate this morning. He asked where it was and was sad when I told him he would have to be dry all day today to get another certificate tomorrow, and so far so good! We are going out of town this weekend, so it will be interesting to see if he stays dry!!! YIPPEE!

Mill Creek Play Date

We played at Madi's house today. They watched TV for a little while.
Then it was time to make their own sandwiches! They flattened out their bread, cut shapes out and then put peanut butter and jelly on them. Cheetos made it a complete meal. (yes, I'm being sarcastic)
Then it was on to decorating their own cupcakes! Messy but FUN!
Working VERY hard on his cupcake...
And then gives me chocolate kisses!
Madi wanted to play dress up so she fixed Cody up as a businessman/firefighter.