The photo bug bites again!

It must be in the genes...Cody is very into taking pictures these past few days! He took a few in Charlie's room today before naptime & I edited out all of the shots of Charlie's toys, the dinosaurs on the wall, the "really pretty blue carpet", etc. So here are a few of Cody's latest pictures - Check out Charlie sitting up & playing! He's having lots of fun exploring!

A Booty Bash for Andrea!

My friend Andrea recently found out she has cancer. After weeks of doctor appointments & tests, she started chemo this week. To help keep her spirits up, I got the girls together for a little booty bash! (Andrea has rectal cancer, hence the BOOTY BASH, & it has spread to her lung) We had a great night & lots of fun. Steve made dinner for all of us & even cleaned it all up...I am truly spoiled!


The BOOTY of honor!




After this month's blogs you probably all know that I love to make cakes! Making a big booty for Andrea was a treat! I also whipped up some party shirts & undies for Andrea - - - FUN!



If anyone wants to pass on some support to Andrea, her carepages blog is a great way to check up on her & send her messages:
http://www.carepages.com/carepages/Keeplaughing

Super Soet!

Cody was cracking me up today with his super hero cape. He told me several times how good Amber is at getting presents & how lucky Kaden Emmy & Perry must be! So great job to the Doumas on this birthday pick! So once Cody put on his cape he started to think of super hero things to do... He had "incredible strength", he was "fast like thunder", & he threw in a few classy poses for fun!

Cake!

Pirate Party Pictures!

We had a great party! Cody & all 13 of his buddies seemed to be very into the Pirate theme this summer - They had fun wearing pirate hats, using telescopes, hunting treasure, & tossing cannonballs out in the yard. A little rain dampered the day a bit, but cake & presents helped cheer up Captain Cody & his mateys!

"Cannonball toss"
"Treasure hunting"
I think cody just spotted the treasure chest!
Chasing each other through the big sprinkler & around the yard
Baby Bucaneer - Charlie

Cody's Pirate Cake

So each year I spend way too much time fussing over the kids' birthday cakes. I was starting to doubt the necessity of this practice during Cody's 3rd birthday. I had spent tons of time obsessing over the perfect dinosaur cake - complete with volcanoes, trees, a lake, & of course, several terrifying dinosaurs. Cody loved his cake so much that the boy who usually devours frosting, didn't want to cut into it. He skipped frosting & cake eating just to keep looking at his birthday masterpiece... It was a done deal after that, I will continue to be tired at each of my children's birthdays & make fun cakes!

This year's project was a red velvet pirate ship for Captain Cody! As cool as it turned out, this year he actually wanted to dig in after he & his entire party of bucaneers ate their treasure cupcakes & all wanted MORE!
It was funny as I stayed up late working on his pirate ship, watching the Olympics that I remembered 4 years ago being up very late watching the Olympics and waiting to become his mom...What a great 4 years it has been!

A special thanks to my team of helpers!

The party was a big hit & before I get around to posting much about that I need to THANK my team of helpers! I can't imagine pulling the party off without all of the help I had. Kortney, Gigi, Mimi, Aunt Terri, & even the kids helped out - THANKS again & again!
-Pirate Mimi after the party & picking up the yard...What a day!

Checkin' up on Charlie

Charlie had his 6 mo. check-up & shots today! He was so cute rolling around on the doctor's office paper that I had to take a picture of his sweet smiling face...before he got the shots!


Once again, Charlie was in the 90% of height & weight for his age. We was 19lbs. 6oz. & 28.5 inches long...what a big, HAPPY boy!

Happy Birthday to me!

Yesterday was my 29th birthday! Visits from family, tons of cake, even more frosting, & lots of fun...
Now it's officially time to get ready for the PIRATE PARTY! Aaargh!

Gotta LOVE the Elephant Ears!

So I LOVE elephant ears - always have, always will! I was worried my summer was about to slip away without a chance to savor the cinnamon/sugar topped fried dough delicacy. I missed Festival, Coast Guard Fest, & Trout-o-Rama... Lucky for me we went to the Kent County Fair in Lowell twice on Wednesday & both times we sampled the ears! It seems that Cody & Lindsey are equally enamered with them. I had to fight for my share of each ear. Yeah for carnie food!

Roughly the size of our 6mo. old...YUM!


Linds and her cinnamon moustache...Too cute!<
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"we NEED more elephant ears Mom!"

Family fun at the 4-H FAIR!

Charlie @ 6 months...plus a few days because I'm behind!

So 6 months is here & he is becoming so much fun! H is really rolling all over the house now. He plays with toys, laughs at us & the kids, tries to watch the Backyardigans with his big brother & sister, loves to chew on his feet,and he is almost starting to sit up by himself and he is just about to figure out how to scoot around a bit. It's a fun month!






I thought I would throw these pics in too because today was the first day I was out with the kids and it really felt like I had 3 kids - not just 2 kids and baby Charlie. It is a lot of fun now that we have nap times kind of set, he's eating real food...making real messes, and playing with Cody & Lindsey all the time now-
He is a joy! I don't know if I would have ever believed I would be saying that 3 months ago! :) What a difference a few naps and regular sleep makes!