Bowties and Bacon

 Bowties and bacon.  That's what we had for dinner tonight.   Because that's what Cody requested and it's his birthday.  So bowties and bacon it was.  And chocolate cupcakes with blue frosting for dessert.

So at least if the world ends tonight, we had a good last meal.  ;)

Happy birthday, big Cody.  We love you like crazy.

Smiley Guy

You guys, this baby has been smiling for a few weeks now, sporadically at first, and slowly becoming more purposeful and in response to people.  I have been killing myself trying to get pictures of those first sweet smiles.  Finally, I resorted to videos.  Enjoy:




MVI 1046 from Bethany Weed on Vimeo.

MVI 1057 from Bethany Weed on Vimeo.



Isn't he sweet?

And to top it off, I got one picture of him smiling.

Oh my word, this is the sweetest baby ever.  He is so sweet.  So mild.  So mellow.  SO easy.  He sleeps all night.  He sleeps all morning.  He has awake time in the evening.  I think this is wise, as he is very awake when it's just calm mom and dad, and he has our undivided attention.

He's fine to be held.  Or fine to be left alone if that's the deal.  His cries amount to this, "Hey guys?"  (Pause.)  "Guys?"  (Pause.)  "Hey, just, whenever you get a chance, I'm mildly uncomfortable."  (Pause.)  "Just, whenever you get around to it, I mean, I see you have stuff going on, so if you get a chance, maybe you could change my bum?"  Maybe?  I mean, these cries are so soft, so easy to calm.  It's like someone told him, "Hey, Spence, babies cry.  And when they do, they go, "Waa."  So, dutifully, he "waa's."  But his heart isn't really in it.  :)  He's just a sweet, sweet, mellow, easy guy. 

First Snow of the Year

These boys begged me to take a picture of their snowman, so I did.  Seconds after posing with their proud creation, they kicked and bashed him to pieces.

Boys are weird.

He has that effect on people

The Life of the Most Popular Kid in School

I go to pick up Cody from Kindergarten.  A boy comes racing after me, heedless of his own safety in the parking lot, yelling, "Cody's mom!  Cody's mom!  Cody's MOM!"
"Yes?"
"Can Cody come over to my house?"

Repeat this scenario pretty much every day that I go to pick up my child, accompanied by a chorus of "Bye Cody, Bye Cody, BYE CODY!" from every other kid in his class.

Every Friday, Cody comes home with popcorn.  As I know I didn't send the 25 cents required for him to buy the popcorn, I ask him where he got it.  He tells me which friend bought popcorn for him this week.  It changes.  But every Friday, he comes home with popcorn that he didn't buy.  Sometimes with two bags.  I guess there were two kids that week, dying to be Cody's popcorn supplier.

This Saturday, I am spending half my day shuttling Cody to his 2 birthday parties.  The day before that, he had a play date with a kid from church.  And the day before that, I had a mom stop me in the school parking lot and tell me how much her daughter wants to have a play date with Cody, and how she talks about Cody all the time, and how they must just be absolute best friends and does Cody talk about her daughter all the time, too?

I didn't have the heart to tell her (and her daughter) to get in line because everyone wants a piece of this kid and there's only so much Cody to go around.

Said (v. 7.0)

Said Nathan, "I was crying in my bed last night."
Said Mama, "Oh really?  Why's that?"
Nathan, "Because of all my problems."
Mama, "What problems?"
Nathan, "Like how I'll never be able to read all the books in the world."

Oh for the problems of a 3rd grader...


Said Cody before school, "Why do I have to go to school?  It's too hard to go to school when you have a baby you want to spend time with."


Said Leah, "I like babies.  Who are Spencers."  As a group.  Generally.


Said Cody while patting his sister on the shoulder, as she was crying after losing a game, "Don't worry.  Nationwide is on your side."  I'm not sure that's the point of insurance...


Said Leah after sneezing, "I blessed away from the baby." (Get it?  Because we say "bless you" after sneezing?  She thinks the act of sneezing is called "blessing."  Cute.  :)


Said Cody when he was ready to be done holding Spencer, "Mama, can you take him?  He's getting kind of lousy."


Said Nathan, "I needed an adventure.  So I ate a Lemonhead."  Slow down, you wild and crazy adventurer, you.


Said Leah to Mama after Mama had gotten dressed and done her hair but not her make up, "Oh Mama.  You look so beautiful.  Your dress is beautiful and your hair is beautiful... (studious pause.)  But not your eyes."  Call it like you see it, sister.  No danger of false compliments from you.


Said Nathan after dodging a high thrown ball at the last minute,  "Sometimes I am afraid of the impact's outcome."  Does Harvard even HAVE a football team?

I went on a date with a little princess

 Small girl and I went to Disney on Ice-just a little Mommy/Daughter date. 

 I think my little princess enjoyed the show, but what I know is that she loved spending time alone with me.

I enjoyed spending time with her, too.  She's my peach.  Before she was born, I would have been absolutely thrilled to have just boys, but now that I have her, I would be lost without her.  And it's not because she's my only girl, it's because she's my only Leah.