Order Up! Meet Chef Blackham

Here's a short video of Connor playing with his new toy kitchen. Whenever someone comes over, he makes them come in his room so he can cook them something. It's hilarious. Lately, he enjoys boiling grapes and this morning he made me soup with a lemon, a chocolate bar, and some celery. Yum! My favorite has to be how he always rolls up his sleeves to "wash" the dishes in his sink. He must have learned that by watching us b/c I've never taught him that. What a fun kid!

One Month Old!

I can't believe it's been a month already since Cody came into our lives! While the last month has been filled with plenty of sleepless nights, we are SO happy to have him as a part of our family. We can't decide if Cody looks like he's smiling in this picture or if he looks constipated. Oh well, at least we got a picture with his eyes open!

Cody really has been such a good baby so far. He enjoys playing with his brother Connor, as long as he's not poking him or hitting him...more about that later, he enjoys snuggling with mom and dad, spitting up, pooping, sleeping, smiling, and staring at the ceiling; what more do babies do at this age, right? We haven't weighed him lately, but he seems to be filling out really fast. I sure hope he gets all rolley polley like Connor did. I just love fat babies!

Ok, we're not sure where Connor learned this from, but as soon as we brought Cody home from the hospital he would come out of nowhere and smack Cody on the head. He didn't seem like he was angry or jealous at all, he just thought it would be fun to hit him. It got really out of hand a couple of weeks ago, so Jake and I decided to try "timeout" for the first time. It breaks my heart that I possibly have a child that is old enough to be in timeout, but desperate times call for desperate measures. I was amazed! After putting Connor in timeout twice, he hasn't hit Cody in over a week! What a quick learner!!! He even comes up to Cody now and says, "No hit Cody...timeout" and "be nice Connor". It's adorable. I even caught him taking two of his toys and hitting them together the other day. He then said, "No, hit! Timeout!" and proceeded to put them in timeout! I loved it!

Uncle "Rick" and Aunt Natalie

For New Year's, my brother Erik and his wife Natalie visited us for a few days. We had so much fun having them at our house. Connor loved the extra attention and Jake and I loved having the extra help with Cody. Connor now refers to Erik as Uncle "Rick". Thanks "Rick" for being so patient and playing with Connor whenever he asked/demanded.

Natalie was nice enough to teach me how to make bread. I got to try out my new wheat grinder and everything! To my amazement, it actually turned out really yummy! Who would have thought I could do something so domestic :)