Getting ready for Christmas

Okay with the holidays and no time to do much else the only thing you are going to see on this blog for the next few posts are a barrage of pictures.  That is, afterall, what you guys want to see, right? 

Sisters Birthday

Okay, so I have finally gotten the pictures from Tanya and my birthday's saved and ready to post here.  Stupid me forgot the camera at home because I was so much in a rush to get out of the door that morning to drive an hour to see a parade I was priviledged to march in for about 5 years.  Too bad it isn't the parade that I remembered.  So many bands and drill teams were missing.  I believe every high school in the Victor Valley area were MIA for this parade.  It made me so sad.So, without further ado here ar some pictures.

 

Technical Sergeant Promotion

Well the day didn't quite go as planned.  The boys and I were rushing to get dressed and ready to go.  Thankfully my parents were able to make it up for the celebration so they helped with the boys while I got ready to go. 

Cody was so excited to be able to "tack" on Daddy's new stripe.  We watched as all the others before got their stripes tacked on and were promoted to whatever rank they were being promoted to.

Then the time came when we were to go up with Jason and tack on his stripes.  That is when it sunk in that we were going to be on stage in front of EVERY person in the room.  Now I have realized that Cody is EXACTLY like me, in this instance also.  He did not like going in front of a crowd so he kicked and wrapped his legs around the chair legs so I couldn't pick him up.  After fighting for a bit I just gave up.  I knew that if he didn't go willingly then I would be fighting him the entire time.

So, my dad, Wyatt and I were on stage to tack on Jason's Technical Sergeant stripes.  Wyatt was very cute and loved it.  He is going to be like his Aunt Tanya, such a ham.

Here are some pictures.

 

They actually had some "refreshments", cake and water or lemonade.

Wyatt, my dad and I tacking on Jason's Tech stripes

My parents, and the family

Just us

Cody's birthday pictures

I am going to attempt to get caught up on this post since I am so far behind.  I am behind on everything unfortunately but hopefully I will be caught up soon so I can finish preparing for baby.

Okay, here is just a bunch of Cody's birthday pictures.

Cody's present from Grandpa and Grandma, lego's, oh how he LOVES them, so does Wyatt.

Aunt Tanya and Family bought these crash transformer cards.

A cool church shirt from Nana

One of his newest favorite shirts from Nana

From Nana, the movie "Up" only one of the most hilarious movies ever

Awesome black pants for church

Cody's second favorite shirt from Nana (it is Santa's favorite color)

A new bike helmet from mom and dad and Wyatt.

And of course a new bike to go with the helmet.  He outgrew his old one big time.  But this one scared him since it was bigger than his first one.  It took him a while to want to ride it.

And of course my ham in front of his awesome tank transformer cake.  The hat is from school.

This is from the day of his birthday.  We had to do something.

Daddy just couldn't let his day go by without letting him open a present so here is his first digital camera, of the star wars variety.

Volunteering

Today was the last day for Cody before a one week Thanksgiving break.  I am so excited for him and what he is accomplishing.

I also got the opportunity to volunteer in his class for his Thanksgiving "feast".  I thought it was just going to be for the party but it ended up being the whole day and wow how fast a half day kindergarten day flies by.

Since there is an AM and PM kindergarten the teachers share a room with another class.  Now, since we had a minimum day today and went to school during AM hours there were two classes in one classroom today.  Probably what a normal kindergarten class would be like 30+ kids. 

Cody's class were all dressed up as Indians and the other, AM, class were dressed up as the Pilgrims.  The teachers had the student stand next to each other to show the friendship between the Indians and Pilgrims for pictures.  It was so cute.  So instead of trying to think of something clever to say I am just going to bombard you with the pictures I took of Cody during his Thanksgiving "feast".  Oh yeah, by the way, his "feast", and I say it that way because it consisted of popcorn, fruit and cookies.

 

Happy 6th Birthday Cody!!!

*Updated to add baby pictures of Cody finally*

Well, today is the day that my baby is growing up.  He is now a little man and maturing as everyday passes.  It amazes me how much he had changed and grown in his 6 years.

I am so proud to have him as my son and be his mother.  I pray that I can be the mother he needs and deserves and as he looks back on his childhood he will be happy and be able to smile and laugh.  We have so many years with him and I am so grateful for everyda that he is in my life.

Here is a few pictures of him this morning before school.  I also want to put a picture of him when he was born but it isn't on this computer so I am going to have to get on the other computer to do that.

I love you little man and I am so proud of you, your dad and I are both!!!