Zac, Amanda, and Cody

Watering the grass

2011-06-04T15:18:00.001-07:00

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Cody's Patch

2011-01-12T04:19:00.001-08:00

Yesterday, we had our second eye appointment for Cody. Three months ago, our pediatrician told us Cody's left eye looked to be slightly turning inward. We took him to a pediatric opthamologist and Cody has what is called Accommodative Esotropia. So he was put in glasses, and yesterday we had a follow up visit to see how he is doing with the glasses.

Well, good and bad news. While the glasses our helping his straighten his left eye, it is still turning in a little. So for the next three months we have to patch is eye for 2-3 hours every day.

You can only imagine how that is going. Last night we got maybe 15 minutes of patch wearing time. I thought it was going to go great because when I put it on him, he got excited saying "sticker, sticker." But of course, like any other toddler's attention span, 5 minutes passed and he had enough.

But this morning I am overcome with pride. And quilt. Is that possible to be both at the same time? I brought the patch out again, and he was telling me "No Mama, No." I quietly explained to him that he has to wear the sticker but not all day. And of course, talking to him and explaining did not work. So I broke down and bargained. *Sigh...*

For three M&Ms (yellow and orange of course) and breakfast in front of the tv (Chuggington of course) I have gotten about 30 minutes of patch wearing time in this morning!! Woo-hoo!! But I feel horrible that it took candy and tv to accomplish this task. But I am at the point that whatever it will take to help strengthen his eyes I'm going to do.

Please pray for us. This is going to be a long 3 months.

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Cody's First Haircut

2011-01-09T19:17:00.001-08:00

I know I said this before, that I wanted to keep up better with my blog, and it just hasn't happened. But 2011 everything is going to change. Yes that's right, I have set a few New Years Resolutions and one of them is to keep up with my blog. So with the help of a new app I recently discovered (why had I not thought of this before, but of course there's an app for this) I can now blog from my trusty iPhone. :). And for Christmas, my wonderful husband bought me a laptop, so I should definitely be able to find the time to keep up with my blog.

So recently Cody had his first haircut. It was questionable as to how he would do, but he surprised both Zac and I by sitting perfectly still so that the lady could cut his hair. It also may have helped that he had a lollipop and was watching his favorite movie, Cars.

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Potty Training

2010-06-25T13:27:00.001-07:00

So Cody has been showing small signs that he might be ready to start potty training. So I went out and bought him a potty. Well he found it quite fun and entertaining to take the cup out of the potty and run around the house with it on his head while laughing and saying "hat! hat!" (though to his credit it does look a little like a cowboy hat...). Well today Zac and I were laughing and saying wouldn't it be funny if we could him to sit on the potty with the keyboard? Well sure enough we had no tears, nor complaints from Cody. We gave him the keyboard and the potty and he just sat right down. And to our surprise he used it (though, I think that was just an accident...)

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

2010-06-20T06:59:00.001-07:00

So it's been FOREVER since I last posted (8 months to be exact). A lot has happened and changed since then, none of which I'm going to get into (unless I feel it necessary to blog about), but what I will do is try better to keep this blog going so I can keep a memory of all the events and stories that happen in Cody's life.

So this Father's Day weekend, we decided to celebrate by going to the Fort Worth Zoo. Cody wasn't so sure of what to think about all the animals at first (or could it have been the 100 degree heat), but once we got to the underwater animals he really perked up. Future diver maybe??? Here are some pictures from the days events:

"It's been a good day"

"Look mom, Fish"

At the petting zoo, the goats were having no part of being petted.

Riding the train

"Boy, is it hot out here!"

Cody: "Peek-a-boo, I see you!!!"

Kimono Dragon: "Lunch"

The turtles were Cody's favorite of all.

My favorite part. I loved the vibrant blue color of these birds.

"No you cannot have a drink from my sippy cup"

Cody trying to stretch to see the giraffes.

Pointing the giraffes out.

He was a little shy with the crowd of people all around and would not let go of me so we could get a picture of him next to the elephant.

Glad I don't have to clean up that poo....

I love this picture...

Cody's 1st Birthday

2009-10-05T09:28:00.000-07:00

So I am finally getting around to posting about Cody's first birthday. My little man turned 1 on September 23rd!!! I can't believe a year has already gone by. I spent that day reminiscing about the day he was born...and that's the last thing I really remember. This year has been a blur. But I do know it has been filled with lots of love, giggles, and yes of course, messy diapers. I wouldn't change my life now for anything.

Last time I posted, Cody was turning 10 months old (somehow I missed 11 months). It's amazing to watch him grow and develop. His vocabulary now includes "hello", "ma-ma" (or if he's mad or upset it's "Mooooommmm") and occasionally we hear "da-da". And now, he's into whispering. He'll be sitting there playing with his toys just whispering away. He can clap his hands, and he likes to stick out his tongue (especially at his Big Daddy). He's not walking yet, but Zac and I keep thinking anyday now. Sometimes we catch him standing, not holding on to anything, but about 3-5 seconds later, he crashes to the floor. His favorite activity right now is to crawl into his room and pull up on his changing table and "rearrange" it. In fact he likes to spend a lot of time doing this, so I put some books and toys there that he can play with. But no, he prefers to play with his bottles of lotions and diaper rash cream. And if you take them away, well let's just say be prepared. He's developing quite a little temper (hmm...wonder who he gets that from? No comments please.) He's tried to bite me a couple of times, and if he can't get me he bites the carpet. I know I shouldn't laugh, but it's really funny watching him throw a temper and take it out on the poor defenseless floor. But, I have discovered if I sing the song "Toys away, toys away, time to put the toys away" we learned in Kindermusik, he's ok, no temper. So shout out to Ms. Amy for teaching us that song.

So while Cody is going through a biting phase (any suggestions on how to break him of this are welcomed) he's also into giving love and hugs (these moments out number the tantrums by far!). I love this! If I'm holding him, he will put his face to mine and just giggle and give me a hug. And he loves to crawl over to me and sit in my lap.

We celebrated Cody's birthday on September 26th with a huge Baby Einstein themed party. However, a week later, we started battling the Swine Flu here in the Womack household, and thankfully (knock on wood) I've managed to stay healthy to take care of both my men. So needless to say, I haven't had much time to keep up with the blog. Here are some pictures from the party:

Cody did not want anything to do with his cake. In fact he started waving his hand back and forth saying "no, no". That is until daddy came over took some frosting on his finger and put it in Cody's mouth.

"hmm...this isn't so bad after all"

"I think I like cake."

The final result. I think more frosting was had than actual cake.

Cody opening Ryan's gift.

Cody's cousin, Emma Jade.

Our neighbors little girl, Lilly.

Cody and Ryan playing together with one of Cody's new toys.

Emma Grace showing Lilly a book that Cody got.

Cody opening up Emma Grace's gift.

Cody getting frustrated with his new toy piggy bank.

Cody, Ryan, and Emma Grace playing.

Cody opening up a birthday card.

"Daddy, can you read this to me?"

"Take this stupid hat off of me!"

Cody turned 10 months old on Thursday!

2009-07-25T07:59:00.001-07:00

So our baby boy turned 10 months old on Thursday. It's amazing how time flies! I remember last year at this time, having swollen feet and him kicking around inside me, thinking how this pregnancy seemed like it was taking forever (looking back now, I really am surprised how well I did being pregnant during the summer heat. It's probably because I had two good friends pregnant right along side me.)

Cody is growing so quickly. At his last doctor's appointment he weighed 20 pounds and measured 29 inches long. He's somewhere in the 90% in height for his age group (Hmmm, wonder where he gets that from?). Cody's also starting to crawl, which is amazing to watch, because it doesn't seem that long ago that he was screaming his head off every time we put him on his stomach. Now, he prefers to be on his tummy, especially during diaper changes (which does not make it easy changing his diaper. Have you ever had to put a diaper on backwards? Not fun.). He's also loves chasing the dogs (yeah, they're not to pleased about this), and he loves crawling over to the TV and looking in the the TV stand. We also have a battery back-up next to the TV (to protect it in case of a power outage) that lights up. He loves crawling over to that and looking at the lights.

Cody loves playing peek-a-boo. He likes when I hide and then jump out and yell boo. He jumps, and then starts giggling (does this mean he's going to like horror flicks?). He also has started imitating us (and the dogs!). If I start shaking my head no, he starts shaking his no. Of course he does this with a smile on his face and giggles, so I start laughing uncontrollably. And one night we were on the bed and Max jumped up panting because he had been running around. Next thing I know, Cody starts panting too. We've started feeding him solid food, which he's taking to feeding himself quite well. He loves Cheerios. He can also wave hello/good-bye. He really likes when I stop in front of the bathroom mirror on the way to the bathtub so he can wave to himself. We also think Cody has started saying his first word! Hello. But he only says this when the phone rings. It's really funny. Every time the phone rings he looks at the phone, starts laughing and trying to reach for it, and then says hello. His favorite toys right now are still his blocks, a piano (I get that out, and he sees it, and he crawls to it so fast! Do I see piano lessons in his future? Matt and Karyn get ready! I'm going to need a piano teacher), and the TV remote controls. I bought him his own toy remote control, but its amazing how he seems to know the difference from the toy and the real thing. He likes to take the remote control and push buttons. Then when he pushes a button he looks at the TV to see if that button did anything. If not, he moves to another button and then look up to the TV.

And I'm sure a lot of you want an update about his neck and helmet. Well, he was officially released from physical therapy in June and declared by the doctor that there was no more signs of Torticollis. Woo-hoo!!! And on Monday, July 27th, he will "graduate" from the helmet!!! It's amazing the difference we can see in the shape of his head. I will say though, I'm going to miss the helmet. He looks so cute in it! Hat's definitely suit him.

So I hadn't realized how long it had been since I updated the blog. So there are a lot of pictures that I need to share with everyone. Here are just a few. Some of these I've probably put on my facebook page, so there may be a few repeats (sorry).

Cody with the TV remote control

Cody learning to crawl...

Cody up to no good...

Peek-a-boo

Cody eating (or should I say wearing) breakfast

This picture cracks me up! He's sitting in an empty diaper box watching Baby Einstein.

Getting ready to go swimming at Gram's and Pappy's. Look how tall he is!

Cody playing with is keyboard.

Happy baby.

He feel asleep in my arms after his bottle. He's so long I can barely hold him in my arms like I used to.

This was his first time to start crawling. Of course he was only crawling backwards at the time, and had managed to crawl himself back into a hallway and couldn't figure a way out. I'm sure he would have figured a way out eventually, if Mommy, Daddy and Nana had not been there laughing and taking pictures.

I love this picture....

Teething issues

2009-06-12T19:58:00.000-07:00

So Cody is teething. And there are days where he is just not happy. But he is not like any typical baby that reaches for things and put them in their mouth. While he will reach for items, he prefers to hold on to them (and see how many he can hold) , than put things in his mouth. In fact, he's very particular with what goes in his mouth. His bottle, his pacifier, and his blocks (which are his favorite toy-Thanks Melissa!!) are the only items he prefers to put in his mouth. So when the fussy teething time started to happen, I like any other new Mom would do, went out and bought a teething ring. Oh, it was like WW3 trying to get him to use it. I finally gave up. So the other night I put Cody in his crib while I got his bath ready. When I walked into his room, I found what he prefered to use as a teething ring!!!

From the looks of his crib, he's been doing this now for quite some time.

More storm pictures

2009-06-12T19:31:00.000-07:00

So as anyone in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex knows, we have been bombarded with thunderstorms this past week. Here are a few pictures of the storm going on right now.

Like father, like son

2009-06-06T20:30:00.001-07:00

I think the title says it all......

"Hey Mom, what's Dad's email address?"

Cool Storm Pictures

2009-06-06T20:14:00.000-07:00

My friend, Erin, is always posting storm pictures on her blog, and I find them really beautiful. So when I was organizing our pictures, I came across these that Zac took of a storm that rolled thru here back in April. I thought they were so incredible that I would post them on our blog.

Cody's Weekend

2009-06-06T19:13:00.000-07:00

Cody had a really good day Saturday. That afternoon I had taken him to the park where there was an art and crafts show, and when we came home Zac had put his swing up and aired up swimming pool. Here are some pictures from that day.

He loves his swing!!! He couldn't stop giggling.

Here he is in his swimming pool. At first he wasn't too sure about it, and just sat there staring at us and then touching the pool. But after a few minutes he was having a blast. If you can see the pool comes with a warning label. It states: NO DIVING. Somehow, I don't see that being a problem.

"Ok, time to get out."

Here he is splashing water around. I think he ended up splashing and kicking a lot of the water out of the pool. Poor Mema. She was drenched by the time we took him out.

"It's been a good day."

Cody turned 8 months!

2009-05-24T10:18:00.000-07:00

So Cody turned 8 months old on Saturday. He's growing up so quickly. He's able to sit up all on his own with no support (we usually keep the boppy around though just for our own piece of mind). Zac or I will throw out a blanket on the floor and put him in the middle of it, and then surround him with toys. He always seems to go for the same toys though...his blocks and his pillows. He loves those. He likes when I throw his blocks in the bucket, and then he takes the bucket and tosses it upside and watches them all fall out. And his pillows...well, I just need to get that on video, it's hilarous. Every night, right before bath time, we have pillow time. I put him in his crib and surround him with his pillows, and he just goes nuts. He starts "singing" and talking very loudly while he hits his pillows as if they were drums, and then he hugs them and starts chewing on them (he also is teething, his two bottom teeth are coming in). I tried to give him his teddy bear, and he took it, but then just tossed it aside and grabbed one of his pillows. And bath time is just as hilarous. He loves taking baths. He'll just splash away, throwing water every where. And then when the water gets in his eyes, he stops for a second, looks up and smiles really big, and starts all over with the splashing. Tummy time has gotten a lot better. He can roll, but he seems to prefer only to roll around in his crib. When he's on the floor, once on his back he stays there. And he has no desire to try and crawl, which I'm ok with, because I have not even thought about baby proofing the house yet. But he has started to pull himself up in his crib. The other day we were playing peek-a-boo in his crib, and I was saying "where's Cody?" and I went to jump up and to say "there he is!", only to find him with is hands on the top of the crib and his head looking down at me smiling, as if to say "here I am!". He had just about pulled himself up from a sitting position, to him sitting on his knees. I think Zac and I are going to have to lower his crib here pretty soon.

Here are some recent pics of Cody spending time at Grams and Pappy's house.

As you can see he loves taking puzzles apart. Now if he could just put them back together....

Here he is with a new toy Grams got. He's getting to the point where he can stand and hold himself up with support.

Cody's Helmet

2009-04-30T12:10:00.000-07:00

So a few months ago, Cody's doctor diagnosed him with Torticollis, which is basically a fancy way of saying he has a MAJOR crick in his neck. Which makes since, because when he was a newborn he would only sleep facing the left, and he hated tummy time (turns out trying to lift his head really was difficult for him). So we put him in physical therapy, and with neck stretches and longer tummy time play (thank goodness he is enjoying it now, before it was nothing but tears and tantrums) he is on the road to recovery. However, with all the months that he favored looking to the left when he slept, the doctor also diagnosed him with Plagiocephaly, which is a fancy way of saying flat head. So the doctor suggested that he be fitted for a helmet to help reshape his head. He wears it 23 hours a day, with an hour off for bath time and cleaning of the
helmet (he sweats in it, and as we approach the Texas summer heat, I can't imagine what kind of shape this helmet is going to be in). He'll probably have to wear this at most 12 weeks, but really it depends on how quickly he grows. Here are a few pics of Cody wearing the helmet.

This was the first day he wore his helmet. As you can tell he didn't seem to mind it too much.

So I came up with three themes to decorate the helmet: Dallas Cowboys, "Under Construction", or "Under Water/Scuba theme". Well, Zac quickly threw out the Dallas Cowboys idea, so we decided on the under water theme. We thought by painting it blue, it would really bring out his blue eyes.

Grams just bought some new toys, and Cody had to try them out.

Cody and Emma hanging out at Grams and Pappy's house.

"Hey Emma, don't look in that direction for too long, or you'll end up with one of these helmets!"

More cute pictures of Cody

2009-03-21T14:23:00.001-07:00

As you can tell from the next two pictures, Cody and Zac were having a very interesting father-son talk.

The next two pictures were taken while we waited at the doctors office. In the first picture, we had just told him he was going to have to get shots.

In this picture, you can see him trying to negoiate his way out of getting his shots.

This picture was taken after bathtime. We had to be quick with the camera, because we had not put his diaper on yet. (That is our idea of a big risk now a days.)

"Hey Mom? Who's that good looking baby in the mirror?"

Two good looking guys, just chillin while mom is at work.

This picture cracks me up. Notice how Cody's not looking at the camera and one of his eyebrows is raised. It's as if he's checking out some girl and asking "How you doin'?"

Cody's first time in the pool!

2009-03-21T14:16:00.001-07:00

Cody went to GiGi and Pappy's house and got to try out their pool. As you can tell, he was pretty excited about it.

Faces

2009-02-28T12:35:00.000-08:00

I've been going through some of our pictures of Cody. Here are a few of Cody making some cute faces.

Cody's happy here because he just saw Pappy's horse, King, at the front door.

This is Cody's new favorite thing to do, suck on his lower lip and say "mmm-mmm". Now if I could only get an "oomm" after that.

This picture would have been perfect if he hadn't reached out with his long legs and kicked my arm just as I hit the capture button. As you can tell from his reaction, he thought it was funny.

This picture was taken after bath time. We were playing peek-a-boo.

This is Cody's "Who me? I didn't do it." face.

It's take your son to work day!

2009-02-28T12:01:00.000-08:00

Thursday, Cody and I traveled up to my work place to drop off a cheesecake that I had made for a birthday party. Afterwards, I decided to take Cody to see Zac at work.

Yes, that really is two giant monitors on Zac's desk.

"Dad, give me the keys! I can drive us home."

I've Grown 6 1/2 inches and doubled my birth weight in 5 months!

2009-02-27T16:59:00.000-08:00

Well Cody turned 5 months old this past Monday and at his last doctors appointment he weighed 16 pounds and measured 26 1/2 inches long. Here are some pictures to compare of Cody at one week and 5 months.

The doctor also said that we could start trying out solid foods. In my mind I had pictured this moment to be held with lots of laughter and giggles and it would be a fun experience for everyone. Yeah was I wrong. It was filled with nothing but tears and frustration as I tried to get the spoon in his mouth while he cried and reached for his bottle. Zac and I tried filming this first feeding, but with somehow the video camera ended up on the table and filmed nothing but the back door. You can hear our voices in the back ground though, over the crying of course. Here are some pictures of our second attempt at feeding Cody. This time it went somewhat smoother, but as you can see from the pictures, not much went down his mouth.

"Here comes the airplane..."

"Who's going to clean me up?"

And we have a new addition to the family!!! Emma Jade was born on Feb. 10th and weighed in at 5 lbs 12 oz and measured 19 1/2 inches long. Here is a picture of Cody and Emma together for the first time.

As you can tell, Emma has quite a ways to go before she catches up to Cody's height and weight.

Cody at Grams

2009-01-31T19:05:00.000-08:00

Cody had the opportunity to stay at Grams and Pappy's house this weekend so that we could have a date night. Here are some picutres that they sent me. Hope you enjoy!

This is my new favorite toy!!!

"I've got to get me one of these!"

Trixi doesn't seem too sure about this.....

Such a happy baby.

Panera Bread

2009-01-30T05:49:00.000-08:00

So the first time I went to Panera Bread, Cody and I met Karyn and Emma for breakfast. We were running late, so what should Cody do as we walked into the restaurant....poop! My first public restroom diaper change. It went fairly smooth, thanks to the small can of lysol I carry to disinfect the public restroom changing tables (paranoid? Probably. But it never hurts.) So when Erin and I decided to meet at Panera Bread a few weeks later with Cody and her son, Ryan, what should Cody do again? Yes, he pooped. And this time it was explosive. It was every where. Thank goodness I remembered to pack an extra outfit. I thought this was a strange coincidence, or maybe this was just his normal pooping time. But the next day 10:30 and 11:30 came and went, and no poop. So third time Erin and I meet again with Cody and Ryan, I'm thinking surely this won't happen again. Wrong. I was starting to get a little worried, thinking maybe my beautiful boy has social anxiety. But by the fourth visit to Panera Bread, and the fourth trip to their restroom to change a dirty diaper, I have figured it's not a coincidence and it's not social anxiety. It's Panera Bread. So as a tip to all new moms out there, if your baby should ever be constipated, take them to Panera Bread. Trust me on this. And if you should see me and Cody one day at Panera Bread, please leave the stall with the changing table available. We're going to need it.

Happy Birthday!

2009-01-24T11:38:00.000-08:00

Look how big I'm getting!!!

Cody's personality is really starting to come out. He's starting to play with his toys.

Yesterday was Amanda's 31st birthday and Cody's 4 month birthday. And congratulations to my cousin Lindsey and her husband Bubba on the birth of their son, Jaret, born yesterday. Apparently, having babies on the 23rd is going to be a thing for this family. Shayla get ready! My prediction is Emma will be born on February 23rd. At least, let's hope for that day and not March 23rd.

It's finally here!

2009-01-21T07:10:00.000-08:00

Ok, so after months of talking about this, and my friend Erin bugging me when was I going to get this done, I have finally made a blog. Yeah me! And I did it all by myself, no help from Zac at all. Now, if I could only figure out how to post pictures.... :)

Today was a day of firsts in the Womack household. Not only have I put a blog together, Cody rolled over for the first time today! Yes, yes, Zac would argue with me on this subject saying Cody has rolled over before, but today it was as if he really meant to do it. Before he would just get so upset and angry at the fact that we would put him on his tummy, that with all the feet flaying and hands hittting the floor he would just somehow end up on his back. But today was different. There was no temper tantrum. He just simply lifted up his head and with a gleam in his eyes and a smile on his face, he rolled over on to his back. He knew what he was doing. While I see this as a big milestone in my young boy's life, what was probably really going on his head was "Oh no you don't mama! I'm not going to let you put me on my tummy this time. I'll show you!".

Another first for us is it is Zac's first day of school. He starts the University of Arlington today. He walked into the kitchen this morning with his backpack hung over one shoulder and asked, "Well, how do I look? Do I look like a college kid?" I lauged and said the only thing that would make it any better is if you had a UTA sweatshirt on! :) I couldn't be more proud.