Would you feel weird?

This last week we just found out that the man who we bought our house from misses the neighborhood so much that he wants to buy the home across the street from us that will be up for sale soon(the woman passed away). Some people in our neighborhood have made comments like "oh that will be nice if he buys the house", but Daniel and I are kind of totally against it! The man is kind of wierd (we think). He's a retired LA city fireman so at first we were excited because after he found out Daniel was working for Santa Ana Fire he pretty much told us if we wanted the house he wouldn't take any other offers. But the more we learned about the man, the weirder he seems. Not just because of his purple jeans he wore the first time I came to look at the house or the pink/magenta pair of jeans he wore the second time I saw him at the house! Or the crazy kitchen he and his wife created and were so proud of when he showed it to me. But within 5-6 months of him moving to Texas he came back to visit California and made a stop by the neighborhood, of course. Daniel happened to be outside doing something and he came over to Daniel and made comments on the landscaping we had changed and made some more comments on the house and stuff that he did to it that he's already told us like 3-4 times! Daniel felt kind of weird. We'll since then he's stopped by at least 2-3 more times (in the past 2 1/2 years we've been in the house) to the neighborhood and tells the neighbors how much he regrets moving and wants to move back. Okay so he obviously hasn't moved on with his life. The older woman that lives across the street passed away a couple of weeks ago which wasn't a surprise to most of us because she was pretty old and had to be put into a home, but it was quite a surprise to hear that her niece who was in charge of her estate was going to get in touch with Gary, the guy we bought our home from to see if he wants it! Now would any of you feel weird if that happened to you?? I am just wondering if we are weird for feeling this way. He's retired so he'd be home all of the time and we'd be seeing him everyday! I guess if he does end up moving back I can ask him if he wants his pink stove back since I hate that thing!!!

ouch...Daniel's trip!

Just to give warning...this isn't too pretty to look at! I had to show what happened to Daniel's toe yesterday after he was chasing Cody outside and tripped and hit some concrete(wearing sandels, of course). OUCH!!



For you that have boys...does this look familiar? Every single pair of Cody's pants have holes in the knees. This was what all of his pants look like at the end of the week. Dirty and holes all over! He plays hard all day long.

Random times at the Titel's

I am always trying to find new things to write about like everyone else but really we are always just up to random things.
Cody had his 4 year check up with his Dr. a couple of weeks ago and he was coughing a bit and I didn't really think anything of it but his Dr. made us take a nebulizer home and said he needed to have treatments 3x's a day because he was wheezing so bad. I felt bad because I thought he just had a little cold and he never complains about not feeling well. I guess it was worst than I thought. He was first excited because he has a friend that has to do treatments all of the time, but then once he had to sit for 20 minutes and do one himself he was pretty over that and didn't want to do it anymore. Over all Cody is in the average range for weight and height, but it still "very immature" (as the dr. says) when it comes to his speech development. He has made some progress but we still have some work to do in that direction and he will keep attending Speech Therapy.
The day of his appointment was not the best day. His appointment was at 4:00 and the office was so busy when we got there. Parents were just letting their kids run wild in the office. We waited an hour before we got taken back and then another 30 minutes to see the Dr.. After his appointment it took us another hour to get home because of traffic. We were both starving and irritable. When we finally got home at 7:00 I tried to hook up the nebulizer and it wouldn't work. It took me and my neighbors another 45 min. to figure out what was wrong and to fix it so he could have his first treatment. What a horrible night. I was so ready for that day to just be over and to go to bed. But Cody is all better and we are glad to have gotten a good night sleep that night.

Thank goodness for our neighbors (Larry and Debbie)who have a grandson (Tyler) who is Cody's age and is over at least twice a week. It helps us both keep the kids happy and busy and has been so good for Cody in helping with his behavior problems. Cody plays really well with Tyler and his grandparents (Larry and Debbie) treat Cody like one of their own. It really helps on those hard days.
The weather has been so nice lately and Cody loves to go out and hit balls. We are trying to get him ready for T-ball and other sports that we hope he will begin to play next year. We can't wait. He seems to really enjoy sports and we hope that we won't be those crazy parents yelling from the sidelines!! I will definitely be his biggest fan though!!
Every night we are graced with Cody singing his preschool songs. He brings his stool and guitar out and sings about 5-6 songs before going to bed. It's usually when we are trying to watch a TV show and he wants some attention. This particular day he had gotten to pick out a prize at his Speech Therapy for obtaining a certain amount of stickers/and mastering a sound. He picked out these glasses and decided to wear them that night. You just have to laugh and go with it. I have to admit that Cody is not afraid to be himself. He can be pretty funny at times and it's these types of moments that I love being a Mommy.

My projects

Since I've gotten my sewing machine for Christmas I have been trying out things without using any patterns. The easy stuff like baby blankets, pillows, burp cloths, etc... This past week I bought a pattern for a skirt and have been trying that out. Well, I used the pattern in the beginning and then started trying to do my own thing to add a little style myself. I ended up working on it all day Saturday and then didn't like the way it looked and took it all apart at the end of the day. Don't you hate it when that happens. Oh-well. I am going to try it another way and see how it turns out. Hopefully I won't be taking it apart all over again!! I am really getting into this sewing hobby and have so many ideas, but don't really know how to do any of them. Maybe I need a "Sewing for Dummies" book!! Here are a few of my recent projects.

Baby blanket and burp cloth made for neighbor's daughter

pillow made for my neighbor's wife for Valentine's Day
Blanket and burp cloths made for Rosenlof baby #3 (Autumn and Ryan's)
Trying to make my skirt

30 for me!

Yes, it was my birthday on the 25th and yes, I have hit the big number of 30. I don't have anything big to report other than for all of those of you that are scared to get older...I say bring it on. As of now, the sun is shinning, I feel great health wise, I have a bacholer's degree from BYU not to mention many memories from that time period with my friends to laugh at, a good job with great coworkers, learning to do new/crafty things , weigh less than I did in high school, have been married for 7 years with one little boy that takes a lot of patience, but that I love to death (even tho some only see his agressive side..even when he hits and pushes. Thanks to all of those who are so helpful and understanding with him too!) And a few awesome nephews. I guess I have no room to complain. My two boys shower me with love and make the world a better place for me. I am happy to be where I am in life and am not afraid to get older. Thanks to all of you for the birthday wishes, cards, text messages, etc...

Too many toys???

Is it possible for a little 4 year old to have too many toys?? Well if he jumps from toy to toy for 2 hours straight and doesn't look to me for entertainment...well I say NO! Cody has been spoiled rotten by all of his family and friends with all of the toys given to him for his birthday. So I, as his Mom, say a huge THANK YOU for keeping my son busy!! He loves all of the toys. We had lots of fun with everyone at his party and missed those of you who were unable to come. Cody and Daniel were bouncing until the sun went down so I say the bouncer was a success and recommmend them to everyone for children's party's. Daniel and I were pretty tired that night after the festivities, but we enjoyed having everyone over. If it wasn't so much work and money, I'd say lets have parties more often!! Here are a few pictures to show the fun we had.

Cody blowing out his candles

some of the boys eating their cake
opening gifts
the fun bouncer/slide

Growing up!

Well, he's done it...Cody is now 4 years old! It's hard to beleive that he's getting so old. Here's a few of my favorites from this past year.

Easter time
Summer time
Fall
Halloween

My little guy isn't quite so little anymore. But he is getting to be a lot more fun now that he listens much better. I must say having a little boy is great!