KILL THE BOY....

Codi here. I'm not sure how many of you listen to, or have ever heard Bill Cosby's comedy routine titled "Kill the Boy" but that is basically how I felt this morning. I guess I should have seen this coming with all of the warning signs present, but I ignorantly thought "No... he just wouldn't". Well family and friends I stand corrected because YES HE DID.
It all started with the, ever so innocent, stripping of clothing....




It then escalated to figuring out how to work those tricky zippers...


Followed by an occasional "I think I'll take my diaper off" trick (Sorry, no pictures. We want him to retain some dignity)
With the Piece de Resistance being...... yep, you guessed it! Peeing all over his crib.
I was sitting at the computer waiting for him to wake up when I heard a strange "water" hitting wood sound. When I realized which room the sound was coming from it didn't take me long to figure out what was happening. I ran into his room, turned on the light, and caught him in the act. As soon as he saw me he said "Cool." When I replied with a "NO. NOT COOL." He was intelligent enough to try and save his own skin by saying "Uh-Oh." (Cool, and Uh-Oh are his favorite words lately. I keep trying to explain to him that it's not an Uh-Oh if you do it on purpose, but he's not seeming to catch on to my theory.) As I surveyed the damaged and picked up the unused diaper in the crib it occurred to me that he must have been naked the entire night because there is no way he could've done that much damage in the few seconds it took me to storm the room. As I went to work stripping his crib down and throwing things in the washer, he followed me "gabble talking" and using expressive hand gestures in what I'm guessing was a desperate attempt to explain his reasoning for what he did. It wasn't until I was sitting on the ground washing off his stuffed animals and had said to him "You did a naughty thing, and you are in trouble mister." that he slowly made his way over to me, placed his hand on my shoulder, and leaned in to give me a sweet little kiss, that I decided I would call off "the hit" until he was in his teenage years. After all... who can resist a face like this?

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Oh, yea and here is a pic of the incident. And Xander went #2 in the toilet. So sad that our most exciting thing this week is when our son poops on the toilet.

SOOO SICK

So no one in the Beck house has had any sleep for the past couple of weeks. I thought that Xander and I just had really bad allergies because of the sneezing and runny noses we had, but then a couple of days ago Xander threw up twice and started coughing really bad. He is a great kid when he is sick because he just becomes really clingy, and a little whiney, but I love the clingy part of it all. One day he came out of his room with just diaper, shoes on and a pair of shorts on his arm. This is a just a couple of pictures of Xander trying to play hide and seek with me and the camera. Do you spy, a pregnant Codi???

My Favorite Part of the Day

Do you remember when you dad or mom would come home from work and you would run to do the door yelling, "dad's home" and then would run and give him a hug? OH MY GOSH, THAT IS THE BEST FEELING EVER!!! It makes me feel so good to hear Xander yell dad and run to the door with open arms to see me. I feel bad that I ever stopped doing that to my dad and am sad for the day when Xander stops doing that to me.

Things have been very good for us here in Tulsa. My job is going great. I am having to play catch up and it is a little overwhelming, but I will have an assistant starting Monday and that will help relieve a lot of the pressures that I have. Codilyn is doing well. She has finally stopped throwing up so much but now has tons of heartburn. Which by the way can you take heartburn medicine when you are pregnant?

Xander is doing great. He loves to listen to music and is getting really good at dancing. He has learned so many new words and he has learned how to open all our of doors. We have caught him open the pantry and start eating snacks. He comes and interrupts us during our private moments in the bathroom and he has learned how to get onto our patio. The other day this is what we found. Him sitting in our chair reading. Gotta love the kid.

Codilyn's Disclaimer and Apologies

Before I get any hate mail from any of my Utah friends with phrases such as... "You were in Utah and didn't tell me?!?", or "Well, I can see how much our friendship means to you.". Let me just say that the trip to Utah was extremely last minute. So last minute that it was talked about on a Friday, decided on Saturday, and began on Sunday. I barely even had time to pack. When I did get there I made the decision that this trip would just be all about spending time with family. "Why?" you may ask...
Reason #1: We rarely get to see or spend time with my family.
Reason #2: I really wanted Xander to get to know and spend as much time with his little cousins, Aunts, Uncles, and Grandparents as possible.
Reason #3: I didn't have my own source of transportation and didn't want to monopolize my parents.
Reason #4: Please remember that not only is it very difficult to get anything done with a toddler, I am also a sickly pregnant woman who most of the time really doesn't feel like doing anything at all.
I hope that my reasons were understandable, and that none of my friends are left with any anger, animosity, or miniature Codilyn voodoo dolls. If for any reason my explanations left you with no feelings of sympathy or forgiveness for me whatsoever, please take a moment and reflect upon this.......




P.S. If the adorable baby picture of Xander didn't completely melt your heart, then you are made of stone.

One of the Funniest

My little sister Lindsey is one of the funniest people we know. I love her humor because it is never derogatory or crude. She is just really witty, but not a lot of people get to see that side, but I just wanted to make a little post just about her. While Codi and Xander were up in Utah, Lindsey was quickly loved by all the Kendell Kids and by Xander. She went on all these little kid rides with everyone and Xander had a blast with her. While going through all the pictures I found a whole series of pictures of Lindsey and had to post some of them. Codi said that she asked her to take some pictures of her and so she did, and this is what follows. We love you Lins and miss you.

A LOOONNGG MONTH

This has been a really long month. We got the news that we needed to move and within a week had to move. It was a little rushed, and we did a horrible job planning and packing, but thank goodness we had some great help.

Things are changing really quick around our place. Right after we moved to Tulsa Codi and Xander made a quick trip to Utah so I could set up the new place, because it is really hard unpacking with a toddler around and so that I could play catch up at work. There they had fun with all of the Kendells and with my two sisters who are up there right now. He had a great time, at least it looks like he had a great time in the pictures, and came back doing things he had never done before, like having a whole new vocabulary, only wanting to feed himself, only eat what the adults are eating and crawling in his highchair when he is hungry.

Things are going great up in Tulsa but we miss our good friends in OKC.