Splish Splash!!

We have such a fun time during Brody's bath at night, I thought I would share a few pics from his latest swim. Our only issue with bathtime lately has been washing his hair. He loves to have his head scrubbed, but he hates the rinsing. I think the problem was that instead of just doing it fast, I worried too much about not getting the soapy water in his eyes. First, I would try to lay him back and hold his head in my hand while I carefully scooped the water onto his head. But the little monkey fought me the whole time. Then I tried to let him sit up and just tilt his head back, so that I could use this little rinser thing I bought at Walmart to keep the water out of his eyes. Well, everytime he saw me with the rinser cup, he would scoot to the far back side of the tub where I had a hard time reaching him. Soooo, we have just resorted to dumping. I just fill the cup with water and dump. It only stuns him for a second, then he blinks really big with his mouth open, then he laughs. Don't know why I didnt try that from the beginning.

Here he is before the dump:

And after the dump:

He was in his room playing after his bath. He loves to open his drawers and pull everything out. Today, I was trying to clean his room, and we got nothing accomplished. I was putting all his clothes back in his drawers and he was pulling every toy out of the toy basket. Then, I went and picked up all 10,000 toys and and put them away. And when I turned around he ahd emptied out 2 drawers. So, I just gave up, and decided we would try again tomorrow.

I wanna be like Dad!!

I guess Brody has watched his daddy get ready for work too many times, because every time he sees a necktie lying around he grabs it and throws it around his neck. We have walked in on him playing several times with a tie around his neck. I was in the kitchen this weekend, and he was being quiet, so I went in the living room to check on him. This is what I found:

Brody imitating Brent at the office- wearing a necktie and working on the computer (sorry, can't think of a way to relate the blocks in his mouth....) :

Brody imitating Brent when he gets home from work - Tie still on, TV remote in hand:

He loves to ride on his Daddy's shoulders

Brody "fishing" with Hyleigh and Uncle Terry. He was trying soooo hard........

Hmmm....This way is alot simpler. Just grab them with your hands!!
He really caught one this time!! He was so proud of himself.

My good friend from dental hygiene school, Lindsey Williams, and her family just moved to Dallas, TX a few months ago. They have a little boy, Seth, who is about 3 months younger than Brody (although you can't tell he is younger in the pictures. I have a little shorty.) We hadn't seen them in months, but they were in for a visit this weekend! The boys enjoyed playing together, but surprisingly, Brody was a little stingy with his toys! I was shocked that he was - he has never been that way before. Guess he is just getting older and more posessive of his things. Here are a few pics of them playing:

I went to Dad and Karen's to pick up Brody this afternoon, but Paw was working in the yard with the tractor, so Brody just had to take a spin before he would leave with me. I don't know who enjoyed it more - Paw or Brody!

After church Sunday, we (me, Brent, Brody, Ryan, Tara, Dad, Karen, Uncle Terry, Kennedy, and Hyleigh) all went fishing at the pond across the road from Dad's. We had alot of fun, especially when Brent realed in this 6 1/2 lb. bass! I tried to get him to mount her, but we decided that we don't even really have a room to hang stuffed creatures, so we just ate her later that night!

Even though it was as big as Brody, he still wanted to touch it. Here he is helping Daddy hold up the "Big Bass", as Brody calls it.
Brody and Aunt Tara

Brody's professional pics that we did in Fayetteville were ready yesterday. So, Brandi (Gavin's mom) picked them up and scanned them to us. She is going to mail the proofs, but I didn't want to have to wait until next week to see them. Anyway, here they are! I think they turned out pretty good! Let me know what you think!

I need a favor!

I don't really know if anyone ever looks at this blog or not, so if you do, do you mind leaving a comment, just so I know? Thanks! I don't want to just keep posting on it if I am the only one who ever looks at it....well, I might keep doing it anyway....but still, leave me a comment if you have time please! I would reeeeaallly appreciate it!

Sidenote: If you aren't familiar with Blogger, at the bottem of each new post that I do, there is a little link that says "Comments". You can just click on that and leave a little note. I don't think it will make you sign in, but if it does, it won't take but just a sec. Thanks!

Pics from the week

Happy Friday everyone! It is a stormy, yucky day here in El Dorado. Brooke is here spending the day with us and she is curled up on the couch watching Little Mermaid, and Brody is napping, so I thought this would be a good time to post a blog and some pictures from the week.

Brooke actually come over yesterday and stayed the night so that Mom and Cliff could go to the Point of Grace/Selah concert that was here in ElDo last night. We went over to Dad and Karen's for dinner, and rode 4 wheelers for a while (sorry, no pics of the 4 wheeler ride).

Here is Brooke and Brody in the car taking their sippys. Brody just loves having Brooke over. He tries to do everything that she does, and I think that he aggrivates the heck out of her sometimes, but she loves him all the same.

Ryan and Brooke eating their spaghetti at Dad and Karen's.

Noni and Brooke gave Brody this little singing/dancing/clucking chicken for Easter. We thought he would love it, but it scares the bajeebies out of him for some reason. He pokes his little lip out and runs to bury his head in my lap everytime that chicken starts clucking. So, today, Brooke discovered that if she dances around and acts silly while the chicken is dancing, Brody LOVES it. Here she is breaking it down with the Easter Chicken
We went out to eat for Brent's Dad's (Poppy) birthday on Tuesday night at AppleBees. I was trying to get a picture of the 3 of them and this is the best I could come up with. I think it would be a really sweet picture with them looking at him, but what is that look on my childs face?? I would love to know what he was thinking here.....He looks a little scary in my opinion :)
Playing outside yesterday:


I love this pic of the two of them.....

Rather than ride in his little red roadster, he likes to push it now. Everywhere we go in the yard, he pushes that car. I am sure you can see it in nearly every picture of him outside. It is never far away......


The weather here is officially crazy. It has been warming up to the 80's during the day, but when I have to take Brody out in the mornings to meet Karen, it is like 40!! I just thought he looked silly as we were heading out the door, so I had to snap a picture. He has on his short sleeved PJs, with a jacket, hat, and fuzzy boots. But in his bag was a pair of shorts, a tshirt, and sandals........

Random Pics from the day

Here are a few pics from our Sunday. We went to church this morning, and Brody did great as usual. We rarely have to take this kid out of church - we are so lucky to have such a well-behaved little boy! After church we ate at Mamaw Agnes', came home and played, took a nap, then back to church. Nothing too eventful, but I wanted to share some pictures all the same. Maybe we will have something more blogworthy to post about this week!

Eating dinner (A "healthy" McDonalds happy meal):



He is so sweet when he sleeps. And he has started going to sleep on his own, without a bottle or anything! Makes me a little sad, b/c he is such a big boy now!
Brody loves to stand on the step while Brent takes his bath in the mornings. He plays with his ducks, splashes in the water, and practically soaks everything around him. (Sorry about the legs in this pic. I debated posting this one, but hey, they are just legs.)