and it starts...

My sweet, adorable one year old has turned into...well, not a sweet and adorable one year old.  Don't get me wrong, he still is an easy going, charming little man...when he wants to be.

His new obsession is granola bars.  He stands at the pantry and says, "ba, ba" (for bar).  If you happen to say no (and God help you, if you do) he lets out an ear piercing, glass shattering scream!  There is no reasoning with him either.  You can try a banana, juice, or even a cookie but he wont have ANY of it!  You can give in and just give him the "ba", but what is that really teaching him?

I have sat there and just let him scream it out, hoping it will stop.  Then again, I have also decided my sanity is worth something, so I give in.  I'll work on the life lessons at a later date...the pounding in my head says to give him the damn thing!

Could you really say no to this guy?

Obviously his daddy can't...notice the granola bar remains all over his shirt and the hat on his head!

The Little Boy's Big Bed

The idea, since Cole was born, was to have Cade and Cole share a room.  However, Cade has always done so well with bedtime that we never put Cole in his room because we didn't want him waking Cade up.  Therefore, Cole has been in our room since he was born.  He had a pack-n-play in there that he was happy with, but it was time to move him up to the "big boy" world.

Cade was excited for a new bed AND a new roommate.  I think he was getting lonely because he has been crawling in bed with us or McKinly (when she was at our house).

We took down the toddler bed and crib (since Cole has never slept in a crib his entire life) and put in a new bunk bed.  It's complete with a staircase and all so it's safe for our little two year old.  Cole is completely trapped in on the bottom bunk so he can't get out even if he wanted to.

Cole loves his new bed.  He gets excited for bed time and sleeps in later too!!  (Which is way cool for mommy!)  Cade thinks it's a pirate ship so he's very happy as well.  He still comes in to our room every now in then, but that's a habit that will take a little time breaking.

We are very lucky TJ works with some friends of ours at a furniture store in the summer!  Discounts are the only way we can afford new furniture!!

Mac and Cheese and a Sunday Story!

Cole has been very determined to be able to eat with a fork.  He wants to be just like the big kids.  The other day I made Halloween Mac and Cheese and he ate the entire meal with his fork.  It only took him an hour, but he got it done!

Getting ready to show me his mad skills...

Concentrating very hard...

Being very careful so it doesn't fall off...

He gets so proud of himself every time...

Every Sunday, my little brother comes over for Sunday dinner.  Like I said before, the boys get very excited for Uncle Jonathan to come over.  The past few Sundays, Uncle Jonathan has been reading them stories before bed.  The boys now call it "Sunday Story Time".  Uncle Jonathan always reads in funny voices and accents.  I have a video of it I'll try to post some time so you can see why they love their Uncle Jonathan so much...

Halloween 2009!

I have been waiting to post about all our Halloween stuff because, even though we have still done a ton like we normally do, all three boys haven't been together for pictures until tonight!  I didn't want to post pictures without all three of them.

So, here they are, my precious little men!

Thanks Grandma Sandy for making Cade's costume!  It was a big hit.  He kept having to pause for pictures from complete strangers!

Cade as the Tin Man

Cole as the Cowardly Lion

 Cody as the Scarecrow

and in case you forgot, here is a picture of my little guys last year...

First of many...

Cole got his first bloody nose last night at Cody's baseball game.  He was throwing a football with Cade and when he went down to pick it up, he tripped and landed on his face.  It's just a little scratch but it's still a first!  

He's still pretty cute, bloody nose and all

Last night was also Cody's last t-ball game of the fall season.  He recieved his medal and an award for a hitting average of 1.000!  That's not too hard in t-ball but there were some kids who did actually strike out!

Now we need to start getting ready for basketball season.  I am also trying to convince my husband to put him in gymnastics for a while but he's not going for it.

Cole is Walking

Cole has been able to take a few steps here and there for a while now, but it wasn't until he hurt is arm that he really started trying (his poor arm hurt too much to put any weight on it).  We have a ways to go, and he still prefers to crawl when he wants to get somewhere fast, but it's only a matter of time before I'm chasing him around along with his older brothers.  I can be in a lot of trouble real soon...

Cade's undershirt

When we're at home, Cade likes to walk around in just his undershirt.  He says he likes to look like Daddy.  As soon as we walk in the door, he's asking for his top shirt off...silly kid!

Either way, he's pretty darn cute...