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we are 12 weeks along and have heard the heartbeat. thus far, everything is checking out well.

we are all very excited, though boden really has no clue what is about to happen.

all better

the older boden gets the more he is scraping knees, stubbing toes, ect. a couple of times lately i have kissed his 'owie' and said it was all better. this has seriously only happened a couple of times. yesterday, boden had dropped something on his toe and i kissed his foot and said it was all better. he stopped crying and went on his merry way. this afternoon after his nap, we were laying on eric and my bed (a habit i've gotten into at times to give him a transition time as it really helps his mood ). We snuggle and talk sometimes. the talking has been becoming some of my favorite times with him as he brings up all these people and things to talk about. like today he had to run thru about everyone he knew and say where they were and what car they drove and sometimes what color the car/truck was as well. anyway....... this is not what this post was going to be about! at one point he started pointing to the scab on his knee and saying 'owie'. then he stuck out his foot and put it to my face making his kissy sound, so i kissed it, not even remembering the day before until he said 'all better.' seriously. so cute! he made me do it several more times always saying 'all better' after i'd kissed it. later as we were downstairs, he hurt his finger. he came right up to me and said 'owie,' pushing his hand to my mouth, then after i'd kissed it said 'all better.'

another little thing, but huge to me, today he started saying 'i love you, mommy' back to me after i told him i loved him. usually you have to tell him to say it, which he will with lots of 'l' (any of you that have heard him say it know what i'm talking about :) ). he kept saying it over and over holding out the 'e' in mommy for quite a while. it was very fun!

big boy

just wanted to post quick about boden being cute, as usual, again tonight.

at supper time tonight, eric and i were putting things on the table, when we turned and looked and boden was already halfway into his highchair. he has tried before, but has never really made it much off the ground. eric said something like, "wow boden, are you going to climb up into your highchair?" boden stops and says, "big boy!" it was soooooooooo cute. we tell him he is a 'big boy' when he does something well, but he has never really shown that it connected or was desirable. we all said yeah and he climbed the rest of the way into his highchair. maybe you had to be here to get the full effect (or be bodenstruck parents :) ), but it was just about the cutest thing ever!

'daddy fun'

so sweet yesterday! after eric came home from work, boden and he played in the living room together (which is not unusual). they were having a great time with boden squealing in delight. when it came time to eat and we loaded boden all up into his highchair, eric made a quick check of his email (our computer is in the kitchen) while i put some finishing touches on dinner and boden sat sipping his milk. boden initiated a conversation with me (which he is doing all the time now). he started pointing toward eric saying 'daddy daddy.' when i finally said 'yes, that's daddy on the computer,' boden said 'fun fun, daddy fun.' he went on to repeat it a few more times. is that not one of the sweetest things ever???? what a doll! :)

monster cheese!

boden eating monster cheese