i have been meaning to post for a while and have been trying to save up all these little tidbits to share, but we'll have to see how many i remember.... i'll start with some pictures (again, remember our new system we are trying out- we will post the latest and greatest of our sweet boden john, but for those of you that is not enough, you can check on the right link under photos and we will dump much more for your viewing pleasure. :) )
many of you know that boden has hit a new phase where our old schedule is just not cutting it! he needs more stimulation, or mommy is just too boring, or something unknown to us was making him (and in turn mommy and daddy) not very happy. so, my mission this past month has been to try and remedy, or at least make better, that problem. though i can't say it is 100%, i can say that we are having much more sane days as we reach into february.
one of the things that we have done is to start walking in the mall. we used to take walks at home all the time when the weather was nice, but alas, those days are but a memory. a couple ladies in our small group suggested walking in the mall. what a novel idea! :) i must start trying to think outside the box. well, those of you that have seen our stroller, know it is huge and not something i want to take in the mall. i tried his umbrella stroller, which he has never liked, but for some reason i thought maybe it would be different this time.... wrong!!! between, this endeavor and others i have tried as of late, i have spent much time in public with a screaming boden with many gawkers looking on.... those of you that know me, know that this is probably good for me... anyway, back to the walking! determined to try and make this, something, anything work, i thought of using the backpack we had used to do some hiking this summer. of course, eric or uncle robbie, or papa, or uncle mike, or any one but me got to haul him around. so, with boden now being over half my height, we decided to see if we could make that work :) and besides some extra effort on my part, it has worked out splendidly! so super that auntie liz, boden, and i have decided to make our little walks in the mall a weekly outing together :) sometimes we get comments and looks as this is not normally seen i'm guessing? and boden, after he has talked almost non-stop for about five mins about babies and rides and who knows what else, bobs his way off to sleep (often times hitting our heads together... :) ). here we are trying the pack out for the first time.
lately boden loves for daddy to turn him upside down! one of the cutest things about it (for me at least), is that if i am not watching he calls out to me so that i can see him. such a show off already!!!
most of the time boden still eats in his high chair, but some how he weaseled his way into getting the whole box of crackers by daddy on the computer this time. he was so proud and excited about this change in events!
this past weekend auntie liz and uncle mike were over. boden had just started saying 'mike' a few days before while looking at pictures of uncle mike. so, it was super exciting (for both of them :) ) to have 'mi' here in the person! and for those of you that know boden, even a little bit, know that he is absolutely crazy about balls, and uncle mike is a semi-professional juggler. so, you can imagine boden's glee and wonder when uncle mike started throwing them around in an amazing fashion!!!
he had a lot of fun playing with the big ball with auntie liz too! she was really good at dribbling!
of course, there are some other little tidbits i'd like to share, but i have already written the beginnings of a book... so, to save us all, i will try again to store up the little bits and pieces i so know you want to know :) and leave it for another time....
