Happy 4th Birthday Cody!

It's hard to believe that it's been 4 years since my super-sized, 10 lbs 2 oz baby boy came into our lives. It has gone by in a blink!

Today, Cody had preschool and got to take mini-donuts in as a snack for all his friends. His teachers made him the fabulous hat above, and he wore it proudly all day. :)

This evening, we had a family birthday party for him. We got KFC (his choice) and decorated the house with green camo streamers. Here's Cody in his army helmet.

His fantastic cake (you can't tell here, but the cake itself was neon green!)

Make a wish, Birthday Boy!

Caught in the act! He snagged a candle off the top almost immediately so he could get a taste of the frosting. :)The Birthday Boy with his mama!

Fun with blowers!
The Birthday Boy making a silly face at his Daddy...who has made that exact face many times before. Seriously, it's uncanny.

Party time! Happy Birthday Cody Mac! We love you!

He Walks! and other Wonders...

Anything for candy! He's definitely a Penrose-Miller! :)

Our resident SuperBaby started walking about a week ago, just a few days before his birthday. This is groundbreaking in our family, because Jackson walked at 14 months and Cody at 13. A kiddo walking BEFORE 12 months is just unheard of. Wow!

Not to mention that he's a little chatterbox. I think I've already shared my theory about my boys: Jacks is the brain, Cody's the heart, and little Luke? Well, he's the mouth. He's a boobie monster and has quite a set of lungs on him. Now we're seeing that mouth actually start to form words and it's so incredible to watch.

At 12 months, he can say Clap-clap, Mama, Dada, Bubba, Num-Num, Pumpkin, Ball, and his newest one: DIS! (said while pointing at whatever object he wants us to obtain for him) Of course, few people outside of the 5 of us can recognize what he's saying, but the words are there for sure. Again, way ahead of where his brothers were at this age.

He's got 2 SuperDudes to catch up to, and he's off to a great start! :)

Luke vs The Cake

We had a fun birthday celebration for Mr. Lucas James yesterday. It's hard to believe he's 1!

I got him a special birthday hat, but considering his love of hats in general, and the absolute tastelessness of this one (heehee), he wasn't having any of it.

Luke's big brothers and I had a lot of fun decorating for the party.

The whole evening led up to cake time, of course. I made him his own little one in a baby bread loaf pan. Neither Jacks nor Cody was terribly excited about cake on their first birthdays, hating the mess of the frosting. So I expected a similar reticence or outright rejection from Luke. Little did I know...

Lemme at this thing! I've got this.

Yes, that's cake up my nose. What's your point?
Maybe if I just open a bit wider, I can get more cake in! Now I'll try sneaking up on it from behind....that cake will never know what hit it! Ready for my close-up! (I'm SO gonna get you for this later, Mama) I can't believe I ate the whole thing!
And here's the aftermath. :)Happy Birthday Luke!

Happy 1st Birthday Luke!

Happy Halloween!

Transformers, more than meets the eye!

Ok be honest, how impressed are you by that awesome jack-o'-lantern? Come on, it's pretty wicked! And it only took me an hour. Ha!

Jackson dressed up as Optimus Prime, Cody was Bumblebee, and Luke was *a* bumblebee (since there wasn't a 3rd recognizable Transformers character that I could think of).

This next picture really shows off the best part of Luke's costume. And all I can think of is that line from Aladdin when the Genie is flying around as a bee and asks, "Want me to sting her?"

These last 2 just make me smile. Jacks and Cody were so excited about each other's costumes, and they seemed so proud to both be "Autobots" (those are the good Transformers FYI).

Happy Halloween everyone!

What a Week!

It has been bonkers around here! Illness and milestones as far as the eye can see! Since last Thursday, we have had:

1 3-hour sinus surgery (Anthony)
2 sinus infections (Meg and Cody)
1 case of whooping cough (Jacks)
1 orthodontic appliance, with the added fun of head gear, acquired (Jacks)
1 family member learning how to tie his shoes (ALSO Jacks)
1 family member learning how to WALK!!!!!!!!!!! (Go Luke, Go!!)

And the number of us looking forward to a hopefully healthier and happier (though those milestones sure made us smile and cheer!) weekend, complete with birthday cake...5. :)

Make Me Super

This is a fun way to spend a lazy Sunday morning! Paste a picture of your child's head into Kodak's "Make Me Super" website and instantly turn him into a 70's era superhero. Groovy!

Click on each of the boys' names to see their rockin' videos. The site only has a certain list of names, so Jackson had to be "Jack" and Cody got to be "SuperDUDE," which of course he thought was awesome.

(Be forewarned, they're all the same save for the name and face! Regardless, the boys were entranced for hours by this.)

Cody

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