a little lesson in anatomy

Zack is a little obsessed with his body right now. More particularly, his penis. He really can't get enough of it. It's always "my penis" this and "my penis" that. Seriously, isn't he going through this a little young?

I tried ignoring it. Then when that didn't work (and he started shouting "PENIS" in public), I tried the whole "Penis is a special word that you ONLY use in special times..." Well, that backfired in a major way. He started throwing it in randomly at the end of sentences. For example, he would say, "Can I wear my jeans today?...penis" or "I'm thirsty....penis." He also made up a new word. Zack now says the word "pena" when he really wants to say penis, but knows he shouldn't say that word. So when you hear him screaming, "PENA, PENA, PENA...." you'll know what he's thinking.

So now I've just decided to go with the flow. I don't encourage it, and when he brings it up I either ignore him or I ask him if he has a penis (which he responds "yes, Mom! And so does Brody!). Today after I asked him that he told me I needed to go buy one since I don't have one. Not gonna lie, I laughed pretty hard at that which probably didn't do anything to discourage him from talking about it. I'm thinking if I give him permission to talk about his special area, it might lose some of the magic and he'll stop thinking about it so much. Here's to hoping!

Here are some pictures of my potty-mouth child. If you don't want any play-dates for awhile, I completely understand. :)

Zack's "bad guy" face:
Think he's tired of taking pictures?
This is a field by our house. It looked so pretty tonight.

HHS Reunion 2011

I know my favorite part of the reunion should be something about my own kids or spending time with Todd, but it's wasn't. Don't get me wrong, I loved having all the family time, but what I loved more was watching my seven-year-old niece on the beach. She reminds me so much of myself. Evie is a little fish. She loved everything about the beach, and I'm sure she could have lived on the shore forever if her parents let her. She was constantly shell hunting, digging in the sand, running in and out of the water...melting into the beach to become one with it. I was just like her at that age, and she made me miss the seven-year-old me.

We left for the reunion June 21st, right on Brody's birthday. We celebrated the night before so I'm sure he didn't miss out on anything. Look how cute he was in his birthday hat:

He decided he wanted a spoon to eat the messy frosting with:

So we drove, drove, drove, and ended up at South Padre Island. The reunion was so fun! The girls all went for fake tattoos, fake nose piercings, and I even sneaked out in my bikini a couple times. Pretty much, we lived on the wild side. :)

Stepping out onto the sand for the first time. Super exciting.
Zack checking out the waves:
Rare sighting of yours truly:
I love this pictures because no one is looking at the camera:
"One, two, three...JUMP!"
I know it's blurry, but I LOVE this picture of my brother with his daughter, Evie. So cute.
We had a talent show at the end of the reunion. I signed Zack up to dance thinking he probably wouldn't do it, but I would at least try to make him. Well, no bribing needed! He was begging to go dance in front of everyone, and when his turn came he hopped right up and got his groove on. Here he is dancing with his cousins:
Zack's favorite thing to do in the hotel. I'm sure the people below us were pleased. :)
Going out to dinner the last night there:
Zack about to stab Brody with his fork:

And a quick funny story: I told Zack today that pretty soon we were going to get him a bunk bed. He looks at me and says, "But mommy, I don't want a bonk bed, because then I'll bonk my head on it!" It was pretty funny. Big difference what one letter makes!

More posts coming soon!

...and this little piggy turned one!

It's pretty big news around these parts (as in our house...) that our baby is one! I dressed the little Brodster up tonight and took some pictures. Five bucks says your'e smiling after you look at them and didn't even know it. Brody's smile is contagious!

Smiling yet? (hope so, because I really don't have five bucks to give ya...)

And just a funny little side note. Right after taking the picture of him trying to stand up in the wagon, he face planted in it...of course, right? Well, I thought he was okay, and then the next picture I took was like this:

You might need to click on it to make it bigger, but there is blood all in his mouth! He bled quite a bit, poor guy. But he was a brave model and kept on smilin'. :)

little, bitty update!

We are still alive! I've just been too busy/lazy to update our poor, neglected blog. Here are a couple things we have been up to:

1) Brody turned ONE! Can't believe my baby is a year! We had a big birthday bash for the little fella. Pictures will be posted later!

2) Family reunion in South Padre Island. We drove the whole 16 hours to be there, and it was so much fun! Beach, swimming pool, hot tub, fake tattoos, lots of eating, and minor sunburns all equal a great vacation!

3) We had some house guests for about a month. Our good friends from college got a job at Wally World so they moved down! Yay for friends!

4) I turned 25. :(

5) We moved into our new house and are LOVING it!! Seriously, I love my house. And my beautiful hydrangeas I planted out front, which are now the prettiest shade of blue I've ever seen!

6) I can't remember if I mentioned this before, but Todd and I ran a 5k together! I actually ran the entire thing...almost. It was stinkin hot, so I think I walked a bit. Anyway, go us!

7) I know there is a lot more we have been up to, but I'm spacing. I need to post some pictures! I'll get on that as soon as I get another burst of energy to update my little bloggy.

Have a great weekend!