Thursday, July 14, 2011

DJ’s 8th Birthday Pictures

We were on vacation during DJ’s birthday so we took advantage of the San Diego beach and took his birthday pictures at Solano Beach.

Of course, he didn’t want to do them at first, but once I bribed him with getting to run around the playground then he was more than willing to smile for the camera.

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Friday, May 20, 2011

Almost a Black Belt!

A few weeks ago, DJ had testing for his next belt – a red belt in Taekwondo.

He had been practicing daily and was anxious to take the test.

His hard work paid off and now, our DJ Man is a RED BELT! WOOT WOOT!

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He is only 2 midterms and a test away from becoming a black belt and he is ready!

Congratulations, DJ Man! We are proud of you!!!!!!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Easter Egg Hunt

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This year, Cody participated in his first Easter Egg hunt. We tried to take him when he was one, but the Easter bunny scared the beejeezeez out of him. Now that he was almost 5 we decided to try again!

We headed to Pixieland in Concord for their Annual Easter Egg Hunt.

While waiting for the train that would take us to the Egg Hunt location, the boys entertained themselves.

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They enjoyed a plane ride right before it was our turn to hop on the train.

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After a 1.5 hour wait (that the boys were very patient about), it was our turn for the train.

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A quick ride on the train and it was Easter Egg Huntin’ time.

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Cody immediately spotted the kind of scary looking bunnies (people in costume) and did not want anything to do with the egg hunt….

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while DJ took off at warp speed to shake some Easter Eggs (to filter out the ones with no noise because that meant it was stickers) and find some treats.

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Cody watched DJ for awhile while his dad hunted eggs for him.

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Then DJ started helping him.

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Then he dumped the eggs out…

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Eventually, he realized that DJ was having fun so he started hunting for eggs on his own.

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The colorful goodies in his basket…

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Since Cody wouldn’t take a picture with the scary bunnies, I made DJ do it. Luckily, he only put up a little fight. Smile 

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Here are a couple of the boys and their Easter baskets.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Happy 5th Birthday Cody!!!!

Following with tradition, Cody had his birthday photo session with mommy. Here are my favorites.

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How old are you, Cody???

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He wanted to play with bubbles and I told him to wait. This is the look I got.

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See how much happier he is with bubbles?

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Isn’t he so cute that you just want to bite him?

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He can go from this…

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To this…in seconds…

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Then back to this…

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He is getting to be such a big, independent little boy!

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He is so cool that at school you can usually find him walking around with his hands in his pocket. ;)

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Such a cutie!!!

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Something tells me he is done with pictures!

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

T-Ball Time!

Cody is now old enough for the Little League Challenger division so we immediately signed him up!

The Challenger division was specially created so that children with special needs could participate. There are children of all ages and different diagnosis.

We weren’t sure how Cody would like it, but so far, he is really enjoying himself!

Here are some pictures of “#1” in his uniform.

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At his first few practices, he really didn’t care too much about the game. He refused to wear his glove and preferred to kick the ball instead of hit it!

After awhile, he saw how much fun the kids were having so he got more involved. He still doesn’t like wearing his glove, though!

These are pictures from one of his first practices.

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and the kick…

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Such concentration…

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He is yelling “CATCH!”

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When it was time to hit during that practice, he decided that he was done and sat with his head down so that no one would talk to him.

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All the kids were having so much fun hitting the ball and laughing that he decided he wanted a turn.

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After a few swings (and hitting the tee), he hit the ball!

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The chased the ball…

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…and ran with it to first base.

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