All Bodhi's saying....is give peas a chance!

My friend Wendy came back to SD for a visit, their family had to move for work, and their daughter Adele is just a month older than Bodhi. I think Adele is the closest friend in age, and it was evident when we sat them down next to each other with their toys, each of them grabbed something to chew on, then they'd switch. They both enjoy the same activities... sitting on the grass in their sunhats, and putting everything in their mouths!

Bodhi tried on Adele's sunglasses, which was so funny!! His first time with sunglasses, and I can only imagine what was going on in his head...who turned off the lights?
Here
are the pics with Pelican Brown for April.

I splurged and got Bodhi a super cute high chair, which is a color called "wasabi" similar to a pea color. I decided the inaugural use of the chair should be for his first bite of peas. He really really didn't like them! He made all sorts of faces when he'd take a bite so I decided to try it myself and made the same faces!! It's gross!! So far his favorites are sweet potatos and pears. Here he is sporting his UCSB onesie, we are thinking of getting him early admission. As in 17.5 years early!! Although if his daddy has his way, Bodhi will be recruited for the baseball team.

Road trip to Santa Barbara

Ryan's friend Suzanne warned us that overnighters with a baby may not be as fun as we'd like to believe. Bodhi's first night away from his crib actually turned into an all-nighter overnighter. We left Thursday night at 6pm, which is just a bit earlier than his regular bed time. Our hope was that he would sleep right through the 4-hour car trip. Things were going well, but only 1.5-2 hours at a time... then once we got to the hotel he was really resisting going to sleep in a new place. He was up every two hours through the night wanting to nurse, and was fussy about getting back to sleep. The following night was a lot better, the three of us shared a king bed and it was cute at night when he'd wake up he'd turn his head to the right to see daddy and left to see mama. He did this several times before deciding everything was in place to fall asleep.

We spent Friday walking around State Street in Downtown SB, I hadn't been there or on campus at UCSB since I graduated in 1999. Ten years!! Omi Cathy and Aunt Cindy and I walked around with Bodhi doing some shopping and eating. Ryan worked a bit at the SB office and met us for a great lunch at Palazzio. The forecast was for a stormy day but it ended up just gorgeous. Later that day Ryan and I were able to take a run together (the first one together since I got pregnant!!) which was so great. We ended up taking a tour of SB, getting lost, then ending up in the exact right spot to find the hotel. Saturday we had a great breakfast outside, practically on the water. We were able to catch the O'Flynns before heading out to soccer practice and see Caitlyn and Alex, they are so adorable!! Before hitting the road we were able to hang out in Isla Vista (college town next to UCSB) where Ryan and I both lived for 4 years during college. We visited the old co-op houses I used to live in and took some great pictures. I never really thought about the fact I'd show up 10 years after graduation with a baby and a husband after those wild years in IV!!

There was an Earth Day celebration at the park in IV, and I had Ryan take Bodhi down to the drum circle since he's taken a music class and is a budding musician. Right as they sat down, someone gave them a tambourine and a baby bongo. What fun!! As you can see, he was feeling the beat! I also found some local organic Santa Barbara strawberries at the food co-op and let Bodhi have a nibble. He loved them and was really upset with me when I took them away... Here's a fun video!

6-months old and showing signs of being a GENIUS!

Bodhi's favorite fleece jacket made from recycled 2-liter bottles! Thanks Grampa Bob, it finally fits!

Wow, a lot of stories since the last post!! The most important milestone today was the first bite of liquidy solid food! Organic brown rice cereal. Bodhi was a total natural, knew exactly what he was doing from start to finish. I think the kid's going to be a good eater. We are excited to try mashed bananas later this week... It should be fun to see his reaction since he's been stuck on the same flavor for the last 6 months, well depending on what Mama's had to eat of course. Except for that day with the pickle...

It was Jessica's 30th bday last week, and Aunt Kimbawee was in town so we all met up for lunch. I may have mentioned this before, but everytime Bodhi hangs out with Lucinda, he picks up a new skill. A few months back he started sleeping through the night. Then he watched Lucinda in the high chair being fed and insisted on me feeding him the pizza in my hand. This time we were saying good bye to Lucinda, and she has learned how to wave and say "buh bye" which is so adorable so we did it probably 20 times. After they left, Kim started in on Bodhi who was working on the "B" sound. She's a teacher so she knows a few things about phonics. She repeated "buh-bye" over and over again until Bodhi said it...clear....as...day. We were astounded!!! Then I said to Kim, mid-hysteria, no, this has to be a fluke, the kid has never mumbled anything resembling a word before. So I said Kim, if he says it again, it's for real, if not, it was a fluke. Then he said it once again, crystal clear. I nearly passed out. The kid is a genius. If you know Kim, you know the reaction out of her and the both of us. We were in hysterics and crying and laughing. I think we might have freaked him out a bit with our carrying on since I haven't heard a peep of that word since. He's probably afraid of the reaction he'd get!!!

In the last few months Bodhi has gotten even more aware, I'd say almost completely aware of his surroundings. He knows people's voices and faces, and is reaching and grabbing for everything. He is unafraid to leap towards anything that looks fun to grab and still really likes to shove everything in his mouth. He's getting savvy with the nap times though, and protests Mama when he's not ready. I used to be able to override his vetoes, but he's too smart to be fooled. Hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come!

His favorite activity is (still) making farting noises with his mouth (and his rear end too, gets that from his daddy) and it gets quite the excited laughter out of him! Today my mom and Mark were over to watch his first solid meal and at one point all 5 of us were making farting noises with our mouths.

He also caught a bit of a cough and runny nose last week but is getting better. Shockingly neither Ryan nor I caught it, and hopefully the nursing sped Bodhi's recovery. Here is a funny video of him snoring. Hopefully I'm not the only one who thinks it's super cute!

March Pelican update

I know it's late, but we've been pretty busy around here. Here's our little guy's latest Pelican Photo from March 15...we'll have another one soon...perhaps from his 6 month birthday on April 6!!! And mama makes an appearance on the Pelican update for the first time!

November

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January

February

March...you can tell Bodhi is starting to notice things...he just noticed the big pelican next to him in all the photos