Happy Birthday Cody!

Woo-hoo, Cody-man!  You made it to 12!  A few weeks back I wasn't sure he was going to make it to a dozen.  I was terribly worried about him.  Here we are celebrating his bday!

He's handled the cold temps like a champ.  On day one of this winter storm for the first walk of the day he was difficult.  However, since then he's just been rolling with it.  He doesn't like it that's clear but he's not having an attitude about it.  Which is good!  However, he would prefer 80 degrees and sunny for his bday weekend!

I love how he watches my every move when I walk him in the icy conditions.  I'm not sure if he's watching me out of concern.  He doesn't want me to fall or he doesn't want me to fall into him or possibly he's watching me in a more hopeful manner that I'll turn for home sooner than later.  LOL! It didn't seem as cold as they were predicting.  It's cold don't get me wrong.  The high today was only in the low 20's. It just doesn't seem as cold as they said it would be.  However, I sure have learned how to bundle up when going outside.  It's much more bearable these days then it was my first winter here.

Cody just finished opening his gifts as did our other two.  Cody received a Christmas toy as is tradition!  Piper got a cute pink owl, but has been fascinated by the wrapping paper for quite a few minutes now.  Simon unwrapped a dinosaur with some orange on it....he likes orange!  I baked Cody a cake last night.  I changed it up a bit.  Hopefully they still like it.  I'm sure I won't hear any complaints.  I planned on going to the store on Friday to get peanuts to garnish Cody's cake with but that didn't happen since we've been snowed in.  Therefore, Cody's cake has a peanut butter flavor with pecans for a garnish.  As I said before I doubt I'll hear any complaints. ;) I think the pecans might hold up better in the fridge.  Peanuts get slightly weird when chopped up and refrigerated, I've noticed.

Up next a baker's dozen, Cody-man!