Funny Stories

Just a couple of funny stories from Johnny:
1)  I picked up Johnny from his babysitter one day and told him that Daddy wouldn't be home that night.  He said "OK.  We'll play nice things tonight that Mommy likes to play" which I said sounded great.  When we got home, he said "Let's play house.  I'll be the Daddy and you be the baby.  Now....pretend you're a baby that likes to play girl AND boy things and let's play superheros!"  LOL  His little mind never ceases to amaze me. 
2)  I put Johnny in a time out for not listening one night and when it was over he said "Mommy, sometimes I think you're not so nice.  But try not to worry about it too much."  Believe me...I wasn't worried!  ; )
3)  Paul was in Chicago for work yesterday and stayed w/a friend so Johnny told me he was sad that Daddy wasn't there to give him a hug & kiss at bedtime.  I told Johnny that he could call him to talk to him and here is the conversation:
JR "Hi Daddy!  It's Johnny.  Ummmm....do you have time for a hug & kiss so I can go night night?
Paul "Well I'm not there but I love you buddy"
JR "Oooohhh....well, I'm gonna need some apologies for that!"  I was laughing so hard.  Never heard him use that word before and he used it correctly!  This child basically demands to be the one in charge.  Or at least think he is!  ; )

Baby BOY Rodeen #2!

We found out in October that we are expecting baby #2 and found out this week that it's another BOY!  We could not be happier to have a house full of Rodeen boys : )  When we told Johnny that he was going to be a big brother, he was very excited and automatically started talking about having a baby brother.  His exact wording was "When will my baby boy be here?"  Too funny.  We have had to remind him several times that it could be a sister but he pretty much refused to entertain that idea.  We told Johnny this morning that he will definitely be getting a baby brother and he was very happy!  He had a huge smile on his face.  Paul told him that Mommy & Daddy found out that it's a boy in Mommy's belly and his face lit up, pulled up my shirt to look at my belly, and said "And what does his hair look like?"  LOL!!!!  We both just laughed and said that maybe he would look just like his big brother!  He really just sat with a smile on his face and could tell the wheels were spinning in that little head of his : )  Then he started talking about naming him.  He was "spelling" all sorts of names.  By that, I mean naming off letters in any random order that he could think of them, asking us to tell us what he "spelled", and then saying that was a good name.  He did tell us that we had to name him a boy name, not a girl name.  Glad he cleared that up for us ; )  Finally I showed him ultrasound pictures to see if he could make out the baby in the picture.  He just looked at the profile picture and said "That's a nice picture of the baby, Mommy, but I don't see it"  At least he's polite I guess ; )  Paul's reply was, "Well now you know why we don't know what color of hair he has yet!"   I'm pretty sure that I can look forward to a house full of jokes and laughs for many years to come with 3 Rodeen boys in the house!  And I'm looking forward to every minute of it : )

Professional Pics

Johnny had his 3 year old pictures taken in September. So handsome! : )
 

Halloween

Johnny was Bumblebee Transformer for his Halloween party at preschool and was  Batman for trick-or-treating.  We walked in the parade that is downtown Paxton and the kids get candy at the businesses.  Johnny's Batman costume was actually Paul's costume from when he was 3 or 4 years old that his Mom had kept all of these years.  Too cute!!! 

Starved Rock

We went to a waterpark at Starved Rock and stayed in a cabin with the Conovers, Haas', and Swan's  for a weekend in November.  The cabin worked out great so all the kids could play together and the adults could hang out.  It was a really fun and relaxing weekend!

Johnny & Kenzie dancing after dinner

 Johnny & Jacob on the train to go to the waterpark

Movie time!

Random Nights Out

Just a few pics to show that Paul & I still get out every once in a while!  ; )  Quite a bit actually with the help of all 3 grandparents who live near.  We are so thankful for them!!!

Party at the Country Club

Dave's 40th Bday Party

 McGladrey Reunion

 Night out in Chicago when Kate & Ken were home

 Illini Tailgating

Chicago

We took a weekend trip to Chicago in August and went to Navy Pier to walk around and go on a boat ride, to the Children's Museum, out to dinner to the Rainforest Cafe with the Conover's, and to North Avenue Beach.  Think when we go again, we'll just go spend the day at the beach because Johnny loved it there!  Everything was fun, though!  Johnny got to ride in his 1st taxi and he thought he was big stuff : )  It was also his 1st boat ride so that was fun.