Monday

Saturday: Cody and I got up pretty early and were excited to find out my dad was feeling well enough to come up.  We hung around the apartment not really doing much of anything.  My parents arrived around 11:30.  Cody was SO excited to see them and even more excited about the fun surprises they brought for him.  I managed to get Cody to eat some lunch before we headed off to Zoo Atlanta.  Cody had so much fun at the zoo, but couldn't be bothered to stop too long to look at the animals. Ha! He examined his map and decided he wanted to see the pandas. He got there, took one look at the real pandas, and said "now let's get a stuffed panda!" It's all about the gift shop, really.  I was proud of him for riding the train, since it had some loud and "scary" moments.  He got really tired and hungry as the day went on and that equals GROUCHY! But it was ok and we made it back to the apartment without any terrible meltdowns. 

 We decompressed at the apartment for awhile, then headed out to Phipps to take Cody to Build-a-Bear! We were not expecting them to have Paw Patrol "bears" but as soon as he saw them, we knew we were getting Chase! Cody took almost all the "upgrades" available and walked out with his very own Chase, complete with Birth Certificate. His second favorite part of Phipps was riding his first escalator! 

Saturday night my parents took Cody to stay with them at the Omni downtown.  Cody was delirious when we left the mall, so it was no surprise that he fell asleep in the car and didn't really wake up until the next morning.  

My parents claimed they would be bringing him back to the apartment Sunday morning and would bring bagels for breakfast, but they didn't arrive until after 11, so it was more like brunch!  They left soon after.  Cody was sad to see them go and later said he wanted to go with Boss and CC.  My favorite part of Sunday was convincing Cody to watch movies all day rather than Fizzy Fun Toys! We watched Frozen, Curious George (the movie), Toy Story 3, and Charlotte's Web.  Cody slept through most of Frozen and lost interest in Charlotte's Web, but it was still better than FFT.  

Monday: Today was pretty "normal." Shout out to Ed Lyon for visiting me at the Marcus Center this morning and bringing two boxes of "monkey yogurt" for Cody! He even got a tour and insider's view of "food school" and it was nice to see a familiar face for a few minutes.  Today they added peaches and apple cinnamon oatmeal to Cody's food rotation.  From what I saw and heard, Cody did really well with the additions.  I didn't stay for the end of his last "meal" because it was going well while I was there.  So I was surprised to hear that Cody threw up a little while I was gone.  I'm not at all sure about what happened, because he hasn't been gagging on the food or anything.  I'm sure we'll talk more about this tomorrow, since it happened right at the end of the day.  The nutritionist came by this morning and asked me not to give Cody any additional snacks this morning between breakfast and lunch.  He already eats breakfast before he leaves the house, then has his breakfast session at 8:45 and snack session at 10:15.  They feel like he is now getting a large enough amount of food there to cut out an additional snack of "safe foods" between sessions.  Cody didn't ask for anything until 5 minutes before his snack session, so I was able to put him off.  There's no update yet on when I'll be trained and when he'll start eating new foods at home.  I hope they give me plenty of time to prepare, because I will need at least one blender!  

This morning John and I were talking about him coming to Atlanta this Friday with Cole.  He was planning to leave before lunch, so that he could beat the traffic getting here.  Unfortunately, I don't think that plan is going to work, because he remembered he has something going on with the band on Friday.  So... we'll see.  

After "school" today Cody and I went to Publix.  He refused to ride in the buggy, so it took 20 times longer.  I decided that grocery delivery might be worth the extra money after all. BUT he did look super cute pushing the buggy, so there's that...

For all those worried about my dad and Cole- both of them are feeling ok.  They haven't found the cause of what's going on with my dad.  He'll need more testing.  Cole has been with my mom since yesterday afternoon, because his babysitter took off for President's Day.  Grady Co Schools were not out, so John needed a babysitter.  Mom says he doesn't have a fever anymore and has been playing much more today.  He'll be back at daycare tomorrow.  

Have a great evening!