Sad, sad news...

It brings tears to my eyes to even have to write this post. My sweet little Duke the dog is going to live in another home. He was the most perfect dog and would never hurt a fly...until this week. When Cash was a baby and just lying around on the floor, not doing much, Duke loved to come sniff him and maybe even give him a lick or two. But as Cash had gotten more mobile, Duke has gotten less friendly. The vet told me that Duke has now become threatened and jealous of Cash because they are about the same size and when Cash crawls he is eye level with Duke and this makes him jealous.

I have tried my best to keep them away from each other but this past Monday I wasn't able to keep them apart and Duke bit Cash on the face. Not a horrible bite, but it did draw blood and Cash was incredibly upset. So, I have to do what I have to do. I don't want to get rid of Duke, but I will not take an unecessary risk of it possibly happening again.

I will really miss Duke...

Love,

E

Cash's injuries after he calmed down and I wiped the blood away...

"The Hangover 2" casting call?

Not quite, but maybe he could have a future...

My sweet chubby Valentine...

Our first Valentines day together was very sweet but very brief. I didn't get home from school until around 5. I gave you your presents and it melted my heart because you got the biggest smile on your face when I handed them to you. You didn't care so much for the book, but I want you to know that is one of my favorite books to read when I was younger. The dino on the other hand... was a success. You loved "Rex" as we have so appropriately named him. You love to eat his tail and you really love when Mama pretends to be a dinosaur and roars like Rex.

I love you and I loved our first Valentine's Day together.

Love,

Mom

6 month check up...

Daddy had to take Cash to his 6 month check up last week and it just about killed me. I hate seeing Cash cry when he gets his shots, but I love to be there to comfort him right after. His stats are as follows:

Weight: 18 pounds

Height: 28 inches

Waaaaayyyy ahead in his motor skills. Doc said she rarely sees babies his age grab their bottles and put them in the mouth and hold them all by themselves. He is also mastered crawling and is standing all the time and holding on to things and walking alongside them.

Takes big boy baths and splashes water everywhere. I don't so much mind right now because it is cute and funny but there will come a time when Cash will get "the look", I'm sure.

No teeth yet, but he is really getting some hair. Sometimes it looks brown. Sometimes it looks blonde. Sometimes it has a shade of red.

Apparently, Noah and I were starving Cash. He started waking up in the middle of the night screaming and it turns out the poor kid was starving. The dr told us to feed him 3-4 times a day of baby food. Oops.. sorry buddy!

So, you now eat all the time. You love fruit! Any flavor, it really doesn't matter. You don't mind veggies too much but you are not the biggest fan of peas still.

Love watching you grow little buddy! You are a pretty cool kid!

Love,

Mom

Duke vs North Carolina tonight....

Cash is ready...

A look back at how we got here...

I just thought it would be fun to take a look back and how this whole baby thing came to be. Don't worry, I'm not going to share any graphic details or pics. Geez, get your minds out of the gutter...

I'm thinking this may have been the night that started it all off. That's all I'm going to say about that.

This was the very first bump pic...

We moved into our new house...

The first concert Cash "attended", George Strait and Reba...

We celebrated our first wedding anniversary and Noah's 27th birthday...

My fabulous friends at school threw me a baby shower... man, I look tired...

This is my bump the day before we checked into the hospital...

The last night before Noah and I became parents...

Parents...

Love,

E

Shopping for a boy...

It's hard. I mean it's not like physically and emotionally hard or anything. But when you walk into a store and the left 85% of it is devoted to heavenly dresses and leggings and the tiniest little baby bikinis and the right 15% is left for the little dudes section, it becomes a challenge to find boy stuff. Let's face it. Boy stuff is just hard to finagle anyway. Nursery themes, names, clothes and so on...

I'm pretty sure Cash doesn't' care too much that he doesn't have equal rights in the clothing section of stores, but his mama cares (a little). So I have taken to the Internet to find my boy some clothes.

Here are a few little things that I have seen online that are just too cute for my little man.

These adorable sweaters and super-fly linen coat are from Children's Place and guess what...they are on sale!


These swim trunks are from Children's Place too! Too cute.

Linen shirts for the summer? Yes, please! Again, from Children's Place.

And these two little get-ups are from Baby Gap. If I weren't on a spending freeze my little man would already have all of these clothes.

And last but not least.... my absolute favorite brand of clothing. Axel and Hudson! They make pint size golf apparel that I am positive Cash will wear to the golf course when he is a little bit older. You just have to google Axel and Hudson to find all kinds of clothes. No particular one store to buy them from. Without further adieu...






I mean, come on! Can you not just imagine Cash money in these outfits out on the golf course with his daddy?? Or just walking around town for that matter. The hats...shirts...pants...onesies...oh my! They carry all of these cute outfits in a wide range of sizes.

Until next time! I am just going to go drool over how freaking cute all of this is.

Love,

E

P.S.

Don't get it twisted, I do a bulk of my shopping at second-hand stores! But everyone once in a while it is kinda nice to splurge :)

6 month old (already)...

Cash turned 6 months old last Tuesday (sniff, sniff). My little butterball is growing up so fast. You hear everyone tell you they will and you nod your head, as if to say "I know". But you truly have no idea until they are here and growing up at warp speed before your very eyes.

He has his doctors appointment Monday so his "official statistics" will be posted when we know the damage :)

Things he's doing...

• Crawling EVERYWHERE. No place is off limits and the more you tell him "No!", the more he wants to go there. Typical kid.
• Pulling up to stand on anything he can get his hands on. He pulls himself up on toys, furniture, people, and his crib (which we had to lower because he was hanging over. Yikes!)
• Eating fruit now that we have gone through all of the veggies. I must say though, he is not a big fan of eating baby food. He would much prefer to eat off of big people's plates. He gags most of the time when we feed him baby food, but we are still working on it.
• Says "Dadada" and "Bababa". Not sure he knows exactly what he is saying yet, but still pretty cute just to listen to him babble. He's not saying "mama" yet, but we are avidly working on that.
• Chases Duke the dog around the entire house and bugs him to death.
• Still hasn't cut any teeth yet, but you can feel a little bump on the bottom where one is trying to come in.
• Laughs constantly
• Loves to be held and to give kisses, however sloppy they may be.
• Has started the horrible habit of waking up a couple of times a night and crying for an hour or two. We go in there and check on him and change him and then put him right back in bed. He has been crying less and less so he is learning to put himself back to sleep again.
• Still loves being naked. Literally one of his favorite things. But word on the street is that some other little blonde-haired, blue-eyes beauty enjoyed baring it all when she was younger (maybe it's genetic?)
• Wearing 6-9 month clothes but is making his way more toward the 9-12 month section. Although, he is rocking some 12 month clothes but he looks a little like a gangster when he wears them.

I'm sure there is more, but at 6:30 in the morning that is all that I can come up with right now.

Love,

E

My little Stevie Wonder...

Our amazingly sweet neighbors brought Cash some toys that their little girl, Ellie. had outgrown. They gave him a Baby Einstein piano and a Baby Einstein toy that has a calculator, piano, cell phone and computer on it. Both of the toys were the kind that Cash has to stand up to play. And that is just fine with him because he has been pulling up on anything he can get his hands on and standing up for 5-10 minutes at a time to play. He loves those toys!

Here he was before a diaper change...

After the diaper change I turned around for about 20 seconds to throw the diaper away and this is what I turned back around to. Quick little kid...

Love,

E

Baby's first snow...

Cash's first snow came with furry! It was about 8 inches worth and unfortunately he didn't get to play in it. I mean, I would have let him but the 1 degree wind chill just didn't seem like the right temperature to let him play in. If I did he would probably have frozen his little peanuts off and I would win "Mom-of-the-year".

Here he is enjoying the snow from the comforts of his own home!

I love this kid.

Love,

E