Saying Goodbye..

.. is hard to do! Since Cash was born, I let the baby swing become my crutch. When I was exhausted beyond belief, I relied heavily on the swing to sooth him to sleep. He loved it, so that's where he took his afternoon naps. After 5 months, and what seems like a zillion D sized Duracell's later.. the swing has swung it's last swing. I knew Cash was outgrowing it, and it wouldn't be long before we'd have to say ok, he's too big! But, having the swing go out on it's own terms works even better. It's a clean break.. cold turkey. Nap time has been moved to the crib. We started it last week, one day.. he took a good 4 hour nap in his crib.. I thought it was going to be smooth sailing, but I was wrong. The next days after that he was not down with sleeping in the crib while it was light outside. Sunday, he took a good long nap in is crib and is currently taking one in there now.. so hopefully, he is now becoming more adjusted.

Here are some pictures from the crib.. ones you've seen before.. and then the one of how my little chunk looks now! (and this picture was taken a few weeks ago!)

Premie Cash

I knew one day I would say this,

but I really can't believe he was ever that small

those premie pants were so huge on him!

I think this was probably 1 month old Cash

1 1/2 or 2 months?? Not sure :/

Whoa! Chunkster, who's been feeding you!

Lately, I've been letting Cash hang out in the house with out a shirt. He slobbers and spits up quit a bit these days.. and creating laundry is not something I prefer! Anyway, just wanted to point out he is shirtless, not naked :)

Recent Pictures

Granny, Aunt Clonda and Cash

on poker night.. too bad it's blurry

A boy with out a nap..

plays until he just can't take it anymore

"The Mi" love her to pieces

Thanks Aunt Erica & Uncle Jerry!

I love my new table!!

All dressed and ready for the pool party!

(I didn't get any pictures at the pool party,

maybe I can steal some from Facebook)

Fresh up from a nap!

Mom Art

I've been wanting paint something lately, and Cash has always had a bare wall in his room.. my first idea was to paint the alphabets on different sized canvases, but then I nixed that idea because I just thought I might be biting off more than I could chew. So, I decided just to go with his name instead. I got large, 16x 20, canvases.. then put my ideas on paper.. after that I just started painting. Of course, the images in my head didn't look exactly like this.. but, I think they turned out pretty well. They are definitely colorful, and Cash always notices them. No more bare wall!

P.S. I know the H is probably going to be cut off, but that's ok.. that one is my least favorite anyway!

5 months

Cashy is already 5 months!

Big Smiles!

Washer Tournament

Our friend's, Tamara & Herd, hosted a Pitchin' Washers Tournament at their house. They have one the biggest, shadiest backyards I have ever been in.. it's the perfect place to host a party of any kind. We got our washer set through a friend of Tamara's, so we've been practicing.. I don't think it really mattered how much practicing I did.. I'm still not very good. There were going to be 16 teams, all the teams were drawn randomly.. luckily, I got matched up with a girl who was on my level. I was hoping I didn't get put with a pro, that would be irritated with me by the end of the night. My partner and I actually did pretty good, we eliminated one team and then lost in the 3rd round. Diego's team didn't well, I think they lost in the semi finals. All in all, it was a good night of hanging out with friends and pitchin' washers!

The Players

Brad, Allison & I waiting for the games to start

Diego in action

Tamara

Reno in uniform

Allison

The big guy in the white shirt was on the winning team,

and happened to be my partners husband.

My partner is standing next to him in the pink shirt.

The Final Game

Taking Pictures

..of a four month old can be hard work! If you're just taking a random photo, it's not so bad. If you are trying to take a picture of a kid wearing something, doing something or next to something it's a whole other story! Two Sundays ago, we bought Cash this UT hat.. naturally, we wanted to get a picture of him wearing it..

Guess that's as good as it gets!