Life with Cash!

2010-11-27T14:16:00.000-08:00

Cash turned ONE on November 11th, and we had a Birthday party for him at our house on the 13th. He had a lot of fun! I was afraid he would get overwhelmed, but he didn't. He looooves attention!

(The pictures are not in order at all, sorry!)

Eating some lunch!

Lots of food!

Birthday Boy's highchair!

More food!

Water and ice

Sweet Tea and Lemonade

The Birthday Boy!!

Cupcakes!!

2010-11-07T08:51:00.000-08:00

2010-10-31T16:04:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween!

Cowboy Cash!

2010-10-19T13:30:00.000-07:00

His monthly pictures are getting harder to take! I'm glad we only have one left!!

It's a doggie door, not a baby door!

Giving "the look" while pretending to drive the car!

Waiting for his dinner!

2010-10-19T13:25:00.000-07:00

Playing with his cousin Sara in Great Grandpa's new apartment!

We went to the new children's museum, and this little boy was "casting a spell" on Cash! It was really funny.

Making silly faces in the sand box at the children's museum.

2010-10-19T13:20:00.000-07:00

First Birthday Party preview!

Cupcake sticks!

Invitations are stamped, sealed, and in the mail!
(ignore the blacked out address)

Invitations!

2010-09-19T15:21:00.000-07:00

My Mom tried to take a picture of all three of us. Cash never stops moving though, so this was the best we got!

We went to lunch at Chili's and Cash ordered off the kids menu for the first time! He got a grilled cheese and ate almost the whole thing! He also had a cup of water which he wasn't sure about because he's not used to having it so cold.

2010-09-19T15:11:00.000-07:00

Watching the dogs play in the backyard.

Looking at a book! We go to the library pretty often to check at books, most of the time he just wants to eat the books, but occasionally he'll look at them =)

Always acting silly!

2010-09-13T12:03:00.000-07:00

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2010-08-29T15:20:00.000-07:00

We got a new bookcase.

Cash likes it!

2010-08-29T15:12:00.000-07:00

Cash is pulling up on E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!

2010-08-29T15:10:00.000-07:00

2010-08-11T16:52:00.000-07:00

Cash climbed under the coffee table at my parent's house!

2010-08-11T12:50:00.000-07:00

Nine months IN, and nine months OUT!

I know I say it every month, but its so hard to believe its already been nine whole months. Nine months took FOREVER to go by when I was pregnant. Now that he's here, it has really just been flying by! In just three short months my little baby will be a TODDLER! That just seems so crazy! I am officially in birthday party mode, making decorations, and planning everything. Its more stressful then wedding planning!

This is what the majority of the nine months pictures looked like! Its so hard to get him to sit still AND smile! lol.

Cash has figured out how to climb down the step into the living room and he loves it! He sits by the back door and bangs on the window and yells every time he sees the dogs playing. Its really sweet.

He's still only army crawling, he tries to crawl the regular way and then quickly gives up when he realizes he could get to what he wants much faster by army crawling. He's pulling up constantly, but unfortunately he really only wants to pull up on us, which leads to very sore arms! He's sorta started pulling up on furniture in the past few days, but he's still a little shaky. He took a fall yesterday, which lead to both of us crying! I felt so bad for him. Though I know there will be plenty more falls through out his life so I need to try and relax!

2010-08-11T12:14:00.000-07:00

Cash went in the pool for the first time while we were on vacation in Fernandina! He seemed to like it!

He fell asleep near the end, he was using my Mom's sunglasses as a pacifer. It was really sweet.

This picture makes me laugh!

2010-08-11T12:03:00.000-07:00

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Cousin Alfie!

Cash and his cousin Mina!

Cash and his Great Grandpa!

Cash and his Great Great Eloise!

Cash's 1st trip to the beach!

2010-08-04T14:38:00.000-07:00

We're on vacation! Every year my family gets a beach house on Amelia Island, so we were very excited to bring Cash this year!

He was very interested in the water! He didn't take his eyes off the waves, and enjoyed pushing his little toes into the sand.

Cash with his Granny and all his cousins! He really likes watching the kids run around, and they seem to really enjoy him as well!

Tomorrow we're going to take him to the pool for the first time! I think he'll really enjoy that as well.

2010-07-22T14:55:00.000-07:00

2010-07-22T14:33:00.000-07:00

I don't think I've ever talked about how cloth diapering was going for us, so here goes!

It's AWESOME!

Most definitely one of the best parenting decision we've made (that and breastfeeding, making our own baby food, and a side carred crib! But that's a whole different post!)

Here's our little set-up!

Diapers in the top drawer, Cash's clothes in the second, sheets and what not in the third.

We keep dirty diapers in the lidded trash can next to the dresser. Its lined with a wet bag and contains any smells! We change Cash on the bed (Its right in front of the dresser), which I think we will soon be changing him on the floor! He flips and squirms and crawls! He is everywhere!

Here's our diapers! Well most of them, some are dirty or being worn!

We have a variety of bumGenius, Fuzzi Bunz, Blueberry Minkies, Flips, and Knickernappies! All One Size, so they should work for us until Cash is no longer in diapers.

Here is the basket on top of the dresser, we got this at one of baby showers and its really been nice. We use cloth wipes that I recently made, but before making cute ones, we were just using squares of t-shirt material that I had cut out when I was pregnant. Both work well! We spray the wipes with a diluted mix of California Baby Diaper Area Wash.

Not only does Cash like to wear the diapers, he also enjoys eating them! Only when they are clean of course =)

2010-07-22T14:22:00.000-07:00

Top (from left to right): Sweet Potatoes and Pasta with Peaches and Cottage Cheese

Quinoa and Green Beans with Mangos and Plain Whole Milk Yogurt

Beets and Quinoa with Bananas and Plain Whole Milk Yogurt

Bottom (from left to right): Pears and Plain Whole Milk Yogurt with Carrots and Pasta

Mangos and Plain Whole Milk Yogurt with Pasta and Cheddar Cheese Sauce

Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal with Bananas

2010-07-22T14:13:00.000-07:00

2010-07-22T14:09:00.000-07:00

Yup, I met Tori Spelling!!!

Sean, Cash, and I went to her book signing at a local Barnes & Noble. It was super awesome to meet her! We met her best friend Mehran Farhat too!

2010-07-22T14:03:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry for the lack of updates, we cancelled our cable and internet. Its actually been very nice not having either, but I'm sure eventually we will get internet back.

2010-07-22T14:01:00.000-07:00

Always into something! haha

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Sean was supposed to be putting Cash to bed, but instead he was building pillow walls for Cash to climb over!

2010-07-02T09:28:00.000-07:00

We went to Rita's the other day, and Cash was fascinated with their tables! He kept touching them and trying to pick at the design. It was really cute.

Cash's attempt at crawling, and his newfound lip smacking! He can also click his tongue now, but he doesn't do it in this video.

2010-06-29T11:34:00.000-07:00

Maybe having four dogs has got him a little confused!

"Am I baby or a dog? Hmmm."

2010-06-29T11:31:00.000-07:00

He's still trying very hard to crawl! I'm not sure if he's going to crawl first or stand up first, haha.

2010-06-29T11:27:00.000-07:00

Cash has TWO teeth now! So far teething as been a breeze, he doesn't seem to be bothered by it at all just yet. If anything its just made him even more silly! His top gums are looking pretty swollen, so I think its only a matter of time before his two front teeth pop through.

2010-06-29T11:25:00.000-07:00

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We have three cats and four dogs (yea...I know!) and Cash loves watching them. He tries so hard to pet them, but most of them won't even go near him! Henry however lays next to Cash every chance he gets and Cash LOVES it! He gets the biggest smile on his face when he realizes Henry is close enough for him to touch. Poor Henry though, Cash's version of petting is not so nice! Cash smacks at him, pulls his hair, pinches his skin, and most recently slobbers on his face! Henry just sits patiently and deals with it, its really sweet.

2010-06-29T11:13:00.000-07:00

Cash has discovered where we keep his toys and now pulls out each bin and takes out the toys he wants. Usually he wants ALL of them! He ends up surrounded by toys and has a hard time moving around! Now if he could just learn to put them back! haha

I love watching him go through the bins, it really seems as though he knows what he's looking for. Its so cute to see him toss the toys over his shoulder as he empties out each toy bin.

2010-06-20T14:43:00.000-07:00

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I recently got a sewing machine and have been having a lot of fun learning how to use it. I made Cash a bunch of cloth wipes, one side is cotton and the other terry. They work so much better then the one sided tshirt material wipes that we've been using. I also made a pillow which I'm pretty proud of. I can't wait to sew more! I'm also having a lot of fun organizing my new sewing/craft desk.

2010-06-20T14:01:00.000-07:00

My Dad had a trunk show at Wiregrass so Cash, Sean, and I went to see him. He won a trophy (but doesn't he always?!) so it was fun to see him walk up in front of everyone to get it. He took Cash up with him, and Cash was pretty interested in the trophy.

Cash wearing my Dad's friend Burt's sunglasses!

2010-06-20T13:00:00.000-07:00

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Sean bought me my dream diaper bag, a Storksak Emily, for Mother's Day! I looove it!

Cash can now spin himself around completely, its really cute, but man is he FAST!

2010-06-20T12:14:00.000-07:00

I give Cash a few ounces of water in a sippy cup when he has solids. He really loves it, and it really getting the hang of doing the sippy cup on his own.

We got Cash some Happy Baby Organic Puffs to try. I'm not really crazy about giving him a bunch of processed snacks, but these are organic and have waaaay less sugar and other crap in them then the other brands of Puffs. I figure a few here and there won't hurt, and they will help him learn to pick up foods with his fingers.

He wasn't really sure about them in the beginning!

I think he likes them =)

2010-06-20T12:05:00.000-07:00

We do not have the internet right now, which I will admit is actually kind of nice! Within the next month I think we will be getting it turned back on, so until then updates will be few and far between (sorry Mom and Dad!) I have a TON of pictures to post now though, and will try to update again next week from my parent's house.

While we've been without internet Cash got another tooth and is now very very close to crawling! While both these milestones are quite exciting it makes me a little sad to see him growing up so fast =/ Though I do look forward to all the firsts and adventures that will come as he grows up, its hard to see my tiny eight pound baby grow into a little boy. I love every second that I spend with him! He's an awesome baby, so content and happy all the time. *Sigh* Now I'm going to cry, haha =)

2010-05-31T15:24:00.000-07:00

Cash and I are really enjoying our flowers =)

He sits in the Bumbo every morning and watches me water them.

Exciting news!

Cash is getting his first tooth!!!

Its one of the bottom front teeth, I noticed it two days ago when he was in the bath tub.

2010-05-31T15:18:00.000-07:00

My Mom gave me a gift certificate to Nelle & Lizzy for Christmas and I finally got something with it! I had a hard time deciding, and then I sorta forgot about it. Its a necklace with a little charm that is hand stamped to say Cash, then a tiny peace sign charm, and a tiny charm with Cash's birthstone. It was beautiful packaged, I was very impressed!

2010-05-26T18:52:00.000-07:00

Sean's Mom and brother recently moved to Tampa, so we went to see their new place yesterday!

Sean, Sean's Mom, Sean's brother Max, and Cash

Cash and his Grandma!

Cash and Buddy =)

Cash playing with his Grandma

2010-05-26T18:51:00.001-07:00

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2010-05-26T18:46:00.000-07:00

We planted flowers in the front yard! It was hard work, but a lot of fun! I'm so happy with how it turned out. We just need to get some more mulch and it'll be all finished!

2010-05-26T18:43:00.000-07:00

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2010-05-18T16:43:00.000-07:00

I've realized that I have very little photos of Cash and I, because I'm always the one taking the pictures. I'm going to try very hard to start getting more pictures of us together!

Cash and I go to the mall just about everyday to see Sean during his break. Sometimes we eat, sometimes we just walk around. Its getting MUCH harder to eat with Cash around as he wants to grab everything!

2010-05-18T16:38:00.000-07:00

My Mom and I went to pick blueberries over the weekend, so I made Cash blueberry puree! I mixed it with a little oatmeal though because the flavor seemed a little strong. He really liked them!

Mmm blueberries!

2010-05-18T16:08:00.000-07:00

Cash got to meet his Great Great Grandpa last weekend! Grandpa Sweeney really seemed to like Cash, he was smiling the whole time we were visiting. Though that isn't really anything new for him, he always seems so happy anytime we see him. I hope Cash has the chance to meet him when he's older and is able to remember things, because Grandpa Sweeney really is a great man!

Cash and his Great Great Grandpa meeting for the first time!

Cash wearing his Great Great Grandpa's hat! Notice how my Dad did NOT get Grandpa Sweeney's genes when it comes to hair, hahaha.

Five Generations!

GG (Great Grandma Jane) and me, err, Cash! He looks just like me when I was a baby! Its so weird!

Cash, Great Great Grandpa, and Grampy!

2010-05-17T07:46:00.000-07:00

Cash is getting so good at picking up his toys. He's a lot of fun to watch =)

This is Cash's You better stop taking my picture NOW or I'm going to freak out face!

Cash and Sean on his six month birthday! We went to Daily Eats for lunch! YUM! That is my new favorite place to eat.

2010-05-17T07:38:00.000-07:00

2010-05-14T18:53:00.000-07:00

ANOTHER video of the first time Cash ate solids!

2010-05-14T17:15:00.001-07:00

Another video of Cash's first time eating solids!

2010-05-14T17:09:00.000-07:00

A video of Cash's first time eating solids!

2010-05-14T16:23:00.000-07:00

Cash hanging out in his high chair after the first time he ate solids!

2010-05-14T16:05:00.000-07:00

My Mom bought Cash a Raspberry teether a few weeks ago and he really loves it! This was on our way home from Fernandina.

Swinging!

2010-05-14T15:55:00.000-07:00

We took Cash to the park today and he swung in his first park swing! I only got a few seconds of it on video and then the camera shut off because the memory card was full. He seemed to enjoy it though! He kept his arm up by the side of his head the whole time which was cute, he looked very relaxed. He started falling asleep while he was swinging too!

2010-05-11T18:39:00.000-07:00

Six months already?!

On one hand it feels like Cash has been here forever, but on the other hand it honestly feels like just yesterday that he was born. I will say that these past six months have been the BEST six months of my entire life! He is AWESOME, and I feel so unbelievably lucky to be his Mom! I look forward to every single day with him =) The time needs to slow down though, he's growing up way to fast.

2010-05-11T13:11:00.000-07:00

(click to make it bigger!)

Cash is SIX MONTHS old today!!!

2010-05-10T13:56:00.000-07:00

Granny and Cash on Mother's Day!

2010-05-10T13:53:00.000-07:00

One of Cash's new favorite things is playing on the bed after his wakes up from his naps. He acts so silly and is always in an awesome mood when he gets up. Well, he's in a awesome mood pretty much ALWAYS, but he acts the silliest right when he wakes up.

2010-05-10T13:51:00.000-07:00

Cash rode in the shopping cart for the first time recently! He did so well! I thought we would need to put blankets on either side of him to help keep him up, but he did just fine without them. He really enjoys sitting up in the cart because he can look around better.

2010-05-10T13:50:00.000-07:00

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2010-05-09T18:40:00.000-07:00

Cash went on his first vacation! We went to Fernandina Beach during the Shrimp Festival. We had a lot of fun, and Cash did great! I was worried he'd be out of his routine because we were away from home, but it didn't phase him one bit.

Cash and his Great Great Aunt Eloise!

Cash and his Great Uncle John

(Or should I say, The Nineth Wonder!)

2010-05-09T18:33:00.001-07:00

As I said in my last post, we started Cash on solids! He LOVES it! Like really really loves it!

(You can click ALL the pictures to make the bigger)

Waiting to eat!

Waiting for his very first bite!

I think he likes it =)

So far he's had sweet potatoes, butternut squash, apples, and green beans. He's loved everything but the green beans. He ate all the beans, but fussed the entire time. I'm not sure if he was just fussy or if he just didn't like them, but we haven't tried again so we'll see.

2010-05-09T18:28:00.000-07:00

My parents bought me a Beaba Babycook for my Birthday! And just in time too, because Cash was really wanting to start solids! I had planned on waiting until he was six months old, but he was definitely ready so we decided to just start two weeks early!

The night before we started solids I made a big batch of sweet potatoes and butternut squash. The Beaba was so easy to use and it was a lot of fun! I've since made apples and green beans as well.

I took step by step pictures of the sweet potatoes for fun.

(You can click the picture to make it bigger!)

2010-05-09T18:27:00.000-07:00

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Hanging out on Granny and Grampy's bed!

(you can click the picture to make it bigger)

2010-05-09T18:23:00.000-07:00

He can sit up now!

2010-05-09T18:14:00.000-07:00

Our computer out of commission again!
Thank you Facebook for all the lovely viruses you've given our computer...UGH!
But now we're back!
(and I really won't be using Facebook on the computer this time, only on the iTouch!)

2010-04-22T19:37:00.000-07:00

Our computer isn't working very well right now. Its super slow and shuts down for no reason. I will try to post some more pictures when I go to my parent's house on Saturday!

2010-04-15T19:08:00.000-07:00

We took Cash to the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs. We couldn't have picked a better day, the weather was beautiful! Cash of course thought it was very exciting and slept pretty much the whole time! haha. He woke up as we were about to leave, so we were able to take some pictures.

On the way to Tarpon Springs, hanging out in his big boy seat!

It was super windy when we started taking pictures! Cash still looks sleepy =)

Hanging out with the Scuba Man!

He fell asleep with the book on his face. He loves that book! He kept holding it up in front of him like he was reading, it was really cute.

Bath time! lol. Cash kept standing up super straight, it was really funny.

2010-04-11T18:03:00.000-07:00

Grampy and Cash!

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Cash is five months old today! I can't believe how fast the time has gone by, its crazy.

2010-04-11T06:15:00.001-07:00

2010-04-07T19:00:00.000-07:00

Sean bought me a Bumbleride Flyer for my Birthday! Its an awesome stroller, I love it! We found it at a really nice used baby store in St. Pete and the price was way to good to pass up. It's in really really good condition too.

Cash likes to use the bumper bar as a foot rest!

The foot rest is completely adjustable, it reclines completely, the handle bar is adjustable, and you can move the handle bar so the baby looks at you while you're strolling. It has so many great features, I love it.

We also got Cash a sun hat for our zoo trips!

2010-04-07T18:57:00.000-07:00

Napping on the couch =)

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All dressed and ready for the zoo! He even wore his zoo themed outfit! (It's almost impossible to take pictures of him without his hands in his mouth now!)

Waiting in line for our Zoo Passes! My Mom bought us a year pass to the zoo for Easter =)

He liked looking at the goats! I need to remember to bring more quarters for goat food next time, he liked watching Sean and I feed the goats.

The goats trying to see if he had some food!

Bat Hugs! (You're supposed to flip the picture upside down so you look like a bat)

He was kicking his feet and smiling almost the whole time we were there, it was really cute! He learned how to squeal at the zoo, which was super cute and he kept doing it when we would laugh.

Only zoo complaint, no family bathrooms. So we just changed him on a bench that was in a quiet area.

Happy boy!

2010-04-02T18:59:00.000-07:00

I was starting to feel like Cash was sleeping better when we were not in the bed. He goes to sleep around 7pm and sleeps until about 11 or 12, which is when I usually go to bed. Once I'm in bed he wakes up more often and tosses and turns. I however am not ready for him to be in a different room as me! So we did the next best thing, side carred his crib to our bed! So its basically like a big co-sleeper. He has his space, we have ours, yet he's still only an arm's reach away. We are on night two of the side carred crib, and he's doing great! I am not! I slept half way in his crib last night and spent more time staring at him and checking on him then I did sleeping!

^ This is what it looks like ^

We took the front side of his crib off and bungeed his crib to the side of our bed. We have a loft style bed so there was a bit of a gap between our mattresses because of the side railing on our bed, so we bought a pool noodle and wrapped it in a blanket to fill the gap.

2010-04-02T18:53:00.000-07:00

Cash has been rolling over a ton! Its so cute when he does it. I haven't been able to catch it on video, but I'm trying!

2010-04-02T13:45:00.001-07:00

2010-03-30T13:42:00.000-07:00

I put together Cash's first Easter basket today! I wasn't going to do anything, because he really don't know or care right now, but I changed my mind! Most everything thats in it are things he won't use for awhile, but he will eventually.

What's inside:

- Sippy Cup

- Six Month Pacifiers

- Two t-shirts from The Children's Place

- Sassy Photo Book

- Bright Stars Crinkle Book

- Beaba Silicone Spoons (this is what I'm most excited about! I love them!)

I had so much fun putting it together! I can't wait until next year's basket, that one will be even more fun because he'll understand a little more.

2010-03-30T13:38:00.000-07:00

We made a little play corner for Cash! Its not completely done yet, but almost! We are getting two shelves to go above the chalkboard, we just haven't decided which shelves to get yet. And I still need to move his toys into the bins, but I'm holding off for a bit on that. We used to keep our dogs toys in there without the bins (they have WAY to many toys!) but we moved them to a bin on the other side of the room. I'm waiting until they get used to having their toys moved otherwise they will probably take Cash's toys! Sean also wants to put legs on the white shelf/storage thing which I'm undecided about. It used to be on wheels, which was nice. But wheels + a baby whos going to pulling up on things doesn't really go together well!

2010-03-30T13:36:00.000-07:00

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This time last year I found out I was pregnant! Its so hard to believe that it was an entire year ago, I remember it like it was just last week. It was a Sunday and Sean had gone to a baseball game with his Grandparents, and I was working at the kennel just Theresa and I. I had been feeling pretty sick for a week or two and had originally thought it was from something I had ate at a restaurant called Trang's (which to this day I still can't even think of Trang's without sorta feeling sick) but since the stomach pains had gone on for so long I realized it was probably something else. I had also started eating WAY more, yet never feeling full. Theresa and I joked that I had a tape worm, and even started googling the signs and symptoms of them. My period was also three weeks late, but I had just gotten married and helped my Mom plan our big reception a month after our wedding so I associated the lateness with stress. I texted Sean saying I wanted to go get a pregnancy test when we both got home, because while I was for sure I was not pregnant (Yes, I was obviously in complete denial) I wanted to be sure because something was obviously wrong. We went to Wal-Mart and come home and Sean started making dinner. I went into our bathroom and those two little pink lines showed up almost instantly and I said very loudly 'Oh my god' I sat in our room for a few minutes trying to figure out what to say to Sean, trying to figure out if I was scared or excited or both! I walked into the kitchen and he had the biggest smirky smile on his face and I knew I didn't need to say anything, he already knew. And as soon as I saw him any doubts or fears that I had went completely out the window. I knew he was excited. We were having a baby, we're were going to be parents. It may not have been planned, but I can tell you right now it was the best thing to ever happen to us. Cash is the most amazing little person I have ever met, and WE made that person. Its so amazing to think about.

2010-03-25T17:28:00.000-07:00

Cash makes that face everytime I put him in the bath tub!