Bunny Pics?

I realize Easter is well past us. :) I also realized this morning I have a few minutes to spare, and I hadn't shared Cash's bunny pics! My sister the budding photographer took these. That is her bunny, Hermoine! My dad saw these pics and said "that bunny looks almost real." I said, it IS real dad! see how in every picture the bunny is in a different position...LOL!! He so silly.

In other news....

Cash is a quick crawler and he pulls up now! He's also trying to start the "crusing" phase. This is happening too fast!! He babbles "mama" "dada" "baba"...I'm pretty sure he doesn't put the words "with" us yet...most of the time he will say "dada" with me and vice-versa.

My job is going good, I work a lot and it's fun for the most part. Still learning new things! I don't have much news other than that...I'd like to give shout-outs to the following peeps:

brand new Baby Beau!

Baby Luke (expected arrival: sept 20th-ish)

Baby Finlei (ditto--see above lol)

Baby Hudson (expected....Oct? if memory serves?)

Liz's Baby Girl--Oprah??? ha! (due sept 20th-ishish lol)

Baby Boy Staub (due end of sept too!!)
Baby Davis--Don't know due date or what this one is?

Little One Alexander! He's waiting for his crew to come get him!

AND.....last but not least and I hope I'm not forgetting any.....Heidi and Jeff's baby...Zoie!! (I think that's right/spelled right?)

I probably sound like a broken record BUT.....I can't wait to hold the new babies!!! I told Jon while we were out to dinner that I had become "one of them. a mom." you know how we are...no matter where, no matter who's baby it is, whether we know the ppl or not...we are like "OMGOSH LOOK AT THE TINY BABY!!" and stare at the baby! Now I understand, and I'm so thankful that God gave Cash to us!

Where does the time go?

I know, i know, we all say it. "enjoy them now because they grow up SO fast." Where did that little bitty baby go? It was just (shy of) 9 months ago we brought him in our house for the first time, and we didn't know where to put him! LOL Jon was like "what do I do with him?" i was like, "I don't know? put him in the bedroom?" haha! I'm already thinking about his first birthday party!!? gee whiz! This boy is really getting around too. He semi-crawls and he's getting pretty fast at that. He is real good at sitting up. Sometimes it seems like he just wants to skip the crawling and stand up and walk around, like we do. For all my friends who are pregnant right now...I can't wait to meet the new little ones!!! I know you are all ready to meet them too, but I get to live vicariously through you all :) Cashy is excited to have new 'cousins' too! It won't be long, so hang in there! In case you missed an email from me, I entered Cash in the Parents magazine cover contest. Yes, he and 12 million other babies are entered. If he wins we go to NYC for a photo shoot (and it would just "happen" to be his birthday week!). I'll keep you all posted, it will be a while before we know if he makes the first round (of top 40?). What can I say, he's a dreamer already!

A late Easter post!

Here's a few cuties from Easter weekend! Some of you (or all...) have probably seen these pics already in the email I just sent out. But hey, gotta put pics on the blog. Always! :) I dyed and decorated the eggs....just cuz I wanted to! I think they are so pretty! Of course after I took the pics of Cash and his easter basket I made deviled eggs out of them.

Who came up with calling them "deviled eggs"?? does that even make sense?

Back to updates...

I am enjoying my job! or jobs? I have 2 bosses, and 3 locations I run around to. Thankfully all 3 places are on the same road, and Cash's daycare is in the middle of all! I can be to get him within 5 minutes. Or less! He has adjusted well, and I have too. I didn't even cry when I left him. Hard to believe? I know. :) I get to do fun stuff like: open mail, pay bills, inventory, call dell computers and stay on the phone for hours, make labels, set up meetings, etc! yeah, your basic "office-y" stuff!

oh yeah...and the earliest I've had to be at work was 9! sleeping later? that's always a plus! :)

Change is a comin'

So....tomorrow I start working for our friends Rustin and Michelle. Full time. doing what? not really sure. something computery/book-keepingish. yes i realize those aren't real words but my blog, my words :O) Cash is going to daycare. I'm ok with this, just kinda sad today thinking about it. I am so thankful I have had these 8 months to spend all day everyday with him!!! I'm also glad for the facts that Amber's little girl--Aubrey--goes there, and I know one of the workers. She, Amber, and the owner of the daycare all went to high school together. Here's some cutie pics of...

Cash and larger-than-life Pooh--easter present from MeeMaw

Bath-time Cash with mohawk a-la-shampoo!

Papaw Danny and Granny Robin

If you look close you can see my first 2 teeth!

Rainy Wednesday

Cash update time :) he's almost crawling? He rocks when I put him on his hands and knees, and he can go backwards but hasn't figured out the other way yet. His bottom two teeth are coming thru now, I can actually feel the tips. He weighs just under 22 lbs and he's 28 inches (maybe more by now!). He's now wearing 12 month in clothes.

I've had a lot of people on my mind in prayer. All the babies that are currently forming....Jessica's, Lindsey's, Kelly's, Lauren's, Cyndee's, Kate's, Liz's, Heidi's...(did i get them all? lol)...dear friends at church for tough stuff they are going thru, Jon's job (having layoffs), Jessica and Brandon (for actually going thru that at the moment).....and numerous others all run circles in my mind through the day! I'm so thankful for SO much. So blessed, so undeserving. I praise God that He is truly in control of all things, and that He is so gracious.

What do YOU do at 4 in the morning?

alright, so it's actually 5:15 now, but i've been up since....oh, 3:30 or so? Cash coughs constantly unless I hold him in an upright position. Which is what I'm doing at the moment so that he can sleep well! I can't really sleep either, since I have been coughing 24/7 for over a week. I have a Z-pack that I'm in the middle of but the cough seems to wanna stay. So to pass the time while awake at this crazy hour, I have been on myheritage.com playing with the celebrity look-alike feature. I have tried it with 4 different pictures and get Tara Reid on all of them. Ok, so minus her peircing blue eyes, I do see the facial structure resemblance. Kelly Clarkson came up one time, as did "the Rock" Dwayne Johnson. Sweet. I look like a boy. OH and Regis Philbin! HA! Others that were noted: Sara Evans, Debra Messing, Jessica Biel, Josie Maran, Carrie Underwood, Rebecca Gayheart, and a few actresses I've never heard of! Your thoughts please!

Me

Jessica Biel

Kelly Clarkson

Carrie Underwood

Tara Reid

Ear Infection fun!

So Stacy inspired me to write a blog about what we've been doing this week...since it falls along the lines of changing pediatricians. Cash got a cough and runny nose last week sometime. It continued along until Tues when i decided i guess i should go see the dr about this cough. I get in there and they pretty much couldn't wait to get me out. When Cash was born a friend told me she saw this same ped for her daughter but "didn't like him". I thought, "eh, he's good...we like him." so we continued. As we go along in his visits, i start noticing a trend. A trend of little to no information being given to me, the first-time-green mom. I know NOTHING. When Cash got his first shots, I didn't know he may not feel well, or may run a fever afterwards. They didn't tell me any of it! So Tues we go in there and he gets checked. The dr. looks in his ears and in his right ear i hear "yeah, this one's bad." So he proceeds to write me a RX and leave the room. I mean, if I hadn't asked a question or two I'm pretty sure he would have done just that! He was in much too big of a hurry to answer a phone call (personal at that....to a credit card company...yeah, i heard it!). I asked him (as he was writing the RX) "so....just give him the prescription and that will make it better?" (something along those lines). He responds with a slightly sarcastic "yeah that's the idea." whaaaaa???? the nerve! and I'm kinda like....in a haze, questions racing thru my mind, wanting more information! what is an ear infection? what causes it? what should i expect from the med? how long will it take? what do i DO??? as he's stepping (literally) out the door i quickly say "so....what IS an ear infection...i mean, what causes it?" he looked at me like "lady, seriously? i'm busy." and answered some non caring textbook answer and he was out. leaving me in the room, alone, wondering....am i finished? i immediately called a friend from church to ask her where her boys go and i'm looking for a new dr. Oh, guess what? it just so happens that she TOO had taken her boys from where i was and went somewhere else. hmmmm. that must tell us something! So I called her dr's office and got everything switched and set up for Cash to start seeing her next time. I wrote up 2 reviews on the old dr, just letting ppl know that maybe he's not the best for "first-time" moms, or ppl that generally want information and a caring touch. Last night Cash coughed and hacked all night. And this morn. And all day. I call the new dr office to ask if this is normal, will it just go away on it's own? They told me unfortunately i would have to talk to the dr that prescribed the antibiotic and see what to do. I call them, they say they will have to get back to me. They then tell me that i can give accuhist to Cash for his cough and drainage. OH! really? oh yeah, the dr. gave me that on Tues. maybe had he taken the time to explain it i would know what it was for, and not an "optional" thing to do. Had he said, give this to Cash every 6 hours, it will help with the runny nose, and cough....i would have been doing that since Tues. Maybe then i would not have been up at 2:30 am, then from 4:30-6?? ok, so i've totally vented. :O) thanks for reading, everyone! I'm looking forward to our "new" dr next time.