10 things

lets see where do i start? i was tagged again by Katy to list ten things i love about my husband. These are not in any order!

1. He loves me no matter "what"

2. He is a born-again Christian

3. He is growing so much in his Christian walk!

4. He provides for his family

5. He makes me laugh

6. He's so handsome!!!

7. He's an awesome Daddy

his first day back to work, he stopped by at lunch to see his son.

8. He chose me to be his bride!

9. He's strong and "rugged". A hard-workin man!

10. He tells it like it is and doesn't sugar-coat it.

Our one-year anniversary is almost here! I've been eyeing that cake in the freezer a loooooong time...

I love the nightlife!

Cash--daytime hours...10 am-11 pm. Notice the content, half sleepy half awake look.
Cash--Midnight-6 am. Every night.

If i haven't mentioned before now...being a mom is HARD WORK! Cash and I are adjusting well I think. What i'm doing now is laying down with him to sleep whenever i get the chance. From 7pm-10pm we get some good naps and i'm really trying to take advantage of them. This way I am bright-eyed and bushy tailed when it's time to party!! woo hoo! Cash def runs things around here for Mom! Daddy is happy to get to go to work :O) I feel like every 5 minutes it's time to either change the diaper or feed. and feed. and feed. and feed...and change the diaper again. Sometimes he starts crying and he just wants to walk around! I'd just like to take this opportunity to applaud moms everywhere. Working moms, single moms, and moms that have more than one child. and any other mom i may have left out...I--being a NEW mom--now understand and appreciate all you do! To my own mom, thank you for all you do for me! For all the years you have loved me and supported me. I love you!

Meemaw--my mommy--and her favorite grandson!

Cash's first week

Aunt Katy
Aunt's Lindsey and Amber
Aunt Kate
sweet
Uncle Jon

Cash and I have been learning together how to feed him. NOT easy!! That has been the most frustrating thing...it took 8 days for my milk to "come in" so i thought Cash was starving. Oh no, the pediatrician said he's gaining too much weight. 2 oz a day since his first dr. visit? that must be a lot in baby terms. hopefully I don't overfeed him and he weighs 10 lbs on monday at his next checkup! I have had several cryfests over this baby. I know the hormones are all wacky right now but dang i didn't know i could cry like this. It's usually happy tears, just looking at my baby and i break down. it's the love i have for him, and these thoughts kinda run through my mind on a tape:

*"i can't believe you were IN me! it was this little foot here that was rolling around on my side!"

and

*"oh look at his little umbilical cord. that's the last evidence of us being connected..." (waaahhhh!)

yeah, stuff like that...

aside from crying, i have felt like a loser that has no clue how to take care of a baby. when do you put diaper rash stuff on? do i use powder? how do i give him a bath? thankfully my sister has been a nanny and knows how to care for newborns. she stayed with me all last sat. i'm ready for the day when i feel more like "me" again, when i feel like putting actual clothing on, and makeup. possibly take some pictures with my child? :O)

i've been tagged

ok real quick, cuz i wanna post some more pics of my new family....

Katy tagged me, to list "quirky" things about myself. lets see...
1. i don't care for spending the night at other's homes...or without Jon by my side. yeah, this one came to me thanks to Katy and Jess--and the never dying "i just wanna go home" lol
2. i cannot rest or relax if there is "stuff" lying around. example: we come home from the hospital with our new baby, i cannot go inside and rest until all the stuff is out of the car. and put away. well, i didn't get it all put away immediately...this was hard for me :O) if i go on vacation and have a suitcase or whatever i cannot sit down until the suitcase is unpacked and everything put away. i guess that's quirky?
3. i like to eat foods in order of what i like least to what i like best.
4. while on the food subject, i mix gravy and ketchup and dip stuff in it. french fries, chicken fried steak, etc...i don't know why that came to me just now...
5. i can remember too much useless information--i don't even do it on purpose! my brain just retains it. it's really good at remembering music---song titles, artists, albums, band members names....and movie lines. i can watch a movie one time and remember lines (maybe just one or two, but still!).
yeah, that's all i can think of....feel free to comment to remind me of other "quirks" i have! :O)

Cash

He's here! weighing in at 7 lbs, 3 oz, 20.5 inches long, born at 11:56 am on 8-11-08. He is amazing. Jon and i are so in love with him, it's indescribable! i hope to post more details later and pictures too...here's a few to start!

Come ON already Cash!

I'm tired of waiting! I know i am supposed to be enjoying this time, without a newborn. I have been, believe me it's been wonderful to be able to rest when i feel like it! I guess i'm just having "one of those days"...and honestly i'm getting nervous about actually going into labor! At my Dr appt yesterday there had been no change. 3 weeks in a row i have been "the same", so that was a little discouraging. I know, it doesn't even matter, because I could go into full blown labor at any moment now! My doctor actually said she wanted to schedule an induction, just to get it on the books. I do not want to be induced! Please pray that little Cash will make his arrival before we have to resort to that. When I made my next appt they did not say anything about scheduling the induction, and I didn't remind her. Was that wrong of me? :O) My next appt is on the 15th of August. Surely--SURELY--he will come before then?

Around the house

i am such a 'suzy homemaker'! i made these curtains for the kitchen window. i wanted green ones, of course, but all i saw when shopping were kicthen curtains with roosters or fruit all over them.i don't own a sewing machine, so i hand-sewed them! i even made hold-backs with the extra material. i took this close up pic so ya'll can see the pretty detail :O)



this would be an attempt at a flower garden. this photo clearly shows the reason they sell flowers already in bloom, easy for you to transport from pot to ground. these pictures show what happens when one plants flower seeds...

look verrrrrrrry close and you can see some purple in the midst of the weed-like jungle of greenery...

this is a sunflower that tried to take over the front of the house. i was going to dig it up, and started to, but the ground was too hard. so instead i just stepped on it and broke it, and attempted to chop it off at the ground. i wasn't able to do that either, so there ya go. we'll get it out later...
Jon laid 2 more pallets of "dead" grass! see the pretty green grass up front? it used to look like the newly lain (is that a word?) grass behind it. we're hoping it will take off and be pretty like the rest! Jon has worked so hard to get our yard looking good. He seems to "know" someone, or has a friend, who can do anything. He has a friend named Robbie who owns a grass company and that is where we get this supposedly dead grass. at a fraction of the cost! Robbie is coming over tomorrow to spray hydramulch on the front yard to fill it in. Way to go Jon, i'm so glad you have a green thumb! otherwise we'd still have rocks and dirt for a yard!