Old Glory

My mom subscribes to Lowe's crafting magazine.  In it, they had this really cute craft for decorating an old shutter as an American flag.  Of course, I had to do it.  Mom just happened to have some old shutters laying around, so in exchange for giving me one of her shutters, I told her I'd repurpose one for her as well.  They turned out really cute, but I don't intend to make anymore.  Painting each of those individual slats turned out to be more of a hassle than I imagined.  Yikes!

Check Up

Well, I took Cash for his "2 month" shots and check up yesterday (6/13).  I put that in quotes because he was technically not 2 months, but rather 11 weeks.  The front desk lady scheduling the appointment was not very cooperative in making it at 2 months.  I guess it wasn't THAT important that it be exactly 2 months?  Regardless, he did great.  He happened to be hungry at the same time the shots were being administered so I was able to calm him down really quick by giving him a bottle immediately.  This made him forget all about the pain.  He's such a good little guy.  Speaking of little, he was 10 lbs., 12 ounces and 21.5 inches (I can't believe that some babies are born at this size and Cash is this size at 11 weeks!!!).  This put him in the 10th percentile for height and weight.  He's little.  poor thing.  I hope he doesn't stay so little or he will have a hard time getting a girlfriend.

His First Dip...

...in the pool that is! And he LOVED it!  Oma and I took him to the pool on Sunday and he was not happy until we got his little tootsies wet.  The farther we got him into the water, the happier he got.  Once he started getting hungry, he got fussy (of course).  Took him out, filled his tummy and put him back in.  For a good 20 minutes we chugged him around doing "motorboat" - getting nothing but smiles - and floated on his back for about 4 nursery rhymes.  He was totally happy.  Until he had had enough.  Now, let me back up a bit, Leslie (Oma) used to own a swim school, so she is going to be our swim teacher - and a darn good one at that!!

People keep asking if he is wearing floaties - NO.  That's a UV shirt... that's just a little too big for him :)

I took him back on Wednesday with my friend Bobbie at her neighborhood pool.  This time I put him under water a few times also.  Still loving it!  Can't wait to get him back in again tomorrow and this weekend!  

Maci Blake Phillips

Maci was born on 5/23/12; Cash's 2 month-day. We all missed the birth! Mom, Dad and I were at Danielle and Matt's house with Matt's mom, Jane, and Aubrey since they had to be at the hospital so early for the induction. Matt was keeping us updated with her dilation and we had all agreed that we would head to the hospital when Danielle got to an 8. He told us she was at a 7, so we all started getting everything together and ready to go, waiting for the message saying she was an 8 and all of a sudden the next message was "SHE'S HERE!! - it all happened so fast!!" We were so bummed. It was taking soooo long to get to the 7, too. We just knew we'd have plenty of time. Looking back, it went pretty fast for the later stages with Aubrey also, but the final stages of this pregnancy were SO. MUCH. DIFFERENT. than with Aubrey, we just had a hard time comparing the two. Ah well. We ended up with a beautiful baby and a healthy momma and baby! Lots of snuggle time!

 Maci was long and lean! 6 lbs, 8 oz. and 20 inches with a head full of dark brown, wavy-ish hair! She has long, skinny arms and legs and fingers and toes. She's just beautiful.

2 months

Well, we were in Tulsa for Maci's birth when Cash was 2 months. He traveled so well considering he was stuck in a carseat for 9 hours. His trip up there was much better than back, but he did fabulous both ways in my opinion. He only fussed the last hour on the way home. Turns out Maci was born on Cash's 2 month-day. I SHOULDN'T have a hard time remembering her birthday. However, I may end up having a harder time remembering this than I think.

 Cash was 10 lbs, 6 oz and 23 inches when we weighed and measured him at home this day. So he is growing good! He is such a good baby! He's sleeping pretty much through the night, most nights and only wakes up once on the nights that he doesn't sleep all the way through. He doesn't fuss much, considering he has some tummy troubles. We really have been blessed with him.

Meet Jill

We have another new addition! Her name is Jill and she is the friendliest, love-iest yellow lab puppy. She is 11 weeks old and we couldn't be more excited to have her join our family.

Here, Jill was 10 days old when we went to pick her out. Turns out we ended up with the alpha/"pick of the litter," so she ended up being a great pick! :)

Here she is today at 11 weeks old. She is MOSTLY house-broken, but still has a few accidents here and there. She's such a sweetheart. Now, the reason we got her: The week before Christmas, Trey was working outside and had big Zoe out with him. He got side-tracked in his project and forgot she was out with him, all the while something, probably some sort of bird or squirrel, "lured" her away (which was VERY uncommon) and she lost her way home. By the time he realized she was missing and started calling for her to come back, a couple hours later, he was unable to find her. We called and called and she never returned. We posted signs that evening and continued looking. The next morning we went to emergency vet clinics to see if anyone had turned her in or called them about a lost dog. We found her. She had been hit by a car and killed. We were both torn apart and Trey knew the only way he could replace the hole in his heart would be to get another dog just like her. So he contacted the trainer that helped him with Zoe about getting one and he led us to Jill's breeder and here we are today. We still have bad days and miss her tremendously, but we are healing. Here's Zoe:

And, of course, here's a 6 week photo of Cash...strrrreeeetccching!! :)

1 month! {errr 5.5 weeks}

I had every intention of ordering these cute little monthly progression stickers you put on onesies to take a picture each month to gauge growth - but I just never got around to it. Mostly because I couldn't make up my mind as to which set I wanted to buy. Luckily my sister saved me from myself and bought some for me, a little late, but nonetheless, she came to my rescue!! So, here is Cash's "one month" picture - at 5.5 weeks! I promise I will do them on time going forward. I'm also posting a picture from a little photo session we had in my living room of my niece, Kaila, and Cash. Oma wanted to get a good picture of both her grandbabies to keep on her phone, so I decided to try and get a good one as well. I only had to take 100 pictures to get it, but alas, I did! And Kaila finally had enough photos! She said "NO MORE PICTURES!!!!"