Lots of "firsts" last weekend...

This past weekend we took Cash to the park.  Minus the visit we took the week he was born, this was his first trip.  He actually got to participate this time, and he loved it!

it was extremely hot, and we forgot sunscreen, so we had to put a blanket in the swing and he had to wear daddy's hat!

he totally loved seeing the "baby" in the mirror!

He also came home from daycare on Friday with his first bobo :(  Apparently he was sitting in his bumbo there and a little girl came over and scratched him.  Not sure if it was malicious or accidental.  If I had to guess, I'd say it was one of the little girls learning to walk and that it was accidental.  But Cash was definitely upset.  Poor guy cried about it and had a good little scratch on his cheek.

his bobo (&guard dog Zoe in the background)

He's FINALLY able to use his jumperoo and he LOVES it!  His toes BARELY touch the floor, but he still manages to have a blast.

We also went to Aunt Marie's 102nd birthday party on Sunday!  He got to meet his great, great (I think?) aunt!  She loved and kissed on him for a good 20 minutes.  

We have 4 month shots/check up tomorrow.  I'm so excited to see how he fits into the percentiles now that he's eating solids and has some chub to him.  :))

Speaking of solids, he is LOVING sweet potatoes and mango.  He tolerates pears and he HATED zucchini.  I'll have to slip that one in with something he loves once I have a good handle on likes/dislikes/allergies.  So far, no allergies.  We'll keep our fingers crossed that it stays that way.  

I am just loving his sweet little personality more and more each day.  He's such a fun-loving, laid-back sweetheart and he makes my heart sing.  I don't know how I lived without him for so long.  

oh yeah...

Cash rolled over a couple of times yesterday on his own!!!  I propped him on his elbows just right to entice it, but it got the ball rolling.  It got him doing it every time I put him that way.  And every time it happened, he looked up at me with this HUGE, sweet smile on his little face.  PaPaw even got to see it.  He's only going from tummy to back at this point.  Considering how much he hates tummy time I can't imagine him going from back to tummy for quite a while.


He is also LOVING to stand on his little legs and dance around.  He can't quite fit in his little jumperoo yet, as he is too short.  His feet don't quite reach the ground even with it on the lowest setting.  :(  (poor guy) But soon!!!


He's making the sweetest coos and giggles a LOT more.


Additionally, he has FINALLY transitioned into size 2 diapers and 6 month footie jammies.  All his other clothes are 3 month, but he was just getting too long for the jammies.


He's starting to cut some teeth...we can see that his lower gums are getting whiter so, teeth are starting to come in!! :)

His First Meal

Cash had his first "meal" tonight!  And, as promised, here is the story.

PaPaw had to come over to document for us because Trey was golfing...

I sat him down in his high chair and he immediately started screaming.  Totally unlike him.  I put a spoonful of sweet potatoes in his mouth and it didn't phase him.  It was like I didn't even touch his mouth with anything.  He didn't act like he even tasted anything.  So I thought perhaps I let him get a little too hungry.  oops.  Got the bottle out and fed him about 4 ounces.  Then we went back to the high chair. He fussed a bit, but as soon as I put the spoon of food in his mouth, he got happy.  He seemed to like them.  He made some silly faces, but I think it was because he wasn't sure what to do with them.  Finally, things got under way and we got a few spoonfuls down (and most got spit back out the way most babies do).

But, all in all, I believe this was a success.  :)

*PaPaw did get a video of this experience, but I seem to be having an issue getting it uploaded.  :(

the first time in the highchair

liking the sweet potatoes

all done!!!

His First Food

Making Baby Food

Trey and I decided early on in pregnancy that we (I) were going to make Cash's baby food.  We got what seemed to be a really good babyfood cookbook and couldn't wait to use it!  Well, that time has come.  Cash's pediatrician told us at his 2 month check up that we could introduce him to solids at 4 months.  So, at today's grocery store trip I bought some foods to begin that next milestone.  Tonight after I put Cash to bed I began diligently making 5 foods that we can start trying out tomorrow!  This endeavor took approximately 2 hours.  I hope I can stick with it.  

I made:

sweet potatoes

zucchini

apples

pears

mangoes

I plan to start out with the sweet potatoes.  I didn't follow the recipe exactly on quantity for this first round as I want to wait and see what he likes.  (I don't want a huge amount of apples if, for some reason, he doesn't end up liking them.  The recipe called for 6 of them but I made 2.)  So, we'll see how long my stash of food lasts.  I definitely have enough to stick with each food for 3-5 days each, unless he just hates one, then I will discontinue.  

*We were advised to skip rice cereal due to his constipation issues.  That'll just clog him up more.  :)

I can't wait to give him his taters tomorrow evening and get some photos and video.  I will post that tomorrow.  Stay tuned!

FOUR months

Cash is four months today.  four months.  FOUR MONTHS!!!!  Holy crap time is whizzing by.  I can't believe how much I love this little boy.  More and more every day.  He makes me smile so much.  He still hasn't rolled over again, but he is sure as heck trying.  Every day he does.  He's growing like a weed, even though he's still small.  He's barely fitting into 3 month clothes and barely wearing size 1 diapers anymore.  Our pediatrician told us we could start feeding solid foods at 4 months, so we will start doing that next time we go to the grocery store.  I'm planning on making his baby food so I've been reading up on the baby food cook book.  I'm getting excited about this milestone in his little world!  He is such a good baby so I'm anxious to see what the food brings for us :)

WHAAAAAT?!

looking back....

Mr. Photogenic

Yesterday Oma took Cash and Kaila to have some photos done.  Overall, I'd say the session turned out to be a success.  However, I can't say that I will ever go back to that photo studio.

See, Leslie had a coupon for Portrait Innovations.  It was a pretty good package deal - of course you only got the package for one pose and who only wants to get ONE pose??  So they really rook ya into buying MUCH more.  We were there for over 4 hours.  WOW.  The studio was understaffed, it was probably over booked and it was FULL.  They kept getting our package wrong so they kept having to have us sit back down and re-work everything.  It was a mess.  Luckily, I have a happy baby and Cash did EXCELLENT.  Kaila did good too.

(Now, all my photog friends, hush up.  This was not my doing, it was Leslie's.  :/ )

So anyway, here are a couple...errr a few of my favorites from the shoot!!

the money shot!

my sweet angel :)

they really look as if they could be siblings...

how sweet are they?

Cash-man's Personality

Cash has been developing quite the little personality.  We are LOVING it!  He babbles non-stop.

eh-eheh-eh-eheheheh-eh-ehehehehehhhhhhhhhh-ehehhh-ehhhhh.  *deeeeep breath* Just to start all over again.  With a pause every so often just long enough to squeeze in a smile or a giggle when you ask him what on earth he is talking about?  His little voice is so sweet.  He just loves to hear himself talk and I just love to hear it go on and on.  Especially first thing in the morning when he doesn't think I can hear him.  He'll wake up and babble for a few minutes, just peaceful babbling, as if remembering he can do so and then fall right back asleep.

This afternoon after I got him home from daycare, I laid him out for some tummy time.  He immediately sat up on his elbows and looked in the mirror, then rolled over to his back.  He smiled up at me!  I gasped at him as this was the first time for him to roll over!!  He just smiled even bigger as if realizing his accomplishment and being proud of himself.  Of course I grabbed the camera so that I could take photos and video, turned him back over and what do you know?  He couldn't do it again.  He tried and tried and just couldn't.  He got so frustrated he started crying.  At first I thought maybe this had happened before in daycare (since it happened so quickly) and they just hadn't told me so that I'd think I'd be seeing it for the first time, but I'm thinking now that it was just an accident and I REALLY did see it for the first time (yay!) since he couldn't do it again??

He's trying soooo hard!  He ended up turned completely cock-eyed and almost off the blanket by the time he got frustrated enough to start crying.

his first nap on his tummy! - and I ended up falling asleep right next to him ;)