Chubby Baby

As promised here's a picture of Cash, very happy after having a bottle of soy formula. We are trying soy out to see if it helps with his colic...and he is napping nice and soundly right now by himself, but could just be from his restless night last night.

Doctors Check-up and New Job

Okay one more post with no pictures...i promise i will put some up soon. but just was going to put Cash's latest doctor's visit stats for everyone to see how quick he is growing. he was 13 lbs 2 oz (i really expected that to be bigger, but not to far away from doubling his birth weight) and 22 1/2 inches long which is on the short side but no surprise there he really has no hope of being tall. And say a quick pray for us as Brandon resigned from his job yesterday to start full time working for the company him and our friend Matt have formed called Creative Concepts...they do Home Services for any handyman/construction jobs you need around the house from the small to the very large and work a lot with realtors to get houses ready to be sold and doing punch lists. But they also have a Purchasing Agent to find fixtures, door knobs, appliances, etc. to remodel your home at a fraction of the cost of retail and are doing Home Staging with Mary Alice as the decorator...so if you need anything done to your home let us now. You can check them out at www.creativeconceptstn.com.

Deals of the Week

A quick post for those that use coupons....Harris Teeter is tripling coupons this Thursday thru Saturday. And Garnet Hill is running a special where if you buy $50 then you'll receive $50 gift card when you purchase is delivered.

The Easter Bunny visited all of us...

by finally getting Parkes potty trained this weekend!!!!!! For having so much family actually right near us we actually had no plans for Easter so with Parkes out of school on Friday for Good Friday and his Spring Break (which luckily was only one day so he didn't have a whole week at home) I decided to give potty training one more shot, and after a absolute horrible day thursday where we went through at least 10 pairs of underwear he started to catch on on friday. and by saturday he wore the same pair of underwear all day!!!! We did sacrifice going to the church easter egg hunt for potty training but it was well worth it to only have one child in diapers now. And Parkes did join Abby James and Draper at their church's egg hunt so he got one in this year. The Easter Bunny did visit Parkes with a few goodies and brought Cash some formula. Sadly I did not get many pictures this Easter so I'll have to do a photo shot of the boys in their outfits sometime this week when it is warmer out and Parkes is a little more well adjusted to the potty and doesn't go every 10 mins in order to get a treat which he is taking complete advantage of so I'll leave you with this one picture of Parkes with his Easter basket. Hope y'all had a wonderful Easter, too.

Windy Day

Well I have no pictures but since it had been a week since I lasted posted and it was such a windy day here I figure I would share this story from a couple weeks ago. We were playing with sidewalk chalk out back and Parkes keep running into the middle of the yard and would stop and talk while moving his arms all around. I keep asking him who he was talking to, but he keep running away as he was telling me so I couldn't understand him. Finally I got him to stand still for just a second to tell me that "I'm telling Jesus who's right over there (as he points to the middle of the yard) to stop the wind". Hope everyone has a great Easter.

Snow Day

We woke up Saturday morning to lots of snow on the ground. After a slow start to the morning as Brandon and I went to see Bret Michaels the night before downtown and acted as if we were 24 years old again which we definitely realized that we are not meant to stay out that late anymore but had a blast anyway (thanks Matt & Keri for watching the boys), Brandon finally got out in the snow with Parkes while Cash and I enjoyed the warmth of inside. So the pictures above are after most of the snow had melted. Here is Cash at two months. He is getting quite big and starting to find his hands and smile more...I just wish he would get better about sitting by himself, he seems to be getting worse about letting me put him down. I have finally decided that he most have some colicky behavior so hopefully he'll start to grow out of that soon. The good news is Parkes really doesn't mind me holding him all the time too much and Cash will sleep from about midnight until 4 or 5 and then take a nap in the morning all those in his carseat so we are getting some sleep and I can work on things around the house like rearranging the living room the other day (I'm strange and like to rearrange furniture and paint rooms at least every 6 months so I do have paint colors picked out for some rooms for upcoming projects and I did get the cabinets and the laundry room painted so now I just have the kitchen cabinets to get done). Cash just gets fussy in the afternoon and evening so we can prepare ourselves for when it comes. And then finally a picture of Parkes so you can see both boys. He loves to pose for the camera. He got his Spring school pictures taken last Tuesday and I pick them up on Thursday so we will get to see those soon...we get a free 10x13 canvas print because the poor mans camera broke so most people ended up leaving but we went and ate with Parkes' best school friend, Holden, and came back afterwards.

What to do with extra wood and a pretty weekend?

And when your wife puts a stop to indoor projects until Cash gets older...build a huge shed. This was the project of the last two weekends, and I am impressed to say that Brandon did actually get very close to finishing it today. Cash and I enjoyed the day sitting outside and watching him work while Parkes played with the neighbors as their dad helped Brandon. Cash took a few naps outside and definitely enjoy his first look around at the great outdoor. It is a little tiring having babies during the winter as I feel so cooped up most days so I am definitely looking forward to more days like this of course I'm sure this is just a teaser for awhile, but at least it is something to tied me over for now. Finally here is a picture of Cash's smile...definitely his daddy's smile (just the corners of his mouth turn up). Also check out that belly!!!!!