Cash's Stats

Well I have been really bad about taking pictures here lately. We've just been on the go a lot lately. But anyway, here's Cash's stats from his "6 month" check-up (he'll be 7 months next week).... weight - 19 lbs 3 oz (75%) height - 25 1/4" (5%) head circumference - 44 cm (50%) he did drop from 95% to 75% on weight so his constant moving must be helping him slim down.

Cash Man

Parkes has given Cash a new nickname...Cash Man is what he likes to call him these days. So I hear all day long most days, "Mom (or Katie depending on his mood) can I hold Cash Man." He moved away from calling me mommy sometime ago and it is now just mom most of the time occasionally I'll get a mommy. Below is the new back door, it has always been the main complaint I've had with our house is it didn't have a good connection to the backyard without going right through the laundry room so we are still in the process of reworking that, but getting closer. The laundry room was not added on very well by whoever did it so there are a few things we have to fix with that like the horrible roof they put on it. But since Brandon does the work our house projects are slow since the other houses he has going on come first. The boys have been having fun playing on the floor together now that Cash is more into playing with toys. He does have a huge shoe fetish and can spot any shoes in the room and immediately scoots over to them. Parkes is all into joking these days and constantly telling us we are silly and just joking which doesn't work out too well when I tell him to clean his room and he tells me I'm just joking. And finally yesterday we decided to pull out the ice cream cone trick we used when Parkes was little (my mom had seen a lady giving her child a ice cream cone with no ice cream while at a restaurant and it entertained the child while she ate and it dissolves in your mouth so good for small kids). Well we thought Cash was probably a little young but he had been grabbing at our food anytime we ate so we gave him one and within the first 5 seconds it was gone. This is the second one he got so I could get a picture because I wasn't quick enough on the first. Don't think this is going to work to let us eat a meal, but at least he enjoyed it.

Yoga Poses

Isn't this downward facing dog or something? This is how Cash "crawls"...he gets in this pose and then thrusts himself forward to then do it again until he gets were he wants to go. He is getting faster at it. His cousin Draper crawled on her hands and feet so he might be taking after her. At least we know he definitely has good balance.

Not much to Post

Well really not too much to post about us...really just no pictures, we have cut a hole in the back of the house and added a door with a small deck landing and stairs, and reworked the laundry room to add cubbies to contain all of the stuff that gets dropped at the door, gone to the pool and played outside, and the most exciting found out we are going to have another little boy around soon to play with (no not us, but our friends Keri and Matt). And for all those mommies that want to get a photobook of their kiddos this week at cvs the kodak photobooks are $7.99 and you get $7.99 back for your next purchase if you have a cvs card. So I will get pictures of the boys this weekend so I will have something exciting for y'all....have a great week.

Brandon's VIP Night

Well last night was Brandon's big night to go see Poison and meet the band. There's not a lot that excites him like some 80's hair bands and Poison is his all time favorite....he's seen them now 16 times. The above picture was just way too fun not to share, however, he might disagree. From the time he got in at 2 am last night to this morning I have gotten to hear all the minute by minute details. This is a girl from Rock of Love 2. I haven't seen any of this season after the couple episodes I saw from last season were pretty scary, but I will say from seeing this picture she's pretty manly looking.

4th Festivities and 6 Month Old

Brandon's parents were back in town for the fourth to celebrate with us and because Brandon grew up with some of our close friends we had a small get together to celebrate. Here's Cash with his grandparents...which he turned 6 months today and although not crawling on his hands and knees he does have using his arms to pull himself where he wants to be down and can get anywhere he wants to go. We won't go to the doctor for his check-up until later on in the month to keep his shots in line for being late last check-up. Parkes, Jay and Abby James had fun playing together. A rare picture of just me and Brandon. Draper decided to drive the Hummer after Parkes got off of it...none of the kids wanted to get on with Parkes behind the wheel. Parkes watched the fireworks from the same spot he did last year, but at least this year he was joined by Jay. The fireworks were more for the big kids...Brandon and our neighbor Scott did the fireworks for our entertainment, but they definitely got outshone by some people down the street with much bigger ones. Brandon never ceased to entertain though with his hushing of the crowd for what we thought would be a big one and turned out to be very wimpy. And he got lots of laughs for his snakes which don't really do anything, but those were for Parkes since they don't make noise. The adults and their sparklers. Poor Brandon at the end of the night...he had scratched his eye earlier in the day and the smoke must of irritated it. He, also, burned his finger pretty good. He took it easy on Saturday so he could heal.

7 Wonderful Years

...since Brandon and I had our first date after meeting two weeks prior out at the Bound'ry celebrating my friend's birthday (he was friends with her boyfriend). Within the first two days of dating Brandon had asked me back to a hot tub (which did not happen), introduced me to his parents, took me to a Slipknot concert (I'll just say not the music I listen too), took me to a random party out in the middle of the woods where the entertainment was people jumping a fire pit on motorcycles, and fixed my car that had broken down. I tell him that he's lucky the last event happened otherwise he should of definitely scared me off. We did spend every day together from our first date on, but didn't go on a date just the two of us until three months later when we went to Waffle House...how romantic.

Brandon's Bama Boys

We headed out to the last Dragon Music Sunday this weekend and here are the hats that Parkes' picked out for him and Cash to wear....of course this made Brandon very happy. We've been busy with Brandon's parents in town which these are the only pictures I've gotten because of the camera battery, but I'll get more when they come back through Nashville next weekend. But been out and about around town enjoying the sunshine. I highly recommend going out to Blue Moon for Sunday brunch for anyone looking to enjoy good food and lots of entertainment for kids with the boats and ducks going by the dock. And Cash finally got his first tooth in...he's been drooling for a few months now, and it looks like he has several that will be following soon. Have a great week and 4th.