One of the projects of the weekend was to get Parkes' room and playroom cleaned out. In his playroom we had a lot of empty walls and a lot of artwork from the past three years so Parkes now has his own art gallery so he can admire his work.
And finally Cash has become a belly sleeper. He decided to start rolling over to sleep and it is really what has made all the difference in his sleeping.
Yes I've used this picture before, but it seems to be the only one I have of Daisy. Saturday she went missing while we were all outside playing and we thought she had gone back inside something she often does so she isn't being chased by Parkes. We have had the fence taken out to put in a new one for a few months now but she was always so good about staying around our house, she had anxiety problems and was scared to leave. Luckily we have wonderful neighbors who would let her in and out when we were gone so she wouldn't have to leave the house, but even that was very traumatic for her and she had gotten really mad at us about leaving mother's day weekend and wouldn't even go out for our neighbor. She has also had a rough time this past year after our other dog, Bama, passed away and then with bringing Cash home (she had finally gotten used to Parkes and wasn't thrilled about another baby). It's a little strange though that there is no sign of her at all from any of the neighbors and we walked the whole greenway near our house if she had followed the creek from our house down she would of ended up there. No sign of her, but I did find out with a quick mile and a half walk I can be at Target. And we have an animal hospital right down the street and they haven't seen her and we've been down to the humane society and she's not there. So hopefully she'll find her way home otherwise I hope some nice person has picked her up and is taking good care of her and she's not lost and scared. Parkes keeps yelling out the window for her hoping she'll come home.
I just need to get a picture of Brandon at 4 months too and it's really scary. Keri and my sister both said they thought they saw a little me in him at first, but wednesday when I saw my sister she said it was gone and today when we stopped by Keri's she said the same thing. I have always seen almost all Parkes and Brandon from the beginning.
And Parkes has started to try to hold Cash so every time I turn around I find them like this. It's hard to explain to Parkes not to hug him all the time.
This weekend we went to Brandon's parents house in west Tennessee. They got a trampoline for Brandon's sister for Christmas and of course that's all Parkes wanted to do. He had a blast jumping around and even learned to do a forwards roll.
Cash got on for a second but quickly spit up so had to go back in.
And we had a great and relaxing Mother's Day with them as I got a break from being the bad parent and always saying no. Parkes was so sweet...he's been telling me all week "happy mother's day" because they were talking about it at school, and gave me a present when I picked him up on Friday where he written why he loved me. His answer, "Because mom brought Cash home and changes his diaper." And Brandon actually went out at midnight Saturday night to get some flowers for me which I didn't expect anything since we were out of town and he had already told me he was getting some flowers to go in what will be a flower bed in the backyard once the driveway goes down so it was sweet of him to sacrifice his sleep especially since he then got up with Cash at 3 when he woke up. Cash seems to be two good nights then one bad so not too bad...Parkes did spoil us, but we are learning not to expect anything close to the same except for looks. One day I'll put a side by side picture of them at the same age (Parkes' are on another computer), but it really does scare me sometimes looking at Cash because I feel like I am looking at Parkes 3 years ago.
And finally some funny moments from the week...Parkes usually goes to children's worshop at church well at Happy's (Brandon's dad...Parkes named him) church there is none because it is small so when communion came out Parkes decided it was a good time to say the pray and proceeded to sing loudly throughout the whole communion, "God, our Father, God, our Father, God, our Father..." he never made it to the second verse. And last night when he went to bed he decided it was a good idea to hide from us, but indeed up falling asleep before we came to find him so when I went to check on him before I went to bed I couldn't find him...after a moment of panic I saw a small foot sticking out of a pile of pillows. Hope all the moms and moms-to-be had a great day yesterday!!!!!
And here is what Parkes does when he is suppose to go to bed. He has more energy then any person I know...he doesn't nap and will not fall asleep until 10:30 to 12:00 even though he goes to his room around 8:30 for bedtime. If you look closely you can find his head amongst all the mess on his bed. His room will be completely picked up and within 10 mins of going to bed this is how it looks.
And finally it's an exciting week around here...we are getting new windows on Friday. Not necessarily what we wanted to spend our tax return on, but a much needed expense as the windows on our house are the original windows from when the house was built in 1946. So if anyone that reads this is looking for some old windows for decor (I wouldn't suggest them for your house unless you are going for the drafty home effect) call or email us and they are all yours. They make great picture frames as you can see here with some of our wedding photos. I have another one of Parkes' newborn photos so I guess I'll need to save one window for Cash's.
Lastly, we get to pick up our first bushel of our fresh veggies and fruits from Delvin Farms next Wednesday. The fact that that excites me really makes it more realistic that I did just turn 30 last weekend. We haven't celebrated the big milestone yet until the boys are out of town with the grandparents...I will be having a girls evening Thursday where we are having massages and I am looking forward to that as I've never had a massage and I'm hoping it will help with the pinch nerve that Cash has left me with and maybe my neck and arm will not hurt for an hour...I guess two big boys was all my body could take. So that's what's going on at the Waymire house.
Parkes always wakes up while I'm feeding Cash his bottle in the boppy in the morning. We hear his footsteps coming down the hall where he runs past Brandon and ignores me to get to Cash where he says "Good Morning Cashie" and lays his head on the boppy next to him. It's a moment of peace before it is time to start our day and try to get everything ready for what we have to do and before Parkes starts getting mad that he can't have a "black bar" (Brandon's chocolate bars) for breakfast. And here's a few more pictures from our week. Parkes has 3 Curious George's that he must sleep with every night and lately he gets mad if his favorite one (the one that is actually just a monkey, but he still calls George) cannot ride with us in the car wherever we go.
And then here's Cash taking a bath which as you can tell he absolutely hates. Parkes enjoyed bath time, but Cash wants nothing to do with it.
I have been reluctant to post this but since we are just past a week I press my luck and say Cash has been sleeping through the night!!!!! He's been sleeping from about 11ish to at least 5 on good nights 6. Needless to say we are very excited. You might notice the abundance of blankets surrounding him, he will not fall asleep without them so I have to go and move them after he's asleep. Other news around our house is I am finally getting the kitchen wall down tomorrow. So the boys and I will be out and about all day tomorrow while that is getting done. I'll post some pictures of that later. Have a great weekend!
I haven't said really what Parkes has been up to and all the changes we have noticed now that he is a three year old (almost 3 and a half which is crazy). And Cash has settled in for a nice long nap which is becoming normal around this time of day which is nice to start to get an idea of the schedule he likes. But anyways, Parkes really has seem to grow up so much in these past few months it is amazing to watch. He has become quite the artist being able to draw stick figures and understanding the idea of coloring an object and tracing letters. He, also, lets his extrovert personality shine. I find him all the time yelling at people on the street asking them their names and if they would like to come to his house. Actually just the other night the director of his school was walking down our street to a greenway near us and Parkes of course started talking away until Brandon walked on the porch to see who he was talking to and found Parkes asking them to come into our house. He never meets a stranger and leaves quite the impression on people when they meet him....he definitely gets it from his Daddy who too is always meeting new people no matter where he is. Parkes has very much enjoyed being in a house of boys. He is always telling me to go out so they can hang out "just the boys" which some nights is a very tempting offer. He has always been very good about sharing so much so he often gets upset if the other kids won't take the toy he is giving them, and he is always telling me, "it's nice to share." I guess I must of said that a lot. Three years old is definitely a little more tiring on me then two (which was a wonderful age for him) because he has definitely realized he doesn't necessarily have to do what I say especially when he knows I have my hands full with Cash and won't be able to make him stay in time out, but then he comes over and says something really funny and I makes me laugh. So that is a short version of Parkes these days...he is no longer our baby, but a little boy.
Cash has found a seat that he likes. He is not a fan of the swing unless he is just so worn out he doesn't have the energy to cry that I put him in there, but he enjoys the Bumbo seat...and yes it is purple, it was my sister who has two girls so he gets there hand-me-down since these weren't around or too new when Parkes was young. And it is hard to believe but Cash was 3 months yesterday. I'm already starting to get foggy on those long first nights home from the hospital, but Cash does still like to throw one in now in then just so it doesn't get too far from our minds. And it is definitely time to start pulling out the bigger clothes as I have already had to put clothes in the too small pile. And we are all adjusting better to having him around us. Parkes is not happy unless he knows where he is at all times, and I have even ventured to the grocery store with both of them. However, when I have Parkes up front and Cash in the back it really leaves no room for groceries and I refuse to push those car carts at Kroger as I spend more time running into things then being able to push them. So that's our week so far, hope y'all are all enjoying the nice weather!!
He is, also, obsessed with his brother. Parkes would hug Cash's head all day long if I would let him. So I spend most of my day telling Parkes to please be gentle with Cash.
And finally we are getting more sleep these days, not as much as I enjoy, but I am not complaining. We spent the weekend getting Cash accustomed to his bed and after a really long Friday night where Cash might of only slept 15 mins Saturday night was wonderful with him sleeping in his bed from midnight to six. Which I knew was a little too good to be true and he has not done quite that well since, but he is not doing too bad.
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.
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.
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!!!!!
And here is Parkes and Draper.
Cash came along for the fun, but didn't participate in the bear making. Instead he just enjoyed being held. Here he is smiling at his Grammy.
Parkes favorite part was bathing his newly formed Koala. Here he is with his friend Gates.
And finally after all the fun here Parkes is with his Koala that he named "Girl" which he told me was in honor of me since I'm a girl.
After the party Brandon, Parkes and Cash dropped me off to meet the girls out celebrating Laura's birthday and since Laura asked if the picture would be blog worthy I had to include it for her on her birthday....Happy Birthday.
Then everyone in the family has had a doctor's appt this week. I had my 6 week check-up from the c-section and all is good. Parkes had his 3 year check-up which he finally made it to the 50% on height, but he was also almost two months late for his check-up so he got a little extra growing time in there. And he is up to 35 lbs. Then Cash had his 6 week check-up and he is up to 11 lbs...yes that is right 11 lbs!!!!! Everything else looked good on him as well. And then Brandon had a appt. to try to get into a study for a diabetic pump so he'll have his insulin provided for 2 years and get on a pump as opposed to the shots he takes now, but as of now he is too healthy which is good, but free medicine for 2 years would be nice too so he'll try again in a couple of weeks. So it's been a good week since we all are very healthy.
Cash likes to look at his big brother in the rare time that he is actually awake. And as far as my free stuff shopping is going...I got my first thing of free formula earlier this week from CVS, and for the deal of the week I got 2 cans of Oust Surface and Air for a profit of a quarter after the sale price and the coupons I had and 2 bottles of Robitussium for a profit of $2 after the register rewards and coupons both deals at Walgreens.
We went out on a family outing over to the Essner's for Super Bowl festivities. And we were very very excited over the Giants win (I was excited to see an Ole Miss boy win the big game, however, I think Brandon was more excited to see the Patriots loss, Parkes was just excited to play with Jay, and Cash didn't really care what was going on as long as someone was holding him).
Here's Brandon and Parkes' Eli action figure Santa brought him...Brandon held him for the last 2 mins of the game for luck.
And here's the girls with Cash...I look a little tired as it was after the game and sleep is limited these days.
