Maaaaaaaa-ma

Ok, so to verify I'm not hearing things. I have proof of what I have been hearing from Little Cash. He only says it when he's upset and hungry...so hence the disclaimer and warning :)

DISCLAIMER: No babies were harmed in the taping of this video. It was after bath, Mabs was brushing her teeth, and Cash was ready to nurse and go to sleep. This is our every night routine (when Daddy is not here to distract him), he's crying but has just ate a jar of food, had a bath, and is ready for the rest of his routine...especially his nummies (wink wink, Jenifer & Christian).

WARNING: His crying is loud....but the sweet sound of Maaaaaaama is in those cries.

How funny...he's upset and has his crabby jammies on. Oh, my sweet sweet boy. And that's Mabs saying 'cheese' as she finishes brushing her teeth.

HAPPY HALF-A-YEAR BIRTHDAY, CASH!

Oh. My. Goodness. Where did 6 months go? Our little man is 6 months today. He jabbers alot, when he's able to get a word in between me and Miss Mabelle. I swear he said Mama on Wednesday...Jason was right next to us, but heard nothing. Cash eats like a champ, 1-2 jars at every meal, as well as nursing ALOT. When he's hungry, he does a steady "mmmmm....". Its close to mmmmmama, so I'll take it until he's saying mama a little more regularly ;) He is so close to crawling, he gets up on all 4s and rocks soo hard. He is even doing a military crawl..he pulls himself with his arms, then pushes a little wiht his feet, all while on his tummy.

Here are 2 videos that kind of show his methods...

p.s. Mabelle was ok, she is screaming about an owie in the first video. It was a ploy to steal the show from little man and escape her booster.

Sugar.

Cash is now giving out sugar (kisses)...I was the recipient of the first sugars, yay me! Although, Jason and Mabelle have both gotten sugar as well. I'm sure he'll spread the love to anyone who asks!

He reads.

Well...not quite. But doesn't eating a magazine count as reading?? His first magazine :)

Trying to eat it..

Very serious.
So darn sweet.
Up on all fours...he is soooo close to crawling.
Oh, how much he loves his sister.

The lure of the laundry basket.

Name me ONE kid who doesn't love a laundry basket...it won't be Cash or Mabelle. Here's Cash's first experience with a laundry basket.

Scooting up to it, trying to tip it over.

Daddy did this...

Four hours in the sun..

We did a family pool day this past Tuesday...and I can't wait to do it every week! Our friend got us into the Mandalay Bay pool, and then we got a cabana (soo worth it, for the kids and the stocked fridg, couch, table, fan and tv were super nice). We played in the wave pool (Mabelle's favorite part), the regular pool by our cabana, and the lazy river (Cash's favorite part). The kids had a blast, so did we. And we all were a tad red that night (except Cash), Mabelle & I turned brown by morning...Jason is still tomato red.

On our way...

Cash sleeping on the couch in our cabana.
Mabelle & Jason, and our friend, Cheyne (waving) & his sister, Katie.
How sweet are Daddy & Mabelle swimming.
Watch out...its me in a swimsuit (and I'm posting it).
Family pic.
...on our way home.

All the way from Vegas,its...

MABELLE. In her first feature video. Playing "her instrument", the drums...and singing her hit song. Its only 30mnts, and this is the sloooow part, but consider it a sneak preview :)

With a dash of Cash at the end. And in Cash's bathtub...

A Princess Lost...

Wearing James' sunglasses, sitting in his new dumptruck.

She was being dramatic...."Mama, where's my prince?" She seriously says that, and looks all sad. She told me yesterday that Daddy was her prince. So sweet.
No pictures...I'm sad.
Love that face.
Just woke up...cranky, sad & sleepy..so I put her with her Daddy, who is often too..cranky, sad & sleepy. HAHAHAHA!

The weirdest little petting zoo.

Me, the kids, Pat & James decided to drive out to this little petting zoo. It was about 15-20 mnts away (straight west), nestled into the mountains...when we drove up, it looked like a place in the movies, where they kidnap you and do you harm. Kind of weird, odd, & scary. But Pat had been there before, and was obviously released...hahahaha! Turned out to be a GREAT little petting zoo. Still odd, but so much fun. There were chickens running everywhere, and they would let animals randomly walk around. Donkeys, pigs, roosters...and in the middle of all this, I had my first celebrity sighting! Who, you might ask, is at this little zoo (way out in the middle of the no where)?? You'll see...enjoy the pics...

The big fat pig and donkey begging for food, or our green stroller!

Pats new best friend, he tried to sneak attack her from behind!
Mabelle touching a deer's antlers, not even sure what kind of deer that is, just really friendly & soft.

Mabelle riding Jack, the white donkey.
Amongst the donkeys, pigs, & chickens...I found JOE JACKSON (Michael Jackson's dad). I walked up to him and said, "Are you related to Michael Jackson? Are you his dad?" He replied, "hmmmm, I'm all the Jacksons' dad!" He was super nice, just soooo odd, that my first celebrity sighting is Joe Jackson at a petting zoo in the middle of nowhere.
Cash waiting for his turn on the mini-horses. Can you see them behind him?
Mabelle, not sure about the helmet at first...then didn't want to take it off after her ride.

That's THE biggest smile, she loooved riding the pony. Love, that's an understatement. She's my little cowgirl.

And the cowboy. HAHAHAHA!
Feeding the ducks.
I said, 'Mabelle, show me your boots!" She then danced a jig.
Getting food to feed the ducks.

A day in our life...

Just a day in our life (an inside day)...

Cash scooting over under his swing to poop, he's already got his favorite spot to do the deed!

Blowing bubbles...Mabs doing it all by herself.
Enjoying the bubbles...well, popping them, as me & Daddy blow them for her. Can you see Cash's face behind her. He was bewildered by the amazing amount of bubbles.
Yup...he's found Mabelle's new Tinkerbell light-up shoes..beware, he does proceed to eat them.
Drawing...she had me draw a happy face, and then drew one of her own..can you see it, she has the head, eyes, & eyebrows. All of her happy faces HAVE TO have eyebrows.
This is what you get when you tell Mabelle to show you what a happy face looks like!
Look...NO HANDS!

Official & Done!

Mabelle is potty trained...both day & night! She's been day trained for almost a year now, and we waited and waited to start night training, cause there was always something big going on....holidays, traveling, Cash being born, moving, new house, etc. So I thought this week...whatever, we are done with pullups. We started with naps, and she's had 3 accidents. Our first night last night without pullups....NO ACCIDENTS! She was very proud of herself, as were we! Yup, after one night, I am saying we are officially trained and done, because we are not going back to pullups ever again.

Showing her big girl panties that made it thru the night...dry!

Love

No other explanation needed. Love. Very mutual love.

"I gotta give him sugar, Mama"

"Im holding Cash, Mama...cheeeese!"
"Is Cash smiling? Smile, Cash. Say cheese, Cash!"
**The exact conversation she was saying during this 'photo shoot'.

Attack of Cash

Nothing is safe from the clutches of Cash...whether its his fingers, toes, Mabelle's hair, a toy, a blanket, paper...whatever. He grabs it and eats it! So keep your prized possesions away from him (as well as small toys, pocket change, or finger foods). Hahahaha!

The envelope from a sweet gift we received this week (thanks Jen!).

Mabelle's yogurt was getting "the eye" from across the blankets..
...he settled for the much closer lion (after my repeating "no, no, no").
That poor lion doesn't stand a chance!
Look at those steel blue eyes.

How does he sleep thru this?

Daddy works majority of nights (because he is now the night shop manager...woohoo Daddy!), so he gets up at a decent time and then naps downstairs..usually while the babies are napping. Every now and then, he is sooo tired he can't wait til they lay down. And when that happens, he still manages to get some zzzzs thru the screaming (me huffing, from no help...hahaha), crying, laughing, and playing.

This is Mabelle, singing as loud as her little voice can sing (which is very loud...hello, have you heard her Mama??), all while Jason cuddles HER blankie and sleeps behind her.

Her laughing about her singing...and Jason awake now, but not mad...looking at her with adoration, while still cuddling her blankie.

And just an extra of Cash snoozing. He is the prettiest little boy.