Top Teeth

Cash is 7 1/2 months and we have been waiting on Cash's top 2 teeth for a while now - almost a month. i feel like we are close though. one of them is right at the surface and you can feel a little rough spot on the gum and the other one is starting to come down because the gum is starting to puff out.

November 2008

I'd just like to second Elizabeth's blog about Obama. I get so excited when i think about the idea that it is a real possibility that my son (and future children) will get to experience real change and see for themselves that everyone has an opportunity to be great! very exciting!!!

update

Chandler and Cash had a good night last night. Cash went to bed no problem with a bottle from daddy and then woke up again at midnight for a little snack and then went back to sleep until 5:30am. That was a pretty early wake up call for the two of them but Chandler said that Cash got up and played for a little bit and then took a good hour nap while Chandler got ready for work. Overall Chandler says that he only lost about an hour of sleep and that makes me feel good that i didn't ruin my boy or husband!

what a waste

day one into my trip and i have "dumped" 25 ounces of milk. this makes me so mad and sad. i forgot my baggies to take it home and don't know how i was planning to transport 2 days worth of milk anyway...

leavin' my baby

Today marks the first time I will be away from Cash overnight - ever! I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand I'll miss him terribly but on the other I'm looking forward to a full night's sleep. I'm nervous for Chandler having full mom and dad duties for the night and have real concerns neither of them will sleep.we practiced having Chandler put cash to bed with a bottle and wake up with him in the night and it wasn't too bad. Cash definitely noticed he didn't get any mommy-love but daddy is very good at it and got him settled down and sleeping after only a little crying.

7 month trouble

i think by far this has been the toughest month to be a parent. cash has changed so much that i hardly recognize him any more. in addition to all the developmental milestones that Cash has reached - giving us a whole new set of challenges - he is really a lot more demanding of our time now. He hates it when we walk out of the room and he really doesn't like going to sleep without nursing. He's also waking up during the night a lot more and its hard to get him to go back to sleep.
A few months ago Cash was so busy with himself, sitting up and discovering toys that light up and make noise he didn't care if we were in the room or even the house. Just as recently as the last week in July, Chandler was able to easily put Cash to bed every night for a week - he was even able to put him to bed awake and Cash would fall alseep on his own.
I'm not sure what happened and/or what changed but now we have such a different baby than what we were used to.

Cash's summer review

the martins had a wonderful summer vacation. mommy and I drove up to Auntie Sarah's wedding and were later met by daddy. Grammy and Pop were there as well as Grandma and Grandpa. All my Aunts (and Uncles) and best of all cousin Wiley. We played and played and played - so much so that i hardly slept at all and was tired most of the time. After the wedding we spent a few days in cool, clean Lake Tahoe. I really liked the kayak and the golf cart rides. we spent time on the beach and played in the sand and the water. I really practiced my crawling and now i am an expert and can even climb in and out, up and over!
When we got home i was really off my schedule and didn't sleep well. i just got so tired that i couldn't relax enough to get a good night sleep - i was waking up a lot, making my parents very tired too. and to add to my pain my top teeth are starting to poke through and that makes me pretty cranky at night. recently mommy has been trying to get me to take a bottle more at bedtime so daddy can share in putting me to bed. i don't like it too much because i just want my mom to be there with me when i nod off to sleep. its hard each night but i think i am getting better at it.
Summer is almost over but i still had time for one more milestone. i started pulling myself up (on anything i can get some leverage on) and standing just recently. mom and dad get really upset with me when i try to stand up in the bathtub (its really easy to pull myself up using the soap dish) but they are there to catch me. they keep telling me that i am too young to be doing all this but i think i'll just start walking soon and get this all over with so i can move on with my life!

beep beep

Cash can really move now. Just shy of 7 months and the boy has life figured out (well, the life that he knows). He can get just about anywhere he wants - and fast too. He froggies across the room to wrap his lips around one of slider's toys, a dirty shoe or remote control. he can grab onto me and push up to his knees - I even saw him go all the way to his feet but i'm hoping that was a fluke.
He knows how to get the attention he is seeking - a good loud whine and then when someone turns around to look at him he gives you a big smile. He loves to eat fruits and veggies but so far any meat is out of the question. you wont believe how fast he can lock his lips down when he smells the ham coming - we'll keep trying.