HAIRCUT!!

HAIRCUT!!, originally uploaded by carolyn_martin.

Cash got a haircut today, finally. his mop-top had to go so we went to a new place and just told them to make it short. i think he looks so handsome. he did a really, really good job though and didn't cry, fuss or even pout. he got to sit in a car and watch Toy Story.

Friday night fun

Watching the dance off!, originally uploaded by carolyn_martin.

one of our favorite things to do lately is go down to the District on Friday nights. There are always a lot of people there and plenty of kid friendly things to do. Usually we spend our time on the other side of the shopping center where the movies in the park are but tonight we decided to have a little dinner and walk the prominade. we happened upon a little kid dance party with a fun 80s band that all the little kids were going crazy over. Cash warmed up after a while and went running back and forth across the "dance floor".

choochoo

DSC05473, originally uploaded by carolyn_martin.

today we did something really fun and went to the Historic Southern Nevada Railway Museum. We took a 7 mile ride on a train that took about an hour - it was slow. Cash was really thrilled the whole time to be riding on a train.
We spent a long time walking around the yard looking at a lot of the old trains which was pretty interesting.
Cash was so excited that he was going to ride on a train that the first words that came out of his mouth this morning were, "i'm ready to go on a train now."

Cash LOVES matchbox cars. he has quite a collection going because this is definitely an obsession that Chandler and I can get behind. When Cash and Chandler go to Oregon in a couple weeks they have big plans to get Chandler's car collection down out of the attic.

a cut above the rest

last night was a model night! lets do that more often, boys.
besides the harried rush to get home and get dinner on the table i would take that night every night! (can you tell i'm excited).
at 8pm i put Cash in bed, read some stories and said good night. he was tired but as i was leaving he asked me to stay. i told him that i had to go check on Cooper but if he couldn't fall alseep i would come back to see him. I didn't hear from him again and he slept all night. In. His. Bed.
Cooper cuddled up and slept in my arms from 8:30pm-10pm. At 10 i fed him a big ol' bottle and put him down (awake but very tired), he flipped over and slept until 3:30am - got up for a little snack and went back to sleep until 7am (when he woke up with a very poppy diaper). Cash came-a-knockin' at 6:30, we played in the playroom for a little bit and then headed off to school!
yay us!

although it wasn't all roses - Cash really likes scissors. he wants to use scissors all the time. he knows how to use them but i'm not comfortable with him using them without complete supervision and since the mornings are spent rushing all around the house i couldn't sit down with him and let him cut paper like he wanted. this made him cry but he does this thing now where he will cry and once he stops crying he will come to me and say, "i'm all better now mommy." then he'll talk about "i was crying and now i stopped and i'm all better." I think this is a pretty good thing.

check that: 5 months and 1 day

last night Cooper was rolling over from front to back and back to front and he was on his tummy when he woke up this morning.

shocking: Cooper James is 5 months

can't believe he is getting so big, so fast. time definitely goes faster with the 2nd.
he can:
grab toys - if there is something hanging from his car seat of playmat he'll reach out to grab it.
chew on everything
puts his feet in his mouth
knows his name (turns his head when you call it.)
rolls from front to back and can almost (3/4) get over from back to belly.
stands up when you hold him on his feet.
talks - which tickles Cash to no end. mostly he says, ohhh, ahhh and gaaaa.

happy 5 months big guy