Sunday, November 28, 2010

O' Christmas Tree






Off we went yesterday to Pipestone to pick out a tree! It was warm! 30 degrees was perfect :) We didn't have to drive to far to find a great tree. Cash thought it was so fun going out into the snow and finding a tree. He especially liked watching BJ cut it down. He was imitated it all night! ha!

Uncle J's New Truck




Uncle J got a new tow truck :) He has been doing really well with his diesel mechanic business (Black Stack)! Jus has been super busy now that the weather has turned cold, and those big trucks have a hard time getting going. Recently he bought a tow truck so he can tow the trucks into his shop. It's really nice! I hadn't ever been in one before, and its actually really clean inside. We took Cash over to the shop before we headed home after Thanksgiving. We thought he would like to blow the horn and sit inside. Cashy was a tad afraid and wanted to get out shortly after.

Friday, November 26, 2010

...he did join us...

By the way, I didn't leave BJ out, he was here for Thanksgiving too! The family pic we took is going on our Christmas card, so you will have to check it out in a few weeks!

Thanksgiving::









Off to Bozeman we went for Turkey Day! We came over Wednesday afternoon and are still here for the time being (Friday). Mom made a fabulous dinner (as usual!) and Cash had his first official Thanksgiving meal, even though it's his 3rd Thanksgiving!

Sunday, November 14, 2010

::Cash at 2::






So I thought I would write a post about my sweet Cashy and the things that he is up to as a 2 year old! Now, this may be braggy because, well, we think he is the cutest, smartest 2 year old around....you've been warned...haha

He had his 2 yr old check up on Thursday and he is now 25 lbs and 9 oz and 34 3/4 inches tall. He is in the 60% for height and 23% for weight. He is gaining on height and remaining on the skinnier side, which wouldn't we all rather be a little taller and skinnier?!?! He has gained 5 lbs in a year, and 5 whole inches!

I am certain he is going to be the winner of Top Chef 2025 someday! He LOVES playing with the pots and pans. I literally clean up the cupboards 20 x's a day....it's my hope that I can have a personal chef one day! The weeesk (whisk) and spoons are often scattered throughout the house and he loves dunching (dumping) things back and forth in the bowls. We cook dinner almost every night together, and he cuts the scraps of vegis or whatever we are having with a butter knife on his little cutting board. He is quite the helper ;)

Sentences are starting to flow! He uses 3 or 4 words together and lets us know exactly what he wants. I often feel like I have a foreign exchange student in the house, because I am trying to figure out what he is saying and translate for others! Notice that the pic says "dos"?? Well, that's because when you ask him how old he is...the reply is always "DOS"... I am not sure where he got this from but when we count he always says "one, dos". And for some reason says agua for water. See...smartest 2 year old you know too, right? HAHA

He is sleeping much better after his surgery! He even....get this....NAPS!! I am finally getting a break during the day after a year of a non-napping kid! It's great! Now, he won't just lay down in his bed and go to sleep. So we usually take a quick cruise around the block and he crashes out. I am able to transfer him to his bed without him knowing a thing. He is usually asleep for and hour and a half or two before waking up. For some reason he is in a terrible mood when he gets up from a nappy...not sure why, but I have gotten used to it! After surgery he started sleeping completely through the night and it was fab! Although this week he has started getting out of bed with his nigh-night (blanket) and Bubba. He POUNDS on his bedroom door yelling "MAMA". Now I wouldn't mind if it was, say, 6 am, but he has been waking up at 4am! I think the daylight savings has messed with his little head, and this week we will try to tweak things a little. Wish me luck!!

We go to the library every Friday and he gets read stories and then does an art project afterwards. He looks forward to using the markers and scissors. It's kind of the highlight of my week too! It lasts about an hour, and slowly he is coming out of his shell while we are there. He even yelled out "WOO WOO" when the ladies asked if anyone knew what an owl said! It was pretty cute :) We make trips to Bozeman at least once a week and he loves playing with Nana and always looks for Nine (Ryan) while we are there.

He can identify and say what sound all kinds of animals say. Cow, horse, cat, dog, owl, goat, sheep, bunny, bird, frog, etc. I am bragging, I know! He also has quite a sense of humor and likes to tell me that he sees deer or moose out his window while we are driving. Then laughs when I tell him that I don't see anything. He can almost spell his own name. He knows the letters just gets them mixed around. This week he started saying Cash Cope when you ask him what his name is. Then proceeds to say; mama cope, dada cope, nana cope, nine cope. Little confusing I suppose!

I think that is as much about him that I can fill out! At the moment he is making hot meat and hot dogs on his hot dog truck that we got him for his birthday.

I love that little boy so so much, and am thankful that I get to be his Mama :)

ELMO!



This is the best $1.50 I have ever spent! Both boys like Elmo, and I was at good ol Wal*Mart the other day. All the Halloween stuff was clearanced 90% off!! The second I saw these costumes, I knew two little boys that would heart them! While at Nana and Grandpas on Saturday I pulled them out. They both kept looking at eachother and laughing, it was pretty dang adorable!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

:::Betcha can't guess what we're up to this week....:::



**2ND Birthday**












TWO years old already!!! Cash had a pretty fun filled day, I think. We got him a Little Tykes BBQ set. He loved it, and was yelling "HOT MEAT" as soon as he saw it! We were feasting on grilled bugers and hot dogs at the crack of 6 am!

I took him to the library for Storytime, and he was the only kiddo there....the old ladies are so sweet, they read to him and let him do the craft, and then sang him Happy Birthday. He loves playing on the big ship that they have there, so I snapped his pic while he was climbing all over it!

We met up with BJ for lunch at Joe's Pasty Shop and he had a hot dog. Then it was back home to get ready for his friends to come over for his party. We had 5 little kids over with their Moms. It was just a big playtime and they all enjoyed it. We had chocolate cupcakes and vanilla ice cream after singing Happy Birthday to the little man. It took him two tries, but he blew out the candle all by himself, and was just beaming while everyone sang to him.

After everyone went home it was off to Mackenzie River for some pizza. Since his surgery he is eating sooooo much better, and had a piece of pizza and a breadstick or two!

He was so tired out, it was home for a quick bath, and he was tucked in for the night. It was a busy day that he won't remember, but I had a nice day with him!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Grandma Peggy and Grandpa Bill leave for Arizona



It's that time of year again when Grandma Peggy and Grandpa Bill head down south to Arizona and escape the harsh Montana winters. I am jealous.....take me with you!! I think I will try to convince BJ that he should use some of that vacation time he has, and go visit sometime this winter! My cousin, Mitch and his family live down there too, so we could make it a vacay to see fam! So, we stopped by to say good-bye to them while we were in town. Cash threw a fit during camera time....so I hopped in the pic, and he smiled on cue....

Halloween!!




We spent Halloween in Helena for part of the afternoon at our friends Melissa and Cole's little boy, Dylan's first birthday party. Cash had a fun time with all his friends that he doesn't get to see very often now. Then we headed home for a little trick or treating around our neighborhood. I even met a few neighbors that I hadn't ever met before! He would say "trick or treat" until they opened the door, and he would turn around and say "hold you mama"....good thing he is cute, because they all gave him fist fulls of candy anyway!

Delmoe Lake




We took a drive with intentions to find the backroad to the Lady of the Rockies, and ended up at Delmoe Lake instead. Cash had a fun time pitching rocks into the lake and it was nice to get out of the house. These are a few snapshots of the afternoon.

Betcha can't guess what he just saw BJ do......

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