Tango and Cash

Cash went for his first ride yesterday on our friends' horse....Tango. We decided that we will have to get that horse for Cash when he's older - of course he'll probably kill us (if he even knows what it means)....Tango and Cash. Cute! :)

We had a nice relaxing weekend, besides our roundup on Friday night. Cash and I were out in an April blizzard, chasing horses with JW. Of course, what horse wants to be caught once it gets free?? It took a bit, but we got them in after about an hour of running around. Cash was in the Baby Bjorn, under my Carhartt, sucking his thumb and sleeping throughout the entire ordeal!

Sunday was a day of baking cookies, riding (Brent, JW, Glenn and Joe) and a fun dinner at Joe and Lisa's house. Don't worry, we didn't let Cash ride by himself. I'm not THAT bad of a mom - he just got to sit in the saddle.

Sunday morning coming down

I decided to skip my run this morning due to a scratchy throat that I just can't kick and some snow and rain. So....we all sat around in our pajamas and relaxed this morning - Mika and Cash too!







Not a whole lot happening out here, just waitin' on Spring. We've been keeping a close eye on Fargo and the floods and are happy to see that the water level is dropping by the day.




Cash is sitting in his highchair at the table with us, which is a nice change from one of us holding him while we try to eat or setting up his papasan chair on the table. Family dinners - yipee! :) He's growing, growing, growing....I think I spied a second tooth coming in, but no guarantees, I think my eyesight is starting to fail me. The first tooth is a definite though, even Brent saw it!




Well, we're off to relax.....we hope everyone is enjoying the last little bit of their weekend!

Dog poo Saturday...our favorite!

Wowee....what an exciting weekend at our house! First, Brent made delicious omelets for breakfast Saturday morning, then we all threw on our warm clothes and shoveled months and months worth of dog poop. Great to read about I'm sure, but hey, it took up quite a bit of time! That's even after Brent put the hurt on it last weekend. Not too thrilled with the outerwear!

I see you...

We managed to get a nice walk in and lunch on the deck before the rain hit and boy did it! Torrential downpour. This morning I went for my run - I am back to training for a marathon (that was the plan last year before our big surprise). I had a great run this morning, but the longer distances I run, the more I realize that I probably am not going to have the time to be running 26 miles at a time. So, even though I'm doing the training for the marathon, I'm thinking that at about half way through I'm just going to settle for the 1/2. We'll see what happens - maybe I'll all of a sudden get a lot faster!

We did a lot of basketball watching as well. Go NC! Both Brent and I have them winning the whole ball of wax. Cash seems to enjoy watching basketball as well, who knows, maybe he'll be playing guard at 6'5" by the time he's in college. With all this talk about how big he's going to be, we're probably just jinxing the poor kid. 5'5"....he'll get the short end of the stick.

Dad & Cash enjoyed some basketball together this afternoon. Cash got a little warm and got his first heat rash, so we let him hang out in just a pair of sweats. He seemed much happier!

Snaggletooth

Just chillin'....

Sleeping on his monkey's butt....

You won't believe it - Cash has his first little toothie coming in. Brent calls him 'Snaggletooth'. You can't see it unless you open his mouth yourself, but if he were to smile, he'd have one pointy little guy on his bottom jaw on the left side!!! Does this mean we're going to have to do more hunting next year? Are we going to double our steak intake??


He's a pro at the thumb sucking now - he takes his entire hand, runs it across his face open handed and catches the thumb on the sweep. We think he'll be right handed....he's much better with that thumb. He does have a few problems here and there (as you can see in the picture), but for the most part it's Cash - 1, Thumb - 0.

Mom and Dad swung in for a Saturday night in Montana. They're headed to Big Timber to pick up Dad's Shiloh Sharps rifle. I would've gone, but heard that Tom Selleck wasn't going to be around for this trip - Mom's keeping her fingers crossed! She'd better get pictures if he shows up! :)

We are having SO much fun with Cash! I can't believe that every day we love him more and more - who would've thought? I think I spent the entire pregnancy thinking about all the things that I wouldn't be able to do anymore and it's the complete opposite. Everything I want to do, I can still do AND we get to add so much more than we ever considered doing! Yep, we were made for parenting.....we're thinking 14 is an acceptable number....I'm going to contact the octuplet mom in CA - I'm sure that she'll have some pointers for me (none for Brent)!!! :) I'd have to really get a purse if that happened.....and a minivan!! Just kidding....one little boy, 3 dogs and 4 chickens are about all we can take right now. If we lose a bird, we'll consider another baby....

I think he may be telling me that I have bad bed head!

The First Bath

I've finally figured out how to post slideshows, so there'll be a lot more coming! I just have to say though, the look on Cash's face makes this first bath look miserable, but I guarantee he never cried and he now really enjoys his baths!

A long overdue slideshow

A trip to Pullman

Okay, so I finally got off my lazy butt and posted some pictures from last weekend when we went to Pullman. Aunt Colleen and Uncle Bob had made reservations at the Hobbs Hotel, so Brent, Cash and I stayed with Great Grandpa!!! We had a wonderful visit and once again Brent got to enjoy the creme de la creme of Pullman.....Cougar Country!!!! I gotta say, I'm surprised at just how many places are closing down in Pullman, it never was all that big to start, but even Taco Time has closed it's doors - you know it's getting bad now.

Cash is so close to laughing and rolling over now. I feel like if I take my eyes off of him for one second I'm going to turn around and he'll have rolled to his belly and I'll have missed it. JW has officially changed his first diaper (he claims that he gagged and fell over, then got back up and 'slapped on a new diaper'). He (Cash, not JW) has also found his thumb....I don't think he's quite figured out that the thumb is actually attached to him and that he is in control yet.

Our new sofa has actually arrived (they originally told us that it would probably be here by Superbowl....hmmm....), so keep an eye out because soon I'll be posting some pictures of the finished basement.

Thanks for the fun visit in Pullman - we'll be back in a month or so!

Another day in the life of Cash

No, you are not seeing things....this IS JW holding Cash - and they both seemed to be enjoying themselves! It may come as a surprise, but JW is a great uncle. Of course, Cash isn't much of handful either, I'd like to see what JW would do under pressure (a.k.a. crying or diaper changing)!

Here's a picture of Cash in his papasan chair, he seems to be happier with it now than he was before, guess it's growing on him. Speaking of growing.....I already have an entire box of clothes that don't fit him anymore. We have just been dressing him in 6 and 9 month clothes - they're a bit on the big size, but better too big than too small!

A picture of Cash in his cow jacket (thanks Cora!) - I hate to say it, but this is the first and last time that he has worn this little jacket. I completely forgot that it was hanging in the closet and we pulled it out today and realized that it's probably a no go from here on out. Of course, he could always wear it with the zipper down....or maybe just not right after he eats. It's the cutest thing, his little belly gets HUGE after he eats....like a little tick! :)

I'm sick...

Cash is the proud owner of his very first cold (doesn't he look sick in these photos?). I hate to say it, but it's almost kind of cute - his tiny little sneezes and coughs. He isn't too upset about the whole situation, same old Cash. He hasn't even cried about it at all. As of today, he's pretty much over it, just a quick little thing!

Brent is off to North Dakota this weekend....he's got a manager's meeting and a 'fishing trip' with the boys from his college days. Lucky duck! Wait, what am I saying??? Who really wants to go to Fargo in the middle of the winter?? Poor sap! Ha ha!

Our little guy is smiling now...a little bit when you're talking to him, but it seems that his favorite place to be these days is his changing table. If not the changing table, it's the crib. He's just a happy little baby in general, which makes for happy parents!

And....after a long hard day:

Too Much Fun

Has it really been an entire month since I've put anything on here?! Time flies when you're having fun. Cash has been such a wonderful little addition. He has already fallen right into our routine here at the Olson house - a perfect little boy....sorry Jenny, I can't scare you out of having a baby by telling you how horrible it is to get up every 2 hours to feed him, listen to him cry, colic, etc.....Cash has allowed us to sleep from 10:30 to 4am nearly every night for the past few weeks. He's really not a crier, a pretty happy baby for the most part. He has started smiling and letting out little shrieks of joy that I can't get enough of.

Grandma Olson made a Target run the other day and got him a little safari play mat (I guess that's what you'd call it). He just lays there and 'talks' to the toucan and the giraffe, he loves it! He turned 6 weeks yesterday....he's now a 'big boy'. His next appointment won't be until 2 months, but he sure seems like he's getting bigger - longer for the most part, he really doesn't seem all that much heavier to me. It's so amazing to watch him grow and change daily, but I'm so sad at the same time.

I have gone back to work, although most of my day is spent calling home to see how Cash is doing - I swear I'm worth every government penny! Brent is also hard at it at the old C'Mon Inn, but the real work has been here at home. We've been working on the basement for the past few weeks. We've finished painting (we got our red wall), Brent's become quite the electrician (thanks to Christian) and they are putting the carpet in as I am writing this. We bought a fantastic sectional and a giant tv. We all know what that means - more B.O.S. days! We were hoping to have everything all set up for the Superbowl, but maybe it's a blessing in disguise that the couch hasn't arrived - at least this way we'll get to be the first ones to spill on it!

Okay, so I got a few pics up, but I am currently working on a slide show....so come visit us again soon - it'll be up and running!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Cash & Mika

This is going to be one great year....we're looking forward to many wonderful times with all of our friends and our new family! Today is Cash's 2 week birthday. He seems to be focusing more, stays awake a bit more during the day (still let's his mom sleep at night, little sweetie), has 'fatter fingers' and is kicking and moving around more. Next Monday is circumcision day....I'm dreading it! I think I'm more worried and upset about this than I was worried about labor! Does this mean I am officially a Mom since I'm already worrying about our little boy? Or do I still need to buy a big purse and a minivan? I have been clipping coupons, that's gotta mean something!

I've included some photos of Cash's first bath....it looks a lot worse than what it was. He really wasn't crying, just a few fake cries and a lot of sad faces! He loves having his head scrubbed and quiets right down once you get him in the water - the little guy just hates being naked and cold, who can blame him? I put up another photo of Mika and Cash because it's just too darn cute! She's getting to be a little over the top, I'm thinking we're going to have to calm her down a bit on her motherly instincts - for my sanity more than anything! She drives me crazy running around after me every time I go in to check on him....I don't need a little black dog watching my every move to determine if I'm a fit mother or not!

Brent and I stayed up last night until midnight and watched the old ball drop and enjoyed the neighbors fireworks. Windsor wasn't enjoying it so much and caused quite the commotion. Thank god the fireworks were only about 5 minutes worth, otherwise I think we would have had a maniac on our hands. What kind of bird hunting dog is scared of fireworks? I reminded Brent of the 'war zone' that we were in the time we went pheasant hunting in North Dakota - that was much louder than the show last night, heck, even I was taking cover on the hunt! I had every intention of being in bed long before the ball dropped, but obviously Cash had other intentions, so we were able to enjoy our first New Year's as a family thanks to our little one! :)