21 months

Lots of things to update this month. I think it is time to admit and accept that Cash is growing up. Tear!!! His favorite foods of the moment are:

Bacon, turkey sausage, Pb and j sandwiches, Cantaloupe, watermelon, frozen peas (still frozen) and he has always loved salmon, but I forget to list this. He is back in love with avocado if it is very green and firm. Too mushy and he won't eat it. 

His favorite activities lately is turning on every fan in the house. He walks from room to room and says, "oh no!" and flips the fan on. He also has started telling us when he has a dirty diaper. Not every time, by about 70% of the time. We bought him a little potty and have been very casually introducing it to him. Nothing too exciting has happened but he does like to sit on it. Cash also has been into waving bye bye to everything!!!! "Bye, tractor!" "Bye, truck!" "Bye, bird". It's pretty darn cute. 

His vocabulary is expanding a little more this month, too. He now says

Dede, Katie, dog, bird, drive, tunnel, night night, shark, and turtle. He also started calling his toots bubbles. When he toots, he points to his diaper and says bubbles... Don't ask me why. He likes to point out every mommy and daddy when we are out in public. Actually any guy is a daddy as every woman is a mommy. Oh, and if his hands get too dirty he will demand that they are cleaned. He likes to use napkins to clean his hands and mouth. It's funny to watch. 

Cash has been loving his tunnel and new tent. Puzzles and stickers will keep him entertained for a while. His Mr. Potato head doll and app on the iPad are his fav new toys along with the app Endless ABC. He will sit there for 30 minutes working on his letters. 

All in all this month has been fun! Summer is winding down and we are preparing for Walker to get here. Cash points to my belly and kisses it when we ask him where his brother is. We have been reading him a Big Brother book and this week Cash received a little baby doll. He will hold it and kiss it and give him his bottle. It's so precious!!! 

Making memories

This weekend we had the Stovall and Greanleaf family in town from Midland. All our kiddos are around the same age. Watching Cash watch Penelope and Emery was pretty entertaining. Girls are so different!!! they talk and talk!!!! they were so much fun!!!  We pretty much went non-stop all weekend. 

Friday the kids played in the backyard while the grown ups caught up on the porch. Saturday the dads played tennis while the moms supervised more backyard playtime. I have never seen kids play as hard as these three did!!! After their naps the Ketters met us for some fun on the lake. Everyone had a good time. Baby Allie Ann looked the cutest in her little floaty. Jackson jumped into the water like a pro and the girls went hunting for seashells on the beach. On the way back, the boys wake boarded. The kids got a kick out of it. We devoured pizza when we got home and the kids watched a movie after bath time. 

This weekend was an absolute blast. It's one of those times that you catch yourself being so thankful for everything you have. Your family, health and great friends. We decided to make it an annual summer vacation. :) 

New quilt

My coworker made Walker this beautiful alphabet quilt. It's so precious and unbelievably thoughtful. 

Summer tradition

Every summer my sister and I would stay with my family in Amarillo and do all kinds of fun things. Taking Cash this weekend to experience some of my memories was so special. We packed the weekend with the zoo, wonderland and Splash. Bachan made her awesome spaghetti and spoiled Cash with all of her Disney movies. we had a blast!!! Cash was fairly well behaved on the flight home. I had help from Katie and my mom so that made it so much easier. He passed out on the second flight of the day. 

Lately

Here is a photo dump of what Cash has been up to lately. His current faves are kicking the soccer ball and playing with puzzles/sorting games. His new collapsable soccer goals were a gift from papa Turk and cash loves them.  He alao received two new toys this weekend from our trip to IKEA. A new "choo choo" and some blocks that he loves to pull around the house. Katie and joe were in town and they were SO helpful when we ventured to IKEA. I could not have done it without them. we wrapped up this weekend at the pool with Greyson. Cash is starting to be more independent with his floaty in the pool. So fun to watch him grow up!