Disneyland

Cash had his first trip to Disneyland this week. It was a gorgeous day. The weather was perfect and it wasn't too crowded. He was enamored by everything. He loved (most of) the rides, and enjoyed just running around. We didn't bother to stand in the line to meet Mickey Mouse...we'll save that for another day.

Da Da, Vroom Vrooom!

We went to visit Da Da at the fire station. We really just went for the remarkable firehouse food and photo op. Amazingly, this was Cash' first time in a fire truck since his adventurous ride home from the hospital at three days old (story for another day). How did we let that happen? He had a great time and was furious when it was time to leave.



Old school pick up truck style engine...so cool.

Oh the Things We Can Do!

I would like to interrupt the regularly scheduled blog to brag, if I may, about my child. Of course I may, it's my blog isn't it? Someone asked me how old he was when he started walking, and I had to really think about it. "Uhhh...I think he was about eight months...I think," was my reply. How sad! I didn't write down the date and I think the only pictures I got were with a cell phone camera.

So now I would like to make a list (for myself really) of some of the ingenious things he can do.
Mobility: He can walk, run, spin around in a circle, walk backwards, and climb EVERYTHING.
Motor Skills: Wave, clap, give a "fist bump", blow a kiss, and shrug his shoulders when you say "Where'd it go?"
Spoken Words: Mamma, Dadda, Poppa,Grandma, Sissy, dog, meow, hot, Elmo, and vroom vroom!
Signed Words: milk, eat, more, all done, and please (I bet he could learn more, but that's all I know to teach him).
Commands: When I say "Go get a book," he goes to his book shelf, picks out a book, and brings it to me to read. When I say, "Throw it away," he takes whatever he's holding to the trash can. (He sometimes throws away other things too...car keys... remote controls).

He is absolutely in love with Elmo. He brings me the DVD case for his favorite Elmo movie and demands that I put it on for him (I try to make him at least show the sign for please). We have made a rule that he gets two Elmo movies a day, otherwise he will be in an Elmo induced trance all day long. Yesterday morning we were cuddling in bed and he was singing "Mo-Mo" over and over.

His favorite book. I could recite it in my sleep. He kisses each and every page.

Santa

"Grammer & Poppa Oso" joined us for our Santa visit. We went to Bass Pro Shops (along with every other family in the Inland Empire). Cash wasn't terribly impressed by his first Santa visit, but at least he didn't cry. (PS-Kamden dressed himself that day).


Click here to see Santa's special message to Kamden:

http://portablenorthpole.tv/watch/14ef19a62a5f7ff3a08e1573e0a51e1b

He loved it! He watched it at least 50 times.

I Am One!

We celebrated Cash's first birthday at our house two weeks before Christmas. Unfortunately, there was a huge snow storm in the days before, and our guest list went from 30 to 10. It was okay, though. He had a great time and loved every minute of it. While he got an entire garage full of trucks (fire trucks, Tonka trucks, etc) his favorite toys were his books (go me!!!). We also collected several donations for Toys for Tots...a tradition I will try to continue as he gets older.