If this doesn't make you smile, I don't know what will!!!

I had to post this video just because it makes Jeff and I smile so much.  While we haven't had a belly laugh from Cash yet, he will giggle for us...usually when we are saying something silly or being ridiculous.  Here, Jeff was playing with him and Cash was a giggling fool!  Hope this makes you all smile like it does for us!

Amazing what a week will do...

I can't believe how much Cash changes from day to day.  Jeff and I were finishing Cash's room yesterday (finally), and hanging up the frames from our shower.  I had put pictures in from Cash's first month or so and he looks so different now.  It's just so much fun seeing how he can "master" things and learns new ones each day.  In the past couple weeks, Cash has been a roly poly as you can see from a previous post.  It wasn't more than a few days from that first roll that Jeff and I watched Cash roll over with no hesitation or problems!  We were completely amazed!  Here are a couple videos of him with the mastered roll...we are still working on him rolling from his belly onto his back, which is an issue especially at night when he wakes up angry that he can't get back onto his side or back to sleep.  We are hoping that he will figure it out soon...in the meantime, we are enjoying the fact that he is still not yet mobile...we know we are in trouble when that happens!

Happy 4 Months Cash!

As I sit here and write this post, I cannot believe that Cash is already 4 months old.  The time has really flown by and he is getting bigger and bigger every single day!  Cash's 4 month checkup isn't until the first Monday in October (due to insurance issues), so I will not have a weight/height update until then, but Jeff and I both know that he has to be close to 14 or 15 pounds now and his legs are getting so long!  Cash's personality is really starting to blossom and he is such a smiley little boy!  I cannot wait to share him with family and friends next month when we are in Michigan for a short visit.  Here are Cash's 4 month pictures!

It looks like Cash and his teddy bear are plotting their escape!

The one thing that my sweet baby boy got from me is my eyes...we just hope they stay light and hazel like they are now

Cash has a hat like his daddy now!

Hello ladies!

Are You Ready For Some Football???

I should probably let Jeff write this post since I know that he is excited to have another man in the house to watch football with this year!  Saturday September 3rd was U of M's season opener and we were sure to dress Cash for the occasion.  He received a couple different outfits and a t-shirt, so we will have plenty more pictures to post as he grows throughout the season!  Here are some pics from game day...I am sure that it will become a Porcaro men tradition to watch the games in our house from now on!

Looking handsome in his tracksuit from Aunt Cathy

Those other teams don't scare me!

Resting up before the big game!

He looks so tiny next to that football

We call this his little gnome picture!

Chatty Cash!

Everyone that has children say that you get one just like you.  Well, Cash may look like Jeff, but boy, he sure has a lot of my genes!  That little boy LOVES to talk and make noise!  The last few weeks, he has really begun to talk and babble and I cannot wait til he really starts talking!  I have a feeling that we won't be able to keep him quiet!  Here is a video of Cash telling me a story!

Mommy and Cash

I always heard parents talk about how they could never imagine their life without their child and I never truly understood until I saw Cash in the delivery room.  These past four months have been the most amazing, difficult, trying, tiring and wonderful days of my life.  I get to wake up everyday to the sound of my happy little boy in his room cooing and when I go in to pick him up, I get the biggest smile. I love being a mom and have the best job in the world...don't get paid enough, but I get paid in smiles and giggles from my little boy!  I go in and watch Cash as he sleeps and I cannot believe how much he has changed not only my life, but me as a person.  I am blessed to have a happy, healthy baby and not a day goes by that I don't give thanks to God for that.  Here are some of my favorite pictures of Cash and I.  

Just a little peanut here!

Taking a nap with mommy

Getting ready for swimming

Me and my sweet little boy

Kisses!

Relaxing at the beach!

Mommy and Cash

Roly Poly Boy

This past week, Cash has finally mastered rolling over!  He has been working so hard to get there...he has been rolling onto his one side for about two months now, but he has finally figured out how to get onto his belly.  The funny thing is that I almost missed the first time he rolled...I went into the kitchen to make his bottle and looked back into the family room and he was almost on his belly!  I ran in there and encouraged him and he made it over!  He was having some problems with his arm getting stuck underneath him, but he is getting stronger and better and pulling it out now.  Here are videos of the big roll!

Learning and Growing!

As I have stated in previous posts, I am so thankful that I get to stay home with Cash and watch him grow and become a little man.  The last few weeks have had lots of changes...he is a lot more active and loves to play with his playgym and lay and play on the floor.  He also has his piano toy that is becoming a favorite now that he can reach the bottom of it and press the piano keys!  On top of playing all day, I try to read books to him and we go through his "Who Loves Baby" photo album which has pictures of his grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.  We also have our tv turned to Sprout, which has many educational shows, including Sesame Street.  Sesame Street has easily become Cash's favorite show and he will sit or lay and watch it for the whole hour.  He coos and "talks" during it and is totally engrossed in it.  As you can see on the video below, he almost forgets that mommy is even here when it's on!  Here are some pictures of our playtime and of Cash watching his favorite show!

Playing in his activity seat from Aunt Barb and Aunt Crissy...it's like the Bumbo seat but it has a spinning table top with attached toys and cup holders.  Cash is liking it now that he can sit up better.

I didn't do it...I swear Mom!!!

Making music with his piano...it's so much work that he's tired!

This music stuff is hard work!  Notice the tongue out!

Wonder what happens when I press this one????

You can't see me mommy!!!

Oh, hey...there you are!

Where is Cash????

Trying to play with all his toys at once!

Loving on Sophie

Multitasking at it's best...playing with the rattle, Sophie and his elephant

Cash watching his Sesame Street

Smiles and Giggles!

We are so blessed and lucky that Cash is usually a very happy little boy.  He is very easy going and loves to give us smiles and "oohs" and "aahhs" every single day.  This last month, he has started to screech and giggle.  So on top of already having us wrapped around our finger, all he has to do is smile and giggle at us...well, at least mommy! Here are some of my favorite smile pictures from the last month.  I am thankful that I get to stay home with Cash everyday and see how much he changes and grows. 

See that little smirk...yeah, his dad has the exact same one...so that pretty much means Mommy is screwed!!!

Giggling for daddy

BIG smiles!!!

My little man

Cash and his Sophie...my best friend's mom, Laurie, bought Sophie for Cash and it is pretty much is favorite toy that he has.  We call her his girlfriend!

My little Italian Stallion in his velour track suit from Sandy Dalton

Happy to be playing

Love that toothless grin!

This video is from the day that Cash really started to laugh...of course it was for his daddy!

Splish Splash...Cash LOVES his bath!!!!

Cash's first few baths were not that easy...not only did he scream pretty much the whole time, but he was on a towel on the counter and we had to use a basin until his cord fell off and healed.  Now that he has moved up to his "baby spa"(yes, it does have bubble and jets), he LOVES it!  He is learning to kick and splash his feet (as you will see in the video) and he loves getting mommy and daddy wet too!  Here are some of our favorite bath time pictures!

Such a cutie!

Squeaky clean!

We call this Cash's "crazy Jack" hair (it looks like Jack Nicholson's crazy hair!)

So much to say!

The last month, Cash has really gotten a little personality.  So far, he seems to have quite a mix of Jeff and I...some good and some bad!  He really has gotten to "talking" up a storm and is usually vocal in some way or another about what is going on or if he is happy or not.  Here is a video of Cash "talking" to us one evening. It's so funny to see when a new sound comes out of his mouth...he winds up surprising himself as much as us!

Our Little Water Baby

We have taken Cash over to Aunt Lisa and Uncle Steve's to swim a few times now.  The first couple times didn't work out so well.  Cash wasn't too sure of the water and was in and out in a matter of minutes.  The last few times, he has really gotten into it!  We are so happy that he has had a change of heart and I have no doubt that he and I will be swimming fools next summer!  Here are some pictures of Cash in the pool and a video of the last time we were swimming.

Getting ready to dip his feet...

Oh this feels soooo good!

Just hanging out with daddy

"This pooling stuff is hard work...just like it's hard work being as cute as I am!"

Daddy and Cash

Taking a nap

Mommy and Cash ready for some pool time!