You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Cry...

Ahhh...children's first visits to Santa!  Will they cry? Will they scream?  Will they smile?  We weren't sure how Cash would react to Santa at all!  Earlier in the month, we started with the "Ho Ho Ho" to see how he would react...and he cried!  We kept saying it to see if his reaction would change, and in the last couple weeks, he has smiled and laughed when we did it, so we figured now would be a good time to go see Santa!  We decided to take Cash to Fisherman's Village in downtown Punta Gorda for a number of reasons, the biggest being that you bring your own camera to take pictures.  Awesome, since you don't know what kind of reaction and pictures you will get.  So we took Cash down there on Saturday after a nice long nap and some lunch in the hopes that we wouldn't have the screaming baby!  What a pleasant surprise when Cash just checked Santa out and didn't make a peep!  He of course decided to take a handful of hair and beard...thank goodness it was all real!  Looks like we will have to go back next year...I have a feeling it will be a different reaction! 

Here is Cash already checking out Santa...he doesn't look too sure!

I am talking to him and saying that Santa is a nice guy...and that he will bring him presents if he goes and sits on his lap!

Santa was great with Cash!  As you can see, Cash is not 100% on what is going on.  But he does have a handful of Santa's beard just in case something shady goes down!

I LOVE this pic because it looks like Cash is saying, "I got you figured out old man!"

No smiles from Cash, but at least he wasn't screaming!

Happy 7 Months Cash!

Again, I am a little late on posting Cash's monthly pictures...I blame it on the craziness of the holidays!  I know that I say it every month, but we cannot believe just how fast Cash is growing!  It just seems like yesterday that we were eagerly awaiting Cash's arrival and now he is 7 months old!  Earlier this month we had Cash's 6 month appointment.  He weighed in at 18 pounds, 5 ounces and is 28 inches long!  He is definitely our little precocious little boy! He has to examine everything and is becoming quite the little "explorer" now that he is mobile.  It's amazing just how fast he has gotten crawling and he sure does wear us out!  Here are Cash's 7 month pictures...he is such a handsome little boy!

Big boy sitting up!

Man, MORE pictures????

These pictures are getting harder to take since Cash doesn't like to stay in one place for too long!

He is getting stronger!  Only a matter of time before he is pulling himself up and trying to walk!  God help us then!

Bath Time Fun!

Jeff and I had to share this video with you all...Cash absolutely LOVES his bath time!  Cash gets excited when we take him into the bathroom and he sees the tub ready for him.  He goes crazy in the water and we have a feeling that we will have a little fish next summer!  Here is Cash enjoying his bath!

And We Have a Crawler!!!

Cash's sixth month has been filled with many new things and he has mastered yet another one...crawling!  Jeff and I were both here to witness his big crawling debut and it was so exciting!  We had been working with Cash on his "scooting" for a couple weeks now.  We knew that it was only a matter of time before he really figured it out and at the end of November, he did!  Jeff and I set Cash down on his blanket to play and all of a sudden, he was on the move!  We both watched him make his way across the living room and were so excited!  Here is a video right after Cash's first crawl across the room...we are so thankful for technology and the fact that we are able to share these firsts with all of you!

Now the REAL fun has begun...in the two weeks since Cash showed off his new moves, he can now move across the room in a flash!  His belly is still on the ground, so we know once he lifts it up, we are REALLY in trouble!!!