Happy Father's Day

This is how we spent our Father's Day morning - pretty typical of most mornings in the Inman household - hanging out, tickle attacks and having fun in mommy and daddy's bed before getting up for the day. Oh how I love my two dudes.

We survived one year...

Cash turned one last Sunday. It's hard to believe that my tiny little newborn has been around one whole year and is growing so much each day. We had a great party for him with all four of Cash's grandparents in attendance along with some new and old friends here in Wilmington. We are so lucky to have so many people love our little man and want to share his birthday with him. We think he had a lot of fun and as you can see, Cash is his mother's son and loves a good Hershey's chocolate cake.

I took him to his one year well-baby visit on Thursday. He's still a peanut - Cash hasn't quite broken 20lbs yet (he's at 19lbs, 8oz.) which leaves him in the 8th percentile for weight. He's 28.5 inches which is the 12th percentile for height. However, the doctor said that he was perfectly proportionate, looks like a good eater and is perfectly healthy (except for a double ear infection which was diagnosed at the time but really, that's just par for the course at this point). He's hitting all of his milestones like cruising, pointing, starting to make more sounds and a few words, and understanding certain words that are said to him. Besides the ear infection diagnosis and the four shots that were involved, it was a pretty good doctor's visit.

This year has brought a lot of change to the life Ross and I have built together but the biggest and best is Cash. We're so lucky to be able to share each and every day with him. He's a special little guy with lots of personality and lots of love in his heart. We can't wait to see what this next year will bring.

Visit with Hazel

*Yes, in the photo above, Cash is attempting to eat the iPod. It's become his new favorite thing to do. Hazel is right to not look terribly impressed.

Hazel Perks came to play tonight and Cash was excited to meet his new friend. Hazel's mom Lisa and I were freshmen year roommates at Wake and when her family came down to visit her in-laws about 45 minutes south of us, we knew it was the perfect time to meet up. Hazel and Cash played with some toys and then had a good time at dinner together. We hope we get to see Hazel, Lisa and Josh again on their next visit to NC!

Beach Baby!

Cash has really taken to the beach. We live about 8 miles away from Wrightsville and have been a few times already this summer. We try to go around 8:30-9am and leave before noon to beat the heat and the crowds. It works out really well and Cash has ample play time in the sand and surf. Unfortunately, one of his favorite things to do is eat sand but we are doing our best to break him of that habit.

11 months old

Swinging at my new house!

Cash turned 11 months old last Thursday. Since we moved to our new home this past weekend, the post and the celebration of 11 months was a bit delayed. However, Cash is adjusting nicely to the larger surroundings. The little guy has gone from living in 400 square feet to 2400 square feet and he's not even a year old yet! When we brought him in the house for the first time his eyes got huge and he didn't really know what to make of it. Then he saw that we have stairs and now he makes a beeline for them all the time much to mommy and daddy's chagrin. Along with the million of things that one has to buy when they become homeowners, multiple baby gates has been added to the list.

Cash is doing so many things now - he's always on the go. This month he has been:
-walking behind his walking toy and trying to stand by himself
-wearing shoes to day care everyday
-starting to drink whole milk mixed in with his formula...until our fridge broke. But soon we will be back to the mix.
-Saying "dada" or really, "datdat"
-pointing at things
-eating mostly table foods and still loving fish, chicken, black beans, green beans, and diced up fruit.
-getting a bit more of a personality in that he likes to do what he wants, when he wants and he lets you know it.
-sleeping from about 7-5 or 5:30 though we would like it to be more like 6 or 6:30

Big Boy Shoes!

*Don't let that adorable smile fool you. Cash was in no way happy with the milestone that occurred this morning.

Cash finally has real shoes. A couple of weeks ago, I was asked by his day care teachers if Cash had shoes. And it wasn't a question raised solely from curiousity- there was a bit of alarm in their voices. Now, I had never seen the point of getting Cash any shoes. For one thing, he absolutely hates having socks on his feet, so I assumed shoes would be worse for him. Secondly, most of the soft soled shoes I had bought so far just slid off of his tiny feet. I couldn't seem to figure out his correct sizing for the life of me. Finally, I had read that having shoes on a pre-walking baby's feet is actually a hindrance in learning to stand and take those first steps.

So yesterday, after a weekend of solid cruising and walking behind his new walking toy car I decided to get him some sneakers.

Cash is currently modeling some navy blue velcro sneakers from the Garanimals collection at Wal-mart. I also swung by Target and picked him up some closed toe sandels in a charcoal grey. When I put them on him this morning, there was screaming and clawing at his feet trying to get them off. But then I told him what a big boy his was now with his shoes and he seemed to smile. When I put him down, he just stared at his feet for awhile and poked at the shoes...and then crawled off at the speed of light to go play with whatever dirt was on the floor.

10 months old

This post is a little bit late but things have been busy for good and bad reasons in the Inman household as of late. The good is that we bought a house early this month! Exciting, but a lot of work. Before moving in we've been doing some renovating so I've spent a lot of the daytime coordinating contractors and such and then after putting Cash to bed at night, doing my full time normal job. Ross has been going to the house most evenings after work to paint, rip up floors, etc. However, soon we should be able to move in and then we can do our work all in one house. As for the bad, Cash has been sick most of the past month with continuous ear infections. It got so bad last weekend that he just didn't seem like the same baby. He was lethargic, not eating, just off in general. After finding out that he had contracted a double ear infection after being on a series of antibiotics all month long, the doctor has now said that Cash needs to get ear tubes put in. He was given a series of two nasty shots to get rid of this infection but it's only a matter of time before another one comes back. So Monday we are off to the Ear,Nose and Throat doctor for a consultation and then hopefully scheduling the surgery soon, before another infection sets in. While it's not an ideal situation, we have only heard good things from other parents who's kids have had the same procedure so we think that it is the best thing for our little guy.

However, through the sickness Cash persevered and grew a lot this month. He is now close to 20lbs and is pulling himself up to stand all the time. He is starting to try to cruise around a bit and pulls one hand off whatever he is using to balance like the little daredevil he is. His babbling is constant and "mama" is a favorite word, bless his little heart. He loves eating table food much more than pureed food and is eating beans, corn, fish, chicken, crackers, waffles, cheese, goldfish, amongst other things. We still need to work on the sippy cup - it's not really his forte but I haven't pushed it a lot so that's probably on me. He is sleeping through the night (except when sick which is understandable) and still loves to go to bed early around 6:30pm. His hair is getting more blond and more curly which is adorable and I hope I never have to cut it. He's still the happiest of babies and we love him so much!