Meeting Miss Etta

Cash got to meet his new baby cousin, Etta Jo Bell, yesterday.  The sweet little Miss was born on May 24th and weighed in at 7 lbs 2.5 oz.

She is just the sweetest little thing with dark hair and even a few curls! Cashman did pretty good with her; patting her head, touching her little fingers and even giving her a smooch on the head...then he wacked her on the tummy.  I'm sure she'll be getting him back for that some day!

We headed out to the Kalona Golf Course yesterday to see Grandpa and even do a little putting. I'm sure it will be his first of many trips to the course!!

Cashman's first putting lesson with Grandpa.

He got to go for a few spins on the golf cart and eat some ice cubes, all before cooling off in the ice bin.

Cash even got to go for a ride in Grandpa Rodney's Jeep (sorry, no pictures of that)! We hope everyone had a fabulous Father's Day, we know we did at our house!

'Ball'

We took Cash to his first Kernel's game last week.  I'm not gonna lie...I was hoping that the crappy weather would ran the game out, but just my luck they still played!

Cashman was pretty good for oh let's say 2 innings tops.  The little man just can not sit still.  He is constantly go go go and kept us on our toes for sure.

 Of course he found the balloons right away!

He loved watching the game, from everywhere that our seats were not and LOVED the ladies just a few tables down from us.

He wasn't too sure about Mr. Shucks.

It was a chilly night, but lots of fun!

Monday night he got to play a little with his California cousins - Jacob, Hannah & Josh.  We wish we could have spent more time with them while they were here, but maybe next time.  And on Sunday Cash finally gets to meet his new cousin Etta!!  We're so excited for Adam and Layne and can't wait to watch these two cause us all a few headaches in the future :)

I'm the Outdoors Type

Wow...I just realized that it's been a whole month since we've posted anything.  We've been pretty busy around our house (shocking, we know) but it's summer so would you expect anything less?  Nick and I just got back from a fabulous trip to St. Louis with some great friends where we got to see our beloved Cardinals sweep the Cubs!  It was a nice trip but bittersweet because Cash was home sick.

 Just chillin' before bedtime!

The little man is keeping us very busy these days and he wears us out!  I'm sad to say that he's not a baby anymore...but we're enjoying every minute of the ornery toddler that he is becoming!

Cash LOVES to be outside.  If that door is open...he's headed straight to it and right outside. I guess it's better than the alternative and it's quite fun to watch him roam around and find 'new' things. Now he's enjoying; throwing rocks, eating dirt, swimming, playing with the neighbors dog Abby and going for trips in his wagon (thanks Larry & Lo, it's his FAVORITE).

We're also starting to become a little chatter box around the house, I've always said he's just like daddy.  Our vocabulary now consists of 'hi', 'baby', 'pup' and 'ball' and I think we've caught him saying 'oh gees' a time or two as well.

There is another busy week in our future...we've gotten passed the graduation parties, but the weddings are about to get into full swing.  We're also taking Cash to his first Kernel's game this week and he even get's to go to a parade!  Hope you're all staying cool and just as busy as we are!

 Cash might begin to think that the Casino pool is his own!