generations

we have a beautiful 98(!) year old grandmother living with my awesome parents. miss thelma long is wonderful. she is sweet and funny. when we were home for christmas we made sure that cashel paid attention to her but he was, like many very young kids, a little intimidated by her automatic chair and wheelchair so he kept his distance for the most part...but....you should have been there on our last day. cashel made sure that everyone knew that he loves his great-grandmother.


we were just playing around and all of the sudden he approached her...


so i put him in her lap and he looked up at her...


they exchanged some babble and its about this time we realize what a special moment this is so my mom jumps in the picture...


four generations...


did you see that? cashel just slipped his arm around her neck!


now fingers in the mouth...


by the way...cashel has more teeth than grandmother


a little peck on the cheek - what a sweet boy...


a kiss back...


i like your shirt, great grandmother - do you like my run dmc shirt? and she said, "why yes cashel, i'm listening to run's house right now!"


mimi stealing on of cashel's famous open mouthed kisses

ahhhh...

what a great moment...

more things that make me happy

i thought of more things that make me really happy:

when he wants a bite of something he opens his mouth up as wide as possible - sometimes i look over when i'm eating and he has his mouth wide open

jason taught him how to say "ahhh" after taking a sip of water

oh - and these two pictures because, i mean really, how cute is he in his bike helmet and he loves drinking his daddy's protein shake and he has a protein shake mustache

some of what i've learned

1. poop can miraculously end up in your hair

2. people with kids have dirty cars for a reason

3. this thing they call "absentmindedness" is REAL people....and i'm riding that train as long as i can

4. it is possible to take a shower with your bra on and not even realize it

5. my ability to carry cashel and groceries up stairs, walk the dogs with cashel on my back, make dinner, bathe cashel, get him into bed and clean up all before jason comes home makes me superwoman

6. family is missed even more now

7. i think i'm superwoman sometimes - now i think of my mom with 4 kids - she's superwoman

8. cashel hugs and kisses are priceless

9. jason is every bit the awesome dad that everyone knew he would be

10. it's true what they say - parenthood changes you

something to tide you over

i'm working on a post called "what i've learned" but quite frankly at 9:02 pm on this wednesday night i'm pooped and have done the following:

1. changed my background to something fresh and springy
2. changed the two side pictures
3. realized how hard it was to change the two side picture because, as cute as that little boy is we have no really cute picture of US together (me/cash, me/jason, me/cash/jason) - he's really hard to get good pics of these days - he runs towards the camera as soon as he sees it to play with it and any other attempts seem to get him frowning or making a weird face - we need better pictures - i told jason that tonight

after all that i don't feel like i've learned enough to be able to post what i've learned so i'll hold off on posting that one until i at least remember 10 things i've learned - i only have two at the moment and am sure i've learned more than i can write but can't remember a darn thing at the moment

until then enjoy the following silly pictures

things that make me happy

in an effort to try to revitalize my blog i am committed to even short posts even without the cutie-pie pictures of the little man. i really want this to be a record of our life here in los angeles. i have a horrible memory so it also serves as a sort of diary for me so that when i'm old and gray (i mean really, really, gray - not the little i have here and there right now) i have a record of funnies, moments, events, to look back on. so here is a post that's a little different than the norm that i'm sure to find refreshing when i look back at this years from now....

the funny things cashel's done lately -

try to wink - he squeezes both eyes very tightly

squeeze watermelon as hard as he can with his bare hands to watch and feel the juice

practice walking sideways and backwards

climb on top everything- ok - not so much funny as scary

place a ball in his basketball hoop that's too big

smile and clap very hard during "if you're happy and you know it..."

point to everyone's nose and say "no?"

i swear he loves to be caught in the act - he'll grab something (the remote) he's not supposed to have - wait for us to notice and say something - smile, then run

speaking of remotes, as of this date, our tv remote has been "gone" now for 3 weeks

he says "ball" "dog" "cheese" "mama" "dada" "no no no (while moving his finger)"

grab his you know what anytime he's naked

runs from us when he's naked

grabs my shirt to "drag" me around

like to play "ring around the rosy" and "fall down" at random times

i told jason not too long ago that the coolest thing about parenthood in my opinion is that i get the pleasure of just watching this little boy grow. yea for us!

i can't wait to add to this list :-)

long beach aquarium

first of all, i want to say that you are all preaching to the choir when you say, "robin! you stink at updating your blog!" i know! believe me...i know! i'm on the road back. not sure how long the road is, it seems to get speed bumps, otherwise known as cashel and work but i'm working on it - i promise!

in the meantime i DID manage to figure out cool new way to display pictures and for your viewing enjoyment i have updated this website with our recent trip to the long beach aquarium this past weekend.

enjoy!

clean up on aisle 4!

no this is not cashel but he did do this...we were in the grocery store recently and he managed to flip an 18 pack of eggs out of the cart but miraculously only broke 4 eggs! that's talent...and a good reminder to me to keep breakables out of his reach in the cart.