Easter...and more of Jed's Birthday!!!

So of course Easter wouldn't really be Easter at the Baadsgaards without an Easter egg hunt! Every year Jed's parents have a hunt for the kids with eggs full of candy and change and then they have the "adult" egg hunt where they put dollar bills---Jed's dad had even put a $50 bill in one egg some years just to make sure the adults really get into it. I think he enjoys just sitting on the deck laughing as he watches everyone ran and plow eachother over to find the eggs! This year Jed and I sucked---we only got $2 ---but some of his siblings got $30+.......but don't ask Jed about it because he's a little bitter with some of the cheating that went on.

Above is a great picture of all the kids "helping" Jed blow out his candles on his cake---nothing quite like 5 kids "helping" and you can just see all their spit flying onto the cake---yummy! Below is Cash and his cousin McKayde. Cash is 6 weeks younger but who would know it???

We headed to Tepanyaki Monday night to celebrate Jed's birthday. I love the action shot of Cody trying to catch the shrimp in his mouth. Chad actually caught 5 in a row! ......he's got mad skills like that! I just love the last picture of our cute little family-----tell me that dont' just love that double chin?!........let me clarify that I'm referring to Cash's. I just had to put one last picture of the munchin in his cute robe!!! I swear Cash is like my little Cabbage Patch doll that I dress up every day!

Happy Birthday Jed!!!

Today is Jed's birthday and he's in Sacramento for work. I sent this picture last night to his co-worker and had him put it on the big-screen in their conference for when Jed walks in this morning. Isn't it just the cutest picture! Cash's little shirt says "party in my playpen." So here's more birthday wishes to the best husband in the word----and yes--after almost 4 years of marriage I still think he's DREAMY!!! I love you sweetie!

He's officially a 10+ pounder!!

So yesterday was Cash's two-week appointment at the doctor and I know you'll all be shocked to know that he's over 10 pounds! He weighed in at a light 10 pounds 9 ounces. The best part is he's now 21.7 inches long. I'm thinking the hospital probably wasn't the most accurate in measuring him when he was born since I have a hard time believing he grew almost 3 inches in the last 2 weeks! He's quite the chunky monkey and I love it! Below is just a few random shots I thought I'd post.

I love this shot of Jed and Cash. I have to brag for a minute and say that I have the best husband in the world. He's so good about getting up with Cash in the night and feeding and rocking him and changing his messy diapers.

A lesson in Swaddling

So tonight my cousin's wife Shandy came over to give me a lesson in swaddling. Now to fully appreciate this story you need to know that Shandy's mom is full Navajo Indian and she taught Shandy the technique that her mom taught her when they would put the babies on the papoose boards. You seriously would not believe how tight Shandy can wrap a baby. In fact I'll be honest and tell you that it completely freaked this new mom out. It was all I could do to not unwrap him! I just kept thinking "he must feel so trapped!" Shandy, Curtis and Kami kept making fun of me. I have to admit he slept for 2 1/2 hours without a peep after Shandy wrapped him up. I'm still not convinced I'll be able to do it myself though.

Cash--the superstar!!

Here's a few more pictures of our superstar Cash! Above is a picture of his "going home" outfit from the hospital. Below is just a cute picture of him sleeping---isn't he so stinkin cute!!!! (I'm not a proud mama at all!)

Above is a picture of his room finally finished and organized (thanks to Missy and Kami). Karmen wanted to see the cowboy bedding that Kami made---isn't is so great--I keep telling her she needs to start a baby bedding business. Below is Grandma Oram giving him his first bath.

Just one more picture of those HUGE cheeks! So chubby and I love it! He's such a good little chunky monkey!