I love this kid!

New Hotel!!

As most of you know I've been a little busy the past couple months with my new job. Our company just opened a new Marriott SpringHill Suites in Provo and I get the fun job of being the General Manager. At least I'm hoping it will be fun eventually.....it's been pretty busy and challenging so far. Don't get me wrong---it's so fun to have everything nice and new and beautiful but working out all the kinks of having a new building is crazy. No major issues just dumb little things like the fact that if you hit the "room service" button on the telephone it dialed 911---minor issues I tell you. If you haven't seen the hotel yet feel free to drop by for a tour----it's awesome!!! It's very different and "fresh". People love it!---except older people which reminds me of a good story. So I was in a "closing construction" meeting the other day where I had to give a little presentation on how our guests have responded so far to the new hotel.... let me give you a little background on who was in the meeting---it was all the owners who are a little older (and one inparticular has a hard time that I'm a woman), the builders of the hotel and the owners of our management company. So I hand out my nice little report with the feedback and forgot that as I was typing the report I put as the very last line "the only guests who have not responded positively to the hotel are simply old foogies with old school taste!" Of course I'm laughing to myself as I type the last sentance. I then got distracted and forgot to take it off the report!!!!! Pretty embarassing as one of the owners reads the report out loud in the meeting!!!!! Yes, I'm glad I still have a job. I feel super lucky to have the best staff ever----I like to refer to them as the "dream team"!! I thought I'd share a couple pictures of the finished product. Of course I couldn't end this post without a few pictures of the cutest little man in my life. We have beads that hang in our lobby area and Cashy LOVES to grab them, pull on them, wind up in them----and he gives me a devilish little grin the whole time knowing he is doing something wrong!

Catching up!

So it's been a few weeks since I've updated so get ready for a long post! Hopefully you don't get too bored reading this. Easter was great this year---nothing says Easter like an Elmo Easter basket with bunny ears! The little yellow "duckie" inside is Cash's new favorite toy. He pretty much takes it everywhere with him and he likes to wear the bunny ears around his neck like a necklace.....yes, it makes Jed nervous. We had an Easter egg hunt in our back yard for Kylee, Kade and Carter.....a big thanks to Kami for coloring the eggs! Kami and I had a throw back to our childhood by writing on the eggs with white crayon before she colored them. We put $.25 or $.10 or "prize".....just like my grandma Oram use to do ....Jed said we were lame and that the kids would rather have candy......boy was he wrong......and boy was he surprised when I pulled out his change jar to pay up on the eggs!!!!

The next adventure was Cash going to Seattle with Kami and Meridith for 5 days!!!! I was a little hesitant at first but then agreed. Jed and I went to Park City for a couple of days which was awesome but by Sunday night I was happy, happy, happy that my baby was coming home!!! It's nice to have a break but even nicer to have Cashy back home. I love the picture of Cashy snuggling with my mom---so cute! That's pretty much the highlight of her life.....snuggling with grandkids. I also love the picture of Cash with the tissue blowing his nose......totally cracks me up every time he does it. Oh the simple pleasures of being a mom. A big thanks to Meridith for taking Cash on the plane.....although Kami finally admitted tonight that he was a stinker on the plane and to not be surprised if Meridith doesn't offer again.....ouch! HA! HA!---I don't blame her!

Nate and Quinn came to visit for a few days last week. Quinn of course had to go see the baby cows out at Grandpa Baadsgaards house---of course he really had twist Jed's arm to take him out there. They tell me that everytime Cash gets in the truck he jumps on grandpas lap and takes the wheel ---he's pretty sure he's driving that rig!.....now don't freak out and call child protective services---out in Spanish Fork it's totally legal for a 14 month old to drive a farm truck! Cash has started a new thing lately where he has a motor sound for everything. (I just realized I've turned into one of those annoying people who all they talk about it their kids on their blog---lame. oh well.)

At last but not least a few pictures that I almost didn't post....why you might ask....because my nanny (aka Kami) didn't match Cash's clothes very well this day----how embarassing! I pride myself on a matching kid! I mean seriously Kami---what kind of aunt, I mean nanny are you?????----grey shirt with blue sweatpants---yikes! Kami took the boys to the park the other day (I know you all wish you had a nanny like her) and they loved it, as you can tell from Kai's face....actually you can really tell from Cash's nice belly laugh he's got going on! I love that kid! Hopefully some day he'll have a nice cackle to go along with that belly laugh.

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Gangster Cash

So it's no secret that Cash is a little runt.....I put these 12 month pants on him the other day and they so cute---but still to big but I let him wear them anyway. Well, about half way through the day he was watching Yo Gabba Gabba of course and his pants feel right down! I think it's pretty darn funny actually.......he's going for the gangsta' look! I'm happy to let you all know that I did figure out how to tighten them with those little elastic sinchers inside the pants---a big thank you to whoever invented those!!!!

Cash's Recent Activities

I've been super busy lately with the new hotel but thought I'd put a few pictures of Cash's latest activities. I don't know why but for some reason he sticks his toungue out whenever he's walking. Sometimes it's cute.....sometimes it looks like he's retarded.

Oh who doesn't enjoy a good smut magazine every now and then! Have I mentioned that Cash is a very advanced child...so advanced he can read upside down! Below is a fun picture of he and Kai pretending to be the Easter Bunny. I'm actually amazed we got a shot with the ears on his head---he kept ripping them off and giving me a look like "are you serious mom?" I love this kid! He keeps me entertained on a daily basis! He's a keeper for sure.

Happy Birthday Cash!!

It's hard to believe my little boy is one years old!!! It literally feels like just yesterday he was born. I can't believe how fast the year has gone by---I never knew I could feel such love for a little person. Cash is by far the best thing that has ever happend to Jed and I. (besides eachother of course!) Yesterday we celebrated with our family and Cash's self-appointed God-parents, with a bbq and of course cake and ice cream! We started out the day with Cash's favorite breakfast----cinamon raisin french toast. I love the pictures below of Cash in his little party hat. You can just tell by the look on his face that he thinks the hat is totally dumb and if he could talk I'm sure he'd tell me that.

I LOVE this picture of Aunt Marie holding Cash. It's proof to the world that she really is good with kids despite what she thinks. Cash has always loved her. Please take note of the ghetto candle on the cake.....yes, that's right---I forgot to get candles!!! I suck. oh well, he won't remember right?

Also take note of the huge cake that Aunt Kami bought him for himself! I sent her into Smith's while I waited in the car with the boys and told her to just get a large cupcake or a small little cake that he could dig into. She came out with this! Of course Cash didn't complain---he dug right in---no coaxing. Needless to say it was a fun day. Thanks to our family and friends who came and put up with the typical first parents first birthday party. Here's to many more years with our happy and fun little boy!!! p.s. he's not totally walking but taking a good 10 steps at a time!!! So fun!

Mother's have to sacrafice???

So I've always heard about mother's making sacrafices for their kids and I always knew my mom did it for me. You know----the whole mom's wearing ugly mom jeans so their kids can have the "cool" jeans. Or mom's wearing the same dress to church for years so their kids can have cute clothes. Well, this new "unspoken law" hit me full force this week!!! Now I fully realize this will probably make me sound like a spoiled brat or maybe that I don't love Cash and all but oh well...not ture. I'm just keeping it real. So here's the situation.....I got a little bonus at work this week and instantly running through my head I was thinking "what kind of food storage could I buy with this???---YEAH RIGHT! I instantly thought of this purse I've been wanting forever!!!! (it's pictured below---isn't it soooooo cute!) I mean, it's not totally selfish---it's actually a diaper bag also so I was of course was thinking about my little guy too! Anyway, then the sick realization hit me that Cash needed a new car seat! So yip, that's right---Cash is the proud owner of a new car seat---which I'll be honest---it makes me happy to see that he's so excited to be a big boy and facing forward so he can see so much more. I guess my heart grew two sizes that day. I guess the cute purse can wait and I'll just have to keep using the one purse I already have---oh wait, I like to collect purses like shoes---I think I might have more than one in the closet to use!

Superbowl Sunday

It was that time of year again....time for a superbowl party which quite honestly is just an excuse to get together with friends, make some grubbin food and send the guys downstairs while the girls stay upstairs and gossip. This year we had quite a few more kids in the mix so we of course sent them down to play in the basement! The above picture is to prove to Andy that Luke really does have a wife! Below is a picture of Sam---Carrie ditched him this weekend so he showed up with his three hungry boys and left with three tired and full boys!


Cash of course loves the attention from the ladies and was in heaven just snuggling with Auntie Missy on the coach. I couldn't believe how long he sat with her because he's such a busy body these days----and according to Missy he's a bully to the other kids. Below is a nice shot of the kids playing ---I love having a basement that I can banish them too!

So below is a series of shots from Cash's latest trick---he's figured out how to open the glass doors in the hutch and loves to climb in and "hide" in there. I use the term "hide" loosely since they are glass doors and all. The poor kid is such a clutz/daredevil that he has at least 5 bruises on his head at all times. My grandpa calls him Tuff Tumbleweed. I personally call him Bruiser. Good thing he's cute!

I love this guy!

First of all I know this is picture is almost a year old but it's my favorite picture ever of Jed. Second of all, I know it's not Valentines Day, or Father's Day or Jed's birthday yet but I just had to write a little bit about why I married the best husband/father in the world! So why am I on such a husband high you might ask???...well, first of all let me tell you about last weekend...Jed went to Seattle and took Cash with him (well, actually he drove to Seattle with Cody so he wouldn't have to drive by himself and Cash flew on the plane with my awesome sister-in-law Meridith to Seattle) so I could have an entire weekend to MYSELF!!!! Yes, that's right--I'm a horrible mom who absolutely loved having an entire weekend all to myself to do whatever the heck I wanted! I slept in til 10! I went to couple of movies. I shopped. I ate out at my favorite places. I'm not going to lie---it was so great! I highly recommend it to any of you moms out there. I bet I haven't slept that well in 2 years! So anyway, back to my awesome husband. As many of you know when Jed isn't working he takes care of Cash while I'm working and he does an awesome job. I seriously think he could be a stay at home dad and be awesome at it. Tonight I even came home to a roast in the crock-pot---that's right ladies---he makes dinner! So pretty much I married the best guy in the world. I love you Jedly!! And of course I can't have a post without adding a few pictures of my second favorite guy in the world...Cashy!

Take note of his dirty shirt and nice bruise on his forehead---he nailed it on the door one morning and it was just like in the cartoons when a person falls and gets an instant goose egg--poor kid. And below is a nice "cheeser" shot---I seriously don't know why he makes this face but it cracks me up. He usually does this weird sound with it too.

Crappy Christmas....literally!

It all began the Tuesday before Christmas.........the flu struck the Baadsgaard house! I was the first man down...violent puking--like the kind when your 6 years old and your mom just can't understand why how you couldn't make it 2 more steps to the toilet----yip, there's nothing like having to clean up your own puke! By the next afternoon I was feeling better but then it hit Jed, my mom, my dad and Cash full force. At one point I had one person in each bathroom puking. We had to cancel all plans and pretty much just laid around looking at eachother. On the bright side...I didn't have to cook because eating was the last thing anyone wanted to do!

By Christmas morning everyone was to the point they could at least get out of bed........for a good 30 minutes anyway---just long enough to open gifts--say a mumbled thanks and head back to bed---or the bathroom. The picture of my dad below is PRICELESS! See, we have a running joke in my family that my dad never gets excited about any gift, he just says "oh thanks, that's really neat." About a year ago he came to visit and was telling me that he had seen the coolest thing in the skymall magazine.....a brownie pan that has little dividers in it so when the brownies are cooked they are all edges (I hope that makes sense) so I actually found it on Amazon and ordered it for him but the best part was he actually got excited----like for real excited when he opened it-----I can only imagine the level of excitement he would have had if he wasn't sick!

Here's a picture of Jed modeling his new sunglasses......I HATE buying for Jed---he's so hard to buy for and he usually returns everything I get him....in fact he just flew out to Austin today and his nice new pen I got him and sunglasses are sitting on the desk in the office.....which means...they'll be going back. Below is a picture of Cash modeling his jack-o-latern grin (I'm not sure how I got this shot) I just wish you could see the top of his mouth. One top tooth and fang are coming in---it's safe to say he's in an "akward" stage right now. Let me just tell you.....the flu + teething = very cranky baby and no sleep for mom. Well, my mom and Cash are barely feeling better and I have now stollen the title of "worst Christmas ever!" away from Maile. (inside family joke---but one of those "jokes" that's not really that funny)!

I LOVE Christmas time!

Here's just a few more reasons why I LOVE Christmas time......how can you not love a good Christmas smile in a cute Christmas sweater! I loved seeing all the red sweaters at church today---seriously, I don't know why but I love the Sunday before Christmas and seeing all the red sweaters. Notice how Cash has picked all the leaves off our Poinsettia....oh wait, that would be me forgetting to water it so they all fell off!

Look at the excitement on Cashy's face thinking he's totally going to get that ornament off the tree! .....................and success!!

So many of you know that I have a small obsession with the chocoate pretzels at Costco.....if you haven't tried them I HIGHLY recommend them---seriously, they are so delightful--the combination of sweet and salty (to quote my dear friend Missy) just hits the spot....if you don't believe me just ask Cash. I've been waiting for the day that they brought them back to the shelves (they're a "seasonal" item---I think they make them that way to make you buy more of them for fear they won't be there the next time you go) Needless to say...Cashy is a fan also!

Here's a fun picture of Cashy with Grandpa B.-- they're quite the buddies. Cash LOVES to ride in the truck or on the 4-wheeler with Grandpa and even helped heard cows last week! He's quite the farmer.