Gettin Jiggy Wit It!

Here's a fun video of Cache dancing and taking a few more steps! We were watching "Ghost Whisperer" which is my most recent Netflix find. Every time at the end of the episode there is music and Cache seems to drop everything to dance, so I finally caught it on camera! :) Enjoy!

Slowly but Surely

So I have taken a job here at the hospital, which is convenient because it's so close. And while I was getting all the preliminaries out of the way on Friday, I met a doctor, Jill, who was really nice, has a 5 month old and gave me her number so we can all hang out sometime! She is a doctor at the clinic and will also be working with me at the hospital. Her and her husband like to travel and they scuba dive, water ski and Jill has her pilot's license. It would seem that things are starting to look up. I also met a nice mom at the park with her two little ones (3 and 9 months) and she was really nice and lives pretty close too. Also a physical therapist (or PT aide) has a daughter about a month younger than Cache so apparently there is light at the end of the tunnel! I still miss my friends and family in Utah and Washington, but at least there is something to look forward to here. :)

I have also found out some local information while we take our walks around town. Occasionally we run into someone if the weather is nice and we find out new things. For instance, the pool opens May 27th, and the kiddie pool/fountain is free! Also, they have approved new playground equipment for the park here! I just hope that they are much faster than Clinton City at getting the park set up. If they aren't then we will be waiting for years! lol Here's to spring happenings!

Things Cache does these days:
watches the toilet flush
dances when music comes on
waves at the TV trying to get the Kinect to pause shows on the xbox
Jabbers about everything
Picks up grass and rocks and hands them to whomever is closest
When he's done eating, he starts to throw his food to the ground left and right (too bad we don't have a dog)

I'm sure there are more, but I lost my list. :)

May 14, 2011

Just to finish up my last post, I have to say that the yogurt worked, but not as well as I would have liked. We use raw, unpasteurized, whole milk from our branch president so I don't know if that affects it at all, but it still tastes good! I would just like it thicker next time, so I might have to try a few different things. But here are the pictures of the yogurt and some yummy berry smoothies that I made with it!

Notice the layer of whey on the top

Yummy!

And because he's a cheeseball. :)

Cache has discovered his love for water, especially when someone is doing the dishes without him. So he decided to help.

As Cache gets older, he's becoming more curious so we have been resorting to high tech measures to keep him from turning the TV on/off and the xbox as well. Jared was laughing because a new piece of cardboard shows up every now and then. :)

Speaking of getting bigger, he has taken to pushing just about anything around that he can get his hands on!

Forget the mini carts for kids! I want the real deal!

That includes a sister's walker at church...off he goes!

Yesterday we went to Bomgars, which is kind of like a Cal-Ranch or Grange and they had baby chicks and ducks there! Cache thought they were funny but didn't want to really touch one when I was holding one for him.

It sure has been crazy with the weather around here. It went from 94 degrees on Monday to 54 degrees today. We were sweating while on our walk on Monday and we were bundled up on Saturday!

And it's slow going, but he's starting to take steps! Here is a video of Cache taking steps!! Fruit snacks are the ultimate motivator :) Video to follow

And as a side note, I have been offered the job here in Tyndall, but we are still figuring things out. :) Until next time! :)

Little Moments

I was reminded on Sunday while at church about keeping track of all of the funny/cute little things that I experience no matter how small they might seem. It was mentioned when sister Bradley watched as Cache enthusiastically crawled toward his bear with a huge smile on his face and then proceded to suck on his first two fingers while he twirled the ribbon attached to the bear. He has this love for ribbons, especially ones he can twirl and especially ones attached to his bears. I have a feeling he gets the twirling from me...

Anyway, while I was laying on the floor, Cache was crawling all over and around me. I turned my head and found that I was inches from his little face. When out of no-where I saw a little cave in the form of his mouth and he clamped down on my nose! Of course I started to laugh, so he thought it was pretty funny too. He let go, then smiled and went in for another bite! He continued to do this a couple of times until I just had to wipe up all the slobber that was on my face from his laughing with his mouth open. He found somthing else intersting so went off with that. I thought I was safe, but a few minutes later here comes Cache crawling up my stomach with his mouth wide open with a huge smile on his face! Needless to say it was amusing and he had fun, until he didn't anymore and then it was time for a nap! Such a good boy. :)

Oh, and the weather has been HOT here the last two days and I can't wait for the pool to open! However, there's nothing better than having your own pool :) Ah, dreams...

Mother's Day, Gardening, and Catch Up

Today is a day to remember those women in our lives who have raised, taught and cared for us. Mother's have a special place in our hearts and I have been blessed to have many involved in my life. I take this moment to say Thank You to all those ladies who have been there for me when I needed them most! Love you mom!

Last year I was celebrating Mother's Day as a mother-to-be and it was so exciting knowing that this year I would be able to celebrate it with my husband and baby boy! I was treated to french toast and strawberry topping and bacon for breakfast! All made by my wonderful husband. So here's to my happy little family on Mother's Day!

Gardening Days
We were able to get our garden planted finally and we are hoping that at least something starts to grow! We have corn, cucumber, carrots, squash, peppers, dill, winter onion, cilantro, and basil. We still have to plant lettuce and watermelon, but we are started! The weather has been really nice lately, and we have had warm sunny days to water the lawn and go on walks, but I'm sure not used to the humidity yet! It was 84 degrees today, but it felt like at least 90! Oh, and we were trying to figure out what the vegetables that were already planted in our garden were. After some examination and asking around, we found out that it's a winter onion that's in the green onion family. Except they are huge!

Cache and Jared taking a break

Cache starting his own garden in the only patch of solid grass we have :)

The BIGGEST green onions I have ever seen!

"Not the Mamma!" Just reminded me of that show with the dinosaurs...I had to take it away to spare poor Jared's head

Other Odds and Ends
Cache and I had a chance to sit and watch the wedding of the year (or possibly decade), also what some would call a real-life fairy tale wedding between Kate Middleton and Prince William. I managed to get a picture of Cache enjoying the ceremony

Also Cache has been using just about anything to walk around with including boxes and random toys

We are also officially South Dakotan drivers because we have installed our new license plates. It actually wasn't that expensive to get it done, thank goodness.

He was trying to help by playing with the tires and tools...

I also discovered that Cache has been picking up more habits from me when I turned around while cooking and found Cache cooking his chip-clip.

We have been discovering lots of things and Cache enjoys being chased by daddy. He even speeds up if he sees Jared give him a certain look. I have also been diving into more domestic endeavors with trying to make homemade cinnamon rolls, which I lovingly refer to as Becky's Cinnamon Rolls since she was the one who gave me the recipe. We brought them to church for Mother's Day and gave everyone a roll. They were a hit! Thanks Becky! Also, I have acquired a bread maker for my birthday and I plan on making some bread soon! I would have done this already, but we had bread to eat from the local bakery before I made even more. Also I am currently trying to make yogurt! We get raw milk from our branch president and we had an extra gallon this last week so I decided to give it a shot!  I found instructions online for how to make it in a crock pot so we are going to have to see how it turns out.

Anyway...Happy Mother's Day! And many more to come. :)