Marquis Mahem and Other Adventures

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Words that Cache Can Say

Being that Cache has been a little slower picking up words ( and growing teeth!) imagine my surprise when he's been picking up words left and right lately! So to celebrate, here is a list of what he can say...and what he really means:
Apple: apple
Nge: orange
Ehboh: Xbox
Nana: banana
Dada: dada
Mama: mama
Thooz: shoes
Coa- Coa: coat
Boo: bear
Bubble: bubble
Meh-men: amen
Uh-oh: uh-oh
Chicke (sometimes chic-chic): chicken
Do: do
Cracka: cracker
Rahla: Tyler
Tink tu: thank you

That's all I can think of for now! Just thought I'd share!

Sunday, February 12, 2012

September Surprise!

We have officially announced to family that Cache will no longer be an only child come September! We are expecting a new family member to arrive on or around September 9, 2012! We aren't sure if we are going to wait to find out the gender, but we are going to do our best! Glad we can finally share this with our friends! :)

Monday, January 16, 2012

Backyard Zoo

This guy in Tyndall has this awesome backyard full of exotic animals that you don't usually run into outside of a zoo! We want on a walk with our friends yesterday to enjoy the weather and went to visit the animals. Fortunately, the owner was home and he gave us a personal tour! He had peacocks, camels, mini donkeys, and other things I can't even remember! But Cache had fun looking at all the different animals. I guess he's old enough for a petting zoo! He got to help feed them treats too! The guy used to have a wallaby, but he's had bad luck with them so he didn't have him anymore.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Night shifts...

Well, here I am working a night shift, and trying to stay awake (so hard!!) but it's midnight and half over, so I'm on the downhill slide. I just had a few pictures that I thought would be nice to share since they are cute and fun....and I have time between checking on patients and studying for TNCC (trauma nurse core course).

Snuggly morning. I couldn't resist

Cache helping shovel the deck! He actually did that whole section :)

Enjoying the snow...before he got too cold


He is such a big helper. Here he is helping daddy while he works on the electrical. He's handing him anchors...faster than he can use them :)

That's all for now! Back to studying!

Friday, January 6, 2012

Fun with boxes!

Who needs toys when you have huge boxes? A friend brought over these huge boxes he salvaged from the recycle at his work. Of course cache loved them just as they were...boxes...but I wanted to be creative. So they turned into little buildings! It was a fun activity while we were watching Tyler. :)

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Heat Wave in January!

It was an unusually warm day for January, here in Tyndall. It got as high as 65! What is going on? In the morning Cache helped me paint the fireplace room. Mostly he just ran around with the spraying vacuum attachment saying, "TSH, TSH" like he was imitating a spraying sound.

Before getting dressed

All dressed! Doesn't he look like a mini man?!

Checking himself out in the mirror

Then we headed to the park! He got to ride in his wagon today! Lots of fun and all the other kids at the park were curious about it too. :)

Such a cutie :)

Going down the slides like a big boy!

Sioux Falls Science Center

We had time on Tuesday and needed to head to Sioux Falls to do some shopping and it was fortunate that my friend Jill and her son Tyler were able to go with us. We actually got a lot accomplished and even ate at the Pancake House, a first for us, and it was a hit! Who doesn't like pancakes. :) After a long day of shopping (thankfully both the boys napped on the way down) we headed to the Science Center there in Sioux Falls to let the kids run around and have fun. It was a really cute place and even though 1 of the 3 floors was closed, it was worth it to see them have so much fun! I have to say that it is totally a different experience as a parent. :)