Cash's Baptism

The little man's big day was a week ago today - sorry for the delay. It was a beautiful service and Cash looked very handsome in his little white pimp suit. Sissy looked very pretty in her red dress as well. Thanks to everyone who was there to share his special day, especially his godparents Byron and Abby :) We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family!!

Back to Work

Monday was Mama's first day back to work and boy was it hard!! Sunday night I cried and didn't want to put the little man to bed, because I knew what was coming Monday morning. I actually did pretty well until the time came for him to go.....Daddy had to take him for his first day, mama just couldn't stand leaving him. There is one good thing - my first day back at work they asked me to go part-time, so now I'll only have to leave him half a day. Good for mama, bad for the checkbook :) Oh well, everything happens for a reason. Just to let everyone know, Cash will be baptized on Sunday, January 11th at 9 am at St. Francis Xavier in Raywick if anyone is interested is coming. We'll have a get together at the house afterwards for brunch. Until then check out the Cashman in his new highchair - what a face!!

Christmas Time

Well I am glad to report that the Cashman has been sleeping in his bed for over a week now, and is doing wonderfully. Mom is also over the initial shock of letting him cry himself to sleep....now it's rare to hear him get upset and when he does, it's usually no more than 5 minutes and he's out like a light. If I had known it was going to be so peaceful at night, I would have done this much sooner (yes daddy, you were right!!!). We had a wonderful Christmas holiday at the Bickett household, less the stomach virus daddy caught from my mamaw and papaw. Luckily no one else received that little present. We hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas, now we're looking forward to a Happy and Healthy New Year for all. Enjoy these new pics until next time - especially Cash and all of his little cousins - cuteness definitely runs in this family!!!!

2 Month Check-up

Yesterday the Cash-man had his 2 month check-up, and he was such a trooper. He only cried when his shots went in and was perfectly happy shortly there after. The good news is that he is growing very well, at a whopping 11 lbs 12 oz, and 23 inches long - what a big boy :) The bad news is that at bedtime mama has to start letting him self-soothe instead of rocking him (he's become down right rotten). Daddy and I are actually trying that for the first time right at this moment, and it's killing my soul. He's in his bed crying his little eyes out, and mama's working on the computer doing the same. I guess you gotta do what you gotta do :( Oh well, hopefully he'll fall asleep soon, this is absolute torture!! On a happier note, there's some new pics of his big day...the first one is of Mamaw Lynn holding him before the mean lady came in with the needles, the second one is the mean lady (my friend Kim) holding him after she did the evil deed, and the last one is Papaw Lynn looking less than excited about giving the little man his bottle (it was his first time - he really was excited despite his expression).

Just some more pictures of the little man - he gets his shots tomorrow...yuck!! Good thing Mamaw Lynn will be there, this could be stressful on mama. We'll also get to see how big a feller he is now.

Thank God For Daddy's Drinking!!!

Yesterday the most scary event I have ever witnessed up to this point in my life occurred. This is how it unfolded - we were visiting MawMaw Bickett after church and Brad went to give Cash to her.....as he turned around, his little cousin Pat got underneath his feet and tripped him....Brad fell down face first with Cash in his arms, did a flip, and landed on his back - all the while managing to hold Cash in the air, and keep him from hitting any of the surrounding furniture!!! He even managed to keep him asleep!!! It all happened so fast mama didn't know what to do, luckily daddy did. After the initial shock wore off, daddy chalked his acrobatic ability up to all of those years of trying not to spill his beer when he was drinking.....whatever it was, thank God for it!!!! Let's all make sure we're careful at MawMaw Caldwell's on Saturday - with all of the little ones, we'll all have to watch our steps!!

Merry Christmas From the Family

Santa Claus came to the Bickett house on Friday night, and boy did he leave a lot of stuff!!! Sierra must have been a very good girl this year!!! I think our favorite present was definately the tent she got for her bed - we all had to get in it and try it out. Cash got a highchair - very exciting I know. As you can see from the pics, he slept through most of the holiday festivities. Daddy was so tired from putting everything together that he had to catch a cat nap in Sierra's new Hannah Montana sleeping bag :) We can't wait to share Christmas with everyone else - and meet all the new arrivals!!! Merry Christmas to all!!!