Help, she's fallen & she can't get up!

I thought I'd snap some photos of Papa and his girl as they made their way back home after a stroll around the neighborhood this evening. 

And for some reason, her feet turn to mush when they touch the grass....interesting....

Just some more Cassie

With nothing much to do this evening, we decided to take Cassie on a quick trip to the park. If it were up to her, she would probably prefer to live there just so she could swing her little heart away and live with the ducks. All we hear from the backseat as we drive in is "duck...duck...duck" and "wheeeee." She is learning so much and getting so big! (I know, I know, I say it all the time!) Some of her new things: insisting on feeding herself, walking and not being carried through the store, taking things to the trash can, insisting that we read to her, oh, and my least favorite.....throwing herself on the floor when she doesn't get her way. And yet she looks so sweet and innocent in these photos....

Little Miss Cranky Pants

Sweets has some new chompers breaking through and she is not a happy camper. She's congested, her nose is extremely runny, she doesn't want to eat, she's having trouble sleeping, she's clingy & sad at times....

but thank goodness for youtube:

Because it's one of the few things that makes her happy right now.

Pretty in Pink

I'm not a big sneaker kind of girl but these were too irresistible to pass up, and besides she needed some new shoes since her fat toe was coming very close to scraping the floor in her sandals. And I'm guessing that she loves them as much as I do because she said "wheeeeeee" when I slipped them on. Or maybe that's really her way of telling me she wants to go to the park.


And as soon as I shot this photo of her, I could not help but crack up. Where did that pose come from??

She also got this cute pink backpack over the weekend and she loves it. She looks like such a big girl when she wears it. And as a bonus, it even matches her stroller....and if you happened to catch my facebook status, yes, the same stroller with the flat tire....courtesy of Papa :-|

And on a side note: Dinner with the Crelia's yesterday consisted of shrimp cocktail, grilled salmon, steamed veggies, and roasted potatoes. How on Earth are we supposed to top this on Sunday?!

Dinner with The Crelia's

I'm not sure how this all started, but somehow we have begun meeting Aunt Yaya and her gang for dinner twice a week. We meet at their place on either Tuesday or Wednesday and they come over to our place for dinner and swimming on Sundays. And the gang that isn't doing the cooking is responsible for bringing dessert. Well somehow Aunt Yaya forgot about our date tonight. I called her on my way home from work like I usually do and she mentioned that she had sort of forgotten about dinner tonight. Um, hello? What? How? Why? Disappointed, I offered to reschedule but she insisted that we go over anyway and that she would have a surprise for us. Mmmm....who could resist an offer like that? Everyone loves surprises! We were expecting pizza or something of that sort but when we got there they had warm Mexican food from Pappasitos waiting for us. Yuuuuum, it was oh so tasty!

And since it was our turn for dessert, we decided to stop by here for some sweets:

Cassie totally made us giggle because even though we had only been there once, she was already saying "mmmmm" as we were pulling into the driveway.

I snapped this one as we were driving over the bridge that gets us to Aunt Yaya's. See the tiny cluster of buildings to the far right? That's downtown Houston! It looks so tiny from way up there on the bridge.

Cassie making herself right at home at Aunt Yaya's.

Having fun with some fake food! Her imagination never ceases to amaze me.

Thanks for having us over guys! As usual, we had a great time. See you on Sunday ;-)

A conversation with my husband

This conversation actually took place yesterday, but I was thinking about it on my way back to work from lunch today and it just made me laugh so I though I'd share it here too.

:::Ceci, while at work, dials her home number:::

:::phone rings:::

Chris picks up: "Hello?"

Me: "Hey, what are you doing?"

Chris: "Oh nothing, just changing her baby's diaper."

Me: "Cassie's diaper?"

Chris: "Nooo, her baby's diaper!"

Me [trying not to giggle]: "So that's what your days consist of now eh?"

Chris: "Yep, pretty much....dolls, diapers, and strollers...."

Is he not the best Papa ever or what? I love him for loving CB with all of his heart, and for embracing all of the girly things he probably never imagined doing in a million years.

And in case you're wondering why I ramble on about even the littlest things, well it's because I do it for Cassie. Being the youngest of four children in my family, there are hardly any photos of my childhood, well besides the embarrassing ones from picture day at school of course. And it's pretty much the same for Chris, but I guess that's what he gets for being a middle child. I'm probably overcompensating now with the gazillion photos I snap of Cassie, but I just want her to have something that she can have to look back at. Something to remind her of all of the little things and how much we adored her from the very beginning.

I Heart Faces - Bubbles

So I came across this cool site today, iheartfaces.com. They host a weekly photo challenge based on a specific theme and anyone is invited to participate. This week, the theme is 'bubbles' so I thought I would play too because the photo below immediately came to mind. Cassie wasn't so sure about the bubbles and all Dottie wanted to do was eat them :-)

Click on the button below to see more bubble fun!

This totally made my day!

http://blablakids.blogspot.com/2009/08/blabla-birthday-cake.html

A little bit of reading

If I had to name one thing that Cassie absolutely loves to do more than anything, it would have to be to read. Well I'm lying, reading is probably tied with watching YouTube. She gets a kick out of watching and singing along to her favorite lullabies and we can't bring the laptop out without her wanting or should I say insisting on watching some YouTube.

CB and I headed upstairs to play in her room because we were not in the mood to watch Tiger Woods with Papa....can you say b-o-r-i-n-g??

Aaaaand she's off!

So Cassie decided that she would start walking this past week. She started off with a couple of steps here and there but just over the last week or so she she finally started to pick up the pace. Anywhere we go now it's "down" because she doesn't want to be carried anymore. Sigh....another bittersweet moment for me, and another reminder that my baby girl is growing up right before my eyes.

Sweet:

Cassie's new word, [well it's actually more like "wheeeeet" when she says it], and my favorite word to describe her.

We were upstairs in her room this morning playing and listening to Frank Sinatra when she let me snap these of her.

So she hardly keeps a bow in her hair for more than a few minutes but has no problem with me putting five in at once?

Looking a bit sleepy....

Giving me the signal, that she is in fact sleepy.

The time we spent playing in her room made taking the day off from work totally worth it.

My Sunshine

I plunked Cassie down into her crib to do some straightening up in her room when I noticed just how much the sun was beaming through her window. And for some reason, it just made me smile and obviously run for my camera.

It's been a while...

I received a threatening email from one of my many (ha!) followers [ahem, you know who you are] for not updating the blog so I thought I'd at least come up with something tonight....even though it's really late and I'm running on E right about now....

In all honesty, there hasn't been too much to report on these days. Cassie is up to her same old tricks....talking up a storm, taking turns pointing & laughing at us, taking a few steps here & there but still refusing to walk on her own. My own Papa swears I didn't start walking until I was 18 months old so maybe she's following in my footsteps? Ha, no pun intended there. She is beginning to get really heavy so it would be really nice if the girl would cooperate with us. Tonight was the first night she attempted to feed herself with her utensils, well besides taking over my plastic spoon last week to attack my sno-cone. She had no problem whatsoever fighting with me at dinner tonight. I must say she put up a strong fight with me and tightly held on to her fork with those chubby little hands. Isn't it funny how babies think they're stronger than us? Feeding time is just about to get fun!

Since I don't have any photos to go with this little story, I thought I would just add some favorites from the past few days/weeks to keep you entertained [that's for you Tabitha!] These photos actually give you a peek into what Cassie's day usually consists of....lucky girl!

Hope everyone is doing well!

Here's our early riser. How do you like the bed-head?

I think I can! I think I can!

Our usual evening trip to the park.

Thanks for the buggy Aunt Yaya! As you can see she loves it :-)

Hmmm....which way are the swings?


A relaxing bubble bath after a hot day at the park!


My bookworm loves her books. Her new word: pat-a-cake, sounds more like "paaaa-caaaaay."

A snack. Don't worry, we didn't let her eat the whole thing, it just appears that way. I promise Cassie gets all of her fruits & veggies as recommended by the food pyramid:-)

And if I could choose just one photo to describe my sweets, this one would have to be it.