Sea World

Paul has the week off from work so we decided to take advantage of some nice weather and visit Sea World. This was Casey and Anthony's first time to Sea World but we got season passes so we will definitely be back for more.

Casey had a blast and I think Anthony had fun just being outside.



Cheyne took Casey down to see Shamu before the show started.


Casey loves riding on Cheyne's shoulders, she kept giving her kisses on her head.

Cheyne got a new Camera for Christmas and captured a lot of really cool shots in the aquariums.








Casey did a lot of walking and was completely exhausted by the end of our trip.

Casey rode in the stroller to the car and this is her fast asleep when we got there.

Christmas Morning

Christmas was a lot of fun this year, I think I was the one who was the most excited about it I felt like a little kid again waiting to see my little girl wake up to all her presents Christmas morning. Casey's big present was a kitchen that Paul and Cheyne stayed up til midnight Christmas Eve setting up. We had it next to the tree for Casey to see when she came downstairs Christmas morning and she loved it...making it a little hard for us to get her to open other presents but it was worth it to see her face light up.









Anthony playing with his present:

Matching pjs courtesy of Gramma and Bopbop of course:



This was the best picture I could get of the 3 kids....I didn't realize til afterward that I had our wrapping paper trash bag in the background :(

Leaving Cookies for Santa

Ginga sent us a special plate and mug to leave cookies and milk for Santa so that is exactly what we did. Casey didn't quite understand...she tried to eat the cookies herself.


Casey had pigtails in earlier but they fell out leaving her hair looking like this:

Casey's New Face

Casey has a runny nose which I think is tickling her a little bit and since she doesn't like blowing her nose she has developed her own way of dealing with it...by making this face.

4 Months

Anthony is really getting big and strong. He is rolling from tummy to back with ease but still has not mastered the back to tummy roll. He also has started bringing his knees up while on his tummy which is scaring me a little but I don't think there is anyway crawling can happen this soon...right? He is my little flirt he loves attention and will smile and laugh at anyone who gives it to him. He definitely knows who I am and will look for me if he hears my voice. He went to the doctor this week and weighs 13lbs 15oz which puts him in about the 30th percentile for weight, he is still my long a skinny boy.

Birthday Party #2

Casey was lucky enough to have 2 birthday celecrations this year, her second party was on Wednesday night with the Linkogle crew. I apologize in advance for these pictures...not my finest work.



Casey got the hang of opening presents with Cheyne's help this time and loved everything she got.

Especially the step stool Cheyne gave her that she hand painted.





She loved her presents so much we had a hard time prying her away for cake.

Birthday Weekend

This weekend we celebrated Casey's birthday at Gramma and Bapopp's house. Casey had tons of fun opening presents and eating cheesecake...I actually think she liked eating plain peanut butter better than the cake I made. Although she didn't really understand what was going on she loved being the center of attention.

This is Casey doing a little dance move her sister taught her called the "sprinkler" before opening her presents:

Anything Elmo is always a hit:


But the most exciting present of the night had to be the Sing-a-ma-jig from uncle Tommy:


Casey trying to blow out her candles:


...don't tell her she had a little help.

She was very proud of herself.