A milestone

Just wanted to post real quick that Cassie was just trying to stand on her own! She has been letting go from things for brief moments but she was just trying to go from sitting to standing without holding anything. She would pop up and then plop her butt down! Of course as soon as I reached for the camera to record, she started crawling over to me! Oh well...

Chuck E Cheese

I thought I would open with a picture of Campbell in his pirate ship and then another of his Matey Cassidy!

So we get to Chuck E Cheese and Campbell is all set to go in. We get in there, he has Ryan hold him. We see Chuck E right away and Campbell is waving "Hi!" He gives him a high five but Ryan says that he is shaking the whole time. He would not get down and play the games. he wanted to eat. We ordered some pizza and Ryan and Campbell ate. I walked Cassie around and she dug watching all the activity. When Campbell was done eating, he was ready to go. So, its a step that he let Chuck E touch him but we've got some more steps to take to be comfortable. Baby steps right!

Today I got my haircut because Ryan scheduled an appointment for me. That was greatly appreciated and I feel so much better with my cut! My hair was getting so long! Tonight he will be watching the kids because I'm going out! Really looking forward to a night out!

Latest happenings

I know, I am overdue an update! Everyone is asleep right now so I thought I would try to get a post going.


A couple weeks ago Campbell and I had a date to see Wall-E! It was fun since Ryan always gets to do the movies! I was worried about it being over his head and I think the beginning was slow for him but it picked up and he told me he liked it at the end.


Cassie has decided that she is done with baby food. I think its an independence thing and she wants to feed herself. She's doing good though with the foods I've given her so far. Her frequent foods are chicken and peas. Of course she LOVES to follow it up with Animal crackers.


Today we are planning to go to Chuck e Cheese. I am SO looking forward to that! Okay, maybe not but Campbell is begging to go b/c he wants to show us that he's not scared of mascots anymore. I'm hopefull but also won't be surprised if we get to the door and he decides he doesn't want to go in. He's been telling us he wants to go to GA to the baseball game and see the mascots again. We told him thats a long trip and we need to try Chuck E Cheese before we take trips to see other characters dressed up. Don't know what we will say when he does well today and then says he's ready to go to GA!


You can definately see that brother and sister relationship coming through with the 2 of them. One minute he's over protective of his sister and the next he's big time picking on her. Its really cute though b/c they are so happy to see each other when they wake up in the morning. Its awesome!


Finally, I am going to post some pics taken over the last 2 weeks:


Campbell, playing baseball. Yes, he's in his underwear ( Its not a fight I cared about winning that afternoon!)


Campbell Riding his bike:




Cassie "reading":

And the reason I was able to do this post!

Meeting up with friends

Hi there,

I am having a hard time finding time to post so bear with me. Last week we met with a couple of friends. Alana and Apollo and Julie and Adler. We met them down at Thousand Oaks mall and had a good time! Unfortunately though, the play area was closed for maintenance so I think Campbell got a little frustrated by the end. Here are some pics of the babies. I'm going to include a pic from our last meet up in October at about 1.5 months old. Apollo is a day older than Cassie and Adler is 8 days younger than Cassie.

October 2007

Adler, Cassidy, and Apollo



And last week:

Alana & Apollo:

Cassidy & Apollo:

Julie, Adler, and Campbell

Cassidy, Adler and Apollo:

Atlanta Pictures

For those who really want to see all the pics from our trip, here is a link to the whole album.

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And now some pics:

Neighborhood Parade:

I think this was Campbell's first big chunk of watermelon this way. Its always been cut up for him. He wanted it this way!

Waiting for the fireworks:

Our Date night in Atlanta!

I forgot about an important night on our trip! On Thursday night, my parents watched the kids so Ryan and I could go out! For those Top Chef fans, we went to Home Restaurant in Buckhead where Richard Blaise, past season finalist is the executive chef. It was nice to go out but I was a bit disappointed in the restaurant. The staff seemed a bit unprofessional and the food was just ok to me. For appetizers/"snack" we had fried green tomatoes and a crab cake. The tomatoes looked like fried cheese sticks and came with what looked like an ice cream that was "frozen ranch dressing" according to our waiter. It was on the same plate as our crab cake and melted into it which was a bit of a bummer because we really enjoyed the crab cake. Our entree came out and I had ordered a Pork Belly dish and Ryan the veal chop. They also bring out fresh farm vegetables with the entrees. The vegetables were good and sadly our favorite part about the entree. After our entree, Ryan finished off the wine while I ordered a dessert which was a moon pie and root beer float. It was good but not wonderful. Ryan had brought our own bottle of wine. A Spanish Granache and it was pretty good. I think this was his favorite part of the meal. While it wasn't a wonderfull meal it gave us the opportunity to try a meal from one of the chefs we routed for on Top Chef.

Our trip to Atlanta Part 2

Some asked what I did with my free time. Honestly, not a whole bunch! I took a shower, drove around Rome and Berry College to check out what had changed, a brief nap and I painted my toenails.

That night we went to see the Rome Braves. Campbell had a good time. He enjoyed the ball park snacks and wanted to get down there and play ball with them. The mascots were right in front of us though and these scared him for a bit and even after he got ok with them from a distance, he always needed to know their location! Aunt Jill bought his first Dippin Dots for him! He is so picky on food appearances that it took quite some time to even try them. When he finally did he of course he didn't stop! I mean what kid doesn't like Dippin Dots!?

Here are some pics from the game!

The next day we drove out to Berry College and took pictures. For those who don't know, Berry is where Ryan and I went to school. I graduated there and Ryan transferred midway to Montana.

Here are some pics from the photo shoot:

After our Berry photo shoot, the kids got to spend some time with Ryan's Granny and PawPaw Gaston:

We got up Wednesday morning and drove to Duluth to meet up with my parents. It was my intention to not jam a bunch of activities in for this visit and spend time relaxing with my family and the kids. I guess I was a bit more interactive with this portion of the visit so I didn't have pics on my camera. I did manage to grab some of the pics on my camera. We went on walks to the park. We kind of let Cassie loose(with someone standing over her of course) on the slide and she had a blast! We took some professional portraits at Portrait Innovations. Here is the link to those shots for anyone who has not seen them:

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On the 4th we spent some time at the pool and then my mom and I walked with the kids in their neighborhood 4th parade behind a fire truck. We also went and Campbell got to see fireworks for the first time! One minute he liked them the next he didn't. Overall, I think he enjoyed them as on the drive home he kept pointing out any he saw! Saturday morning, we got up and went to catch our flight. They had changed our flights again so we were a bit nervous about a tight connection in Chicago but fortunately all went fine. I will post pics from this portion of our visit in my next post!

Pictures from the first part of our trip to Atlanta

Well we made it home and I will be working on updates from our trip and posting pictures.

Here are a few related to my previous post....

Campbell Chilling on the way to the airport:

When in the South.....

(I can't take credit for this outfit!)

Picking Plums with his new friend Jebb:

Testing the Water:

Playing with Aunt Jill:

Relaxing with sleepy baby while Campbell fishes:

Fishing:

One of the many he caught:

His happy dance everytime he caught one!

Another fish he caught: