wavywards: There's No Place Like Home

After 3 days of driving, we made it back home to Dillon. Casey was an angel in the car and in the hotels. But she was definitely ready to be out of her car seat! Frisco was pretty good...still panting a lot, but we crated her in the back this time, so we didn't notice it as much. Stan made the trip back with us and is worked from home last week.

Our last week in VA was spent at Southside Tuesday night, Dec 30, where Stan's band, SML, headlined. Casey and Frisco spent the night with Grandpa Tom and Grandma Gail. Basically neither of them notice that we're gone and get a little confused the next day when we pick them up...like they aren't ready to leave!

New Years Eve was not so exciting this year...Stan & Tracy had awful colds/flu, so stayed in bed most of the day/night. TV coverage wasn't that exciting either...but we are looking forward to the New Year! Thursday night we all went over to Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom's again to watch the Hokies finally win a bowl game! After a good night's rest, we were off to CO! With a stop in Casey, IL (how cute) and Colby, KS, we made it home early afternoon on Sunday, Jan 4. Lots of snow on the ground and temperatures in the teens!

Casey started her first day of daycare on Wednesday. She seemed to enjoy it and they seem to enjoy her! Stan and Tracy got to go snowboarding at Keystone that day! Thursday was Ullr Fest...the God of Snow. Casey was a trooper. We bundled her up and brought her to the Ullr parade in Breckenridge and hung out celebrating Ullr until 9:00 p.m. What a party girl!

Over Christmas, Casey started pulling herself up to standing position. And we even saw her crawl on her knees a few times, but mostly still army crawling. She is slowly getting used to real food. We'll give her pieces of bread and banana and puffs. She has figured out that they go in her mouth and she is supposed to eat them. This weekend she actually ate a few bites! She is growing more and more independent. She likes to pull herself up using the coffee table and then feels like she should be able to grab anything she wants up there. She is not a big fan of the word, "NO." She loves all her Christmas presents. We have them set up in the living room and she'll crawl over to the pile and play with pretty much everything! She is still a great sleeper. She takes 2 naps during the day and then goes to bed around 7:00 p.m. She wakes up around 7:00-8:00 a.m.

That's all for now. I'll try and get back to my weekly postings!