May 18, 2009

Warm Weather has Arrived

This week brought beautiful weather, lots of sun and warmer temps. I took Casey swimming on Thursday. Friday, Casey played with her sand and water table and made a complete mess. She splashes around, then takes a shovel, gets it wet, then leans over and touches Frisco with it. She did this over and over again. Frisco just sat there and took it. It probably felt nice, because it was a warm week! Today we had sand in the table, finally. She was a little unsure at first, but after poking the sand a couple times and taking a couple tastes, she became a pro with the shovel and rake.

Saturday, Tracy started with her half marathon training by running 4 miles, while Stan, Casey and Frisco went for a hike. Later, we had Sarah, Brian and Rowan (Casey's shared bday friend) and Mark over for burgers on the grill and some playtime.

Saturday we went for a 3 1/2 hour hike on the Meadow Creek/Eccles Pass trail. We didn't make it as far as Eccles Pass, because there was still too much snow on the trail as we got to the higher elevation, but we made it high enough for some amazing views. Casey was great. She sang, talked, checked out the scenery, got a nap in, had some lunch, then more singing and talking. The Tiki Bar is now open, so we met Mark over there for happy hour, then headed over to ACafe for Burger Night.

This morning Casey got some sand and water table time in, then after lunch, she went swimming in her Whale pool. This was trial 2...the water was much warmer than trial 1 and she loved it. She eased into...sat there for a little bit, then started splashing, then she felt comfortable enough to crawl around. After her swim, she said goodbye to Daddy, then took a 2 1/2 hour nap...someone was exhausted!

BTW, As I'm writing this blog, I'm watching Casey on the video monitor as she crawls all over her crib throwing her blankeys and stuffed animals around...she's supposed to be sleeping!!!

We head to VA on Thursday. Coca Cola 600 baby...

looks like a big girl in this pic

so excited to be playing with her sand and water table

the hike has REALLY tired her out...check out Frisco sneaking into the pic

eating some lunch at the top of our hike

hiking

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