wavywards: Baseball, Beach, Football

We've been in Virginia all month and we keep very busy when we come to visit.

We went to the VT vs Marshall game in Blacksburg 2 Saturdays ago, then headed back up to DC for cousin Lily's 5 year old birthday party. Casey had so much fun at the "Luau," playing with all of Lily's toys and friends. She loved the moonbounce (maybe not as much as Jack, but close). It took her a little while to figure out how to stand up in it, but she finally did and thought it was hysterical when she would fall and bounce.

That following Tuesday, our friend Ken treated us to a Nationals game. This was Tracy's first time at the new stadium. Casey was pretty good. She wouldn't sit still, but she was very cheery the whole game.

We went shopping with Gramma Gail and found her Halloween costume...very fun...you'll have to wait until October to see what she will be.

Casey has gotten to play with lots of different kids while in town. She has gotten to play with Jessica's kids, Hunter (5) and Jacob (3); Stacey's kids John Patrick (3) and Cate (1.5); Dyani's boy, Harper (7 mos); Dayna's boy, Owen (9 mos); Kris's kids Ellie & Erin (3) and Evan (7 mos); and Sweet's and MaryAnn's girl Ellie (2.5). She has had so much fun with everyone elses toys and is slowly learning to share.

This past Wed, we met our friends Ken and Stacy and their son, Isaac (1.5 months younger than Casey) in the Outer Banks. We beached it Thursday and Friday morning (the No Swimming signs were out, but Casey enjoyed the big "sandbox").

Friday afternoon we drove to Gramma Lois' house in Roanoke. Saturday was spent cheering on the Hokies. What an exciting end to the game, especially because we beat Nebraska. Go Hokies!! Casey got to tailgate for a few hours. She was spoiled with junk food, potato chips and doughnuts (thanks Jeff). She had fun!

Casey has been learning so much these past couple of weeks. She is saying all kinds of words now. When she hears a plane go by, she'll stop, look up and say, "plane." She tried jumping this past weekend. She bends her knees and tries to spring up, but never leaves the ground. It's pretty funny. She loves when we do "This little piggy..." with her and after we do it, she does it to herself and then cracks up. She is definitely testing us lately. She has started to deliberatly throw things off her high chair while looking right at us. She'll start to fake whine with her eyes shut and then try and open one eye to peek and see if we are looking at her...if we are, then she'll continue the whining.

We have 1 more week in VA before heading back home. Enjoy the pix.