Thanksgiving

We are back home from Thanksgiving in VA. Casey was great on the plane. Both to and from, several people commented at how good she was on the plane. Yay!

Our trip included a Virginia Tech game in Blacksburg; shopping; a visit with Chrissy; a couple of visits with Santa; lots of aunt/uncle/cousin time with Marcy, Stuart, Jack and Lily...etc.

Thanksgiving morning, Stan and Tracy ran the Drumstick Dash 5K in Roanoke, then enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner at Gramma Lois' with Aunt Linda, Uncle Marvin, Blair, Chad and their new baby boy, Grayson. Friday Casey got to hold Grayson...she loved pointing at him and saying, "baby!"

Sunday, Grandpa Tom took Tracy and Stan flying!! We took a Cesna 172 out to Rehobeth Beach, along the coast then back over Annapolis. Stan and I got to take over the controls once we were airborne. Very fun!!

Thanks to all our family for visiting and playing with Casey!

go hokies!

chillin' with gramma lois

cheesin with baby

stan flying

tracy hanging in the back of the cockpit...that's ocean city in the background

cousins

Artist

Casey was quite the artist this week. She played with sidewalk chalk at the rec center daycare and then later at home; she colored with crayons all week, one of her favorite activities (which is nice for mommy); and she got real messy with fingerpaints at home.

She is starting to notice her friends now. She will ask about her friends every once in a while, "Rowan?" She is also starting to play with her friends. We went to pick her up from the rec center daycare and Rowan and Casey were actually playing together on the slide. Sarah and Brian watched Casey on Saturday while mom, dad and Aunt Kel went riding at Keystone. They had fun chasing each other around the house. Aunt Kel babysat Casey Sat night while mom and dad went to a fundraising event for her daycare.

Casey is very much into climbing lately. She wants to climb on everything...the coffee table, up into chairs, under chairs, on her toys. She'll climb up onto her toy, then look around very proud. She is also starting to pretend play a lot more. She'll make her horse walk around, her little people walk around and jump off things. Her vocabulary is growing too. She repeats pretty much everything we say. She says, "Thank you" a whole lot and usually when she is actually supposed to. She is also putting together 2 word sentences. Sometime we're amazed by the things that come out of her mouth.

She is a little fiesty sometimes too. She had her first official "timeout" this past week. She kept hitting mommy with her toy. After 2 warnings, she was whisked upstairs into her crib, with no blankey. It took her a minute to register, but once she did, she cried until I came back a minute later to "discuss." After she calmed down, we came back downstairs and she continued playing, without hitting mommy. I'm sure it will always be that easy!!;)

Enjoy the pix.

trying to be blue like her Aunt Kel (aka, Smurfette) on Halloween

"cheese"

chalking up the sidewalk

Shots

Casey got her H1N1 and seasonal flu shot on Tuesday. She was not happy about it, but was very excited the Batman bandaids the Doctor put on her thighs.

Casey has become really social. When I dropped her off at daycare this week, she didn't cry. I left her at Kathy's to play with Dillon and Connor a couple times this week and she went straight for the toys. She still gets very emotional when I pick her up...crying and running to me as quickly as possible.

This week in swimming we worked more on blowing bubbles and putting her head under water. The teacher was amazed that it didn't phase her and actually smiled when her face went under.

She's still eating pretty well...not as well as she used to, but it usually means she's not that hungry. She takes one nap a day...usually around 12:30 p.m. And her naps are anywhere from 1.5 to 2.5 hours. She goes to bed between 7:15 and 8:00 p.m.

Today when we went to get her up from her nap, she was sitting up in her crib surrounded by her stuffed animals and blankets and didn't want to get out. She hung out in her crib for a good 15/20 minutes. She was the same way in the tub tonight. She was in there pouring water all over herself for over 30 minutes. And when I asked if she was all done, she kept saying, "No."

Enjoy pix.

Rowan and Casey at tumbling

future gymnast

jumping on the bed with Dillon and Connor

wearing daddy's shoes

Argh

If you couldn't already tell, Casey was a pirate for Halloween. And a really good one. We went to Frisco Main Street for trick or treating. The town closes Main St and the businesses hand out candy. She was a great trick or treater. We got there early, so there weren't many kids out, so she got all kinds of attention. We finished the night at the Boatyard with our friends Erica, Khristian, Sean, Kathy, Dillon and Connor.

Thursday we had our 2nd swim lesson. It was more exciting this time. She got to kick her legs and use her arms a little. Friday was her first tumbling class. She is taking it with her friend Rowan. They had so much fun. Hopefully I'll remember the camera this week. Casey ran around the entire 45 minutes. She loved the balance beam, makeshift slide and hanging from the bar. At the end of class they got to play with balls and she had so much fun on the bouncy ball that has a handle. She sat on it (with mom's help) and said "bouncy, bouncy" over and over.

Her naps were a little strange last week. She would go down at her normal naptime, but play in her crib for 30-60 min before finally falling asleep for an hour and a half. Hopefully that was just a phase.

Sunday Casey got to play with Dillon and Connor while Mom and Dad went snowboarding at Abasin. We go for the last hour and there are no lines. Thanks Kathy and Sean for babysitting!!

Today Casey got the H1N1 and the seasonal flu shot. Hoping not to get sick this winter...or at least not REALLY sick!

Casey would like to send out bday wishes to her Great Yellow Grandma who turns 89 on Sunday!

getting ready for a wagon ride to the playground

helping daddy shovel the driveway

a pirate coloring

argh...do you have candy?

argh...let me cross the street