Christmas Part 2

The day after Christmas, we drove down to Gramma Lois' house in Roanoke, VA, for Christmas with Stan's family. Aunt Lisa, Uncle Dave, Ashlynne, Morganne and Max were in town from Miami. Uncle Marvin and Aunt Linda also came over to play and deliver more gifts. Casey had a great time hamming it up for everyone. She showed off her dancing and talking and her "being cute." She will do something for attention, then stop to make sure you're watching by lowering her head and then slowly looking up, but not right at you.

Casey got to open even more gifts. She got books, cute clothes, a cell phone, a WordWorld fish, a talking teapot set, a stroller and plenty more. She and Max had a blast pushing the stroller all over the house.

We had a great Christmas week with all of our family. Casey is wiped out!!

casey and max building a tower...then they knock it down

shirtless baby trying on her new fancy shoes

working on max's truck

casey explaining the show to ashlynne, morganne and max

enjoying a good thumb suck during her bedtime book

gramma lois and casey chillin'

Christmas Part 1

Last week we were in Burke, VA celebrating Christmas with Tracy's family. Casey had lots of fun entertaining Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom. Aunt Kel was in town too to play with her favorite niece; and Aunt Marcy, Uncle Stuart, Lily and Jack were around too providing Casey with plenty of playmates and loads of attention. We kept busy with shopping, decorating christmas cookies, sledding in the 2 feet of snow, and playing with all of GG and GT's toys. Casey loved showing off her dance skills. She kind of does the "Elaine" (from Seinfeld). There is a little jump, skip, one leg straight, one leg bent, serious face, lots of twirls. Pretty funny.

Christmas morning, Casey decided to wake up extra early, 6:30 a.m., so after breakfast and stockings, she had to take a nap. I think it was all part of her plan...she wanted full attention when she opened her gifts. She had a blast the rest of the day playing with all her, Jack and Lily's toys. She got a new tricycle, the Little People Carnival, a tool bench, a book that spells her name (first and last), a bowling game, a new baby, a wagon/stroller/car all in one, a new ski jacket, a computer and tons more!!! We're all having fun playing with everything.

Within the past week, Casey has been putting words together more and more. She likes having conversations, whether it's to herself or to her baby. "gibberish, gibberish, lily, jack, gibberish, gibberish, mommy, daddy, sausage, pancake, etc."

Enjoy the pix...

Grandma Gail reading in her rocking chair by the fire...picture perfect.

resting with Grandpa Tom

she just poured water over her head

the girls sledding...oh and ivan

come on ride that train...

family photo...and frisco's not happy about it

decorating cookies...sorta

so excited about her new tool bench

bop it champ

mommy pushing casey around on her new trike

Blizzard of '09

Everyone has recovered from whatever bug was going around. Luckily, Tracy never got it. We got most of our chores done and even got a day of snowboarding in on Wednesday at Breckenridge before heading to the East Coast for Christmas. We left Colorado Thursday morning, stayed in Independence, MO Thursday night, then Cambridge, OH Friday night, driving in the GMC Yukon...all of us, including Stan this time.

The DC area got almost 2 feet of snow over the weekend. Which made the last day of our road trip a little more interesting. Luckily there were not a whole lot of cars on the roads. It was very eerie getting on the Beltway at 5:00 p.m. and not seeing another car for a couple miles. It took twice as long as it was supposed to...but we did finally make it to Grandma and Grandpa's house in Burke. Casey was a great traveler yet again. Frisco was too.

Casey has been having fun playing with Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Kelly, who flew in Sunday. Aunt Marcy, Lily and Jack came over Monday to go sledding. We stayed outside for hours playing with the neighborhood kids, teaching them how to do a sled train and how to make a jump. Casey wasn't too sure about sledding herself, but she had a great time watching everyone else sled.

Here are some pix. Merry Christmas!!

Casey and her Aunts

Casey sledding with Aunt Kel, while Lily and Aunt Marcy assist

Casey teaching Aunt Kel a song

SNOW

It's finally snowing. Snowed all day today, Casey got to go sledding down the drive way.

This week, Casey got the flu...she was up all night Thursday throwing up. The funny thing was that she would throw up, then she was ready to be wide awake and play. After messing up the crib, then the pack n' play, she ended up sleeping with mom the rest of the night. She had to miss her last day of tumbling, but after a long morning nap she started feeling much better. Stan on the other hand...is terribly sick today...

We got to go snowboarding at Abasin Saturday afternoon, thanks to the Butsons for watching Casey. Casey got to play with Connor and Dillon a lot this week. They had a blast!

We're packing up the rest of the week and we leave on Thursday to head to VA for the holidays!

at the top of abasin

her new favorite spot

casey, connor and dillon "the pianists"

dillon and casey "so cool"

little model

enjoying the snow

mommy, casey and frisco playing in the snow

Ring Around the Rosy

Casey is cracking us up lately. She likes showing off in front of anyone who will watch her. She knows how to "be cute." She'll look down and then slowly lift her head and smile. She loves playing and now singing "Ring Around the Rosy." She'll walk over and grab your hands and say "Rosy." She likes to sing, "all fall down!"

Thursday, Casey got the second part of her H1N1 shot. While waiting in line, she felt it was okay to lift her shirt, tuck it under her chin and flash the rest of the line, over and over and over and over. She has become very interested in her clothes...trying to take them off and put them on herself. Luckily, she has not really succeeded in taking them off on her own.

Thursday night Casey got to visit with Santa again. The town of Dillon had "the lighting of Dillon," an event with free hot dogs, cookies, cocoa, music and Santa. Casey had a blast, except when she sat on Santa's lap.

Friday she had tumbling. This time daddy got to attend and see her mad skills.

Saturday we had a Holiday Party at the house, which included fondue and 30 of our closest CO friends. Everyone had a great time. Mom and Dad got to go snowboarding both Saturday and Monday, thanks to our friends Kathy and Sean for watching Casey.

Casey would like to wish her Uncle Dave a belated Happy Birthday, Cousin Jack a Happy 2nd Birthday today and Cousin Ashlynne a Happy 8th Birthday coming up Wed.

Casey and Santa having fun

Casey riding in the car with blankey

at Keystone

Santa Baby

Casey went to visit Santa at Tysons on Monday before we came home...