Conversation

Casey: "I'm goin on airpane with mommy, daddy. go see gamma. watch a moovie."


This past week Casey has started to have conversations. Today at lunch, she proceeded to tell Sarah the above quote, then move on to a few other random topics, I couldn't keep up. She talked for a good minute non-stop. And was very serious about it. We fly to Roanoke on Thursday to visit with Gramma Lois and to drive down to Charlotte for the Coca Cola 600 Nascar race. Casey is definitely looking forward to it. She has been telling everyone she sees about how she is going to go on an airplane to see Gramma.

Thursday night, we drove down to Denver for my monthly book club. Mark babysat Casey, and from what he says, she was very good. She did talk him into giving her a snack at bedtime, but other than that she was very well behaved.

Friday, Rowan slept over...this time in separate bedrooms, because we all had stuff to do on Saturday. The girls had so much fun. They like to repeat each other over and over and over again. "All done?" "All done." "All done?" "All done." They played great together all night, taking turns with toys. They were both so exhausted for bed, they both asked to go to bed...Rowan even ran to the pack n play and whined to get in.

Saturday, after some sandbox time with Rowan, we drove down to Denver for Colin's 40th bday party. Colin has twin 3 year old girls who love Casey and who have lots of toys, so Casey had a blast! She dug right into all kitchen stuff, makeup (she had lip gloss over her face at one point), and had fun climbing up the swing set ladder/climbing wall and sliding down the slide. She also crossed the monkey bars numerous times, with a little help. We stayed at Steve and Stacia's house, who have a couple cats. Casey is fascinated with these cats and Stacia. We get up in the morning and she walks out of our room, "Where Stacia?" as loud as possible. Once she finds Stacia, she turns her attention to the cats.

Casey thinks everything is hers, "That mine." "That my cat. Ok?" She helps me put clothes in the dryer and each piece of clothing I give her...as she puts it in the dryer, "That Casey shirt." "That Casey towel."

The rest of the weekend consisted of chores. The exciting part of chores...Stan fixed the lawn mower! He had to completely disassemble it, replace a part, and was able to put it back together correctly and it works! Very exciting. You might be asking why the lawn mower was broken. That would be because stumps keep jumping out at me. This was the 2nd time I hit the same stump (it definitely moved locations) and Stan had to change the blade. I will try and be more careful...but I can't promise.

Will try and get a post in after we get back from Charlotte/Roanoke.
Happy Memorial Day...Be safe!

sleep over dinner

playing in the sand

chillin'

"helping" daddy make brownies

Out of the Crib

Friday, Sarah and Rowan came over for dinner and spent the night.  We put Rowan and Casey in the same room.  We figured they would talk a little and then finally go to sleep.  So basically Casey talked and talked and talked and jumped up and down, while Rowan laid in her pack n play saying, "No Casey."  About an hour after we put them down to sleep, Sarah looked at the monitor and noticed there was no kid in the crib.  I went upstairs and Casey had crawled out of her crib and was running around the room, throwing stuffed animals into Rowan's crib. The next morning, at 6 a.m., I hear footsteps upstairs...Casey was out of the crib, throwing more stuffed animals and books into Rowan's crib.  Trouble maker.

The weekend was spent outside.  Casey got to play with her sand/water table, her sandbox, her bike and learned that the hammock is really fun to lay in. When Casey plays with her sand/water table, she feels the need to strip down to her diaper. Really, for Casey, anytime is a good time to strip down to her diaper or her birthday suit. We do make her wear her shoes, because last week she got a really big splinter in her pinky toe.  Daddy got most of the splinter out, then a few days later Sarah got the rest out.  "Daddy fix it."

We did a few chores over the weekend.  We are trying to finish up the baseboard and trim upstairs and sanding and staining the doors upstairs. A little time consuming, especially because we don't get a lot of free time these days...Casey is very busy!!
Tuesday, we went to the Denver Zoo today with Rowan and Sarah. The girls had a blast seeing all the animals. We would see an animal and Casey would immediately ask for, "more animals, mommy." At lunch a peacock strolled onto the path and opened his feathers and twirled around for a good 10 minutes.  It was pretty amazing.  We also got stuck in a rain/hail storm and had to hang out in a cave near some prairie dogs or something for 10 minutes. Pretty funny.

Enjoy the pix.

Rowan and Casey watching a movie

Frisco and Aspen hanging

a bit of a messy eater

 

Rowan and Casey chilling in the wagon at the Denver Zoo

waiting out the rain/hail storm in a cave at the zoo

quotes

here are a couple quotes from Casey the past couple days. she talks non-stop.

"mommy, i go potty."
"no, don't want to go potty, i want diaper"
"silly daddy, silly"
"watch dora boots, okay?!"

Casey turns 2

We have had a crazy 2 weeks.

Casey turned 2 on May 1st. Her 2 year appointment was 2 Friday's ago. She weighed 25.8 lbs and is 2' 8.75" tall. She is in the 25-30% in both. So kind of a shorty. She got one shot and was very brave during it. She gets really excited about the bandaid and stickers, so if she does cry during the shot...it doesn't last long.

We had a joint party with her BFF, Rowan, at Arapahoe Basin Ski resort. It snowed and it was cold, but the girls had a blast. Casey rode the magic carpet ride up the bunny slope and skied down. They played in the snow, ate cupcakes, and had fun being pulled around in sleds. Casey got lots of fun gifts from family and friends, including a sandbox from her parents. We finally set it up this weekend. The snow put a damper on our plans to set it up earlier.

Stan stayed in town this week. Tuesday, Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom came into town for Kel's graduation from CU with her MBA. Wednesday, we all skied at ABasin all day. The snow was great and Grandma and Grandpa made it to the top and the back bowl of ABasin. So brave. Thursday morning, Daddy, Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom all got to see Casey at tumbling, then we were off to Boulder to meet up with Kel and Aunt Marcy, Uncle Stuart, Lily and Jack who flew in on Wed. We had a delicious dinner at The Rio, then the sisters hit the town to celebrate. Friday was graduation day and Grandma Gail's Birthday. We spent the morning swimming at the hotel, then met Kel for lunch in Boulder. Kel made a delicious orange juice bundt birthday cake. The afternoon was spent at Kel's graduation. Congratulations Kel!!

Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom left us Friday to head home, while Marcy, Stuart, Lily and Jack headed up the mountain for the weekend. We went to the playground, soaked in the hot tub, and celebrated Marcy's birthday. Casey had a blast with her cousins. She loved giving Lily big, long lasting hugs. Our guest all left us Sunday morning. Tonight while giving Casey a bath...
Casey: "Where's Marcy?"
Mom: "I don't know where is she?"
Casey: "Maryland too."
She proceeded to do this with Stuart, Lily and Jack. She says Maryland too, because she did this last week and I answered Maryland for the first person, then "he/she's in Maryland too."

Casey is becoming more and more articulate. She also is becoming a bit of a copycat. Her new phrase...taken from Mommy..."Okay?"
Casey: "I'm gonna wash hands...okay?" (usually with tilt of the head)
Speaking of washing hands...it's her favorite thing to do right now. She will say she needs to go potty, then run in the bathroom and climb the stool to wash her hands. She has finally figured out how to get the soap out of the dispenser. She'll rinse the soap off, then cup her hands together and drink the water.

Sunday was Mother's Day. Stan and Casey came downstairs bearing gifts. I was in the kitchen. I hear Casey running into the living room yelling, "Happy Birthday Mommy!" She then proceeded to trip and break the stem of the rose she was carrying, but didn't miss a beat...got right back up and ran over to me with the rose and the card, "here mommy."

That's all for this week.
Happy Belated Birthday's to Grandma Gail and Aunt Marcy. And, Happy Graduation to Aunt Kel.

The Birthday Girls

Skiing Abasin

Birthday girl opening presents

The grad with her nieces and nephew

Casey with her cousin Lily

cousins hugging

the grad

enjoing the pool

cousins at Lake Dillon

weeeeee...

Casey is a very neat eater

having fun in her new sandbox