19

Cassidy is now 19 months. 18 months was a little rough in the sleeping department since she has gotten 5 teeth in 1 month. (Another broke through yesterday!) When she was 18 months I wrote she had 3 teeth and now she has 8! Her smile is just so cute since you can actually see her two middle front teeth and two middle bottom teeth! She is FINALLY sleeping through the night again! We felt so bad for her, she has been in so much pain the last month! Can you imagine how much it must hurt to have teeth push themselves up through your gums? Ouch! We are hoping she can get a little break now and keeps sleeping happily and peacefully through the night.

You can see her teeth in the above pic!!! YAY for teeth!!

My mom came to visit a couple of weekends ago. It was great to have her visit. Cass loved it! Aaron was busy so my mom and I were able to spend lots of time together eating, shopping and going on walks to the park. Everyone needs their mom once in awhile! :)

I love 19 months!! Cassidy is so sweet. I love how she can express herself. I love that she likes to sit right next to you and grabs your arm to put around her. I love how she says "YEAH" (instead of no) to pretty much everything. I love how she wants to help put the silverware away and carry clothes to the washing machine then help fold. I love how when she falls she doesnt cry. I love how when she pretends to talk on a phone she always says "hi dada" even if he is sitting right next to her. I love how she plays peekaboo and puts her hands over her eyes and then peeks through two fingers. I love how she is independent. I love how she always wants to read. I love how she is indifferent about tv excepts LOVES watching Glee when they sing. I love how when I am laying on Aaron she has to climb up and lay in between us then grabs both of our faces so we can both kiss her at the same time. :)

Teeth

Cassidy has 4 teeth now! 2 molars, a front bottom tooth and a front top tooth! We are so proud of that since it took her soooooo long to get any teeth! She has a lot more coming as well! We have been big on brushing our teeth every night. She loves it. :)

The following dialogue is what I think she was thinking to herself or what she might be saying if she could speak in sentences.

"Hey, look it is me! Boy, am I cute or what?!?!"

"Look mama, I am brushing my teeth. Oh wait, this doesn't taste fruity enough... it needs way more tooth paste!"

"This doesn't seem to be coming out like it should. hmmm.... I may have to go to plan B."

"Sorry mama I was forced to go directly to the source. Trust me this is more effective."

She is hilarious. :)

Family Visit

Grandpa Johnson, our sister-in-law and our niece and nephew drove all the way to CA to visit last week. Cassidy had a wonderful time seeing her grandpa, her new baby cousin and her cousin Mallory. They were so cute together. Cassidy wanted to do everything Mallory did especially big girl things like sitting on chairs with no booster seats! Here are a few pics of the adventures we went on including going to the park, going to the zoo and going to the fair. :)

Great Camera, Great Girl

I take Cass to the park almost everyday after work. I love our little park that is always empty. It is like our personal park. :) Cass can go on every slide by herself even though it is the playground of the elementary school so those slides are meant from 5th and 6th graders. I love watching her so happy.

I took these pictures with my wonderful new camera (see my birthday post) of my wonderful girl.

Oh and last but not least, Cass had a LOT of fun in the bath the other night with her daddy. :)

Life can be stressful and hard sometimes but the majority of the time it is pure bliss. :)

Lentil Festival

My little town here in WA is not famous for much. However, the one thing we have is the National Lentil Festival! I have been going every year and this year was no different. On Friday night we walked downtown where they have the world's largest batch of lentil chili. It is sure delicious and they give you a huge amount for free. :) Plus they have tons of booths with food and different businesses.

Cass got a balloon. Well she got 2 since the first one escaped to the heavens.

On Friday night we went out to eat.

On Saturday morning we went to the Lentil Parade. It was so fun! The gymnastics place where I coached was in it plus the WSU cheerleaders and players plus the mayor etc. There was even a few floats. Cass loved getting to hear the bands and eat a tootsie roll that was thrown to her. :)

I sure love my little town. Dont think this is the only exciting thing here, in a few weeks is the fair! :)

18

18 Months

Stats

Weight: 24.10 - 60%

Height: 34" - 97%!!!

Head: 47.5 cm - 70%
She is very tall!

Cassidy is now 18 months old, officialy 1 and 1/2!! Wow! She is a full blown toddler now and she has that toddler tantrum down solid. lol Besides a few trips to time out daily, she is doing wonderful. She is so smart and sweet. She gives hugs and kisses and is talking so much now. She can say so many words. Her newest ones are "this way" or "that way" to tell you where she would like you to go or where things are located. She also says "ginky" which is really binky. She also says "don ven" which is Donovan. She also nods yes or shakes her head no correctly to what she is feeling. Does she want her binky is always a yes whereas does she want to go night night is usually a no. :)

She still loves to be outside, loves to dance and loves to be sitting on the couch or chair like a grown-up. She can also point to pretty much all the body parts as well as most common animals and things outside like the grass, trees, airplanes, trucks etc.

OH and I almost forgot. She is 3 teeth now!!!! Both molars (lol) and one of the bottom front teeth!

Admiring the backyard!

She was showing her knowledge for the camera.

First I asked where her ear was. (I dont know why the tongue)

Then I asked where her hair was.

Then I asked her to show me her teeth.

Lol. Maybe she is used to not having any teeth that she thinks her toungue will have to do. At least she knows where her teeth should be. That makes me laugh so hard.

She sure loves her daddy.

The other day at work, she was refusing to sleep in her pack n play and so I finally put her in the bouncer which I have just never brought home from when she was a baby. I didnt think it would work but it did! I couldnt believe how big she looked in it.

Then.

Now.

At the end of the photo session, she was done with it and wanted to know why I was still taking pictures. :) We sure love our 18 month old!!!

25

Yesterday was my birthday. I really think I am going to like 25. It sounds like a good number to me. Each year I feel more professional, when I was 21, 22 people think you are so young you must not know too much at work. I feel lucky to be 25 have a wonderful husband, sweet daughter and loving friends and family. I have a great job that I love where I have a lot of responsibility and get a lot of professional statisfaction and reward.

I had a great birthday! Aaron let me open my gift first thing and I was thrilled to see that Aaron and my family got me this.

A Kindle!! I love it. I am not reading the New York Times like it shows. More like the new Tori Spelling book and my favorite book of all time When Crickets Cry. (If you havent read it, you should!)

At work, I was lucky to open my new gift from my boss. He got me this.

A Nikon D5000! Well technically my other work camera broke so he gave me permission to buy a new one. I bought it a couple days ago but waited to open it until my birthday so I could pretend it was a birthday gift. :) By the way, I love it!

Then after work, we dropped Cass off at our friends and Aaron and I had a date night! It was so fun. We went out to eat where I had this.

As well as some pesto pizza. Then we went to the movies and saw this.It is very Will Ferrell which if you like him is a good thing. I laughed a lot and thought it was good.

Then I went home and did this.

Thats me and Aaron cuddling and sleeping. LOL LOL LOL I crack myself up.

Anyway, it was a wonderful birthday!