Hikers

Cassidy and Floyd

Floyd hasn't been with us for a few weeks. He has been helping take care of a friend who needed company while recovering from ACL surgury. Cassidy has changed a lot in those weeks, becoming more active and mobile. This morning, Chad put Cass in her "exersaucer" and as usual she went to town, jumping and playing with all the toys, making lots of noise. Floyd, her self-appointed babysitter, was tentatively watching, not sure if all was ok. Cassidy, watching Floyd watch her, began to jump even harder, laughing and squeling. Floyd decided he was out of his league and sulked away to his bed. Cassidy, losing her audience, stopped all action and turned herself around to watch Floyd walk away with a frown on her face, as if to say "Hey that was some of my best stuff....Where are you going?"

We got some antics, but these are pretty mild...Seems she gets a little shy with the camera going, but she's still cute!

Starting strong

August has started off with a bang! First off, I have surrived starting my new job and it is going well. I even get to be back in Anacortes at the Middle School, so I'll have lots of great people to work with . I've been working the last week on orientation and getting settled, along with Joceyln, who is the full time therapist in Anacortes. We have hit it off and things are going well. I'm anxious to get back into the schools though and start seeing kids again, enough of this being in the ofice stuff! Chad has been having a great time getting Cass all to himself every morning too, it's fun to hear of their adventures when I get home.

Also, Cassidy got a new ride...

The saturn was making some not so nice noises and Chad and I decided we needed to make sure our girl was in the safest and reliable car. So, we bought a new Honda CR-V and I must say I'm feeling very grown up these days. It is a great car with tons of safety features and actually has more cargo room than the Saturn, so the dogs get to ride in style too.

Cassidy has been gaining more skills with her Cherios, but she still needs some work on the aim! I'd love to know what she was thinking...."Hey, where'd they go?" Along with the Cherios comes her first adventures with real food. I've decided to try to make most of her baby food and my first attempt resulted in a serious mess, but also a store of sweet potatoes, carrots, and yams. I think the next go round will be better, I should have gotten all the kinks worked out! It was kinda fun though, and I put the pureed veggies in ice cube trays for freezing single servings. It has worked great and Cass seems to like the sweet potatoes as her starter! For her Birthday tomorrow I think we might try some carrots....yipee!

Other developments for our girl have been constant movement...or as we like to call her "wiggle butt"! Now when you put her down on her blanket with toys she is all over the place. She is able to roll from tummy to back and from back to tummy. She can also sit for a long period of time, at least 10 minutes, content to play and if she falls forward she can pull herself back up and if she falls back into a pillow she can also get back up. It's amazing, but I think there might be a six-pack under her buddah belly! For the first time today we went in to get her from her nap and she was on her tummy!