Choochoo

Another trip to see the choochoo last night-this time with camera. Cason slept through part of it, so not AS many pictures of him.














Some girls get mad about having their picture taken after about 304 pictures.

Happy (another belated) Birthday Dan!

Sorry, the weekend was crazy and busy, and I knew it was his birthday, but forgot to post about it. Anyway, my brother-in-law Dan had a birthday on Friday. He is a great guy, and he works really hard for his family, so Veronica can stay home with Lily. He's also a really cool uncle. Cason likes him except when he sneezes really loud and scary, and Paige thinks he's really cool too, especially since she saw him driving his "soacycle" (motorcycle) about a week ago. Ha. Sorry we're late (not that Dan reads this anyway) but Happy Belated Birthday Dan! (I can't find any recent pics of him, so I stole these from their blog-which is why they're miniscule)

PARTY TIME NOW!

Poor Paige has been going crazy waiting for Cason's birthday party, since it was rescheduled and she had to wait an extra week. Then this morning, she couldn't have cake, chips, OR her gift bag until the other kids came. She was SO happy when everyone finally got here. She was yelling "Party time NOW mama!"
She was also happy to find out she got a few gifts too. Like some REALLY cute clothes and an awesome tea party game.
Cason made the rounds and visited with everybody. Sat on his throne.
Got TONS of cute clothes, books, money, and toys that he has to fight his sister for.
We sang to him, and Paige blew out his candle, because "he's too littoo"
And he LOVED his cake. Although he was far from the messiest birthday cake eater. But that's because he was using his new drumsticks as utensils.
Part of the time anyway.
Thanks everybody, for coming AND for the gifts!

Love Magic

The other day Cason was crying, so I asked Paige to give him a kiss. She did, and when he got quiet I told her "See? It's like magic. LOVE magic." She smiled. Today he was perfectly happy in my lap and she came over and kissed his hand and said "It's like magic." Haha.

Today she smarted off A TON. Anytime I told her to do anything, or NOT to do anything, she got all upset and said "YOU NO SAY NO TO ME!" while tapping herself in the chest. A couple times she added "YOU NO SAY BE NICE TO ME!" and "YOU NO SAY GO YOUR ROOM!". I can't even discipline her it's so funny.

Now I have a cake to bake. I leave you with this picture: The face he makes when he grunts like a caveboy.

Need an Adjustment?

Cason's your man.
He even grunts as he pushes, he puts in so much effort.

I Would Like to Receive Flowers Please...

Fire flowers, that is.

You In There Graygra?

The other night Cason was fighting SO hard not to fall asleep. Jess and I were watching The Office on dvd, and Cason was lying on me, trying to stay awake. He'd start to doze, then POP up into a sitting position with a crazy grin, and start doing this knee hop thing. I started tapping his nose and telling him "nose". After a few times he said "noe". Then today he touched mine and said it again. He's such a good mimic. He's been copying tons of stuff. He says "mama, daddy, gama, baby, coco, ball, daisy, and now 'noe'". I think that's all of the official ones, although Jess, my mom, and I all swear we've heard him copy "thank you" a few times. Not sure yet though.

Today Paige has been doing this weird thing where she grabs your face, opens your mouth, (sometimes while saying "open your mouf!" and then puts her face an inch from it and yells "YOU IN THERE, GRAYGRA?" She often mentions the Rescue Gangers right after, so it must be something from one of those episodes. I can't figure it out, but she thinks it's so funny.

Tonight when Jess got home we drove around downtown looking at the old houses, and then stopped at the little train park. Paige has seen it from the car before, but she never realized she was allowed to stop and walk up to it, LET ALONE climb into it! She was SO happy when we stopped there. I've seriously never seen such joy on her face. It was the cutest ever. And also a perfect time of day to take pictures, but of course I'd forgotten the camera. I was a bit sad about that. She kept climbing through the train, and then saying "do it again!" One of the times I was walking around with her to go through it again, she was walking ahead of me and goes "I HAPPY." It was the best.

Aunt Teetee gave Cason some monkey pjs for his birthday, but he got them early. So tonight they're both wearing monkey pajamas.

Walking Wildman

Cason was a wildman on his birthday. He was being extra hilarious, but also extra feisty at times. His screams were off the charts today, some for fun, some out of anger because I told him not to grab an electrical cord, or took something from him, or buckled him into his carseat, etc. But he knew today was special, so he just had some attitude, that's all. He was so funny all day.

I thought he'd like some brown sugar oatmeal for breakfast, but I was wrong. He didn't like it at all. First edible thing he's refused. He instead had a leftover breadstick, like his big sister.
He got lots of phone calls from people who love him. He really likes having happy birthday sung to him. (This specific call was my Grama, but he made this face for all of them)
Then we were supposed to meet my sisters and mom at Starbucks, so I got them ready to go.
Paige had her hair half up, and it looked beautiful, as you can clearly see.
Cason continued his hilarity when we got there, for his aunts and Granny Bob. Here's his Stevie Wonder head swing, in all 3 stages:
He and Paige wore napkin hats.
He also shared/forcefed his Aunt Cassie some mashed potatoes tonight.
But the most exciting of all, at Grama's house he decided his birthday was a good day to start really walking. He took 6 steps all by himself. And then took 6 MORE a while later. Then tonight he took 8 at my dad's! Woohoo! Congrats ma boy!