Fireman Dolls, Cassidee the Golf Pro, and a Wonderful Mother's Day for me!

Jeremy and Cassidee were playing with a fireman doll the other day. Jeremy feels the need to explain all the equipment that comes with the fireman doll to Cassidee--like at the age of one you need to know about axes and SCBA's......

"...and here is his ax....."

Cassidee adjusts the fireman's helmet
And then she decides to talk on his walkie-talkie.....
......and listens to see if anyone talks back.........
Just a cute picture of Jeremy and Cass
Yup, that's her tickle spot.....

Cassidee got her first set of golf clubs last week. Her daddy would love nothing more than her to get a college scholarship for golf and for her to play with him on the weekends. So far she isn't great at hitting the ball, but she did a nice job of knocking a lamp off the end table in the living room.......
The good 'ol one handed hit.....
She doesn't always follow the legal golf rules----wait, you're allowed to pick up the ball with your hands when it rolls under the kitchen cabinets, right?!
Please ignore my face in this picture, but I thought she looked really cute here. Whatever you do, don't call attention to the bow in her hair, if you see her with one......She wants NOTHING to do with bows in her hair and I managed to sneak this one in there. I thought she looked really cute, but when she reached up later and touched her head, the bow came out....oh well, it lasted an hour!

Mother's Day side note:
I had a wonderful Mother's Day, although I agree with Jodi that Mother's Day is something for your mom and grandma---I'm not old enough for Mother's Day. Jeremy and Cass did some great shopping and got me an IPOD Nano and even got me the drive + play thing so that it is all hooked up in my car too! Very cool! Anyway, I'm certainly lucky to have a wonderful, precious, completely rotten child that makes me the proudest mommy in the world. And, I'm also very lucky to have my mom and my mother-in-law who are the greatest women in the world! Both are always willing to help me out (cleaning, babysitting, ANYTHING) whenever I need it. Thank you to both of you for being great mommies and helping me learn how to be a great mommy to Cassidee! Love you!!!

I'll end with a sweet, sweet picture. Cassidee picks and chooses when she is going to be sweet and "give kisses" these days. They don't come very often so I take all I can when I can. She was ready and willing and I finally got a picture of it......

Bunch 'O Stuff

Before you read any further, go to Rachel Spencer's blog and check out her post titled C.R.R.-BFF. Cassidee and I got to take our very first mother-daughter road trip by ourselves, outside the metroplex, and stay for more than a day. We went to Paris to see Rachel and Roselyn, and we were joined there by our Houston friends Jodi and Reagan. (C.R.R. = Cassidee, Reagan, Roselyn....)

Anyway, I could post another set of 30 pictures, but since Rachel's already done it, why bother!?

Let me give you a little preview of what you'll see......3 girls, all within 7 months of each other, in matching clothes, crammed together in a chair, yeah, you get it......

Here's a random pic of Cass. I was trying to take a cute picture of her and her new church dress. All she wanted to do was ride her horse. Yup, she got her way and I got a picture of a horse's behind!
This is Cassidee after licking a lemon--seriously--she wanted it back, even after making that awful face!!!
This is my new favorite thing that she does these days. She has a basket in the living room that we keep all her books in. She LOVES books, I am so grateful for that, and she "reads" them every day!

Lately she'll take all the books out of the basket....

She puts her sheet inside the basket....

She crawls in....
Grabs a book.....
And a feather duster, and enjoys her books!
My other new favorite thing about Cassidee!
NOOO, my favorite thing is not that she sleeps. My favorite new thing is that she wants to go to bed on her own. She doesn't want to rock or cuddle, just stick her in her bed and close the door. Yes, this made me very sad at first. I felt like she didn't want me anymore. Now I realize that she's just becoming a big girl and can do big girl things by herself! (Big girl things are a big deal, right Jodi!?) Anyway, I love that I can lay her down and she'll cuddle with her sheet and drift off to sleep! Such a big girl!!!

Seriously, could she get any cuter???

***Just a little FYI--between my scanner and blogger I don't know why the pictures turned out all funky--hopefully you'll still see the cuteness!***

Mmmmm, I just want to eat her up!!!

These are Cassidee's one year/Easter pictures. Luckily she cooperated very well this day and we got some great pics of her.

We were down in Houston visiting the Beaver's when we took these pictures. Cassidee and Reagan got to take pictures together in their closely matching Easter dresses.

No smiles from them---they were eating the yummy plastic eggs!

Cute girls!!!

Fun with friends!

Cassidee is really turning into a social butterfly! She loves, loves, loves being around kids these days. She becomes best friends with any "big kid" that will carry her around or let her walk with them.

Sarah came over after school to play with Cassidee for a little while the other day. Sarah is a 3rd grader at my school.

See her pretty, long, blond hair?

She cut it off, up to her shoulders the other day and donated it to Locks of Love. What a self-less thing for her to do to help someone she doesn't even know!

I love that girl!

Yes, she and Cassidee enjoyed a Peep or two! I guess that's C's new favorite snack!

Then, last Friday we went to the Bortnem's house. There's Cade--I really couldn't manage to get a pic of his face! He is three months older than Cass, and he was on the move. Just give him a ball and big backyard and he's off!
They have a big German Shepard. Cassidee loves dogs, but Max's kisses knocked her to the ground. From then on she would admire Max from the safety of her daddy's arms!
Cassidee and Kasey sat by the pool and stuck their feet in. Kasey's going to be a great babysitter someday!
Awwww! Sweet kisses!
Kasey pulled Cade and Cass in the wagon. We may need to get a wagon for Cassidee--she loved it!
What great pictures of Cade and Cassidee that they can have when they get married!!! :)

What great friends we have up in Corinth!

Random pics and Easter happenings!

We'll start with random....

The other day Jeremy asked for a Sunkist so I brought it to him and set it

on the coffee table. Cassidee is too quick for us these days.

She took it.

She shook it.

Then she tried to drink it.
Granmommy and Grandaddy came over to visit.

Grandaddy brought Cassidee some Peeps to try.

Yup, Cassidee likes pink Peeps.

On the Sunday before Easter we went to Jeremy's fire station for an egg hunt. Cassidee put on some new summer clothes and was ready to find some eggs.
She got a little head start on the other kids--oh well, no one noticed!
She got the hang of it very quickly.
She would skip over some eggs and go straight for the ones she had her eyes on. I don't know why she would pick some over others. Oh well!
One happy little egg hunter!
Time for snacks!

Cassidee likes yellow Peeps too.....

...and cookies....
She loved playing with all the other kids.
She opened up all of her eggs--mommy and daddy liked this part--candy for us!
She also won a prize!
But we were a little pooped by the end of the afternoon!
On the actual Easter Sunday, I have no pictures of her in her dress. Too cold, didn't feel good, very tired, VERY cranky.

We were doing good to open her easter baskets and go egg hunting that day!

Aunt Kay Kay got Cass a big, yellow chick and some eggs.

She and Cal did an egg hunt together. She still knew what to do!

She had a hard time not opening the eggs as she found them.

Cal was so sweet and brought the eggs to Cassidee!

They played together. Here Cal is "knighting" Cass with his fishing pole!

And we had an egg dyeing contest. I haven't dyed eggs in a long time, and I'd forgotten how dye can stain your hand--I still have a green finger nail--but we had a great time!

Here are some of the finished eggs---good thing we all have our day jobs!

Happy (late) Easter!