9 months

Celena is now actually almost 10 months old, but I'm behind on the blog. The little girl is really growing up. And getting more teeth, which explains why I can hardly get a picture of her without something in her mouth these days!

She had her 9 month appointment a few weeks ago. She's really growing! Here are the latest stats:

Height: 29 inches (90th percentile)
Weight: 18 lbs., 2.5 oz. (25 - 50th percentile)
Head: 18 cm (90 - 97th percentile)

So, I am losing hope that I will not be the shortest person in my family. She seems to be long and skinny like Cass. I tease Chris that he is going to be in trouble when she is a teenager. As you can imagine, he was terrified when we initially found out we were having a girl - he said he'd need to scare all the boys away from her. Now we're learning that not only is she probably going to be very tan, but she may end up being tall. I keep telling Chris that the only tall, tan girls I know are models. He doesn't like to hear that. Of course I'm joking, but I like to get a rise out of Chris! :)

Bath Time

I love bathtime. It seems like no matter what kind of moods the kids are in, when they get in the bathtub they are always happy. Now that Celena is a little older, they can take baths together, which is double the fun (and a time saver - bonus!!!)!

We're going to the beach in a few weeks, and we want to make sure that Celena doesn't get a sunburn since she isn't used to the sun, so we've been taking her to the tanning bed to get her a base tan. Just joking. You'd think so though, huh? We always knew she had a darker complexion than Cass, but it's much more obvious when they get in the tub together.

These kids just adore each other. I know I'm biased, but aren't they cute??!!

Playmates

Celena is growing up so quickly! She has mastered crawling, and is now pulling up on furniture and taking wobbly steps while hanging on to things. This is making life much more interesting with Cass - in general, he really like his new playmate, but as you can imagine we are having to work hard at teaching him how to share. Here is one of the rare times when they are playing together and both of them are happy.

St. Jude Trike-a-thon

I'm behind on updating the blog again, so I'm going through pictures from the past month since my last post. Cass's preschool participated in the St. Jude Trike-a-thon. They learned tricycle safety during the week, and closed the week out with the trike-a-thon event . Here is his class, with the kids wearing their little helmets. Cass is the 4th one from the left in the navy shirt. His helmet must have been heavy - it looks like he is holding his head up with his hand.

I love Cass's teachers. This is Ms. Jennifer guiding him around the track. I think he got passed by a girl. The little boy that is walking with Ms. Jennifer is Cass's buddy Owen that lives just up the street from us.