One year ago today . . .
Here I was, getting ready to head to the hospital for my scheduled c-section (Cass was breech) . . . I was huge!!! Believe it or not, I still had 8 days until my due date . Whew, I was so glad I had him early! 
August 16, 2007 1:19 PM - Casimiro Cruz Garcia arrived, weighing in at 7 lbs 7 ozs. Here we are, meeting the little guy that will change our lives forever! :)
Soooo tiny!!! Look at him in Chris's hands!One year later . . .
It's amazing how much Cass has changed and what he can do now. His accomplishments over the past year include:
- pat-a-cake (I think this was his breakthrough move)
- waving "hi" and "bye", and anything in between
- "give me five"
- dancing - for those of you that grew up in the 80's and 90's, he does a dance similar to one you are familiar with called the "cabbage patch" :)
- playing peek-a-boo
- learning some baby sign language - making the "milk" sign, but I'm still not sure he knows what it means, and making the "fan" sign, which to him means a fan or any light fixture
- calling a guy in the grocery store "dada", and then realizing several weeks later that this word only pertains to Chris
- saying "mama" (the best sound in the world to me!!)
- saying "dog-gee" when he sees our dogs Norm and Tina
- standing up on his own without holding on to anything (his record is about 15 seconds before he falls)
- walking while holding on to furniture
- shaking his head violently from side to side any time I say "no, no, no!"
- snapping his fingers - we don't remember snapping around him, so we don't know where he picked that up
This past year has been an adventure, and it has flown by! It serves as a reminder that we need to savor every minute with our little man - he'll grow up too fast! We are so grateful to have such a wonderful, healthy little boy. Here are some pics of his big day today . . .
Today the big man turned 1!!! Where has our baby gone???!!! He was very busy opening his presents and would not sit still, so this is the best picture I could get. Great Aunt Linda and Uncle Al sent this adorable outfit with the matching crown - isn't the crown hilarious??!!!
And here is the famous cake picture - it was Cass's first exposure to sugar. He didn't really like it. He played in it a little, and then finally ate some of it. I don't think it agreed with him, because shortly after he ate the cake and drank his milk, it "came back up"! :( Then, he was wired the rest of the day. He was crawling around the house yelling, and after I put him to bed I found him standing in his crib laughing and pounding the crib. He definitely was on a sugar high!!!