Zoo

Monday's snow did not stick around for long . . . today was a beautiful day - sunny and 74 degrees! We decided to take advantage of the nice weather, and went to the Lazy 5 Ranch in Mooresville. It is an open area zoo, with a 3.5 mile trail you drive your car through, and the animals roam free and will come up to your car windows hoping for food. We saw giraffes, zebras, a rhinocerous, water buffalo, camels, ostriches, wild pigs, and several other animals that we weren't quite sure what they were. Cass called every animal we saw a dog . . . he doesn't seem to understand exactly what dog means. At the end of the trail we went to a petting zoo. Here's Cass looking at something that we think is maybe a sheep.

Snow!!

It snowed last Monday - we rarely get snow here in North Carolina, so it was Cass's first time seeing the snow. He wasn't very impressed with it and it was soooo cold, so we weren't outside for long.

I think this is cute . . . it is Daddy's big shoeprints and Cass's little shoeprints in the snow on the driveway.

Today we took Cass to the mall for a ride on the Merry-Go-Round. He loved watching it go around when others were riding, but he wasn't quite sure what to think once he took a ride - I think he was a little bit scared.

I know this next little story has nothing to do with the picture, but I'm so excited - Cass finally gives kisses!!! They are the type of kisses that only mommy and daddy enjoy at this point . . . he comes at us with his mouth wide open, and it stays that way when he makes contact, so to anyone else it would be a nasty treat of toddler drool, but we think it is adorable! :)

Big Brother

To our loyal blog readers, I am sorry it's been so long since my last post! Things have been crazy here lately . . . this is the busy time at work for both Chris and I, and on top of that I've been super tired, because Cass is going to be a big brother! Yes, I'M PREGNANT . . . due August 2! We heard the heartbeat at our doctor appointment a few days ago, and it was just as moving as it was when we first heard Cass's heartbeat. We are very excited! Now that I'm over the sickness that comes with the first trimester, I hope to do better at keeping the blog updated.

Cass is really into books lately, but he is also very busy these days and is constantly multi-tasking - as you can see in the picture, he was eating a cracker, running around the house with a balloon, and taking a short break to read a page from a book with Daddy.

Trucks

Cass likes to carry around matching toys . . . for example, if has a block in one hand, he likes to have a block in the other hand. Or if he has a ball in one hand he wants to have another ball the same size in the other hand, you get the picture. Well, he got the Little People Neighborhood Friends set for Christmas, which includes a blue mail truck and a red fire truck. He has been carrying these trucks around constantly for a couple days now. He brought them to dinner last night, and he loaded them with some of his spaghetti. Then, they took a bath with him. I was able to snag the fire truck away from him before he went to bed, but he would not give up the mail truck so he slept with it all night.

Christmas

Here are a few pictures from Christmas morning. Cass enjoyed Christmas much more this year than he did last year! He has been playing with all of his presents non-stop since he opened them. Fortunately, the weather here on Christmas day was beautiful (almost 70 degrees!), so he got to go outside and drive the Cozy Coupe that Santa brought him.

Balloons

Cass has now figured out that he gets a free balloon when he goes to the grocery store. He entertains himself for hours running around the house with the balloons. Fortunately for him, I went to the store twice last week . . . once on Tuesday when he got a blue balloon . . .

and again on Wednesday when he got an orange balloon!!!

We actually went AGAIN on Friday, and they were out of balloons!!! Oh no!! Instead, Cass eyed a little stuffed dog that they had for sale (seriously, they find any way to tempt kids), so instead of a free balloon, I had to spend $5.49 on the little dog.