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.

Easter

Here's a few pictures from Easter. They had coordinating outfits, which would have made for a good picture together, but we never seemed to find a good time during the day when they were both in the photogenic mood. So this will have to do. :) I'll dress them up and try again another time.

Spring

I am so glad that spring is finally here! Celena has so many cute little dresses that she can wear now. :) I think this one with the little belt is so cute!!!

Disney World

We took a road trip down to Disney World last week. Above is a picture of someone having a little too much fun at Disney World. Let me explain. He picked out the adult-sized Cars-themed Mickey Mouse ears himself. On the back of his shoulder, you will see something white - this is one of the many Mickey Mouse stickers that he got for free from the workers at Magic Kingdom. And now for the best part - it got hot in the afternoon, and Cass was wearing jeans. So, while I was in the Baby Care Center feeding Celena, Daddy and Cass went on a mission to buy Cass some shorts. Apparently, for only $3 more than the cost of a pair of shorts, you can purchase a whole pajama outfit. Yes, that is right. My husband thought he was getting a deal and bought Cass PJ's, and put him in the PJ shorts while at Magic Kingdom. How hilarious is that??!! In the picture above, he is riding the train. Happy as can be in his whole get-up. I can't wait until he's 16 and I can show him this picture. :) I have included more pictures from our trip in a slideshow at the upper left corner of the blog page - click on the pictures and you can see them better.