Funny boy

I layed Cass down in our bed this morning while I did a few things in our room. I looked over to check on him and he had fallen asleep holding his moose. Guess he didn't want to part with it!

Cass has this funny quirk of always holding his hands together. In his bouncy or swing, when we are holding him....pretty much anytime. I look back at him while I am driving and he is doing it in his car seat. Makes him look so serious!

Battle of Flowers 2008

Ready for the parade!

"What is on my neck Mom?" Cass showing his Fiesta spirit!

Cass & Mommy!

The parade was hot and humid, but fun! I had to feed him on the front row with no blanket because it was so hot. I'm sure someone got a show. Cass did great! He even napped thru a few bands and police sirens. He got his first cheap parade toy from his Gigi.......a green inflatable monkey. We had a blast with Tricky, Treva, Colton and Gigi! Many more years to come I'm sure!

Rice Cereal

So we started Cass on rice cereal right at 5 months. In short, he still doesn't "love" it. The first few days he acted like we were feeding him poison. He is better now, but doesn't show a huge interest in it. He will eat it now without fussing too much. We are going to keep trying for another week or so, and then maybe look into oatmeal. I have read some kids don't ever like rice cereal, and oatmeal is on the lower allergenic side.

I want him to get better with this before we start veggies and fruits. We have decided to start with green veggies, then orange veggies and then fruits. We don't want him to get used to the sweet in the fruit and not like veggies. But, we need to get the hang of this cereal thing first.

For all of you out there.......did your kids like rice cereal? How long did you try it before moving onto fruits & veggies? Ever try oatmeal?

Newest family member

Introducing Louie! Devlon brought him home for me as a Valentine's/Anniversary present in February. He is almost 6mo old........and 100% puppy. Cass has gotten quite interested in him, and even laughs at him. Louie loves to try and lick Cass when we are doing floor time, or when we come in the door with the car seat. He is sweet, but has been a handful from time to time. He is pretty much housebroken.

He favors me (probably because I don't discipline him as much as Devlon does), and at night will sit in the bathroom when we bathe Cass, then he follows me to Cass' room and stays by the glider until I lay Cass down to sleep. When I get up in the middle of the night, he follows me up and down the stairs. He is a sweetie!