And the presents keep coming

Kassandra received some birthday money from various people so we decided to make some use of it with some new toys.  The big item is her car.  This is going to be great to push her around the neighborhood in.  She is so excited about this car.  We also go a dump truck, sit and spin.  I had some good coupons and manged to save quite a bit of money and of course allowed her to get more.

 Not sure who had more fun with the dump truck.

 I want my car NOW!

Kassandra's 1st Year doctor appointment

When Kassandra was born on April 20, 2010 she weighed in at 6 pounds, 6 ounces and 19.5 inches long.  It is now April 29th and Kassandra had her 1 year check up.  She now weighs in at 22 pounds (64%) and is 30.625 inches long (90%) and her head is 18.25 (83%).  She is in 24 month or 2T tops as they fit better for the length and in 12 month shorts/pants.  (Just like mommy she has a long torso.  Just like daddy she has stubby legs).  Her vocabulary is a bit stalled, which is due to her ears (she has to much fluid in her ears and needs to have tubes put in).  However she does say mommy, daddy, yeah, no and a few others.  Most of the time she is a very independent, happy girl.  However if you don't let her do what she wants to do she will get very upset.  Yep her and I are already at odds with one another when I won't let her get her way.  This is just a sign of things to come, or at least that is what I think.  She is shy around others and does not want to be held.  Although she is not a morning person (then again neither am I) she is go, go, go from the time she wakes til her nap and then from the time she wakes until bed.  She is a great eater.  She eats anything we put in front of her and she loves to eat and drink whatever we have.  She is off the bottle and baby food.  She doesn't sleep well at night but we are hoping to fix that in the near future.
As for Tom and I we have thoroughly loved the last year of our life.  A child is a major change in anyone's life, and it was of course no different with us.  We no longer know what it is like to sleep in, go on dates or have quiet time but would not change it for anything.  We look forward in the coming years and to watch Kassandra grow up.

 Time to go to the Dr.  I'm styling!

 Chilling while waiting for the Dr.

Um, can I rethink this appointment?  I just heard mommy mention shots?

Hey, how come I never got one of these before?  I love it!

Draft Day

For NFL Draft Day 2010 Kassandra and I were in the hospital and Kassandra was a day old.  Oklahoma had 3 players go in the first round - heck they had 3 players go in the first few drafts.  So not only was Tom excited to become a father and to hold his baby daughter but he was thrilled when Oklahoma did so well in the draft.  Anyway, Tom sat there in the hospital, holding Kassandra and watching the draft (ok, Kassandra slept through most of it). 

Fast forward to 2011 and it's Draft day again.  Kassandra and Daddy chilled on the couch watching the draft.... at least until nap time. 

Logan and Lilly come for a visit

Kassandra loves it when her cousins come for a visit.  We always have so much fun!

Hair day

As Kassandra's hair gets longer, she tends to wake up with interesting hair do's.  It's so cute!

Painting in the park

My mommies group got together to let the kids paint in the park.  It was a perfect day out so what more can you ask for when deciding to let the kiddo's make a mess.  Kassandra however, does not care for getting dirty so it was a bit difficult to get her to paint.

Alexis and Harry.  Harry is 1 day older then Kassandra and they were both delivered at the same hospital.  We actually meet Alexis and her husband in our birthing class :)

 Deegan

 Bonnie and Shamus.  I loved his art work!  Bonnie is a wonderful artist and it is obvious that Shamus takes after her.

We decided to let the kids clean themselves up at the splash pad.  Kassandra is not a fan so that didn't work for us, but as you can see Deegan had a great time.

Our Hummingbird

There is a Hummingbird that loves our house and tree and visits us daily.  I'm coming to think that it adopted us.
So I guess I should introduce our latest member of the family.  It's beautiful.  When it spreads it's wings there is lots of purple. 

FYI - for those that may remember, mom loved hummingbirds and she loved the color purple. 

The Easter Bunny was here!

Easter morning we woke up to find that the Easter Bunny visited our house and brought baskets for the kids and the family!  We are very lucky!  This is Kassandra's 1st Easter, even though she is now over 1 year old.  That's what happens when a Holiday can't stay on the same day!

Disclaimer: our back yard is full of weeds.  The good news is that it made it easy for the Easter Bunny to hide the eggs.

 Kassandra found her baskets

 She can't wait to eat the chocolate and as you can see she won't let the wrapper get in her way!

 Allie is helping out Kassandra, although Kassandra is still only interested in the chocolate.

 Finally she got her chocolate!

 Connor and Allie are happy!

 These Easter Bunnies are the same that were in Christine's house when she was growing up. 

Time for the Easter Egg Hunt!  We started inside with the hard boil eggs that we decorated the night before.  I sure hope Kassandra doesn't think of them as a ball and try to throw them across the room!

 I guess we need to teach Kassandra that you can't eat everything - especially plastic eggs.

 Checking out her loot

 Some are filled with her favorite snacks!

 Trying to eat the marshmallow candy - but first she has to eat her way through the box.

 She even got money! 

The Adults??????

I love the picture of Kassandra laughing.                         What's up Doc?                  

It was a great day!  I can't wait to see what Kassandra thinks of Easter next year.