Nine month appt

Once again, he is tall and skinny. Casey is 30inches tall which is the 93rd percentile. He is 21 lbs which is the 53rd percentile and his head is 18.5 inches which is also the 93rd percentile. Every physician we spoken to, including Casey's, strongly suggests he get the H1N1 vaccine but Kaiser does not have it right now. He did get his flu shot. So, all is well is Caseyland. Strong, happy, healthy.

We were told that he should be sleeping through the night, so tonight we have to play a game of putting him back on his back and not picking him. Doc said this could take hours so it is going to be a long couple of nights, but worth it in the end!

Cheers,
Kelli

random recent pictures

Casey's New Toy

First Halloween

Casey was a ferocious lion for his very first Halloween. He gave out candy to trick or treaters and seemed to really enjoy it. He is not sleeping right now due to his top teeth coming in, but he is still as happy as can be. We love him more than ever and look forward to his first Christmas and Thanksgiving!

'Reading'

Crawling!!

Gorwing, growing growing.

Casey now has two prominent bottom teeth and a whole lot of personality. here are some recent pics. Some are just around the house, one at his first college football game, one feeding himself, on with Aunt Cyndi and a couple random shots. Casey is a complete ham and now poses for pictures.

Love my G Pa

Yesterday Casey went to the Padres day game with his GPa and we went too. the weather was perfect and there was a small crowd. It was a really nice day and Casey got to spend some quality time with GPa. He mostly likes to sit on his own and check everything out - which is great with me.

Thank you to GPa for everything yesterday!

Here are the ridiculously cute pictures.

More lions and tigers and bears

It has been hot...hot...hot.. and that makes me cranky, cranky, cranky! But Casey will be 7 months and Monday and I cant believe it. He is getting his two bottom teeth and he is not happy about it. The sleep through night nights are over for now. So, back to being zombies.

Childcare has been challenging. If it werent for Grandma Joanna I am not sure what kind of situation we would be in. I am seriously looking into daycare since we cant solely depend on Joanna - not fair to her during her hard-earned retirement.

Casey continues to be a great child, I continue to struggle with two job and a dissertation, need to complete Diss so I can find my sanity again.

Back to Casey, he is outgrowing everything and remains happy and content. He is cute as ever and loves to laugh and giggle. He crawls backwards and we hope forward crawling is not far behind.

Anyway, here are some recenet pictures of our beautiful boy.

Hysterical

A short video of Casey's funny laugh.

Crazy week

Crazy week. Sandi has a broken arm so she can't nephewsit. Mom is on vacation. G'Pa and G'Ma came on their monthly trip(thank god) and took Casey to Balboa Park. We went to dinner last night and after a small meltdown due to being hungry he cheered up and enjoyed the company.

Started swim lessons and he is a water baby for sure! When we walked in and he saw the pool he started getting excited. So cool. The instructor gives me the option to dunk him completely under water but I have chosen not to do so just yet. I dont think he is ready for that.

I am beyond exhausted with all the running around this week and more determined than ever to get this damn dissertation done so I can take something off my plate. Tonight Casey and I will have some rest and relaxation while Rick is at another Padre game. Let's hope he falls asleep early tonight!

Thanks to G'Ma and G'Pa for the fun dinner and day at the park. Casey looked so happy when you drove away. See you Saturday???

6 month appt

He is happy and healthy at 6 months. 18lbs 5 ozs and 28 inches long. He is tall and skinny which the doc really likes. He is still fighting cradle cap but that is not big deal. He starts swimming tomorrow and I will try to find a way to take a picture!

Cousins

What I Learned About Casey Today

I took Casey to a short baby sign language class today and not only did I learn some useful signs to teach him, I learned some things about Casey. First, he is HUGE. There were a lot of other babies there that were only a few months older and Casey was much bigger. Second, he loves other babies. This was his first experience with other kids and all he wanted to do was touch them and talk to them. Third, I think he is going to like school. He tried to talk to the instructor the entire time she was talking. He was great and I am now convinced it is time to start taking him to the Library storytime!

Fun with Food

Sitting

Completely sitting up on his own now!

Food and Hair

I have been attempting to feed Casey rice cereal for two weeks with no real luck. Yesterday his Grandma Joanna said he ate it all, so I tried it again this morning and voila! He ate it all! He was so excited and looked so grown up. Going to get a high chair tonight. Avocados and bananas are next on the list. Considering getting a Beaba babycook to help with making all of his food from scratch - my goal is to NOT pass on my weight problem to him, so I am starting early with the organic and fresh food. I have already begun to eliminate the bad food from my own diet because he is watching EVERYTHING I eat.

We have HAIR! I thought he looked different to me this morning and that is when I noticed he has hair - real hair. It is all going so fast. He is such a cute boy and I have never been happier.

Serioulsy considering

quitting my job to be home with Casey. It is days like this when I sit at work and all I want to do is hangout with Casey. I know he is not going to be a baby forever and it is already going so fast. I just dont know how worth it is to trade health insurance for my sons childhood...hmmm...how to make this work.

Rolled over!

I have pictures from Casey's first trip to the Aquarium and some cute shots with Auntie Sandi that I will post when I have a moment. Just wanted to share that Casey is not only sitting up unassisted (for a couple of seconds or more) but he is now rolling over from back to front. He is excited about this latest development. More to come...