What is That?

There is something new going on around here and Camryn is trying to figure out what it is.

IT'S SPRING and we like it!

The Dress

When Anthony and I visited Walt Disney World with Cassie back in January of 2008 she wanted to wear all of the pretty dresses we saw in the stores. When we returned there alone just 2 months later we bought her one as a gift. A Cinderella gown complete with shoes that was a huge hit! Her smile the night she recieved that has only been captures in one other moment of her life, the one I am about to share with you.

She loved Cinderella so much she wore it all the time; it was a key piece in not one but TWO Halloweens. Every friend that has visited our house has gotten the pleasure of a Cinderella Fashion show. So as the time to plan for our latest Walt Disney World trip arrived Cassie begin to talk about another dress. This time it was Tiana's Dress (the newest princess from the movie The Princess and the Frog.) Cassie is at an age now that she is learning the value of a dollar. She began to save all of her money, asking to do chores and help around the house and saving all that she could. Her piggy bank got fuller as the trip got closer. She worked hard and saved her money for 10 straight months. A quarter here, a nickel or dine there. When she received money in a card for a holiday or birthday, it went right to her bank! The day before we left of Walt Disney World Cassie and her daddy headed out to the bank to change all of her money in and she brought home with her almost $80.00. I was amazed and proud. I never learned to save money like that and I was proud of all the things she had given up throughout the year in order to save her money for this dress!




We arrived in Disney on a Sunday and the anticipation was building for the dress. Monday night we sent Grandma and Camryn to the hotel and Anthony, Cassie and I headed down to Downtown Disney to find the Tiana dress. As we rode the bus there we sat across from three older women traveling together. The three of us talked about Cassie's dress the whole ride and I being the proud mother shared with these ladies the awesomeness of what my 4 year old had done in saving for her dress. When Cassie and daddy were occupied in a conversation the lady leaned across to me and asked if she could give her some money toward her purchase. I was dumbfounded and amazed at the generosity of a stranger wanting to share in her moment and the Pride I felt in my daughter for doing something others found amazing was overflowing. I assured her that would be ok and the woman opened her purse and pulled out a one dollar bill and handed it to Cassie. Cassie was please as pie and thanked her graciously. Another couple overheard our conversations and i looked up to see the woman with tears in her eyes, I smiled at her and she said to me " we don't have any children to share in joys like that, she is beautiful" I thanked her and then her husband opened his wallet and handed Cassie a Ten dollar bill. At that point I begin to tear up. Where else in the world would you find people who share a story offering something like their hard earned money to a 4 year old on a bus. The extra money allowed her to purchase a purse and gloves to match her dress and Tiara! I took down the addresses and E-mails of the generous folks on that bus and plan to send them these photos of our daughter’s night of finding, purchasing with her own money and then thoroughly enjoying her Tiana Dress! I hope you enjoy this moment as much as I did that night!

Cassie wants to play too!

Not to be outdone in all the picture fun! Here is Cassie hamming it up for the camera!

Movement

I have fast learned that to accomplish everything I must do in a day and have even 5 minutes to myself I must move fast. This last week I moved fast to find the camera and get it on to catch Camryn's funniest move. I didn't have a lot of success, but try to follow along as she goes from her baby army crawl to a sitting position. it is quite funny!

Sisterly Love

When I found out we were adding a second girl to our family I got so many comments from people who had sisters that there was nothing like a sister! Now I never had a sister, always wanted one but never had on. So I really didn't know what to expect. But I must say the girls sure love one another! As camryn is getting older it is great to see them interact with one another! Just this weekend they played with toys together for over 20 minutes. Tonight the had a cuddle party on the couch with all their stuffed friends! I love it and I cannot wait to see what more excitement comes from two little girls!

Camryn

Yesterday we had puking incident # 2 with Cami, called the dr they wanted to see her in a few hours. As soon as I arrived at day care to get her I knew that would be changing as her feet were blue and her hands too. You might rememeber that we dealt with that before with her and also had the incident where her face turned blue. you can re-read that post here The Call you never want to recieve So off we rushed to the dr office. Once there her feet and hands were back to their adorable pink selves. The dr looked her over, diagnosed her with a stomach bug and then decided it was time to call in the pediatric cardiologist. We have a phone conference with them and I feel so much better now. We know that the issue is not her heart, as her tounge and gums are staying pink with other parts are blue. We know she likely does not have a vascular disease due to the pulses felt in her groin area being very strong. So what is going on with her is that she just hasn't outgrown the newborm poor circulation. being sick can aggravate that too! So as long as it is only hand and feet and they return pink we are good to go. I hope to never have to deal with this again and while I am making a wish list could I please have my good baby back? You know the one who doesn't cry everytime I try to set her down... My back hurts from carrying her non-stop!

At least she is adorable!

Christmas 2.0

We celebrated Christmas with daddy's family this weekend. The girls had a great time and I about peed my pants when the gifts were being handed out and my husband looked at his mom and said " Um hello, I only brought one car" Yes the girls were spoiled by all and I might admit to a small bit of carpel tunnel developing from putting together toys this morning!

Cassie and Sophia Wrestled

Ate dinner togther

Santa visited!

And we all enjoyed spending time together!