Celebrations!

The past week was full of celebrations! Celebration #1 was that Cara turned nine months old. It's hard to believe she's been in the world as long as she was in my tummy. She's definitely more fun now.

Here she is under the couch at Big Dan and Big Mama's house.

Nine months old.

At her 9 month check up she weighed 18 lbs and 4 oz (50%) and was 28 1/2 inches long (75%).

At nine months old, Cara can:

• wave
• pull up and cruise
• let go and stand for a few seconds and try to take a step or two
• walk when I hold one hand
• climb stairs (yikes)
• crawl through things
• pitch tantrums when she doesn't get her way
• repeat sounds - up, uh oh, mama, dada, no
• bite (I'm her favorite chew toy. She bit me twice yesterday.)

• She was drinking exclusively out of a sippy cup, but she's back to a bottle a day because she's teething.
• Cara wears 9-18 month clothes and size 2 or 3 shoes.
• She has 4 teeth - two on top, two on bottom.
• Cara continues to grow so fast. She won't be a baby much longer.
  
  
  Celebration #2 - the 10th anniversary of my 25th birthday. My girlfriends at school took me out for a wonderful dinner at Olive Garden on my birthday, and we went out with some family and friends the next night.

Here we are at the Tap Room.

Paul made my delicious and beautiful cake.

Yum, yum.

Yes, I know I look redneck with the lighter, but there was no candle.

Big Mama, Harris & Big Dan.

Poor Nick fell asleep on my mom's lap during dinner.

Dan & Andrea

Little miss with her aunt.

My amazing husband (he was afraid I was going to lick his ear).

When we got home, Chris told Nick to go upstairs to bed. He made is as far as the dog blankets in the kitchen before he crashed. Poor baby.

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Celebration #3 - Bounce U in Greensboro for Darah's birthday. It was a room full of inflatables that the kids could climb up and slide down. All the Cadwalladers (including me & Toph) had a great time.

Celebration #4 - Foothills for Alyssa's birthday.

Hey guess what, my big sis from college Shana made the blog this week. Woo Hoo! Now if she would just join Facebook...

Leah (expecting a little girl Mackensie in January - or sooner!) Shana & Me

After being trapped in the car all day, Cara was ready to go. She crawled ALL OVER Foothills Gymnastics.

Harris jumped in the foam pit.

Toph & Shana

"Ooh, Mommy, what's this? Can I eat it?"

My what big eyes you have!

My sweet baby boy.

Here are Shana and me jumping into the foam pit. Right after Shana jumps, look in the bottom right corner. You'll see Cara, yes my nine month old, crawling into the pit. She loved it and kept on doing it. Chris and I are going to be in BIG trouble with her in about 10 more years.

Look mom, here I am!

My handsome 4 year old before church on Sunday.

My handsome 2 year old before church on Sunday.

Carrington at 41 weeks old

Did I mention that Cara is a mess? Last night she decided to crawl through the chair.

"Um, Mommy, I think I might be stuck."

Naked baby

So this picture just makes me laugh. I told her to say cheese, and she gives me this huge toothy grin. Check out the super cute shirt I ordered for her. I love dressing her up - especially since she has a ponytail.

We have a really tame weekend coming up! Yea! I'll try to post a few pictures from my vein surgery in the next post.