...in which Cassie discovers her hands

Cassie: "Um, Emma? What is that?"

Emma: "What's what, Cassie?""

Cassie: "That, Emma!"
Emma: "Oh, that's just mom's camera, Sissy."

Cassie: "Oh. Well, what does it do? Play music? Shake? Why's it just sitting there?"
Emma: "No, no, Silly Cassie. Mom wants you to take your picture."
Cassie: "I don't know, Em... it's kinda creepy."
Emma: "Just smile... like this... and it will eventually go away."

Cassie: "Smile? Hmmm... I dunno, Emma. Smiling can be hard to get right. It takes a lot of practice. I'm not sure if I can do it."
Emma: "Just doooo it, already!"

Cassie: *hmmm, ok... smile...* "How's this?"

Emma: "That's a good try, PooterButt, but keep going."

Cassie: "Ok, that wasn't so hard. Lookit this one, Sis."
Emma: "Good job, now let me play with my blocks."

Cassie: "Emma, look, I'm a rapper! It makes two to make a thing go RIII-IIIIIGHT!  ALL YOU PARTAY PEOPLE!!"

Emma: "Oh, now you're just showing off!"

Cassie: "Look, Mom, it's the Sprinkler!"

Cassie: "Oh, wait, wait... check this one out... It's the Cabbage Pa-  heeey, what are those?"

Cassie: "Whoa... what is that? Hey, Emma, what is this?"
Emma: "Oh, those are just your hands."

Cassie: "Hands?  Hands... hands! They're pretty cool. Hey mom, have you seen these hands?"
Mom: "I sure have, Cass... aren't they perfect?"

Cassie: "Well, if perfect means I can't stop staring at them, then yeah... I guess they are perfect."

Cassie: "I'm a hand-staring machine. I could do this all. day. long."

Mom: *whispers* "Thanks for the memories, Cass."

Post It Note Tuesday

I felt the need to utilize a few post-it notes this morning. These are the only ones that were close enough to PG rated, non-angry and appropriate for sharing... maybe next week I'll have more I can share!

Weekend Fun at The Shack

We took a quick trip up to Buck's Lake on Saturday!! My parents have some property up there where they're building a weekend getaway spot! I call it "The Shack". You'll see why in a couple minutes! We had a quick lunch in the trailer before heading down to the creek that runs below The Shack.
In a normal July, the girls would be in shorts and wading through the cold mountain water.

Wait, scratch that. In a "normal" July, the creek would probably barely be running.However, it was a very long winter around here... so we get to enjoy the rippling brook for awhile longer!

Even the doggies had a good time!

They had fun finding critters! I think they were looking at helgramites here..

I don't know why I try and get a good picture of the three of them anymore... this is what I end up with!

Momma: "Emma, you've never looked so much like your dad, before!" lol

Daddy and Red had a little "Battle of the super loose tooth" by the crik.

"Come on!!!!" Dad whined when she refused to give in!

Brenna ended up winning this round!

In case you were wondering, Brooklyn is still our family clown!

We made our way up to The Shack after a bit.
Notice the snow still on the ground!
*IN* July!

And here ya have it... The Shack!
It actually kind of embarrasses me.
I mean, it's way too small for any of the family to crash in...
it's completely run down... it's an absolute... well, shack.
I shiver to think of having to sleep in there... I'd almost rather take my chances in the tent with the bears!

Just a peek of the inside... I don't imagine there's much they're gonna be able to do to turn this thing around. The sheer smallness of it doesn't leave much room for improvement.

So after we took our chances looking around The Shack, we headed over to the lake!
It's so pretty and full right now!
We just wanted a nice quiet spot to let the girls play in/near the water... and this was perfect!
Daddy borrowed Poppa's fishing pole and threw in a line here and there.

Emma had a blast playing *near* the water. It still wasn't quite warm enough for them to go crazy in the water.

The wind would blow for a minute and then let up. Then it'd blow some more. The sun would hide and then come back out. It was beautiful and oh-so relaxing!And then Daddy caught a fish!!!

A German Brown, to be exact! Lookit Brenna trying to make you think she thinks it's gross... she totally KISSED that fish!! I'm sure the fish found extreme comfort in Brenna's kiss as it... well, you know.

And look who else kissed the fish! Blech!

We caught two fish altogether! IF I had my fishing license, I *probably* would have caught the second one and it *probably* would have been bigger than his! *wink wink*

We definitely need to go back up soon!!! It's too close and too relaxing and too fun to ignore the beauty any longer!!! Must. go. back!

20 Weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 20 Weeks

Size of baby: Banana

6.5inches and 10.5 ounces.

Total Weight Gain: negative 5 pounds!!

Maternity Clothes: I have one pair of trusty maternity shorts and some shirts! I definitely need to find some nicer wear for church because I've been reduced to wearing jeans!! no bueno!

Gender: Girl #4!

Movement: Yes!
The baby is laying towards my back... with the placenta between her and the outside of my stomach, so I think that's keeping me from feeling her as much as I'd like at this point!

Sleep: Yes!
Am doing pretty good so far. I purchased a Boppy body pillow that has really helped with aches and pains at night. There are days when I feel like I could literally sleep ALL day!!!

What I miss: Not much at this point.
Just trying to enjoy everything about his last pregnancy!

Cravings: Greasy tacos and club sandwiches... kinda random.

Symptoms: Just really tired. Kinda cranky.
What I’m looking forward to: Next u/s is on September 3rd! It'll be a 3d/4d so we'll get to see her with some chubs on her!
What else: We picked out her name! Cassie Shane J. She's actually going to have a 2nd middle name, but we're keeping that quiet until she's born!!

Random Kid Conversation

A lil conversation you might have heard in my house today.

"Mooooooooooom! I went pee and poo!"

"Ok, coming, Boo."

"This is the best. toilet. ever., Mom."

Blogworthy

I've been a very bad blogger lately, but every once in a while, I have something to blog about. Today, it's more of Baby Quockido. (Baby #4)

Well, we no longer have to refer to the poor girl as Quockido. Her name will now and forever be "Cassie Shane"!! I'm still kind of in mourning about my first choice, which was "Irelyn Shane", however I knew that the Hubs just wasn't feeling it. So, ever the dutiful wife (yeah, I'm rolling my eyes, too) I kept wracking my brain for the perfect name.

It took a while for Cassie to come back to me. It was a name that we'd considered when picking out names for Emma. It's not Cassidy or Cassandra... just Cassie. Named for my father's initials, C.A.S., and her father's middle name; Shane. So yeah, she's named after two men. And I think it's cute!

Ok, so part 2!

Ultrasound 3 was today! Her HB was at 154 and she seemed to be measuring right on schedule (18w 5d) and I just wanted to share some pictures!

Still a girl!
Lookit the gams on this girl!

I don't think I've seen one of my girls this stretched out before!
Stretch those legs while you still have room, baby girl!

Her sweet lil profile!

12 Weeks - Baby Quockido

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 12 Weeks

Size of baby: 1.69 inches as of Tuesday, May 3!
Weight Gain: -3 pounds!

Maternity Clothes: Still no. Hanging out in my regular clothes.

Gender: Still unknown, but we did get the "money shot" at the u/s on Tuesday. No boy bits as of yet.

Movement: None yet. It normally doesn't happen for me until somewhere around 17-20 weeks

Sleep: Still dropping off around 2 everyday for a quick snooze. I sleep good through the night and have been waking up early... like, 6-6:30 early. *blech*
What I miss: Nothing... everything is going along really well!
Cravings: Nothing that I don't normally crave... bread, sweets... not craving the leafy greens, but I have high hopes. lol

Symptoms: Fatigue... crankiness.

What I’m looking forward to: Feeling the baby move... finding out if Baby Quockido's a boy or girl! Just a few more weeks!