Cassity Family

Sunday, March 17, 2013

St. Patrick's Day 2013

We love St. Patrick's Day around here and made sure to celebrate with our yummy green breakfast. Ellie thought it was very fun. Green eggs, pancakes, milk and kiwi!

Early in the month we made clover bananas. Ellie has been having a hard time wanting to eat bananas lately, she used to love them, this solved the problem and she gobbled them up. March 13, 2013

Saturday, March 16, 2013

What We've Been Up To March 2013

We've had a fun and busy month. Here are some things that we have been doing.

Walks in the beautiful Spring weather. March 2, 2013

We had a little play group for St Patrick's Day. We made clovers with contact paper and green tissue paper. March 7, 2013: Ellie and Jade

And fruit loop rainbows with cotton ball clouds. It was so fun to have some little friends over and play. Ellie, Jade, Kiera and Audrey

I saw a really cool painting activity. Ellie really enjoyed it and was able to do it all herself, which she always likes. Marble Painting. March 9, 2013

We found a great park to feed the ducks. We used to go to first dam in Logan and feed the ducks all the time and Ellie loved it. Nielson's Grove Park in Orem has an awesome pond and also a park that the kids could play at. March 15, 2013

Ellie, Audrey and Bailey

I am so glad that we've made some friends in our ward. Ellie is very social and it has made life much better for her to be able to play with kids her age. March has been great so far.

Monday, March 11, 2013

Gavin-6 Months

Half a year already! We had Gavin's 6 month appointment on March 11, 2013 and he is healthy and happy! We decided to switch doctors. We are still at Alpine Pediatrics, but have changed to Dr. Arnold. We like Dr. Alba, but saw Dr Arnold at a sick checkup and really liked him. I am glad we switched and just think he is a better fit for our family. Here are Gavin's statistics.
Weighs in at 18lb 10oz; 62nd percentile
Length of 27 1/2 Inches; 83rd percentile
Head Circumference of 45cm; 78th percentile
He evened out in weight and when a little down in height. It will be interesting to see if he is tall or not as he gets older. Here are a few things that Gavin is up to this month.

Gavin holds his head up great now. He is becoming more and more okay with being on his tummy, which is good since he would scream the whole time before. He still doesn't love it, but is getting better. I think it helps that he can look around easier now. February 4, 2013
He adores Ellie and is always smiley when she is around. He gets so excited with her and she is really great with him too. After his nap if she is awake and hears him, she will come running to me and ask if she can get into his crib and play. I LOVE this. I was worried that she would be in there all of the time and she is very good to ask me before she gets in. I hope they stay good friends. February 6, 2013

Gavin is sitting really well by himself and falls occasionally. He really likes being up and looking at everything. He can roll over and over and over to get to things he wants, and has even started scooching forward a few inches to get to something. He will then get board and whine for a toy. February 9, 2013

This was funny because he rolled right over and underneath the chair. February 16, 2013

He will often sleep with one eye open, which is kind of creepy, but also pretty funny. February 26, 2013

Gavin has found his voice like crazy and loves to squeal. He is getting louder and louder and I really like to listen to him as he squeals in the car.
Gavin LOVES hair, especially to pull it. He will pull my hair and Ellie's hair. February 10, 2013

Patrick's parents have a walker and he loves to go around in that. It is nice that they have the smooth kitchen floor for him to get going on too. February 24, 2013

This month he has tried Peas and baby cereal(2/9/2013), he scarfed it down and did great with it. He tried sweet potatoes and was not near as excited, but still at them(2/10/2013), he tried and liked squash too(2/13/2013) He is quite the messy eater, because he can't seem to get it fast enough. This is in Layton and I think it was a little worse since the bib was a bit big for him and he didn't like it. February 25, 2013

Gavin loves playing with Patrick when he gets home. He does this thing where he will push up on Patrick's hands and go all the way up his chest. He is such a strong little guy.

We sure love this little guy and the joy that he has brought to our family. It has been an adjustment, but we are so glad he is here!

Thursday, February 28, 2013

February Happenings!

February has gone by so quickly and we have had some fun. Here is what we have been up to.

February 7, 2013

We found out about Cascade Fun Center. It is an indoor play ground and lots of bouncy houses and slides. It is pay the age of your kid and so worth it. Ellie has a lot of fun.

February 9, 2013

Grandma Brown brought home Valentine jammies. They are so cute! Love Gymboree.

And lots of snuggling!

Februrary 10, 2013

We pulled out the highchair and Ellie decided she needed to take a turn. She is so stinkin' cute!

Gavin was happy to have his feet on the table.

And here's a cute pic of us

February 11, 2013

Patrick has to leave for work early some mornings, but the kids are usually awake before he leaves. Today Ellie was still sleeping, so he made her a cute note and left candy kisses on her car seat! What a great daddy!

We've been having some yummy sandwiches. I made this cute sandwich with red sprinkles for Ellie one day and she requests it all the time now.

February 12, 2013

We made fun Valentines cards for Grandparents and Ellie decorated the envelope to send it in.

February 19, 2013

Ellie is still sleeping crazy. She loves to be hanging over the side of her bed.

February 21, 2013

Tonight I came in from putting Gavin to bed and found Ellie and Patrick both sound asleep.

February 27, 2013

We took a trip to City Creek to have lunch at Cheesecake Factory and had to stop at the Disney store. They have an awesome castle and Ellie wouldn't hold still long enough for a picture.

February 28, 2013

Both Gavin and Ellie love it when Patrick comes home from work each day. He is such a fun dad and plays with them so much. Here he is with a 'flying Gavin.'

We are having so much fun with our little family and I absolutely love having them!

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Elder Eric Cassity!

Eric received his mission call to go to the Phoenix, Arizona Mission. He leaves on February 27 and will be speaking Spanish! We are all so excited for him and made some trips up to spend time with him before he leaves. He is so excited about being able to go before he turns 19! He is a little sad because he knows that both Gavin and Griffin won't remember him when he gets home and is worried Ellie won't remember him much either:( Some pics from the couple of days and night before he leaves.

February 3, 2013

Judy kept saying that he needed to make sure he was super careful because bad things always happen right before you are about to leave on your mission....well, he thought it would be good to break his arm...luckily they had just enough time to get it taken care of before he left.