Cassie turns one...and happy Valentines Day

We tried really hard to make it a good birthday but we're sick. Also it's a holiday...Cory and I decided that we would celebrate Valentines early so not to ruin her birthday. Don't know how this will affect her in the future. She will probably hate the holiday and or the gifts she gets. But at least we have something in common. :) I share my birthday with Labor Day sometimes and Cory shares his birthday with Columbus Day sometimes too. But those aren't as major as valentines. Anyway, I digress.

We woke up earlier than usual this morning and it wasn't pleasant. Cassie woke up to throwing up. I was on the phone with Cory, talking to him as he came home from work, and I hear Cassie start crying and coughing. I rush in there and she starts throwing up. We have a cold that has mucus. and I think that is why she's been throwing up. Deven has done it a couple of times too.

So I turn her on her tummy and rub her back. Wipe up the spit and hope she goes back to sleep, it's 6 am. No cookies. She's UP. I think she sensed something was up. Cory walks in 2 minutes later and we sing happy birthday to her. (That's a tradition we do, first thing in the morning) She loves her daddy. It's cute, she has this special thing that she does that is apart of cassies personality. She smiles and points at you. Then as a game we point back at her and touch her finger. She giggles at that. So that is what Cassie did as she saw cory and she want to go see him.

I was up but not really. I got lucky that Deven decided that he was done sleeping and I put both of them in the living room to watch T.V. (yes I use the T.V. as a baby sitter) I wanted to sleep next to my husband a little bit. Anyway I wake up 2 hours later at 8 and I go check on them. I'm a light sleeper and I hear everything. What woke me up was they weren't laughing or talking. I go check on them and cassie is asleep and deven is quiet for once. (don't worry, there isn't anything for them to get into in the living room. They do pretty good by themselves, wow this is making me sound like a bad mother)

Anyway cassie wakes up around 11 feeling lots better and we each brunch. She eats her favorite, baby rice cereal mixed with a whole 4 oz jar of baby applesauce. Notice all the hearts she is wearing. My thing with her is to put her in hearts because she is our 'sweatheart'. Like I said before she will probably get sick of that but I'm enjoying it.

The day goes on and I get stuck doing homework. I really wanted to make this day special for her. I get done around 5 and cory told me earlier that he had to go to work early. So I only have 3 hours left with him. I feel bummed out that I didn't get to do what I wanted and I frantically try to get it done. I run to the store and get Cassie's gifts.  I get her stick balloons, I was lucky that they had birthday stuff. Also princess books. She loves books. we had also decided that we would get her a purse of her own so she will stop digging through mine. I don't think that will happen. Another thing that she does that is cute is she says "ooo" or "oooh" and point at the item. She did that with the stick balloons and the presents. She was super excited about the purse.  The Cake was hilarious. I'm so glad that cory got it on video. I'll have to add it to this post when i get it from him. We sang happy birthday and put the cake in front of her. She kept poking her fingers in it. I quickly put some spray whip topping like a frill trim on the top. I thought it looked cute. She was trying to sing along as we were singing to her. Deven I think is having a problem with sister getting all the attention. I also think he remembers his birthday last month. He saw the cake with the "candle" and kept saying "mine". hmm. any way, I dished out her piece and put it on the tray in front of her. It's a tradition also, once they are one they can eat by themselves. And that is just what she did. Her eyes went huge! She put her fingers in it and started shoveling it in. I got some good pictures. I wish I had another SD card for my good camera. We recently used up the spares.

We watched mulan II for a little bit until bed time. I think she enjoyed her birthday. I'm going to try and make it better next year.