Mmm... rice cereal is delish!

Here is the latest adventure in Cassia's life...

I decided Cassia was ready for solids the other day when she tried to take a bite of my 'Skinny Cow' popsicle... literally tried to chomp the top off. Good thing I have Mr Miyagi reflexes.

So here are the photos of her first meal.

Hmmm... what is this coming towards me?

I think I likey...
Oooh, now Daddy is giving me some. I like a man who feeds me.
Chomp Chomp Chomp...

He he, I got the spoon! No stopping me now!

Wow, this is so much fun! I am going to do this again!

Almost Crawling - video

Here is a video of Cassia attempting to crawl - 5 months is too early!!!! I need to buy a playpen now!

Video

Here is a video of Cassia today playing with her Daddy.

Long overdue update!

Firstly, apologies for the long overdue pictures and update! I accidentally left my camera cable in Australia so now it is back there is no stopping me!

Here are some photos of our trip to Australia:
Happy families, Gran and Poppa and Cassia before afternoon tea.

Cassia and her Aunt (read the t-shirt she is wearing) at Chris and Martine's beautiful wedding.

And here are some pictures from our trip to Montana/Wyoming a few weeks ago. We went for our friend Jennifer's wedding at Yellowstone. It was such a fun wedding where right after the wedding we did a bus tour of the park! What a fun day!

Jennifer looking beautiful in the dress her Mom made, and Cassia looking beautiful in the ribbon that was tied around our goody bag! Cassia loved Jennifer - there was a bond there!

Jason and Cassia in front of 'Old Faithful'.

Cassia and me at another thermal feature, Cassia wearing her hobbit cloak! It was windy and her blanky was on the bus! Bad Mommy.

Cassia rolling around on yet another hotel bed... she is quite the traveller!

Vacation Video

Here is a video of Cassia from our vacation in Australia.
She had her 4 month check up today and is 13lbs 3oz and 24.5 inches long.

First swim and time in Australia

We are safely in Australia and Cassia did really well on the fight over. She slept most of the flight and was only a little fussy on the way down when the pressure hurt her ears. She really is amazing and we were so blessed by the answer to our (and others) prayers.

We spent a week in Canberra settling in and visiting people and then flew again (a much more reasonable 3 hr flight) to Port Douglas for a holiday.

Cassia did wonderfully on the flight, and on the bus trip, she has been charming people wherever she goes.

We all really enjoyed the hot weather (it was perfect) and Cassia went for her first swim!

We also spent a day on the Great Barrier Reef snorkeling with Nemo and his friends. It was absolutely amazing and Cassia loved her first boat ride (and the semi-submersible boat too!) and was very happy to see her first shark, turtle and lots and lots of fish!

Now we are back in Canberra for a few days before the main event (Uncle Chris' wedding) up in Sydney next Friday.

Packing Cassia

We decided to save some money and pack Cassia:

Just kidding, but as you can see we are getting ready for our big trip so I might not be blogging as much over the next few weeks.

We are very excited! Please pray that Cassia does well on the plane, it is a long (14.5hr) flight! Also pray that Cassia would learn to take the bottle again as she has decided that she doesn't like it! So we are having a battle of wills at the moment.