Merry Christmas

So . . . it's been a whole month since my last post.  A combination of not having Internet access at home for over a week, and therefor getting out of the habit of posting and the craziness of the holiday season. 

Lots has happened, most of it good. 

Cassidy has been learning new things like crazy.

- pulls herself up to standing
-walks around the interior of her playpen and holding onto someones fingers
- claps
-nods her head (sometimes it seems like she's saying "yes" but mostly I think she just thinks its funny)
-crawls everywhere
-eating all kids of "big people" foods
-makes kissing sounds with her tongue

She has also developed an obsession with penguins.  I've never seen her get excited about anything as much as she does penguins (except for maybe her aunt Bre).

She's growing so fast and so much!  My little TINY baby who swam in her newborn clothes and wore her 0-3 month clothes until she was almost 6 months is now 8 1/2 months and wearing size 12 month clothes.  She's also becoming really playful and talkative. 

Speaking of talkative . . .

Last night we went to church for Christmas Eve.  My church does two services on Christmas Eve - the first of which is child and family centered.  I've always enjoyed it and last night I was really excited to see how many children were there.

BUT . . . despite the family oriented atmosphere, not everyone was tolerant of the children in attendance.

Cassidy was very talkative during the service and on a number of occasions I caught the eyes of people who were turning to glare at me in a "would you shut that kid up?" kind of way.  (Of course, many of them then realized that I was the pastors daughter and therefor Cassidy was his granddaughter and then quickly changed their tune). 

But the point is - she wasn't crying and she wasn't being disruptive.  She was just . . . . talking.  People seemed to think that I needed to remove her from the service.  I think that's ridiculous.  I've never felt that way about other people's kids and I definitely don't feel that way about my own. 

Now I'm not saying that everyone was like that - there were a great many people who said how nice it was to see/hear us and all that.

I guess I shouldn't let the other people get to me, but sometimes all it takes it is one bad apple to ruin an experience. 

Christmas today was really great though (despite all the garbage from the night before).  My awesome husband got me a Flip Video so now I can record Cassidy's milestones.  She was really hyped up and excitable all day - even if she didn't really get the whole present thing.  We've spent the day with my family just hanging out, eating, and playing games.  Tonight - football. 


Merry Christmas everyone!!!