Casey & Scott's First Wedding

Okay these are the only people that I know that have gotten married to each other in one week. You would think that getting married once would be enough, but they love each other so MUCH that they just had to do it twice, in a different country each time! So here's the story:



Casey and Scott decided to get married in the Dominician. Upon learning that they could only get married in Spanish and that its difficult to legalize the marriage, they decided they would have two celebrations of LOVE! Being that I am very curious I had to be at both to witness this. The first wedding was held at a Jewish temple in New Jersey followed by a wonderful reception at one of Mommy's favorite resturants in Freehold, NJ. There was awesome food (pasta) that was very yummy. I got a bit bored during the ceremony and began looking for things to play with.



I'm including a few pictures of the day here.

Free Falling into May

Wow, it is the end of May and a month since I last wrote. May went by really fast. I guess the big development this month is that I have begun to stand up on my own; 'bout time I gave my knees some rest! Although i'm a tadbit unstable, i'm still standing tall and free falling.

It feels Iike I did a lot this month but I cannot remember it all. I went to Hoboken, NJ for the first time! We visited Mom and Dad's friends who are going to have a little boy just like me. I taught them how to child proof their apartment. They have a lot of nice electronics with lots of wires.

School has been going great. I had my art fair so I could show Mom and Dad all the art I created at school. At the end of every month I bring a big bag of creativity home for them; they love to see their money well spent ;) Some kid got pink eye and I thought I got it but it was a false alarm; just a lot of green goop and no pink eye.

I have really been working on talking, waving and clapping. I got really good at clapping when Mom and Dad went away for one night to Arlington, TX to visit Jessilyn and Nolan. Grandma and Grandpa Basner watched me and we had a lot of fun!!! Grandpa taught me how to clap. I cannot wait till their next visit so I can show him I can now clap on my knees and standing up. I'm also telling "mama" what her name is several times over when I get disgusted with how life is treating me.

As soon as Grandma and Grandpa Basner went home, Grandma Kappenman came to visit for a week. We shopped and shopped to get ready for our big trip in June to the Dominican Republic (Punta Cana). We ate ice cream and went to the farm to pick strawberries and herbs for the first time. We took Grandma Kappenman to eat yummy Italian food where I had my first taste of vodka penne and lasagna - yummy! Memorial Day was spent with Rebecca tearing up my toy room.

Other than that, I've had a rough couple of days as my two front teeth are coming in. With that said, I'm sure you can imagine the creative songs Mom and Dad are coming up with. I'll give you a hint...all I want for ___ is my two front teeth (you fill in the blank with whatever you think fits best)! Needless to say, these teeth need to get here already.

I'll close for now, but will be back with a big update from overseas. Until then, peace and love, peace and love!

Summertime in April

This weekend was packed full of fun in 90 degree heat. It all started with a trip to Striderite on Friday night where I got two new pairs of shoes; a pair of sandles and an awesome pair of sneakers (multi-colored might I add). I'm very excited about my new shoes because I can stand and balance much better than in Robeez's.

Saturday was packed full of fun. I had swimming lessons followed by my school carnival. I tried my first popcicle at the carnival and burrrggh! I've never experienced brain freeze and that did it. I also rode my first pony and mastered it. I drank out of a juice box for the first time; this was very exciting. My teacher was there to witness it so now they want me to start drinking my milk out of a straw cup; i'm not so sure about giving up the bottle just yet. However, my motto in life is I'll try anything just once. So we'll see.

Saturday afternoon I went to Gavin's first birthday party. It was so much fun but it was so hot. We stayed in the shade most of the time. We played with a pinata and crawled around with all the other kids. Gavin even blew out his candle all by himself! Having only one candle makes the odds of this extremely likely. But hey, he's only 1, give the guy some credit. I had so much fun I slept the whole way home.

That night, Ms. Latoya came and played with me so mommy and daddy could go to something called a Bachelor and Bachelorette party. I stayed up until 9:30 when I finally crashed and ended up sleeping right there on the couch. It didn't help that my room was stiffling hot! It was a rough night but I slept until 7 am.

Sunday was a lazy day filled with a few errands here and there. My parents are shopping for a gazebo for the deck. If summer is anything like today, we're going to need a lot of shade and a pool.

Visit from the Easter Bunny

This past weekend the Easter Bunny visited my living room, dining room and kitchen. He left eggs in sparadioc locations filled with puffs and cheerios. In between my kitty batting the eggs around, I was able to gather them in my fuzzy duck basket. At the end of my trial my new ride was awaiting! Mommy strapped me in and away we went throughout the house. Later in the afternoon I toured the deck in style. I have posted pictures.

As for the rest of the weekend, we were busy. I dyed eggs on Saturday morning, followed by my weekly swim lesson, a birthday party for my neighbor James, dinner at Maggianos and a trip to Target and Babies R Us to buy gates. For those of you who don't recall, I have no fear of the stairs; I'm Danger Thad! My dinner at Maggianos brought a new food - pasta with alfreado...I love this!

It was a nice weekend. This weekend Grandpa and Grandma Basner are coming to visit; should be exciting!

My attempt to meet President Obama

This weekend we traveled back to Baltimore for one night, Friday, to see Evan and Corey. They live in a beautiful brownstone in downtown Baltimore with lots of space to crawl. We had lots of fun at a middle eastern resturant where I tried hummus and pita for the first time. Hummus is good with pita, but not alone...not sure about the texture. I also tried a lemon for the first time and last time! I think my face said it all. I wasn't quite sure the first time I sucked on it, but by the second time I was pretty sure there is a reason for sugar in this world.

On Saturday we got up and drove to DC. My first trip to the Nation's capital was awesome. We met up with Mike and Amy, and Brad and Andrea. We walked, and walked, and walked and walked some more. Our first stop was the White House. I was hoping for an invite to play on the $4,000 playground on the White House lawn, but no one would come to the gate when I knocked. I stuck around for a little to see if Sasha and Malia would come out and play, but the guards drew weary so I decided to stroll on to the kite festival. For such a dreary, misty day, there were several people flying very large kites. It was really neat to see the variations of obsessions for some odd characters. We then strolled over to the National Monument, then on to the War II Memorial where daddy and mommy showed me every state they lived in...that's a lot of states - I fell asleep on that tour of duty. We then went to The Mall (Reflecting Pond) and stopped off at the Korean War memorial, up to the Lincoln Monument and over to the Vietnam Vets memorial. After that we walked up to the Holocoust Musuem which was really packed, but neat.

Our day concluded with an early dinner and a trip to the brewery where the parentals engaged in some drinks and I ate me some yummy ice cream. It was finally at Union Station I was able to meet Obama...okay well he was on cardboard but I still got my picture taken with him. On our stroll home I fought every minute so I could take in this awesome city, but the back of my eyelids won out.

The next day we drove across the bridge to Old Town, Alexandria to an awesome little French bakery, Le Madeline's. I tried a crescent for the first time with raspberry jam...it was delicious. Mommy bought extra to bring home with us to enjoy with my oatmeal this week. The sun finally made an appearance so we walked around the town enjoying the cherry blossoms and spring weather.

After a long drive home with traffic it was nice to get back to my crib and see my kitty...home sweet home! Maybe next time Obama, you'll be lucky enough to meet me.

A visit to the park

What a beautiful day it was. I enjoyed a leisurely scroll with my babysitter today. When my parental units arrived home, I had the liberty of going to the park for the very first time. Although the swings were a little big for me, I enjoyed swinging back and forth. I even chuckled a few times. I then tested out the slide, not the biggest fan but I think it will grow on me. The best part was just being outside in 70 degree weather.

We then went to Babies R Us and my parents bought me a swing for the backyard. Not sure where they're going to put it, but hoping they'll figure something out.

I've got teeth their multiplying

My two bottom front teeth are coming through. I'm rather shy about it as I won't let anyone see them unless your feeding me. It's been a rather unpleasant experience and I can't believe I have 18 more of these things to grow. Hopefully I get my mother's teeth and she didn't have to have braces and dad did.

The side effects are mininal but most noticed at night. I can't sleep; my parents put this gel stuff on my teeth that numbs my mouth and makes me talk, look and feel funny. I drool like crazy and chew on anything that enters my sight. I tried teething biscuits but when found out i'm not supposed to eat them, just chew on them, I gave up on those. Teething rings only work so well as I want to bang them on everything rather then chew on them.

Once I decide that i'm ready to show these off to the world, i'll let my parents snap a picture and post them. Stay tuned...it should anytime now.