Wednesday, May 28, 2008

11 months... last week

We've had Cairo for almost a year now. Can you believe it! Only a few more weeks and we will be celebrating our not so little baby's 1st birthday. This past weekend I went back and looked at come pictures of Cairo throughout the year and it really made me realize how much and hoe fast she's changing. She's no longer that pudgy little blob with the cute little giggle. Instead, I have a long and lean, wiggly, LOUD baby on the verge of being a toddler.

Cairo loves blueberries!!!


Here are some glimpses of Cairo today. She is interacting more and more with us and things around her.




Cairo is learning new words. Over the past few weeks Cairo has learned the word ball or "baaaaaaa". Anything that is round or circular is a "baaaaaaa"... including her morning blueberries.

Today while in the tub Cairo dropped her tubby toy (over and over again) and said uh-oh, pronounced "uh-uh".

And I thought I could give a good Booboo face!

Mother's Day

So Mother's Day was a few weeks ago and I am finally getting around to posting a few pictures...




My parents, Erik, Cairo, and I spent the weekend up in Santa Maria with my Nana and Papa. As always, the weekend was nice and relaxing and the food was great. Cairo was an angel for my very first Mother's Day. She didn't bring me breakfast in bed, but she was good about giving me lots of kisses.




Cairo is a great help when opening and playing with presents... especially with Nana's "baba".


Thursday, May 8, 2008

Kissing Cairo

Cairo has learned how to kiss...

Monday, April 21, 2008

When Daddy's and Babies spend too much time together...


Up in Arcata



We spent a week together, as a family, up in our cute little house in Bayside. It is nice to get back to Bayside and slow down and just enjoy each other and the wonderful life we have.




Cairo got to spend some time playing with her big (but smaller) cousin Mei, who is the funniest thing I have ever seen. I wish I had some pictures of my silly little niece making all of her funny faces! Erik said that it was funny watching Cairo and Mei crawl around together in a small little herd... he wasn't sure what one calls a heard of babies crawling around, but there has to be a name for it. Mei seemed to really like her uncle Erik...

Cairo is getting much more comfortable on her feet. At first, little twinkle toes, would only stand on her very,very tippy toes or she would curl her foot and stand on the top side of her toes. Now, Cairo is spending more time on her flat feet, more time scaling the furniture and the walls, and more time bumping her noggin'... just like dad!


At 10 months Cairo is a whirl of activity. I keep reminding myself of the days she was just a lump on the floor, those days when I was hoping she would start crawling around... now I often wish for that lump again- she wears me out! I think Cairo is starting her terrible twos a little early. This past week or so she began a new trick when she was upset or didn't get something she wanted... she'd take a deep breath, then yell as loud and as long as that breath would let her, then repeat. I think she's mine! Here is Cairo playing with her "wand"...

TIMBERRRRR....



Cairo can now recognize her bottle and says Ba-ba, which is similar to her Daddy, Da-da, Mommy, Ma-ma, and doggies, dog-dog... see a theme? She likes twos.

The Piano

Cairo is starting to really love pounding away at those piano keys. Cairo will also hum and sing and rock back and forth to music.

Cairo does have music in her blood- my Grandma Biggle and Great-grandpa Marks and Erik's mom, Grandma Jill, were/are superb piano players. Erik's brother, Uncle Nick, also plays somewhere between 30 to 40 instruments (small exaggeration)... and let's not forget Cairo's very, very handsome Daddy plays the guitar...

Here is Cairo on the piano with her Grandpa Biggle (who also loves to play those same classic songs I have heard him play my entire life... over and over and over again!)