Wanna a carrot?

So we got the ok at Brylie's last check up that she could start on stage 1 baby foods so we decided to try her out on the less sweet foods so that we won't spoil her taste for veggies. Although if she takes after her dad, it will be a trial getting her to eat fruits. Anyhow, here is her first video eating carrots. Enjoy!!

She laughs...

So this was a few weeks ago but I just figured out how to edit our home videos and so instead of this clip being 9 minutes long, it is the short yet blissful 36 seconds of pure fun as we experience the girl laugh.

Cass' 10 year high school reunion already?

So this last Saturday was my 10 year high school reunion which still blows me away! I can't be this old already! Now I know what my mom means when she says she doesn't feel as old as she is...I don't either. We went to Thanksgiving Point and had a very good dinner (the tickets were $40 per person) and fun company. I think it could have been done a little cheaper (we were only there for the company right?) and in a place where bringing kids would have been invited. Anyway, I got to see some of my long time friends who hold some dear unforgettable memories and some of the punks who haven't seemed to change much at all. All in all, I am very glad I went as I was able to reconnect to some very good friends!

New photos of the girl...

So last Thursday I decided to set up a photography studio in my living room and take some pictures of the girl and see how they turn out...I knew that if I took 100 pictures, I was bound to get a good 5 or so and we did. Here are some of my favorites!

Just to mention...

So today I have been reflecting upon my blessings and I just wanted to mention how grateful I am for such a loving husband. It's interesting how there are so many words out there and yet it is so difficult to find just the right ones to describe my emotion. I have a hard enough time expressing myself as it is but it is especially difficult when it comes to the love I have for my family and more specifically, Brad and Brylie. I remember when I was engaged how overwhelmed I was at how much I realized I loved Brad and then being afraid of how much more I would be overwhelmed when we had kids...and here I am. I find it quite interesting how the only way to feel absolute joy and love is to put yourself out there...complete vulnerability. And the more vulnerable we get the greater the capacity to feel love and joy. In discovering this, I thought how hard it must be for our Heavenly Father who is in the most vulnerable position and because of that, He is able to feel a fullness joy and love. Opposition in all things is what allows us to be happy...and I have only begun to understand this principle.