More Practice Walking

Cassandra really enjoys showing off.  When she is not using the box as a walker, she climbs inside.

She is beginning to refuse what we try to feed her.  She has to try first and only if she misses her mouth can we feed her.  This makes meal time very slow.  Add in the teeth that are trying to come through and Cassandra can get very grumpy.  Hopefully, the teeth will come through soon.  The more she has, the quicker she can chew, right?

Getting Ready For Bed

With Cassandra jumping to the next size in clothes, we decided to get some real PJ's instead of sleep sacks or footed sleepers.  We haven't given her any candy yet but it is pretty obvious she has a sweet-tooth.  Her love of fruit is proof of that.

Trying To Walk

Cassandra has been spending more time on her feet lately.  In fact, when given a toy shopping cart, she really moves.  At home, she has been using a box as her "walker."  However, whenever she sees the camera, she sort of forgets what she was doing and makes a beeline for the camera.

Let Me Out!

With Cassandra now climbing the stairs and thinking "no" means "smile, turn around and do it anyway" it became necessary to put up the baby gates.  I think she likes to make noise, not necessarily trying to escape.  She likes to go up to the gate, grab it and shake it.  That being said, she does spend time trying to defeat the gate but it seems like it doesn't occur to her to use brute force.

Notice how she messes with the hinge in an effort to get through?  I think she is leaning towards being an engineer.

I'm About To Do Something I'm Not Supposed To Do

Cassandra has always been pretty good about letting us take pictures.  She is now at the stage where she crawls directly for the camera if Mommy or Daddy are holding it.

Why can't I play with that?

Cassandra making a break for the stairs. Notice the tongue? 
She has been working on cutting tooth number three (came in on 9/13) and tooth number four (to be determined).

 Cassandra loves to climb the stairs.  Most of the time she gets our attention before she actually climbs them by giggling and looking at us.  I guess it is time for the gates to go up.

Caught in the act, I call her name and she stops and looks at me.

Cassandra, torn between climbing the stairs or posing for the camera.

Persistent...To The Point Of Obstinacy

Cassandra decided she wanted her plug.  Not being able to find one laying around, she went to her car seat where she knows we keep one on a leash for travel.  Unfortunately, she was not able to overpower the clip on the leash.

Like Most Women, I Can't Find Clothes In My Size

Cassandra had an interesting time with her wardrobe today.  She has recently moved up into the 12M clothing size.  Unfortunately, the size of a 12 month old from Cambodia seems to be a bit smaller than a child from China.  Here is one of her "smaller" 12M outfits.  While it is summer, I really didn't mean to put her in a muscle shirt and short shorts.  I'm sure this picture will haunt me when she becomes a teenager.  "But Daddy, you used to let me where skimpy outfits!"