Aloha!

The Russell fam had a great trip to Maui. Cassie did well on the plane ride out there(although we were glad the flight was not a minute longer as she was up the entire way until we started to descend when she finally decided to nap ;) She got a chance to meet Aunt Patty and enjoyed her time at the beach and pool with daddy while mommy worked. At night time the whole family got to hang out on the beautiful island and we enjoyed the sunsets. Daddy was happy because CJ slept the whole flight home from Maui for him! What a great trip!

Our little girl is changing so much! She is crawling and pulling up to stand with the help of her crib, tables, couches, and mommy/daddy make the best jungle gyms for sure! Her favorite sound as of today is nnnnnnn.... so "Nick" may in fact be her first real word as we suspect since he is her fav ;) Cassie can wave hello and goodbye and loves to make funny squished up faces (with mommy's encouragement ;)

This weekend we celebrated what we think is Nick's 3rd birthday at Cardiff Dog Days of Summer, a festival with lots of doggie attractions! Nick was able to complete the entire obstacle course which was a big feat after being petrified of it 2 years ago ;) Cassie enjoyed seeing her furry friends and we all enjoyed time with our friends Jen and Todd and their dog, Buddy.

We are off to Vegas to see Grammy and Aunt LuAnn in their new home! Uncle Iggy will be out to visit and of course we will get to see the Russell cousins and Aunt Shannon and Uncle Gary too!

Hope all is well with everyone! Lots of love, the Russells


Cassie, Aunt Patty and Mommy

Cassie meets Aunt Patty's doggie, Chelsea
Cassie sleeping in her "tent"
Cassie standing on her own for the first time. What a surprise to Mommy and Daddy!


The Fam at Sunset

Cassie loves her puka beads

View of Paradise from her crib...

Daddy shows her a totum pole

Cassie loves the sand

Daddy and Cassie at Sunset

Daddy and Cassie at Mount Haleakala

At the Summit

Back at home...

Cassie and Quentin

Celebrating Nick's Birthday at Cardiff Dog Days

Nick masters the obstacle course this year!

Aloha from Maui!

(Posted from mobile phone)

July Visitors and Cassie update

We had a great 4th of July with visits from our New Hampshire buddy, Jay McKenna, our cousin, Marisa Fallone, and Grandma and Grandpa Fallone. We've had a fun-filled last couple of weeks and Cassidy enjoyed her visitors and activities!

Cassidy is quite busy these days practicing crawling and sitting up. She is now stable when sitting and is just starting to get the hang of crawling. She is eating lots of solid foods, drinking water from her sippy cup and is constantly babbling. Daddy is convinced that her most common sound is da-da. Cassidy has had a lot of outings lately and really enjoyed the animals at the San Diego County Fair.

Here are some photos over the last few weeks. Hope all is well with everyone!

Cassidy trying to sit up, laughing at Nick

Cassidy's half-year birthday!

Mommy w/ Cassidy

Dora exploradora


Enjoying mommy's gift from her busines trip - a Kimono


The Krazy Kousins with their Kimonos...


Grammy and CJ


Cassie and her fashionista cousin Katie May

Daddy doing his best to "make it all better"


Cassidy and her cousin Molly Kaye


CJ loving life

Cassie at 5 Months

Reaching for Nick... my new favorite playmate!



Laughing so hard!



Running with Mom



Supporting my Favorite Team!



Getting Ready for a Meal!

Visit with RobA

This weekend I got to meet a Cronie Kid! RobA came out to visit us in San Diego and got a hot, gorgeous weekend. I had lots of fun with him and Uncle Rob.

Easter Sunday

Happy Easter! I enjoyed my first Easter with my family in the Canyon and at the Beach. I can't wait until I can Easter Egg hunt next year! Hope you enjoyed your Easter too... Love Cassie

Nick is so funny!

Easter visit with Grandma and Grandpa

Happy Easter! I had a nice spring break vacation with Grandma and Grandpa this past week. The weather was beautiful so I spent a lot of time outdoors at Del Mar Beach, The Carlsbad 5000 race that mommy and uncle rob ran, and outside my house. I also tried rice cereal for the first time. I am becoming a big girl!