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Happy Baby Video Contest and other news...

So we buy a good chunk of Cass' "quick eats" from a brand called Happy Baby. Fun snacks and quick dinners that are organic and have ingredients you can read and recognize make for easy days when Matt and I are both too tired to cook :-)

Anyway, the company is having a contest on FB and you post a video of your baby being happy and then get your friends and fam to vote for the video. You don't have to sign up for anything, and it is quite fun to look at other videos. Some are funny, some are not!

The video we posted is of Cass getting ready to eat salmon sticks- the fish stick's newer improved brother from happy baby. It's called Happy Eater. Sorry- I don't mean to sound like an ad!
Feel free to check it out and go to their FB page to vote! Or feel free to check it out for fun :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cBl7mV1BI4&feature=player_embedded

In other news, Cassidy will be 2 this May 13th. It's a Friday, so it is a lucky day now! Cass loves to sing Old McDonald, Where is Thumbkin, Row Row Row Your Boat, ABCs, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and If You're Happy and You Know It. She can count to 13 in English and Spanish. She is a big help around the house, putting her toys and shoes away. She knows almost all of her colors and shapes. And thanks to her favorite cartoon Go Diego, she knows way more animals than I did when I was little. If you talk to her on the phone don't be surprised to hear her tell you a story interspersed with the words puma, puppy, walrus, and peacock. Sometimes she forgets the first part of that last animal; earning us disturbed looks from others in line at the grocery store.

The pics above are from Valentine's Day. One of Cass' hand me down toys is a steering wheel that has a horn, key and ignition and a cell phone. It's cute, not too loud, and probably irresponsible in its promotion of talking and driving. I'm not going to be the one to take it away from her though...

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  1. Love the update, Jeannette! Love reading what you guys are up to!

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