And she's off!

Caitlin decided that Easter Sunday would be a great day to start walking with no help! She has been cruising and taking a few small steps for a while, but always made sure there was a hand or table nearby. Yesterday, she just took off. First it was a short distance but by the end of the day she was walking all over the house and was so happy about it. It was pretty exciting because its rare that Rich, Gloria and I would all be around at the same time to watch this happening.

I managed to get a video of her this afternoon while we were outside playing. She gets really frustrated at the end because she has reached the steps - and she knows that she isn't allowed on the steps. She also gets really frustrated everytime she falls down because she isn't very good about getting back up on her own - but I'm sure she will master that in no time at all.

The link to the video is below - I even captured Ang as she ran around with a monkey on her back.







In case the imbedded version above does not work, here is the link : http://youtu.be/aETXCCSCJ6U

Happy Easter

We had a really nice day celebrating Easter yesterday. Although it was a work day for Rich, he took the day off and spent it with us at home. We woke up to surprises from the Easter bunny, went on an egg hunt in the afternoon, and then had a really nice roast lamb dinner with some friends. The girls really enjoyed it. The best part was when Ang realized that the Easter Bunny had hidden eggs in the back yard - she could see them through the window and was so excited to get outside and find out what was inside them.

Swimming swimming....

It was so hot yesterday and Rich was stuck in the office all day. I normally spend a lot of time with the girls at the park on the weekends but yesterday it was just too hot. After 15 minutes we were all pink and sweaty. I decided it was time to set up the swimming pool that Angela got for her birthday. It was great, I watched two little faces light up as they saw the pool filling with water. They both loved it, and then were thrilled when mommy jumped in too!

I have a feeling we will be spending a lot of time in this little swimming pool. We can't wait for daddy to get home from work today as I'm sure he will be lots of fun in the pool!