Congratulations, Cristen and Jason!

Wednesday evening our favorite Southerner, Miss Jody, arrived for the wedding festivities. Casey LOVED playing with her & wanted to know what she was doing at all times. Casey had a great, injury free week. I picked him up from daycare Friday afternoon since Carrie took the day off to primp prepare for Aunt Cristen's wedding. When I arrived, I found Casey in this, the result of an afternoon snack of ice pops.

We met up with Carrie and the rest of the family at the church for the rehearsal, before heading off to dinner. Casey was very well behaved, especially at the restaurant.

After The Little Gym on Saturday morning, we ran a few errands before post-hair lunch with the bridal party, then it was back home to get ready. Casey happily (to my surprise) put on his fancy clothes, and we were off to the church. Here we have Caroline in the limo on the way to the church.

Casey at the church.

Casey was again very well behaved in the church, as well as the reception that followed.

Much to my disappointment, he had no interest in his baby sitter for the evening, and was still going strong on the dance floor at 11 PM. I finally had to cut my evening a wee bit short, knowing that getting Casey to bed would put me out, too.

Early reception...

Late reception...

Sunday morning at breakfast, he and Caroline wrestled on the restaurant floor...

...and the adults wrestled later in the day.

Later in the afternoon, we met up with some other friends for lunch at the beach, before capping off the day with a refrigerator clean-out dinner at Grandma's. All in all, a lovely, action packed, restless weekend.

Saturday we went to TLG. Casey quite enjoyed it, as usual, and we signed him up for the fall semester. Then we went on our weekly family trip to Costco. Casey ate his weight in gouda. Sunday Casey found his SpiderMan snow boots and insisted on wearing said boots all day. He even wore them to a BBQ at Grandma Z's. He also wore the boots all day Monday. Yesterday Casey said "das fuuuunnnneeeee" the whole car ride home from school/work. This morning wanted to eat chocolate (cha-ko-lit) for breakfast and wear his pajamas to school. The Zukowski clan is excitedly preparing for Aunt Cristen's pending nuptuals this Saturday. Casey is quite excited that Jody will be staying with us & that Caroline will be coming tomorrow.
He's becoming quite the chatter. He repeats everything...Aunt Cristen learned that earlier today when he kept repeating "oh Jesus" after hearing her say it.

Casey likes gouda

Do these eyes look red?

Casey went to bed furiously rubbing his eyes, and woke up with them red and puffy. Thinking it was pink eye, we kept him home (thank you, Aunt Jessica, for giving up your day off to watch him!) As confirmed by Dr. Sue, it is just allergies. If only there is a pharmacy with his prescription in stock.

Weekend Update

Friday night we went to see the Rubin side of the fam & to pick up Matt's new suit. Casey played with Aunt Jess-E-ca, ate Cheerios, watch a bit of 101 Dalmations, ate some pizza & threw assorted toys around. Saturday included a trip to TLG--this week Grandpa came down to check it out, and Jacob & his mom attended bring a friend week. For our weekly trip to Matt & Casey's favorite store, Casey sported a hat like his dad (see below). We had some company for dinner last night...I tried out a new recipe and also tried to burn the flesh from my right hand. Luckily, the recipe turned out ok, and my hand is not as badly singed as I anticipated. Sadly, due to the weather, I was unable to get any of my new plants located in their new homes over the weekend. After a quick check of Weather.com, it appears I will be unable to plant them until Sunday. Hopefully I don't kill them before then.

Casey got sent home (again) from daycare today with a 'rash'. I thought it was from the sun, but turns out it was contact dermatitis. He killed some time at my office until his appointment with Dr. Sue.

It was a long week that started with a suspected case of Roseola, though no rash appeared, capped by yet another ear infection for our boy. Almost a full 7 days later, the fever is gone and the appetite is back. The incessant whining which we attributed to the illess(es) has not stopped.

It was hot this weekend. Too hot. To escape the heat on Sunday, we headed to the Seaside Heights boardwalk to cool off and have lunch. Casey did not enjoy the corn dog, although he did eat a slice of pizza.

Before the boardwalk, we got Casey's haircut again. I mention this because Carrie let me tell the stylist how we wanted to cut his hair, and I told her to use the clipper to buzz it. There was some initial panic, but she agreed that it is a nice haircut.

Someone got to prison this morning, ate his breakfast, and then in a bid for medical care, threw up all over the place. His father returned to retrieve him. Per the latest report, he appears to have a virus, he can return to prison tomorrow if he has no fever, he ate at least 1 lollipop before noon, and he is acting like he's perfectly fine. Perhaps this was a ruse...

We had a small party for Casey today. The weather cooperated, I think everyone had fun, and Casey was VERY happy about opening presents. He was so excited about them, in fact, that once he found the presents they had to be opened before we had cake.

Bubbles

Grandma got Casey bubbles at the dollar store. Casey enjoyed them, despite their inferiorarity to the non-dollar store variety.

Happy Birthday, Casey

We had a small party for Casey at daycare today. He was proud to wear the official birthday hat. The cupcakes were not a hit.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Casey!!

Casey is 2. He's got a sense of humor, he loves adventures, trying and learning new things. He's stubborn (of course we have NO idea where THAT might come from), and smart, and he gives wonderful hugs, often complete with a pat on the back. I can't believe how fast he's grown, how much fun he is, and how lucky I am to be his mom.

Dentist

I took Casey to the dentist on Friday for his first cleaning. He has no cavities. As you can see, he did not put up much of a fight while the dentist did her thing.

Casey ate the Easter dinner of champions...polska kielbasa (the real kind, we're spoiled & don't eat the supermarket version).