Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Livia and Cassidy

It is time for an update about Livia and Cassidy. For about 8.5 months, Cassidy and Livia co-existed in peaceful harmony (well, after Cassidy recovered from colitis that was most likely caused by Livia's colic). Livia had no access to Cassidy's toys, and Cassidy (amazingly enough) knew to leave Livia's toys alone (this really was amazing, since anytime we had people with kids visiting before Livia was born, Cassidy was obsessed with trying to get the baby toys). A couple of weeks ago, everything changed when Livia became more adept at crawling. She is using her newfound freedom to access everything previously forbidden-- the kitchen garbage, the outlet covers, and most important... Cassidy's favorite toy, the beloved "blue-thinger". I tried to hide it behind the couch but I couldn't fool Livia. Cassidy has reacted by going after Livia's most tempting toys-- especially a recent gift from Grandma Mari, the red crab. Cassidy figured that if Livia throws the red crab off the highchair, it must be up for grabs. Cassidy also likes checking out the leapfrog table. Her other favorite thing is a tambourine (Cassidy is a pretty good musician for a dog). Livia has a lot more to lose from this recent turn of events since she has so many more toys. In order to avoid a trip to the emergency vet, the red crab and the tambourine have been pulled from the floor for the time being.






7 comments:

Madeline said...

Awww. How funny! Cassidy is just trying to show Livia how to properly keep the beat:) (I have no excuses for the crab)
And Livia looks so proud with the "blue thingy". (Which, may I add we also have, and also have no idea what the proper names is)

Livia said...

And just for the record, Mommy wrote this post. Everyone always thinks all the funny ones are from Daddy.

Amy said...

Great video! So funny -- Cassidy's probably thinking "Oh, so the toys are fair game now?" Kashi knows Sam's toys are off-limits, but she tries to slink off with one from time to time. Fortunately, most of Sam's toys are noisy when picked up or moved.

Michelle said...

Michelle, Alexey, and Bob loved that video! It's exactly like Gabriella tormenting Alexey! But what were those noises!? Was that Cassidy? Some of them sounded mechanical? What's Cassidy been eating????

Livia said...

Aunt Michelle, the jingle sound is from the tambourine. Is that what you meant?

Amy said...

I just noticed I posted on Friday about Sam and Kash -- didn't realize until today where that idea must've come from! Hope you all had a nice lunch, I'm bummed I missed it.

rosenbergmarshcrain said...

Grandma Mari loved the video. I love that Cassidy waited until the last second to grab that toy. Livia just has to learn to be quicker when she is up against Cassidy. The video is soooo cute. Keep posting, I'm a great fan.