Rolling over and rice cereal

Last week Chase was so close to rolling over from his back to his stomach and would be on his side all the time trying but for the life of him he couldn't get over that arm. I recorded him several times because I thought he was going to do it, but never did. As soon as I put my phone down one day he did it! Of course I wasn't able to catch him doing it the firsrt time but it wasn't long before he was a pro. Chris was out of town so I wanted to get it on video so he could see it and that was the only motivation Chase needed.

Well, I have a video of Chase rolling over but for some reason I can't get it to work. I download it but you can only hear the audio, there is no picture. So, stay tuned, I'll figure it out eventually!

 

Now that Chase can roll over, it's his favorite thing to do. He is CONSTANTLY rolling. He rolls to get things, and he rolls in the middle of the night and as soon as he wakes up. He gets himself into some of the craziest predicaments.

 

He rolled over three times to get to the TV stand and as soon as I snapped this picture, he knocked over the DVD's.

 

Doesn't he look guilty?

This is how we find Chase every morning now.

 

 

He's not content just playing on his mat anymore, he's moved on to bigger and better things.

 

 

I can't believe that so much can happen in one week. He can't roll one day, he can barely do it the next and the day after that he's rolling all over the place. He's growing up way too fast.

 

We also started Chase on rice cereal this week and he loved it! He ate it like he had been eating with a spoon for ages and seemed to really like it. Of course we made a mess of it, but I think he really enjoys it. We also have a video of him eating but I'll have to figure out why it's not working and upload it later. So proud of our big boy!

 

Gardner Village and Thanksgiving Point

Last week a couple of the girls in my ward and I all took our kiddos to Gardner Village. You never know how Chase is going to react on outings but he did great. He doesn't love being in the stroller lately so I brought the snugli and he sat in that the whole time, I was so proud of him. We were there for almost two hours ans when we got home he took a two hour nap...it must have worn him out!

Couldn't resist getting a pic by the "Witchy Poo"..HA!

The next day, Elleny and I thought it would be fun to take Chase and Clara to Thanksgiving Point because they have a petting zoo and hay ride. I brought the snugli and assumed that Chase would just chill in that like he did the previous day......boy was I wrong! He did ok for an hour or so but then he had a major meltdown and was NOT having it. He was tired so all he had to do was relax and fall asleep but he just screamed so we had to abort early. As soon as we got in the car and I had it in drive, he was fast asleep. Oh well, I guess I can't expect him to be good on every outing we take. I'll take one a week! We still had fun but I feel bad that Clara didn't get her hay ride.

 

We were able to snatch a couple pics of the kids and these pumpkins even though they were not having it, but at least we got em!

 

 

When the cat's away....

The weekend of Chris' birthday he went to California to see the Broncos and the Utes play so I had a crafting weekend with Heidi and my friend Julie. Heidi came over on Friday night and we made these blocks that say "Wicked" for Halloween. They turned out really cute! I found a cute fall wreath on pinterest that I wanted to make so on Sunday, Julie came over and we made those. They turned out awesome! I want to get ribbon for Christmas and make another one.

I'm not that crafty of a person but I had a lot of fun, I might have to become one!

4 Months Old...

Chase turned 4 months old on the 8th and had his doctor's appointment on the 10th. I was really excited to go to the doctor just to see how he was progressing and get some answers to questions that I had for the doctor. The only thing I wasn't excited about was the fact that he had to get shots. The first thin the doctor said when he came in was how well Chase held his head up and because of that and how much he sucks on his hands and brings things to his mouth, the doc said he is ready for rice cereal. I was hoping they would say that we could start him on that, I'm really excited!!  It's been a few days and I still haven't tried it but Chris is out of town and I thought he might want to be there for the first time we try to feed him.

 

The doctor appt went really well, the doctor said everything was great and he actually did well getting his shots. He cried for about two minutes and was a little fussy that afternoon but he slept great that night and was as happy as could be the next day. I'm grateful he handles his shots so well!

• Chase still always has his hands in his mouth
• He is SO close to rolling over from his back to his tummy, I thought for sure he was going to do it today. I bet he does by the end of the week.
• When he is sitting in your lap he usually wants to stand, he thinks he is so strong!
• He sleeps in a really weird position, it's like he's sleeping on his side with his head twisted all weird.
• He laughs more and more everyday and his laughs are like deep throat groans. I don't even know how to explain it but it cracks me up. You'd think his throat has to hurt.
• He went from the 10% in height to the 3% and is now in the 20% in weight and the 70% in his head. So, he's probably not going to be a basketball player!
• He recently regressed in his sleeping. He was only waking up once a night and started waking up twice and sometimes three times a night. Um....not cool! The doctor told us to feed him before we went to bed around 10:30 or 11:00 which we have been doing, then he wakes up once, usually around 5:30.
• He squaks and talks really loud when he is playing by himself

After we got back from the doctor a couple hours later I changed his diaper and there was blood in his poop. I really freaked me out so Chris called the doctor and the doctor called me back later that night. He said that more than likely Chase has Colitis caused from a dairy intolerance and told me that the only way to treat it was for me to go off dairy COMPLETELY for 6 months. WHAT??? That was one of the worst things I could hear besides something worse being wrong with Chase. I eat so much dairy. It's a lot harder than I thought it would be but it's definitely worth it if it helps Chase feel better. I actually feel bad that we didn't think to do this sooner, for his sake and ours! :-)

It's only been a couple days but so far I am going strong! Luckily, Chris said he would do it with me which will help me a ton.

St. George Marathon!

We took our first road trip as a family to St. George over conference weekend because Chris ran in the St. George marathon. I was a little worried about the ride down there with Chase but he did amazing, we were so proud of him. We stopped twice, once to fgeed him and another time just to get out and stretch. Chase was so happy when he could get out of his carseat and look around, he even got to sit in the front seat with his dad and loved it!

 

 

Our friends Joe and Linnea Tullis also went because Joe was also running in the marathon. Their brother in law has a condo down there so we were able to stay with them, we had a lot of fun!

The night before the race we made pasta so the boys could load up on carbs and Linnea threw a piece of pasta on the cupboard to see if it was done and it formed a man running. It was AWESOME!! I couldn't even make that up!

 

 

We made a couple posters but only got a pic of one of them with Chase.  His cousin Eden is holding him and the sign.

 

Here are a bunch of pics of Chris and his brother after the race. We are so proud of him, he finished in 3 hours and 41 minutes! AMAZING!!

 

 

 

I love this pic of Chase as we were waiting for Chris to come across the finish line, he looks so serious.

 

 

We couldn't go to St. George without stopping by grandpa's house. I love my grandpa!

 

 

 

On the way home, the sun was blaring right into Chase's carseat and if I shut his cover then it got really hot in there, so Chris had the brilliant idea to hang the blanket over the seat to prevent the sun from getting in. We basically built a fort in the car, it was pretty awesome!

 

 

We also went for a drive while we were there to a Snow Canyon look-out. It was SO pretty!

 

If I had just ran a marathon, the last thing I would want to do is anything except lay in my bed, but Chris only rested for a little bit and then was ready to go. He amazes me! He wasn't really sore the next day either and I never heard him complain. I was really impressed, I sure love him!