Sleeping beauty

Apparently I really like taking pictures of Chase when he is asleep. I was looking through my pics and there were a ton of him sleeping....what can I say, he's a cute sleeper! Not to mention, it's one of the few times I can actually get a decent picture of him.

11 months....a couple weeks late!

I was actually on top of taking his 11 month pictures this month, just really slow posting them. I tried taking them once and he would not sit still at all so I gave up for the day and came back a couple days later when he was more in the mood. You'll definitely be able to tell which pictures I took on which day, that's for sure.

• Weighs 18.7 lbs
• Finally outgrew his 6 month pants! Woo hoo!
• He talks all the time. His new favorite things to say are "wawawa, blah blah" He also started using the "th" sound but he still won't say mama.
• He's getting his top teeth but no the two you would normally see on a baby. He is gettinghis top left tooth and the one to it's left. Weird, I know. He's actually getting all four I think, those ones are just going to be the ones that come through first.
• He's been standing for quite some time but he's started taking steps a few weeks ago. The past couple days he's tken 3-4 steps at a time and has done it on his own just trying to get around. I think he's going to take off anytime now.
• Chris used to be able to get him to sleep during sunday school at church, but those days are now over. He will NOT sleep in our atms no matter where we are. I'm not going to lie, it's kind of annoying, but he;s just so curious about everything around him. He also gets his non-cuddling from me.
• He laughs so much. He will laugh when we do or when he thinks we say or do something funny. It's hilarious, he'll just start laughing for no reason.
• Unfortunately, he is still waking up early. We started putting him to bed at 7:30 but he still waked up at 5:45. It's killing us!! We've had acoupe late nights too where we;ve been gone so  he hasn' gotten to bed until 8:30 or 9:00 and he will still wake up at the same time. I am clueless, I don't know how to get him to sleep longer. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I guess we need to learn how to go to bed earlier.
• Still hates the swing at the park, but loves going to the park. He loves to watch the other kids and play in the grass. He especially loves it when people are walking their dogs.

Tulip Festival

Chris was out of town fishing with some friends last weekend, so Chase and I tagged along with Heidi and one of her friends to the Tulip Festival on Saturday, we had lots of fun.

Chase was not a fan of his hat but he finally gave in and stopped trying to pull it off. He doesn't look to happy about it, does he?

10 Months Old!

It was a little harder to take pictures this month, especially having two numbers for him to hold. I was going to try to take a few more but I think this is as good as it's going to get.

 

• Weighs 17.6 lbs which is almost a pound more than he wighed last month and you can really tell he's gained weight.
• He can stand on his own for a few seconds at a time. It won't be long before he's walking.
• He will play fetch. We ask him where his ducky, monkey, books and paci are and he will go get them and bring them to us. It's a real fun game!
• He is very opinionated and does not like to be told no......we need to work on that one!
• He loves the drawers in the kitchen and empties them several times a day. I am very tired of picking it up though....I'm afraid that we might need to get locks on them, which I'm sure will make him real happy!
• Says "dada" but still doesn't say mama. He will babble and try to say other things but mama is not one of them.
• He likes to try to mimic animal noises and his favorite one to mimic is the cat. "Meow!"
• He still has his cheesy smile and flashes it all the time.
• He did great at my friend Kristin's house this week. She is going to be watching him every Friday while I go to work and I was nervous to leave him the first time, but he had so much fun!
• He's been waking up early for the last couple weeks again and I'm really hoping it's just a phase.
• He only has two teeth still.
• He's a momma's boy and I love it!
• He is one CUTE baby, we love him so much!!!!

Baby Quincy

We have a new nephew!! He is so adorable and sweet. He was born on April 8th, which is the day before Cory and Elleny's anniversary and also Chase's 10 month birthday. We went down to the hospital on Tuesday night and were able to get some pretty good pics.

 

I think Chase is excited to not be the youngest child in the family anymore!

 

You would never guess that Elleny had a baby the day before this, she looks just as beautiful as ever. (It took me weeks before I looked halfway normal again...so jealous)

 

 

I think this is the first picture we have of Cory and Chase so I had to document it. :-)

 

 

We can't wait to see baby Quincy again, he is so cute. Seeing a little baby made me want to try for another but I asked Chris and he didn't exactly agree with me. ha!

 

 

 

 

Easter!

I was excited this year for Easter becuase it was Chase's first, and I wanted to color eggs and have an Easter egg hunt and the whole shabang....but Chase could really care less about all of that! So, it wasn't as exciting as I had hoped! But, the Easter bunny did come to our house!

I forgot to put his Easter outfit out, but you will see him in it.

 

I had a hair appt the day before Easter, so while I was gone Chris took Chase to his dad's house and they had an Easter egg hunt and blew bubbles in the yard. Chase had a good time with his cousin Cole and Nana and Papa.

 

Chase had a tough time falling asleep when they got home and finally was exhausted and fell asleep sitting up!

 

Chris' brother and his family also came into town from California for the weekend so we had a family get together at his brother Scott's house, which was a lot of fun. We were there unil 9:15 and Chase was up the whole time, he did a really good job. This is a huge deal for Chase, we were so proud!

We went to Cory and Elleny's house for an Easter sibling dinner, it was a lot of fun! Elleny had some cute colored eggs that had our names on them for our place settings, so crafty and cute as always. Dinner was extremely good to me this year because it was the first time I was eating cheese in 6 months! It was amazing!!

 

Chase loves to touch Clara but Clara isn't so sure about it most of the time. They are so cute!

 

Getting into EVERYTHING!

This little rascal that shall be nameless, thinks he is pretty cool these days and shows us just how cool he is by getting into everything. He loves the drawers in the kitchen. I used to not mind because he would only get into the bottom drawer, which was no big deal. Well, he now empties the bottom two drawers and opens the third, but thankfully we have his height on our side (or lack thereof) and he can't reach inside that one yet!

 

I wasn't going to put latches on the drawers because he can't hurt himself in them and it distracts him while I am cooking, but I am gettign really tired of picking that stuff up several times a day. He's not going to be happy if we decide to lock them all the sudden though....

He looks so innocent, doens't he?

His other new favorite thing is to unroll the toilet paper from the roll. Even if he is playing not paying attention to me, he will hear me in the bathroom and book it in there as fast as he can. Once I am washing my hands he goes in for the toilet paper and by the time I'm done, he has unrolled quite a bit! Stinker!