Packin' up!

We put our house on the market at the beginning of June because we decided that we wanted a little more space and thought we would sell and buy a house while the market was still pretty good, and before the prices raised too much. I'm not sure we expected our house to sell in two weeks, but it did. I was thankful it sold fast but at that point we weren't exactly sure what we were going to do yet. We decided to build with Alpine Homes in Herriman. I am really excited!!( I'll give more details about that later.) We already had our trip to Missouri planned so we had to plan our move around that. We got back from MO on a Monday and had to move that following Saturday, which meant we had a lot of packing to do in a short time.

These are just pictures of the house being packed. It's kind of sad to move out of the house that we started our marriage in and had Chase in. We are moving on to better things, but it's still bitter sweet.

Here's what the front room looked like after everything was moved out. I really hope the new owner got new carpet because these carpets are NAST!

The last night we stayed in our house Chase was giving Chris the cutest smiles.

I love these two!!!

 

It's really sad to say goodbye to the house, but it won't be long until we are in our new house making new memories. Chris' dad and step mom were gracious enough to let us stay with them until our house is done, which we really appreciate!

The first couple nights after we moved we stayed at Chris' brothers house because his dad had company in town, so we moved on a Saturday and stayed at Neil's for three nights and moved into his dads house on Tuesday. Poor Chase slept in so many different rooms over the last couple months between going to MO and jumping from place to place, but he actually did really well. I was so proud at how well he adjusted to everything.

With that being said, there was one night when we moved in with his parent's that Chase woke
up in the middle of the night and would NOT let me put him down. So, I tried to bring him to our bed and let him sleep with us, but that didn't really work either. Finally, Chris took him to his bed and he cried for less than 15 seconds. I guess I should have done that an hour or two before. Oops!! I did get this cute pic though!

 

 This will probably be the only time I'm able to get a pic of Chase in bed with us, he I'd definitely not a cuddler, nor will he sit still long enough to cuddle.

Trip to Missouri....over a month ago!

I'm a little behind on my blogging, but not that we are settled in one place for awhile, I hope to be more on top of it. We went to Missouri at the end of June for 11 days, it was so much fun and relaxing. I love going home!

Our flight was right around lunch time so we got through security, which was a little rough because my license was expired, then hit McD's for some lunch. (Chris' fave)

 

One of the things I love the most about Missouri are the beautiful trees. I seriously love them so much. Chris was making fun of me because I couldn't get enough of them.

 

We left Chase for a night and went to Branson for a nice little getaway! It was a lot of fun. We went to the Price is Right show which was one of Chris' dreams. Funny story about that, the very first name they called to go up to bidding row was "Chris Spardle", which sounds a lot like Chris Wardle. Well I turned to Chris and said that his name was called and he went up screaming and high fiving everyone on the way just to find out that it wasn't his name that they called afterall. He had to do the walk of shame back to his seat. It was a lot of fun, even if they didn't give away very many prizes and we didn't get to play.

 

 

Chase had a lot of fun with Uncle Matt and Grandma and Grandpa, here are a few pics we got while we were in Branson.

Mom and dad bought a little swimming pool that was the perfect size for Chase. It wasn't too hot when we were there actually but it was still refreshing to get in the water. Chased LOVED the pool, it was so cute to see him in there, although he did try to drink the water and swallow some a couple times.

The missionaries came over one night and before they left they sang us a song, it was cute to watch Chase watch them sing.

 

We can't come to MO without seeing the Moore's!! They came up on the 4th of July and stayed the night, it's always a lot of fun to see them. Kenadee is just as sweet as ever. We love them!

You can't tell Chase had Lasagna for dinner can you?? 

The flight back was nothing less than miserable for all of us. I think Chase slept a total of 15 minutes the whole way home but was exhausted. Once we landed and got in the car, he was out in no time at all. When we got home and were changing him into his pj's he was drinking his bottle, still asleep! So glad to be home......little did he know, we would be moving in just a few days!!

Chase is one!

My parents came to town to celebrate Chase's birthday and Quincy's baby blessing. We had a party a week early so my parent's could be here for it and celebrate with us. We had the best time. Chase absolutely loved his cake!! I made my first cake, which actually turned out pretty well. Chase loves dogs, so it was only fitting that I would make a dog cake.

I didn't take a lo tof pictures because I was so involved with Chase but Chris got some so I need to go through his and post more. I hope he got some of the decorations. Here is a picture of what his cake looked like before and what it looked like after. Needless to say, he loved it!

On Chase's actualy birthday, our nephew Cole was baptized so we went to that and had a luncheon afterwards. After the baptism we went to a park and had cupcakes and a little birthday celebration for Chase. He ate every bit of that cupcake!

I tried to upload the video of him eating his cupcake and it was taking way too long, so I'll try again later.

I can't believe my baby is ONE!!!!  He had the best day yesterday, it was like he knew it was his birthday, he was so happy all day long. It was awesome!

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?