Not swinging at the park..

I was so excited last week when the weather was warmer and we were able to go out almost everyday. It was AWESOME! I am so excited for Spring and Summer, it's not even funny. The first day it was warmer, Chase and I went out for a walk and if anyone knows my son, they know that he has never been a lover of walks. Well, I am pleased to announce that we had an almost carry-free walk. We walked to the park and went around the fields twice and then home and it wasn't until we got to our street that he was over it and I had to pick him up. My friend Alison would know that this is a huge accomplishment for us!! We went to the park that day but there were too many people at the swings and it was really windy so we didn't want to wait. So the next day we had a picnic at the park with a bunch of girls from my ward and their kids, and tried the swing then. He was NOT a fan. He cried as soon as I started pushing him and from then on he would cry if I even acted like I was going to put him in it. I tried the next day too when we went down to Orem to have a picnic with Clara and Elleny. We tried to show him how much fun it could be by having him watch Clara but he didn't get the memo, he still hated it. I better wait awhile before I try again so he doesn't have a bad association with the swings.

 

But, I was able to snap a pic of him before I started pushing and before he realized he hated swinging!!

 

In case you are wondering what he is looking at, there were kids playing on the playground and we all know how he loves to stare at people!! :)

 

Oh, just eating!

This kid loves to eat so I can usually get some pretty cute pictures when he's in his high chair, so you can imagine, I take that opportunity and roll with it!

 

 

I love the pic in the bottom left hand corner., He's so messy he can't even believe it!

9 Months Old!

Taking pictures of this little guy isn't the easiest thing to do these days, but I was able to get a few cute ones. I thought I would spice it up and have him sit on the bench in the entry way, but he just looks like he's about to fall through the crack. I'm still going to try to get a few more pictures when I have Chris to help me, but for now, here they are!

• Weighs 16 lbs 14 oz. He hasn't gained much weight since his 6 month appt but he's following the same curve so the doctor isn't worried about it at all.
• He's 27.2 inches long.
• He has his first two teeth on the bottom.
• He's a really fast crawler now and can really move when someone is chasing him.
• He's started having interest in the stairs but his legs aren't really long enough to get up the step. It's kind of funny!
• He's no longer waking up at 5:30 but he has been an early riser still. He usually wakes up between 6:30 and 7:00. I can handle that, I guess. :-)
• He has the cheesiest smile that he does now, it so dang cute. The bottom picture on the left shows it a little.
• Is it me or do his legs look longer in these pictures??
• He loves to eat and doesn't really love baby food anymore. He would rather eat what we are eating......and I can't say that I blame him.
• His favorite book right now is "Little Quacks Bedtime". He will whine when reading others sometimes becuase he wants you to read his favorite.
• He's grown out of his swaddle. :(  He doesn't let me wrap him up anymore and it's kind of sad. I always looked forward to those moments becuase I could hold him once he fell asleep for a minute since he's never been a baby that will cuddle or calm down and let us rock him. Oh well, now he just wants to be put down in his crib.
• He's back to taking his normal naps which is two naps that are about an hour and 15 minutes each.

I only have one more month until I can bring dairy back in to my diet! I can hardly wait! I am so excited. I was thinking that I would have to gradually introduce it back into my diet but the doctor said I didn't have to. He said to have Chris take me out for a milkshake and to jsut go for it and watch for a reaction. I'm kind of nervous to see how Chase handles it, but I'm hopinh he won't skip a beat. Now.....what shall I eat first???

More videos

I might have a slight obsession with this kid! He's been doing the funniest things lately and I've been lucky enought to get a lot of them on video. How could I not share them!?!

 

I was drinking water the other day and Chase wanted a drink so I was trying to teach him how to drink out of a straw. I told him to sip it up and he thought that was the finniest thing ever.

Chase has been doing this chomping thing that cracks me up! The funny thing about this video is, he's not even eating anything!

Chase is quite the mover, which makes diaper changing a challenge sometimes but every once in a while you can distract him long enough to get the diaper on. This was my desperate attempt to keep him still. He thinks my singing is hilarious apparently, or he realized I was singing the wrong words like his dad did.

Heaven forbid he takes the passy out of his mouth!

 

This was the day after we got back from Missouri and Chase couldn't get enought of his dad.

Mastering grandpa's trick!

Grandpa has been trying to do this trick with Chase since Thanksgiving. Chase could do it if he wanted to but he was a rascal and would either do it on one leg or not straighten his legs out. This past weekend my parents were in town and Chase mastered the trick!

Collin's 1st B-day!

One of my dear friends has a little boy that is only four months older than Chase so it's been fun being able to have someone there for advice and also nice to see what we have in store for us. Well, Collin turned one in February and we went to his birthday party. He loves Mickey Mouse, so naturally, he had a Mickey birthday party. Collin dropped some frosting on the floor when he was digging intt the cake and I've never seen Chase crawl so fast, he was determined to get that frosting. Good thing, I'm faster!!

 

 

I did rotate the pics that are sideways and upside down, but apparently didn't save it. So sorry!

Waves and peek-a-boo

When we were in Missouri, Chase and I were at the mall with my mom. As we were leaving a store, I was holding Chase and a lady said good-bye to us and Chase waved! That was the first time we have ever seen him wave and because we weren't sure that's what it really was, we continued to tell him to wave over and over and over. We coudn't get enough of it. We had him wave for his daddy on video when we got home so he could see it too.

 

It cracks me up becuase he just raises his hand in the air. This was about a month ago, so now he moves his arm up and down and moves his fingers. What a doll!

 

Chase loved my parents fake tree that they have in the living room and always climbed up it and wanted to pull the stuff out of it. He was in the tree again and my mom was in the kitchen so she started playing peek-a-boo with him.