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!

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???