Random Chase

Chase and I played outside a but Thursday since the weather isn't scorching.  Watching Chase with his toy truck it occurred to me he won't be little long.  The past 18 months have flown by, and I know the next 18 years will feel the same way.  He is less and less like a baby each day and more and more like a little boy.  I have to make a point to just sit back and soak up the time I have with him and of coarse take LOTS of pictures!

I had to include this one.  I went to check on chase earlier this week and this is how I found him napping!  

Mommy turns 30!

I am posting this a week late but I had a few blogging issues when I attempted this a few days ago.  We invited our friends, family and neighbors over last Saturday to help celebrate my 30th Birthday.  My Birthday is the 26th but our weekend  is jam packed with weddings.  Needless to say we had a great time!  What's better then eating food I didn't have to cook and enjoying the company of my most favorite people?  My heart was bursting with the love I felt that night, I thank God for the amazing people we have in our lives.  My mom and sister Miranda drove in from Dallas and best friends, Matt and Danne' from Austin, which made the night that much more special.  For months I dreaded turning 30, but suddenly one day I was okay with it.  I realized that though my twenties are now just a memory, they are great memories and I am exactly where I want to be in my life at 30.  I am actually really excited to see what surprises 30 hold!

I posted several pictures b/c I loved them all!

                                                     Chase playing with is cousin Parker

                                                                       My Family

My crazy sister inlaws

Miranda and I

I am a lucky girl!

Love my momma

thirty, flirty and thriving!

Kisses for the Birthday Girl

Shannon and I with our Henderson boys

1/2 way to 2!

Chase officially turned 18 months old last Thursday but I held off on blogging about it until today's wellness check. Chris took some time off work today to go with us to Chasey Poo's check up. Dr. Rose said Chase is right on track developmentally and doing great. He is in the 95 percentile in height at 35 inches(averaging the same height as a 2 year old) and 10th percentile in weight at a little under 24 lbs. We know he lost a bit of weight during a few days of a tummy bug 3 weeks ago. The doctor said he was on the verge of voicing concern about Chase's weight given it's a little on the low side until seeing Chris today. Believe me the child eats but apparently stays so active burns it all off.

The Dr. warned us of the things we can begin to expect from out independent 18 month old....many we have already been introduced to. More exploration around the house and getting into things, picky eating and tantrums. His vocabulary continues to grow each day and he has begun putting words together. I jotted down as many of his words I could think of while we were out to lunch today. Here are a few..momma, daddy, Nonna, papa, Jenna, Nate, dog, belly button, water, shoe, shirt, car, snack, bubble, bath, out, up, come on, cookie, cake, Elmo, Choo Choo, fish, cheese, juice, night night, book, eye, teeth, poo-poo, pee-pee, baby, bye-bye, spoon, hot, brush, banana, Ella, Blues Clue, peace out dude, hat, no,pop pop, boat- and I know I am forgetting many! He repeats all the time but I am not sure that he is aware of what he is saying. He seems to have a lot to say lately, he start talking baby talk and just go on forever and is so serious about it. I'd love to know what is going through his little head!

He can point to his eyes, teeth, ears, nose, mouth, belly button and hiney when asked where they are. Chase can also make the sounds for many animals, duck, cow, sheep, horse, chicken cat and dog, it's pretty dang cute if you ask his mom :)

He can follow directions well. If I ask him to take his blanket to his room he'll walk it in there and put it in the hamper. He found a piece of string on the floor last week and carried it to the kitchen and placed it in the trash all by himself. I hope he continues to be this tidy :)

Grandparents

As many of you know Sunday was Grandparents Day, and Chase was lucky enough to spend it at his Nonna and Papaw's house since we were in town for Miranda's wedding. I am hoping the card we sent made it to Papa and Grandma Henderson's mailbox sometime Saturday. I left Dallas before dawn on Monday headed home to Houston so I had plenty of time alone with my thoughts. I started thinking about Grandparents and how blessed Chase is to have 4 grandparents in his life who he is able to see quite often. I love watching Chase interact with his grandparents and seeing the joy they bring to one another.

By the time I made it into the world I had already lost 3 of my 4 grandparents and only had the chance to really know my paternal grandmother until I was 4 when we moved out of state. Chris has nothing but the fondest memories of his grandparents and even great grandparents, most whom are no longer on this earth, but the memories remain. Grandparents are a special gift and Chase has four pretty amazing ones!

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies. ~Rudolph Giuliani

We wanted to get a few pictures of Papaw and his grandkids for a picture frame he was given for Father's Day that has sat empty for months.