Hoppy Easter!

We spent a fun and relaxing Easter weekend in Dallas with my family.  Chase got to spend a lot of quality time with Nonna, Papaw, his aunts and cousins.  We hauled the boat in hopes of Chris getting some fishing in but the Dallas weather didn't cooperate, it was too windy or rainy most of the time.  We attending Easter Mass at our church we were members of when we lived in Corinth.  I love and miss the preist and deacon terribly, simply walking in the door brings so tears to my eyes.  The service was the perfect start to our Easter Sunday spent with family.  Chase had so much fun dying at hunting eggs with his cousins! 

Super EGGcited to dye eggs!

Pretty good looking bunch of eggs

The Easter Bunny stopped by Nonna & Papaw's house!

Family Picture 2011

He quickly got the hang of hunting eggs.

A mouth FULL of jellybeans!

Never ending home improvements....

 I wanted to share some before and after pictures of our back yard after our latest home improvement project.  The back yard was less than cared for by the previous owners and was in need of some major tlc..  Over the coarse of a few weeks we had 5 dump trucks of fill dirt delievered, rented a bobcat for a weekend to level a few areas, laid 16 pallets of grass and cut down a tree.  Chase had a blast "helping daddy" every step of the way. We still need to do a bit more work and have plans to paint the house and build a deck sometime in the semi near future.  I can't wait to see the kids playing together in thier backyard.

Chris driving the bobcat while Chase directs him with his shovel.

The first of two truck delivering our grass pallets.

Our dirt yard,

The pallets wating for someone to lay them :)

Now thats a backyard!

Chase using his toy chain saw to "cut" the tree

Such a big boy! 

Choo Choo Chase is 2!

 I am a little late on posting about Chase's party, but it's taken me this long to recover!  We had Chase's party the Saturday following his birthday here at our house and of coarse it had to be choo choo train themed!  I searched everywhere and couldn't find decor I liked so I decided I would make everything myself, what was I thinking?!?!  We had a full house, throughout the day over 50 of our friends and family came by to wish our little guy a happy birthday.  Chase was a bit overwhelmed at times but over all did great given he missed his nap for the day.  He had a great time running around playing at watching the big kids.  Thank you all who came to help us celebrate Chase's 2nd year! 

We still can't believe how grown up he seems now that he is 2! 

The cupcake toppers I made :)

The Dining Car Menu

Chase Express Candy Bar

Daddy helping Chase open gifts!  He didn't like being the center of attention..

Blowing out his candle!

Happy Birthday Chase!

Well, its official our little boy is 2!  Chris took Wednesday off of work so we could spend the day with our birthday boy.  We started the day off with an out of tune version of the Happy Birthday song and cinnamon rolls with birthday candles.  We headed into town for haircuts for the boys, Ash Wednesday and lunch before driving out to spend the remainder of the day at the Houston Rodeo.  It was a beautiful day and Chase was in such a happy mood.  He loved the rides, petting zoo and seeing all the sights.  We could not have asked for a more perfect family day! 

In the past few months he has changed so much!  He talked constantly, repeating everything and putting words together, sometimes even making somewaht sentences.  He loves "helping"  whether it's helping me in the kitchen or daddy work in the yard, he has to be by our side doing whatever we are doing....though often he is really no help at all :)  He rarely leaves the house without is Texas State baseball hat on, and he makes sure to remind daddy to get his hat if he fails to put one on. 

Blowing out his birthday candles!

Chris thought it was only right Chase had ice cream for breakfast to get his birthday started off right :)

Our lil' pilot



Chris and Chase on the ride that lasted forever!



Watering the plants at the"mini farm"

One of his man passions....tractors!

Henderson's plus one more!

The Henderson's of Hockley are adding one more to the bunch!  We had our first appointment today and got to see our little blueberry and it's beating heart.  Watching the tiny flashing light on the black and white screen made the pregnancy so very real.  I've felt good other than occasional nausea and extreme fatigue, I'm taking advantage of Chase's nap times and trying to sneak of of my own.  We're 7 weeks today which makes our due date September 20th, 2011, just a few days before my 31st birthday.  Chase really doesn't grasp the concept of a baby growing in mommy's belly but we know he is going to be an amazing big brother!  Please keep our growing family in your prayers. 

Chase's 2nd Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas to you all!  We had such a fun time experiencing Christmas with Chase this year. 

We had a very busy and blessed holiday weekend.  It's become Henderson tradition to celebrate on the 23rd to work around our brother in laws HPD work schedule and ensure we can all be together for the day.  Gloria prepared a yummy dinner and we exchanged gifts.  Chase got the hang of ripping wrapping paper off packages and saying "thank you!". 

Chase playing with a few of his new toys

Making sure he fit in his new swing :)

Chase & Parker- love these boys!

Tunnel time!

We spend Christmas Eve with Chris' extended family.  We attended Christmas Eve mass and headed over to Aunt Gail and Uncle Rick's for dinner and the annual gift exchange.  I love being part of their ever growing BIG family!  We are blessed to be able to spend the holidays with so many people who love us!  Chase was on day 3 of no nap so I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked to.  He looked so stinking cute in his reindeer sweater! 

Christmas Eve 2010

Chase Christopher 21 months old

We got home pretty late on Christmas Eve so thankfully Chase let daddy and I sleep in.  I have a feeling next year he will be a bit more eager to wake up earlier to see what Santa left under the tree.  We explained Santa came and left him presents but I am not sure how much he truly understood.  He slowly walked towards his loot and said "car!"  and got pretty excited as he explored all his new toys.  I don't know that he a favorite gift, he has taken time to play with them all.  The child will be busy with new toys for months....Chris already said for his birthday in three months we're putting money in his college fund! 

Christmas morning!

Melty Christmas!

We had the joy of celebrating Christmas with my family a week early.  The whole crew drove in from Dallas Friday night and spent the weekend here in Houston with us.  It is always a joy to have our home filled with family, I love playing lil' Mrs. Hostess :)  Spending uninterrupted/unscheduled time with family was the greatest gift I received this year!  Chase loved having the bigs kids, Jenna and Nate, here to play with.  

We are truly blessed to have such fun and loving family! 

The Henderson's

Dad and Mom looking at the photo book I made.

Nate, Miranda and Jenna

Joe and Megan

Nonna at the "kids table"