Happy Birthday Chase!

I am still working on the backlog of pictures I have stored but I must not skip over a very important day. Chase turned 2 on August 31st! We celebrated with family and he was spoiled rotten! (His friends party is in a couple of weeks...yes, 2 years old. What will happen when he is 16?!)

Reptiles at the zoo

Back in July (yes, we are that far backlogged) while I was off work for a week, we went to the zoo. Mimi came with us. At first Chase wanted nothing to do with the zoo but as time went on...and we went to the water park...he seemed to warm up. Just in time to get up close and personal with some reptiles!

We're back!

It took some time but we are finally back online. New job meant new laptop which meant downloading the software to get pics off the camera. And you say, what is the big deal? Nothing really...just can't seem to find the time with the crazy two year old running around.

So new pics of Chase for the family and friends who visit here! I have a bunch stocked up so some of these may be a little dated but eventually we will get caught up. Here is Mr. Chase himself...ready to take to the road.

Meet my cousin, Bryce

After spending the morning spoiling Todd, going to lunch and hanging at the pool, we all went to Todd's parents to celebrate Father's Day. I am desperately trying to get a good picture of Chase and his cousin Bryce but alas, 18 months difference in age seems HUGE right now. To get both of them to look at the camera at the same time is, well, impossible!

New toy: Water table!

Chase and I got to spend some quality time together on Saturday so what did we do? Shopped, of course! I bought him a new water table. Since we don't seem to be getting to the pool like I hoped, I figured this was the next best thing. (Later that same day we actually did end up at the pool. It looks like I may have a water baby on my hands!)

Finally, a weekend at home

We finally, after two weeks of travelling, had a weekend at home. It was great to be able to play with our own toys, sleep in and get caught up with things at the house. Since we didn't have a whole lot going on, no new pictures from the weekend. However, here are a couple from our weekend in Cleveland.

TGIF!

As promised, I will include some pics of Chase from the lake two weekends ago. We had a blast the past two weekends but it is officially time to take a break this weekend. Looking to go to the pool and hang out at home!

Look mom, I am driving the boat! (Note: this boat is parked in the driveway the house. We would NOT be on the boat without a lifejacket!)

No hands, no hands! Love to be in charge, wonder where he gets that?

Cleaning, swimming, playing...I am exhausted!

The pics from Cleveland

The first one is of Chase and Famous Amois' dog Sammy. Can you see the fear?! The next ones are of Aunt Melissa trying on silly hats in the store. I am still finding glitter from that sparkle hat.

Back from Cleveland

Chase and I are back from Cleveland. It was a great 3 days but I am exhausted. Travelling with an almost 2 year old without daddy wore me out. Grandma and Grandpa were thrilled to see Chase as were "Aunt Mis" and Matt. Even Emma and Corey got in the action.

Having trouble adding pictures today to the blog. I will try back in a little bit and update this.

Off to the land of Cleve...

Chase and I are off to Cleveland this weekend to visit the family. Should be a good time if we can both survive the 5 hour car ride together. I feel sure the Wiggles and Backyardigan songs will be burned in my brain!

So pics from the lake and weekend with the grandparents should be up next week.

Back from the lake

We made it back from a long weekend at the lake. 13 adults and 4 kids = tons of fun and NO SLEEP. Chase and I weren't feeling all that hot on Friday before we left. The weekend seemed to be good for Chase but has proved to be brutal for me. Here I sit at work with my allergies acting up and a cough that won't seem to quit.

I was lazy yesterday so I won't be posting any pics today. I have to download them from the camera. And sadly, all the good photo ops, aka Chase in his life jacket on the boat, we squashed since I left my camera back at the house. Yes, mommy of the year award right here!

More to come this week.

Day #2...and another post

Day #2 of my renewed love of blogging is here! I have been inspired by others to try and keep this up. As I stated in early 2007, I can't make promises but I am going to try. I know family likes to see how Chase is doing.


We are leaving for the lake tonight after work so it will be a couple of days before I post again. I will not disappear again, just will be back next week. Hopefully with fun new pics of Chase and some of his friends. Here is one of Chase and his friend Sam he will see this weekend. They look like they could be brothers. (Sam is one year older)

Trying to keep up with this

I am told the thing to do is blog. Can someone tell me how I can remember to do it? Ugh. I see other family blogs and get so jealous. I just can't seem to utilize this very cool way to keep family and friends informed.

So here I am after 3 months of no activity attempting to post something new! And seriously, did you think it would be something besides Mr. Chase?!

Take a good look at those ears. They look like normal ears. No one makes fun of them. They seem like they serve their purpose. If you asked Chase this past weekend if he liked them, he would have told you no.

We are on ear infection 325 but who is counting? And as a special bonus, the right ear drum ruptured. So runny nose, fluid coming out of right ear, pus (for lack of a better word) coming out of both eyes and an infection in the left ear. What a mess. So off to the ENT we go. Tubes are in the very near future. Appointment is scheduled tomorrow at 2:00pm. Update will be posted them.