One Year

Little Chase turned ONE last week. Time is moving fast these days. I am watching my baby grow up right before my eyes it seems. I am not sure how I feel about it either...I guess I have no choice in the matter though.  Sometimes I get a little sad as he is our last baby but other times I get excited as his little personality is showing through so much these days. He just keeps on getting more  fun. People often think he just turned two, not one. He is the size of a lot of 18 month olds. He is practicing walking more and more. He is still the happiest, most content, mellow little guy ever. He is getting pretty busy but is always happy with whatever he happens to be exploring. He loves to eat anything and everything the kiddos are eating. He does not like baby food at all anymore and will push away the spoon if you try to feed him. He loves his bottles and I am not about to wean him of those anytime soon.  I remember when the twins turned one we went cold turkey with no bottles. That is one of those things I felt so much pressure to do the first time around but this time I am going to let him be a baby, because he is one :). He is a champion nap'er but still not the best night sleeper. I still don't mind getting up with him, it's our snuggle time. I bet he would actually sleep through the night if I just didn't get up with him but for some reason I just don't want to cry it out with him. And I am fine with it.  I am so obsessed with this little guy,  I want him to stay a baby forever! He is such a little blessing for our family. I think I see another blonde Thurik boy in our future...we shall see though!  His hair is coming in very slowly :)

little gem

Found this sweet little picture on my phone. Looks like they were having fun while I wasn't watching.  I LOVE.

happenings

Some things that have been going on around here in pics....

Chase used to sit peacfully in his carseat during the 1/2 hour that the twins are in their swimming lesson. Now, he wants out of the stroller immediately & wants to crawl around on the wet pool floor. They had this litle chair set up last week & it entertained him for about 2 out of the 30 mins we were there...at least it was something. 

At a beach park last week enjoying these last warm days of fall

We moved into our house over a month ago & are still trying to furnish it. It's hard to do when you have to bring 3 babies everywhere you go. This was our attempt to find a desk for the office...it lasted all of a 1/2 hour. We bailed and went to the park.  

Baby in the sand

He is getting soooo busy but is still the happiest little guy ever. And he is sleeping 100x's  better these days. He has been sleeping through the night more often than not over the past week and if he's up during the night it's only been once & then he is back down until the mornings. It has made a world of a difference in my life I will tell you that much! 

Cougar Baby

We dressed all the kiddos in Coug gear for the game last Saturday....to bad they lost, it was fun to watch with some friends though. 

Chasey Boy

Having some fun watching the coug game! 

Livy turned 7! (which makes me feel old...Wow)

Chloe directing her brothers on how to play 'princess castle'....they both lasted about 1 minute 

Twinnies have been wanting to sleep together, I think they miss sharing a room.  One of my favorite things right now is going in to check on them before I go to bed & they are normally in Carters bed together snuggled up asleep. 

Here we go....

I really don't want to drill into all my new cabinets & put baby latches on everything like we did in our old house. BUT Chase is getting to that age that is so hard. He is into EVERYTHING! We have already had a few broken kitchen items by him pulling them off the shelves.  What to do, what to do?! Look at those buns. I seriously love this baby....even as he breaks my dishes.

dog dayz

We are completely soaking up these last dog days of summer around here. Temps in the 80s into September...?? We'll take it. The twins are at such a fun age, I actually love this age. They are still little but are getting more & more capable everyday. We are getting into the school schedule again this year and I have to say it has been nice to get into somewhat of a routine again. But we have been trying to get outside & enjoy this weather as much as possible because we all know the rain will be right around the corner. We are loving our new house & feeling more settled everyday. The twins now have their own rooms but we often find them in each others beds together. They have a jack & jill bedroom/bathroom (like Brandon & Brenda from 90210) so they are still close & can see each other through their rooms.  That was one of the main selling points for me on the house :) ha ha. These two are the best....bff's. xo 

                                             

Game Changer

Baby boy you have grown up  so much in the past few days. You slept through the ENTIRE night for  the first time in your whole life the night before last.  You were exactly 11 months  & 9 days old. I honestly never thought I would see this day! The best news is, you did it again last night.  You also took your first step yesterday. I think you are still a ways off from walking though which is totally fine with this Momma.  We are enjoying life with you so much little guy. Oh and thank you so much for the sleep little one. 

10 months

With the craziness of our summer I missed Chase's 9 month post and here he is going on 11 months in a few days. Time is just going to fast with this little guy. While he STILL has not slept an entire night through (#whatamIdoingwrong)  I find myself getting very sad about the fact that he is growing up.   The baby stage just goes to fast for words.  So while he is technically still 10 months I thought I would sneak a 10 month post in. Our summer has been absolutely crazy between moving out of our old house, living with my parents for a month+ and then moving into our new house. All with 3 kids all 4 & under + a dog. Wowzers. We survived though and now we are getting settled into our new beautiful home. Which we have all worked so hard to get into starting back in April when we listed our old house for the 2nd time. Have I mentioned how brutal I thought those months of showing our house were? Ok...moving on. 

Chasey, you are such a joy to our family. You say da da da when you see your Dad walk in the door after work. You two have developed quite the little bond. Your brother & sister still love to come screaming into your room after each nap you wake up from and greet you with a hero's welcome each and every time. You squeal, laugh & sometimes half cry as normally you are still trying to wake up. Your sleepy face after you first wake up has to be one of my favorite things. You are crawling up a storm and love to escape when I am not looking and b-line it straight for the stairs and laugh away as you climb them as fast as you can. I need to come up with some baby gates here pronto but have not been able to come up with one long enough...currently I have a step ladder across the top of the stairs. Ya, not so safe.  You did your first overnight without your Momma  at Nanny & Papa's last weekend and you did great only waking up once (which is believe it or not a successful night around here).  I know I missed you more than you could have ever missed me.You love to eat and will eat everything/anything we are eating.  Your Dad thinks I am crazy because I cut your food into the smallest pieces...so small that you have a hard time picking them up. What can I say I am just a little neurotic about choking. 

You are still the most easy going baby. Along for the ride most of the time and 99% of the time pretty happy about it. You spent a good majority of your day in the car yesterday and you just happily talked to yourself or laughed at your brother in the back seat when he makes faces at you (by the way minivans are THE BEST....minivan-haters you have no idea what you missing :) ha!.  You have 4 teeth (top two and bottom two). You are not showing much interest in walking yet but that's ok because that just means you will be into more stuff. You weighed 22lbs at your 9 month appointment. Your sister weighed that much when she was 2! You are one healthy happy baby. You are such a blessing for our family and I love to see you grow & explore in this crazy little family of ours.  

But in all seriousness little dude why don't you sleep? Sleeping is cool and it would make your Momma sooooooo happy and a little less grumpy in the morning if you would just sleep an entire night through. Love you little guy, you have my heart in your hand baby boy. xo