Nine Months...

Well Chase has started his 9th month with quite a bang, we found out Wednesday that he has a double ear infection and brocialitus (again, ugh). The poor kid. The good news is he seems to be reacting well to the antibiotics and the nebulizer treatments and is almost back to his cheerful self.
There hasn't been a ton of changes in the past month. He is still all over the place, I mean ALL over the place. He wiggles into spots that I don't even know exist in our house. He finally figured out the stairs a week or so ago. He went up the entire flight his 1st try, not bad. The baby gate went right up as Charlie and I were sick of chasing after him going straight for the stairs over and over. He is not happy that the gate is up (nor is Audrey for that matter), he stands at it and shakes it like crazy. He started walking behind things too. He loves to push the numerous push toys we have, or the cars, or the laundry basket or whatever he can get behind and make move. He loves to pull himself up on everything, especially me which proves to be challenging when I am cooking dinner... He is also proving to be quite loud which should be surprising given his family background, but it is. He loves to talk to himself and his voice level is definitely up there. My favorite is when he wakes up in the middle of the night and shakes his crib and yells "ma ma ma ma"... Ok no that is not my favorite but it would be cute if it were at another time of day. He really is still not sleeping great. He has been going thru weeks were he does better and then he throws us a curve ball for a couple of days and is up all night and it is just exhausting. Surprisingly he has slept awesome since he has been sick and using the nebulizer (knock on wood) so I may just have to do that every night for the rest of his life, ha... Oh and he has 6 teeth now, he got 4 top ones in the past month you can kind of see in the pictures. That has not helped the sleeping cause at all... He had his 9 month well visit (it actually was a sick visit but that is besides the point) and he did not disapoint with his stats. He weighed in at 26 lbs 10 oz and measured 31 in.

Love...

Be Mine Valentine...

Audrey and I made her Valentines this weekend and had a blast. I found this super cute recipe for Heart Rice Krispie Pops on one of the blogs that I follow, Skip to My Lou, and had to make them. They were fairly easy, I made the rice krispie part while she was napping and then we decorated them together. She actually got really into it, and loved dipping them in the chocolate and putting the sprinkles on "myself". Aren't her friends so lucky??

Movin' and Groovin'...

Chase is working hard on trying to walk. He started walking behind push toys this weekend, which if I remember correctly isn't too far from when they walk on their own? Either way, he is getting around just fine... Too bad our house isn't bigger, he probably could go pretty far, but the poor thing has lots of obstacles here and has to start and stop a lot. It doesn't seem to bother him though and he is proud as can be as you can tell from the pictures...

my lame attemp at getting my kidsto take a picture together...

Dressin' Up...

Audrey goes on and off kicks where she wants to "dress up" and right now she is on one. She is so funny when she does it. Her new one is needing to wear her sun glasses and her "crown" to complete the outfit. She doesn't call herself a princess, just says she is pretty, which of course she is... Very Hollywood don't you think?

Eight Months...

So my sweet, mellow son that I love turned into a crazy man this month... I still love him dearly of course, but my god does he have us on our toes in what seems like overnight. Chase started crawling right after he turned 7 months and has not stopped since. He mastered crawling very quickly and can get around fast, too fast. He figured out how to pull himself up on anything and everything very shortly after learning how to crawl. This is proving to be dangerous as he is ridiculously curious and wants to get up and look at everything (fingers have been caught in drawers and doors too many times already!). Audrey (and Charlie and I) are learning, though not quick enough, to not leave anything in arms reach of him because he WILL grab it... I don't remember Audrey being so into everything, but maybe my memory has just blocked that out. Anyways, it is time to get rid of all of my plants and any other decor laying around, pretty exciting...

The kid is proving to be a human garbage disposal, he eats anything you put in front of him (plus anything he can find on the floor that he or his sister dropped). He loves feeding himself and I am trying hard to give him as much finger foods as possible and get off the Gerber Baby food all together, though unfortunatlely those little containers don't take any pre-thought which is oh so nice... He loves peaches and pears, he doesn't love his veggies but will definately eat them (peas especially), he loves pasta and the new one is meat (he is Charlie's son after all). He had 2 meatballs last night plus some bbq at lunch with his dad... Needless to say he eats more then Audrey...


He still is the sweetest thing. His new one is he bops anytime music comes on. Any kind of music, like from the t.v., me singing or from some wonderful toy we have that makes noise. It is pretty funny. I have been trying to get it on video but of course he doesn't do it on que... He is still not doing so hot at night which stinks. He had a stretch last week where he was sleeping 6:30 - 5 or 5:30 which was awesome. That stopped this weekend (of course)... He just loves his mom too much to not see her at 3 am, that must be what it is...

Precious Moments...

The boys were sleeping yesterday morning and Audrey and I got to spend some alone time which was pretty awesome. Really sad, but I don't remember the last time we got to do that... It is shocking to me what a young lady she is becoming. She has such a personality and is so creative and sweet (when she wants to be) it just makes me smile. We spent a good hour in the play room painting, playing with play dough, making "cookies" and "cake" and all sorts of other things that she loves... I love that we can finally spend time together and it is true interaction, like she tells me what to do and I ask her a question and she responds. She has the funniest phrases right now, like "great job mommy"and "right" (like after you say something she confirms it with "right"). And her quirks are hilarious, she loves all things to do with a party (especially party hats), all things choc and pops (chocolate and lolli pops) and she must always bring a different toy or item up to bed with her (she's like a squirrel I tell you). And most importantly, she gives the best hugs and pisses (kisses). Here's to my sweet baby girl that is growing up way too fast before my eyes...