Chase at St. Rose

I may be the only mom in the world to document her son's first ER visit on her blog, but knowing that Chase was not there for life threatening illnesses made me feel ok about taking a couple of pics. Chase has a viral infection which sounds much worse than it really is. We took him in this morning when his fever reached 104.5. I, of course, was freaking out and thought my world was coming to an end but the ER doctor reassured me that they don't usually worry until a fever reaches 106...106 degrees??? Just thinking about a temp that high made me nervous! Anyway, all of his bloodwork, urine analysis and even little boogey analysis came out healthy as can be....now it is just a waiting game for his fever to break.

Here he is with his little gown on (it was swimming on him so it is hard to tell it is actually a gown)Calmed down after a round of very pokey-prodey testing!

This picture was taken 5 minutes ago...Chase has been sick for the past 24 hours with a stomach virus and has a 101 degree fever...he looks miserable, doesn't he?

Jaime, Em, Baby Chilton to Be and the kids on our Sunday walk...Chase was there too but he was camera shy.

I'm so glad it has been a cool March - I can still wear my cute winter wear! Thank you Gary for my first Italian Booties! Last weekend was movie night at the Pulliam house and Stephine put together the best movie treats for us all! Do we think we are on our way to prom or what?! Movie night was preceded by a do it yourself pizza contest...ok, that is my competitive nature coming out, we really just had a fabulous time creating pizzas to share for all! The boys so proud of their hard work... ...Erin and Dave get back to it... Chase got in on the action too!

Well, I have been camera lazy the past couple of weeks so I hope you all enjoy what I have...this house has been a perfect picture of illness the past week. I had the flu, Chase has a virus, and Rigley ate an entire can of Enfamil. Let me clarify, Rigley ate an entire can of Costco sized Enfamil Formula. I think Mike was lucky to be in Dallas for his NSM all week. Unfortunately, he probably would have rather stayed in Dallas since coming home meant nursing us all back to health...thanks babe, you are a good nurse :).

The 40 Year Sigma Chi Reunion (UNLV Chapter) was held this weekend - Funny, it just seemed like another weekend with our friends ;). OK, OK, I must admit, I stuck to our friends who we see all the time but there were 270 people at the reunion and it was great for Mike to be able to see many people he has not seen in quite some time and even meet new brothers that he has not met before. Overall, a great night but I was ready to go home early and be with the future of Sigma Chi (Chase of course). Amazing that 10 o'clock at night is a late night to me now!

GIRLSBOYS This morning Chase thought he would help me on the Internet... Here is a video of Chase showing off his rolling skills (although he got shy when it came to rolling the opposite direction, he definitely knows how).

Last week we decided rice cereal would be a good idea...this week we decided we were wrong.

After many attempts at spoon feeding, and much rice cereal being spit out, we decided to give it a rest for a week or so to give Chase's tongue reflex (yes, there is such a thing) a chance to stop reflexing. OK, I know that is a lame explanation, but basically, Chase is not quite ready for rice cereal so rather than frustrate the poor guy, we are going to take it slow. He is rolling from stomach to back quite well now and holds himself up when he is on his belly really well. Highlights from last week are below!

Saturday night at Todd's Gourmet Pizza Night

Great Food, Great Wine, Great Friends - It was a blast! Chase partied like a rockstar (a little too late, if I may say so myself) Auntie Sam gets some love in First big night out on the town with Grandpa & Grandma....

....It broke my heart to have him leave us!

Rigley is enjoying Vegas in the 70's

Is this the strangest feeding position you have ever seen?

How lucky is Chase to have a great grandma?

Hey ma, am I clean yet? His faces crack me up!

And so do his stroller poses! I rounded out the weekend with brunch at Simon with the girls...all you can eat and a Bloody Mary bar? Enough Said!Chase in ExcerSaucer Heaven!

First Food and Other Random Things...

It has been a couple of weeks since I posted and I thought it was time to at the very least get some pictures up. Chase has been so much fun lately - he really is soooo smiley! Today when I got home, his whole face lit up and it was the best feeling to have him really recognize me and be happy that I was home - I will enjoy these moments as I know that there will come a time when he won't be so excited to see me (let's hope that is a long, long way away!). We tried giving him his first solids (see video below) but right now his tongue reflex is still pretty strong so I think we will give it a couple more weeks before we try again. With a little extra food at night, he is sleeping through the night (or until 6:30am anyways) with the exception of when he flips himself over and wakes himself up! Time with my little man is flying by - I already wish it would slow down!!!

Awe...young love :) Checking out his new big boy toys...

I think he likes it :)Mike ran the Red Rock Half Marathon....I swear I would rather run the Vegas Marathon 10 times before running this...it doesn't even look fun!

Really....does it look like he is having fun?! Dave ran the race with him - it was Dave's first race & he killed it! Next time Erin & I are wearing Cheerleading outfits...embarrassing? Chase wanted to run it too!

I think Chase was more interested in Todd's wine than his bottle!

Before...

...and after...