Chase Attacks!

Chase spots his toy flower...

Going in for the kill... I got it! So proud of his conquest :)

Chase Goes To The Pool...well, kind of

Chase got his first experience at the pool yesterday, but unfortunately for him he is still too young for sunblock so was not able to get any water action!

Don't you just want to eat this little foot?!

Aunt Julie and Grandma Iris.... And daddy and Chase :)

Dedicated to Mr. Ryan Pulliam

Thank you to Mr. Pulliam for reminding me that it has been over my normal week since I have last posted. Unfortunately, I have no excuses, just apologies, and a promise to try to be on top of my game next time. To that effect, please enjoy the photos below of our happenings, and Chase's very first Easter!

After a couple of weeks of rest from cereal, we decided to give it another go around...this time, utilizing his big boy high chair. As you can tell from this picture, and the video below, he has taken to eating "solids" - unfortunately, he hasn't yet distinguished between cereal and plastic!

Such a proud king in his throne...

Speaking of sitting up, he is doing really well at sitting up on his own. He's not quite ready to sit without his mommy support so the pics are a little awkward and don't really show how well he is doing.... ...but he really is getting it :) Chase had his first Easter experience. Now that I have seen some pics from my other mommy's, I feel like the loser mom who didn't dress her kid up. Maybe he will appreciate me someday for not making him wear goofy rabbit ears, but I kind of wish I had! There is always next year! He seemed pretty stoked to be in his plaid overalls!Another thing I failed to do was ask the Easter Bunny to deliver Chase an Easter Basket. Thank goodness for Easter Bunny Grandma - she is always prepared and had some new summer outfits for us all! She also made a great meal and we followed it up with my horrible, and I do mean horrible Red Velvet Cupcakes. It is my new goal to make the perfect cupcake and at this rate, I will be 65 before that happens. Thank you to my family for eating at least 1 before the rest went in the trash. I wish I would have taken a picture of them. Not sure when this was, but it is a cute pic of Chase and Aunt Lauren! And last, but not least, I am going to share my photos of Erin Merrill's new baby room. I feel kind of silly posting them on my blog since you can read all about the room HERE but thought I would share them anyway. Stephine, myself and Erin (when we were painting something not so fumey) all had a blast last Saturday creating the beautiful room below for Baby Girl Merrill. The boys were there too, and after Mike realized I had bamboozled him into watching Chase all day, they had a fun time watching the Master's (at least I think that was what they were watching) and playing with Chase. Ryan Pulliam even got some baby Chase time in, stinky diapers and all!

Chase takes to solids....

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!