Janie & Jack

Last week Chase had a little "mini shoot" at Janie & Jack...here are the unedited preview pics...

Monkey Who?

Most everyone knows that I have dubbed Chase my monkey and am obsessed with all things Monkey for his first year. Today Monica had the great idea to take the kids to the park for photos in their halloween costumes. Meet Mr. Monkey and Ms. Ladybug below. Unfortuneately, you will not see any pictures of them together as Ms. Ladybug was rather frightened by Mr. Monkey. We simply could not convince Sofia that it was only & really Chase in the Monkey costume!

Catchup!

Well, once again I am behind on blogging...and the worst part is that I have very few pictures to update with! We have been super busy getting ready for Chase's 1st Bday party and have had so much fun with my great friends Angie (from Oregon) and Amber (from Ohio) in town that I have slacked on my photo duties. Below are the pics that I do have and I am hoping Amber sends me more from her camera soon so I can post them (hint, hint)!

Dirty Thirty! We celebrated Sam's 30th @ Rock'n'Roll Wine at the Mandalay Bay. It was a great night filled with wine, friends & music. Lifehouse played, but my favorites were the local bands playing throughout the event. So surreal to have Angie at the house - I miss her so much! Just wish her little boy Kellen could have joined her...but that wouldn't make for a very good "girls" weekend! xoxo Please, ma, no more paparazzi! Hanging out in Amber's hotel room the night before she left. The week flew by tooooooo quickly!

Just another day in the life...lunch and shopping with Aunt Sal!

Cruisin...but still not walkin!

Whoa...my tongue is lonnnnggggg!

11 Months!

Chase is only 2 days away from his 11 month milestone. "They" always say that once you have kids, time flies. Well let me just be one of "them" and say that indeed, this year is literally flying by. Every day with Chase is so much fun. He is getting more inquisitive by the minute and I love to just sit and watch him investigate all the little things in life. He is really quite independent and driven. When it comes to walking, I find that he makes the most progression when he doesn't realize I am watching him and he is able to focus on his own. As soon as he knows I have been watching him, he laughs and wants to play.

Last week Chase got his first Chuck'E'Cheese experience....he had a blast while I was having visions of the years to come...Chuck'E'Cheese, Disneyland, Sea World...oh the list goes on (and I'm a little scare by it all)!

Monica & Sofia

Hey Chuck, do you know how to start this thing? The Pulliams & Merrills came over for football last week and Chase didn't want Uncle Ryan to put him down! Stephine got some bonding time in with little Skylar... Future firefighter? Chase is a little early for Halloween...

More tunnel time...Chase loves his tunnel! I took this video a couple of days ago and already it is outdated... he is so much faster now!

Peek A Boo

It's Christmas Time at Costco! Last weekend, we took our weekly trip to Costco. Sadly, this is always one of the highlights of my week. Tells you a lot, doesn't it? So, there our little family was, trekking through the aisles in search of a great deal when when we stumbled upon the Christmas aisles in full effect (keep in mind we still have 3 digit weather!) and found the greatest play thing ever....For $30 bucks we got a tent, a clubhouse, and two tunnels. All of which look ridiculous in my family room but Chase is in LOVE....here he is playing peek a boo in his tent. I see many a fort being built in our future!

I had to cut the video a little short so my computer didn't freak out upon upload...