Chase Turns Two!

We celebrated Chase's birthday on Sunday with a football/pumpkin themed party. Boys watched football, kids (girls) painted pumpkins! It was a gorgeous day so we were able to hang out both inside and out....We served Chili, Sally's Salsa, Cornbread, Cupcakes and Beer (but NO keg this year...Chase's keg parties are officially OVER)! I was running around the party not taking much of a break for photos so I have a mis-mash to share with you. My goal for his next party is to take a break to really get some great photos. Hopefully next year, Chase will also be a little bit better about actually smiling in pictures...as it stands, when he sees the camera, he looks the other way. EVERY SINGLE TIME! I'm thinking of starting to bribe him!

Sorry!

OK, sorry for the drag in posting...I haven't been meaning to neglect but it has been pretty busy around here! I also haven't been taking a ton of pictures of my own family so you will have to go to http://www.carrieterrones.com/ to keep up with all of the work that I have been doing! SO....just a quick update...Yesterday we got our VERY FIRST PICTURES OF BABY #2!!!! For those of you who don't know yet, I am almost 12 weeks pregnant with baby #2 and so far everything is smooth sailing! 1st Trimester symptoms are different than with Chase, a little more nausea, a little more tired, a little more cramping...the list goes on! But overall I feel fantastic and I'll keep my fingers crossed that the different symptoms might mean a little girl (wives tale, right?). Of course, there would be a ton of positives for having a boy too so to be honest I am kind of on the fence about what I want!

Here's the baby's first pic:

When looking at the ultrasound, the doctor was checking for any indications of downs syndrome. He checked the neck and said it looks great and then he looked at the nose and said "Oh, looks like we have a good strong nose here." Normally, this means that the baby has a lesser chance of having Downs, however, I kind of had to chuckle and told the Doctor, "look at me and my husband...I think even a child with Downs would have a "strong" nose coming from the two of us!"

It was a great to see the first images of our little one and even though we have been through this before, and we understood the images we were seeing better, we were still giddy with excitement (ok, Mike may not have been "giddy") and cannot wait to meet our newest Terrones!

Backing up a bit, Mike & I celebrated my birthday this weekend and not being one for surprises, Mike definitely planned a great evening for us and kept it a secret up until the time we pulled in front of the Mandarin Oriental. Since I can't drink, he thought High Tea would be appropriate...

It was delish and surprisingly filling....When we went to Stack after, I couldn't even think about more food so it was cocktails for Mike and mocktails for me!

We then went to see Love which I lllooooovvvved! O has always been my favorite Cirque show and I didn't think Love would beat it but it totally did! Seriously, best show I have seen yet (well, it may be tied with Jersey Boys).



We ended the night by going to dinner...I think I will blame two meals in one night on the baby!

Up next is Chase's birthday and while I am trying to keep it a little smaller and simpler this year, I am definitely in crazy planning mode! Meanwhile, Chase is busy getting the yard ready for company...

Portland Oops...

Well....Chase and I had a blast in Portland. Unfortunately, I don't have the pictures to prove it! That's right...nearly ALL of the pictures that I took for fun while in Portland were deleted. Can I blame it on the camera or computer??????? I guess I could but I will suck it up and admit that I deleted them...ALL. Note to self: PAY ATTENTION TO THE QUESTION THAT ASKS IF YOU ARE SURE YOU WANT TO DELETE ALL! In a way I am glad it was the disk that had him on it because my other disks had pictures from a couple of cool photo shoots I did while I was there. However, it is rare that I get great pictures of Chase (he may actually hate the camera more than I love it) and on this trip I truly took some amazing pictures of him. So, I will have to remember the trip from the few pictures below that I do have and hope that I can get a few pictures that friends took! 

We spent the first part of our trip spent at Maria & Gary's new house..Chase loved the backyard and huge play structure...look at those fake smiles. He's wishing I would stop bugging him right then...

Chase and Pico made for the best dance team!

Maria is 9 months pregnant (read: ready to pop!) and we threw her Oregon baby shower while I was there. Wish I had more pics of the party too because it turned out sooo cute! Chase spent the night with Gary & Jim partying too late while watching college football!

 The day at the pumpkin farm is where I took some of my favorite pictures....this picture just doesn't do it justice. Chase had a blast on the John Deere tractors, semi trucks, playing with the pigs, picking pumpkins, and eating doughnuts (oh wait...that was me and Maria!).

Well, this post was sure to have been a lot longer but that is all I have to share. After Portland, we headed down to Corvallis to stay with my mom and really enjoyed playing in the woods at her house and hanging out downtown. And of course it wouldn't have been a trip to see my mom without a little bit of shopping ;). We miss Oregon already!

Loving PDX!

Chase and I are spending some time in Portland...hanging out on Pumpkin Farms and playing in the leaves...meaning, we are enjoying the fall that we loved so much while living here!

Next stop is my mom's house in Corvallis...so excited!

I'm taking a ton of pictures but haven't downloaded. Will share when we get back!

Baby Noah!

Over the weekend, our good friends flew me out to take pics of their newborn son. OMG, he was perfect! Skin, head, face, everything was flawless...he is going to be one handsome little man! While I was away, Chase and Mike had some quality bonding time over burgers and football....and the house wasn't even a complete disaster when I came home!

Here's a picture of baby Noah....I posted more at http://www.carrieterrones.com/!