Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Hide and Seek





Chase has recently discovered that HE can actually be the one that hides. He has found this great hiding spot in the corner beside the bookshelf where he can even pull the curtains to conceal himself better. Ryan and Chase played this game over and over, it was very cute. Chase would get into a full hysterical laughter when Ryan would spring towards him. Chase is learning so many new words every day. He still only says three but amazes me with how well he can follow directions. He knows what the garbage is and can throw things away, he has learned what "clean up" means and not only can pick up his toys but can even dustbuster up his crumbs, he even know what the potty is and went running to the toilet and lifted the seat when I asked if he wanted to try to go- sometimes before bath we playfully try to use it (although we have no success yet). Today I asked him to help me carry the milk jug into the kitchen and he grabbed the handle and walked all the way to the fridge "helping" me. He amazes me everyday with how much he understands!!
As for the rest of our life, our move is planned for mid September. We are so excited and can't wait to be in the new house. We are very close to having the paperwork complete for the sale of our apartment, which would be a relief. Baby girl is doing well, keeping me up all night already. Apparently she is quite nocturnal. But I am feeling great, aside from some random hip soreness and pain I feel completely normal.

Monday, August 20, 2007

Daddy's Chair









We said a sad good-bye to our Grammy and an excited hello to our Daddy this weekend. Chase had some much needed face time with Ryan. He was quite eager to show off his new tricks of climbing up into Ryan leather chair and his ability to hide. Just this past week Chase has found out he is tall enough to crawl up on the living room furniture. He is so proud of himself. One evening he even grabbed a book and crawled up to read in Daddy's chair, then proceeded to get up and down changing his book. He also snatched my empty coffee mug one morning and crawled up to "drink" in the big boy chair. Pretty funny that he already understands the two main functions of the leather chair- drinking coffee and reading.
Chase was so excited to spend time with Ryan. The first night Ryan was home Chase actually started crying and refused to eat any more dinner when Ryan ran out to Eckerds for 5 minutes. I ended up putting our shoes on and going out to meet Ryan on his way home. Even in the morning he would open his eyes and look over and Ryan and get the biggest smile on his face. Ryan has been really spoiling him though. He will do basically anything Chase wants to do- play in the sink for 15 minutes, grab handfuls of pasta and meatballs to smear all over, carry him when he doesn't want to sit in the stroller, etc. Today- back to life with Mommy :(

Monday, August 13, 2007

Sweet Baby Girl




We just got home from our ultrasound and everything looks great! We have a confirmation that she is definitely a GIRL and everything looks good. We have to wait a few days for the final report but the technician thought everything looked fine. The technician also commented on how beautiful baby girl's profile was, although she wasn't very cooperative with getting the pictures of her spine and heart.