Wednesday, May 21, 2014

One of Chase’s adventures today was going shopping at Target with Mama and Aunt Becca so Mama could buy the new Coldplay album. Daddy went golfing with all the guys, so Chase and Mama had mother/son adventures. Mama says Chase seems to love walking around the shallow end of the swimming pool, and he’s not going to understand why he can’t do that in the above the ground pools at Uncle Chris’s and Uncle Mike’s. When Daddy got home, he let Chase watch a Peppa the Pig video on YouTube on Daddy’s phone, and Mama took of picture of Chase and sent it to Nanaw. Mama also sent a picture of alligators but Nanaw isn’t sure what that’s all about. Nanaw e-mailed Mama asking about the alligators but hasn’t heard back yet. Mama told Nanaw that last night Chase watched the video he made for nanaw about 20 times, and he kept repeating all the things he said in the video, like Hi, Nanaw; Love you, Nanaw; Miss you, Nanaw; and Bye, Nanaw – such a sweet, cute little boy.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Chase is celebrating his 29-month birthday in Florida! Mama and Daddy took Chase shopping at Walmart Tuesday morning. Mama says Daddy bought Chase a toy airplane. Evidently Chase saw it and wanted it and began to cry so Daddy caved – just like Mama and Nanaw always cave when Chase cries for something. For dinner last night, Chase had chicken and Parmesan cheese pasta, which he really liked. So Mama is adding it to the Chase list of favorites that he’s willing to eat. Later in the day Tuesday, everyone celebrated Elias’s first birthday. He turned one on May 10. Mama told Nanaw that she and Daddy took Chase to the beach again, and Nanaw asked if he liked the beach. Mama said, "Oh he loved it!! And he loved the ocean. The waves would come up and he would just giggle!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, May 19, 2014

Mama says Daddy took Chase to the beach today, and she stayed back in the room because she still wasn’t feeling 100 percent. She said Chase seemed to have a great time playing on the beach in the sand with his sand toys. He was putting sand in the bucket and pouring it out. Later, he had his lunch on the balcony. Mama said he kept pushing Mama and Daddy around, off the balcony, as if he wanted it all to himself. Nanaw misses Chase lots but thinks that it looks like the bugaboo is having a great time on his vacation.

 

 

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Mama says Chase woke up early Sunday morning and wanted to watch his DVDs right away. For breakfast, he turned down a Krispy Kreme donut in favor of strawberries. Mama says he hasn’t been eating much on the trip. For lunch, he had some cheese and more strawberries. Chase spent a lot of time in the swimming pool. He wore floaties that helped him move around the pool. For dinner, they were going to have hot dogs and salad, and Mama was hoping Chase would eat a good dinner. Mama says Chase had a ton of fun with his cousins Cesi and Mallory, and they played really well together. Before bedtime, he and Mama lay on the bed watching his Peppa Pig DVD. Mama said it was a bit past his bedtime. Nanaw went to cousin Robbie’s high school graduation and took lots of pictures to send to Mama.



 

 

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Today was the start of Chase’s exciting summer vacation to Destin, Florida with Mama and Daddy, Aunt Becca and Uncle Stan, and lots of Daddy’s family and friends. On the 13-hour drive to Florida, Chase watched DVDs on the new DVD player Mama bought him for the trip: He watched Peppa Pig, Thomas the Train and Bubble Guppies. Mama said Chase was really good on the trip, and she’s very glad she bought the DVD player. Mama posted on Facebook a picture of Chase getting his first look at the ocean. When they got to the house they rented in Florida, Mama wasn’t feeling well and had to lie down. So Daddy took Chase to the beach to see the ocean, which Chase seemed to really like. He also went in the swimming pool that comes with the house. Mama stayed in the house while Daddy and Chase went to dinner with all the family and friends – there were about 16 of them altogether. Sam is spending the week with Nanaw, and they took a road trip to Aspenhof to pick up the car tags. They also took two walks and a reconnoitering drive to find the Family Arena for Robbie’s graduation ceremony on Sunday.

Friday, May 16, 2014

On Friday morning, Chase and Nanaw went to the library so Chase could play on the computer. During his time there, in addition to playing on the computer, he colored and read books and played with the Legos and the magnetic letters – quite a busy library trip. After Chase’s nap, Chase and Nanaw went to Nanaw’s doctor for the surgery follow-up visit. The minute they went into the waiting room, Chase said "iPod?" because he knows he always gets to play with one of Nanaw’s iPods when they go to the doctor. He was very well-behaved during the doctor’s visit, as usual. After the appointment, Chase and Nanaw took a walk around the grounds of the Mercy Hospital because the weather was so nice. When they got home, Chase and Nanaw went downstairs for school and for Chase to play with all of his trains down there. Nanaw was happy to get to keep Chase late on Friday while Mama, Daddy, Aunt Becca, and Uncle Stan went to Fairview Heights to pick up the van for the vacation trip to Florida.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Nanaw had her left eye operated on Thursday morning so Chase didn’t come to Nanaw’s house till later in the morning. Uncle Mike took Nanaw to the doctor, and then he and Nanaw picked up Chase from his house and went back to Nanaw’s house. They went out on the deck to play until it was time to go to McDonald’s to get lunch and take it back to Chase’s house so they could eat with Mama, who was working at home. Back at Nanaw’s house, Uncle Mike did all the picking up and lifting of Chase because of Nanaw’s eye operation – he’s such a good uncle! In the evening, Nanaw went over to Chase’s house for a Taco Bell dinner as a special treat and for more time with Chase because Mama knows how much Nanaw will miss Chase when they go on vacation to Florida for eight days.