Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Lots of adventures today for Chase! First, he went to Laptime at the Tesson Ferry Library and seemed to have fun watching the other children and playing with the box of books. After Laptime, Chase and Nanaw picked up Sam and went back to Nanaw’s house to get ready for Uncle Mike’s 47th birthday celebration. Chase rode around in the kitchen in his bugaboo chair while Nanaw fixed mostaccioli and baked a German chocolate cake for Uncle Mike’s birthday cake. Cousin Mike and cousin Kristie had to work and were unable to attend their dad’s birthday party but everyone else was there – including Joe’s girlfriend Leia and Nichole’s boyfriend Joe. Chase's favorite thing at the birthday dinner seemed to be the balloon that Aunt Becky brought for Uncle Mike and attached to Chase as he crawled around. Sam's toy of the day was his red devil.

 

 

Monday, November 19, 2012

Chase’s day became somewhat discombobulated because of Nanaw’s dentist appointment. Mama came home from work to take care of Chase so Nanaw could go to the dentist. When Nanaw was done at the dentist, she picked up Chase for some adventures. First, they took Uncle Mike’s birth certificate to him at his house – he needed it to renew his chauffeur’s license. Uncle Mike gave Nanaw and Chase a tour of the new swimming pool wall in the back yard and the newly painted kitchen and dining room – very nice. On the way home from Uncle Mike’s, Chase and Nanaw stopped at the office of the clubhouse in Nanaw’s subdivision and scheduled the use of the clubhouse for Saturday, December 29 to celebrate Chase’s first birthday. Nanaw took pictures so that Mama and Daddy could see what the clubhouse looks like.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Mama and Daddy had a "patio-gate" party today to watch the Rams football game. The party was outside at the WE Bar, in the beautiful Indian Summer weather. Guests included Uncle Mike, Aunt Becky, Nichole, her boyfriend Joe, Natalie, Aunt Becca and her dad Uncle Will-Bill and Nanaw. On the menu were onion burgers, wings, and yummy appetizers. Nanaw took baby Chase for a walk, and Daddy brought the ChaseMobile outside and pushed Chase around the backyard, which he really seemed to enjoy.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Mama. Daddy and Chase went on a great adventure to visit Aunt Tricia and Uncle Eugene. Aunt Kim was there also. Mama said the most exciting thing was that Aunt Tricia still had some of her toys from when she was a little girl. Aunt Tricia brought out her Fisher Price farm and her Fisher Price yellow house for Chase to play with. As you can see from the photos, he took off his red socks before playing. Daddy said Chase was doing a lot of walking during the visit, and Chase seems to be learning how to balance himself as he tries to walk. Nanaw came over in the afternoon after they returned home, and she brought back the musical table for Chase to play with. He learned how to put a ball in the top part of the table and then find it on the bottom after it rolled down the tube -- smart little fellow! Daddy and Chase went to 5 o'clock mass, and Daddy said Chase seems to enjoy looking around at all the people at church.

Friday, November 16, 2012

In the morning, before Chase spent the day at Nanaw’s house, Mama was worried about Chase perhaps being sick. He didn’t sleep well Thursday night, and Mama thought his chest was congested. Nanaw decided it would be better for Chase to stay home from Clayton Laptime. Chase seemed fine and not sick except for a runny nose. Nanaw made Chase a new play area in his room by putting up a gate in the hall outside his room. He seemed to really enjoy playing with all his toys in the new area. First he had to play with the door, opening and shutting it, until Nanaw put up a doorstop. Then he played with the vertical blinds. Finally, he abandoned the blinds and played with his toys.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Mama brought Chase a baby giraffe from Charlotte that they named Raffy. Chase seems to like Raffy a lot and carrried him around, chewing on him. One of Chase’s activities today was upending the Madagascar chair and then throwing himself on it – he seemed to think that was great fun. Chase and Nanaw went for a Walmart adventure in the afternoon, and as always, Chase stared at everybody and everything. For dinner, Mama, Daddy, Chase and Nanaw went to Taco Bell. Chase had cinnamon twists and seemed to enjoy them. Mama fed him part of her dinner also. Sam’s toy of the day was his "It‘s all about me" pink bone.

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

On Tuesday night, Chase, Daddy and Sam talked to Mama on Facetime. Daddy says Chase stared and stared at the iPod. Sam got sort of spooked by it and ran away. Wednesday morning, Chase and Nanaw went on an early morning adventure to the Post Office and to Walmart. As usual, Chase seemed absolutely fascinated with everything that was going on at Walmart – watching the customers and the checkout person. In the afternoon, Mama called and Chase "talked" to her as Nanaw held the phone to his ear – he kept looking all around, trying to figure out where she was. Maybe Mama will bring him a present from her trip. Just before Daddy arrived home, Chase was in his Einstein chair eating Puffs, and Sam came to visit – hoping for Puffs. Chase laughed and laughed at Sam’s activities. Daddy took Chase and Sam for an early evening walk before Mama got home fromCharlotte. Sam’s toy of the day was his pink elephant.