Family Pics.....Disaster?

Well last night we went and took family pictures. Wow! I never knew it would be so tough with a 1 year old...or maybe just my little one has no attention span. I honestly thought I had all my basis covered. I put him down for an earlier nap and even fed him lunch a little early so he would go down well for that nap and then we could run some afternoon errands. I headed down to Orem and everything was going perfectly.....The night before I had said to Chris that we needed to trim Chases hair because he had some crazy long stragglers. It really was not that big of a deal, but I thought we would just trim it up a little on the sides and keep the top long. Well it did not get done the night before so right after work Chris decided to work on it. All I can say it Chase pretty much got a buzz....oops! It would have been fine other than the fact that we were taking family pics that day and he is being Elvis for Halloween. Oh well... what could we do.

We headed to the place the photographer wanted us to meet and I don't think anyone was super happy with the location, but we took a few pics there and then headed to another spot. Chase was a handful to say the least. Being in a new place everything looked so enticing to him and getting him to sit at all was a trial to say the least. Thinking back on the whole thing I probably should have given him another snack and juice before we went, but oh well. The photographer said, it is so easy to take pics until they start walking and then they think they have to be on the go. Needless to say, Chris and I walked away with little confidence that a good pic was even taken. I guess we will see the results when they come back, but in the future with a 1 year old I will have to be very creative....and give them a snack! I did think about it on the way to the other location, but it did not take too long to get there and all he wanted was the food when we got there and was unhappy when I took it away. I really think his grumpiness had a lot to do with my forgetfullness. :)

Well stay tuned....You may or may not see family pics posted on here in a week or so.

Pumpkin Patch

On Thursday Chris and I decided it was time for us to go and get our pumpkins. A fun, yet cheap activity. Julie had mentioned a fun place in Herriman so we headed up and got our pumpkin search on. It was pretty funny watching Chris look for a pumpkin because it had to be "perfect".....Had to have a stem and be perfectly round. Chase on the other hand picked up everyone he saw, would yell ball and then throw it. We ended up with four pumpkins for our little family and it was only $4....what a deal! It was a cute little place and had a cute little corn maze and tractors. Chase was in sterring wheel heaven with all the steering wheels and gadgets that he was able to play with on the tractors. In fact to get him interested in the pumpkins we had to go way out in the field and far away from the tractors. It was a perfect place to go and a fun family activity! Thanks for the tip Julie!

Chase in heaven...Just him his tractor and his steering wheel!

Chris and Chase

Can I have this one?

On Friday we headed to my nephews baptism. It was actually a 3 for 1 deal. Both nephews were baptized and little Sadie Jane was blessed. She is such a cutie and had a grin on from head to toe of course until the blessing came....and then she let us know she was upset for being laid down. It was so cute to see them all dressed and white and to share in there big day.

Cute little Sadie

Drew and JesseI just love this pic of Shelby and Sadie....such a great big sister!

Trip to Florida!

This past week I headed to Florida to visit my new little neice Aubree! She was such a cutie and so tiny. Chase and I stayed with Michelle to help her out a little and Chase could not stop kissing Aubree. We had lots of fun spending time with her and with my family. While we were there they blessed Aubree. It was a perfect day with a perfect blessing given by my dad! All in all we had a great time visiting with everyone and was sad to leave so soon! Next time we go and visit she will be all grown up! :)

Snug like a bug in a rug! All dressed up in her little blessing dress!Blessing DayChase holding baby Aubree

Chase fell asleep with Uncle Matt holding him pretty much every night. Josh and Carter

16 Months Old

Chase is now 16 months old. He is such a cutie and I love every minute I have with him. These past few months he just does the funniest little things. Every since he turned a year old he has been such a mimicker and I just can't help but laugh. He walks around with my big round brush and hair dryer and will pretend he is doing his hair....I know what you are thinking, "What hair?" He pretends he is clipping his toe nails and helps with all the house chores... dusting, sweeping, etc. Hey we have to start them early, right? He is starting to talk more and more every day. Sometimes it is only the words a mom can understand and other times they are clear as day, but I love that he is able to communicate just a little more and he gets excited and will clap everytime he gets a new word down. Some of the words he is now saying is: shoe, hot, momma, daddy, boobers, baby, thankyou...which is really just the word "you", and cheese. Those are just a few off the top of my head. He HAS to eat with his little utinsels and thinks he is such a big boy now, which he is, what happened to my baby? It is just cute to see him grow up and I have loved every stage. What a great little guy I have....I love that he wants to try to drive the car every chance that he gets, and I love that he will kiss my face 10 times in a row. I think it is so cute that when he hears the garage door open that he runs to the door to see Chris and I just love how excited he gets when he runs to you and gives you the biggest hugs and kisses. I could go on and on, but just needed a few of my favorite things to remember at this age of
what a cutie I have! I mean look at those big eyes....don't they just melt your heart!
Ok really..... I am done now!