Happy St. Patricks Day!

In lieu of St. Patty's Day, I made Jon a green treat.
It was the best (and only) green smoothie he's ever had.

Loving My Feet

Chase is LOVING his feet these days. He's more interested in his feet than toys at times. Sometimes I put him in his crib for a nap and he plays with his feet until he falls asleep.

I took the bumper out of his crib when I changed his crib sheet and was delayed in putting it back. I went to get him up from his nap and look where I found him, just "hanging out". Don't worry, he wasn't there for long. I now know the purpose of bumpers, to keep the rollers from hitting their heads and the hanging outers to keep arms and legs inside the crib. What a cutie.

Our Happy Little Man

We are just in love with Chase and being parents is the greatest gift we've ever been given.
Feeling so grateful tonight.

He's not a newborn anymore

The other morning, I woke Chase up to a camera flash so that I could document him rolling over in his sleep. Poor little guy, who likes pictures first thing in the morning? Sorry little one, you're just too cute. I think he wanted to something like..."Really mom, why are you flashing that bright light in my face, I don't get it."

"So you're taking pictures of me, I see. I am pretty cute when I first wake up."

"Are we done yet?"

Then after his next nap he knew what was coming and started posing. What a ham!

Just the other day I looked at him and thought, "You're not a newborn any more. How did that happen?" He's a baby who loves to smile and WIGGLE and grab his toes and put everything in his mouth. He no longer likes to be swaddled and doesn't just lay there, he's so interactive. His little personality is forming every day. It was just shocking to me that we no longer have a newborn. It was a mommy moment.

My Honey's Birthday

I tried to make Jon's Birthday last as long as possible because I think that's how Birthday's should be and I think he deserved it. So to begin his Birthday weekend, he woke up to French Toast and then was off to have a massage, his very first one ever. I'm pretty sure he really enjoyed it. Then that evening, we got to go out on a date for dinner. Unfortunately because Chase was not feeling well, we got a call saying Chase had been screaming for 30 minutes and was past the point of no return. We quickly came home to a very red eyed baby who just wanted his mommy. Although we had to come home early, it was SO NICE to be out just the two of us.

On Jon's actual Birthday, we took Chase to Cabella's and met Uncle Nate there too. Cabella's is pretty cool, I have to admit, and it was fun to see Jon begin the indoctrinating of Chase to outdoor sports. Chase was really good and was all eyes to the animals and sights that were there. On the way home, we talked about going camping this summer. You can go camping with a baby right? Well not with the 2 man tent we have now, we'll have to upgrade a few things before we go. That night we hosted the Birthday dinner and it was a very fun night. Due to Chase being sick, the Cahoon's couldn't come which was a real bummer.

Nate and Kristen found out that they are having a...
GIRL!!
We can't wait to meet their little Princess:)

Chase is 4 Months

Chase is our sweet little angel. On Feb. 19th, he turned 4 months!
It's weird though because I couldn't imagine life without him.
He really is a sweet baby and brings the best spirit into our home. Without even being able to speak, he makes me want to be better, more holy and more kind.

He has learned to turn over from tummy to back and back to tummy, roll continuously if no one is watching (some how he ends up on one side of the room if I lay him down and leave him), grasp objects (as you can see in the picture), pull gloves off of his hands, find his knees, sit up on his hands or elbows and watch what is going on around him, respond to his name and has begun to notice Aspen and what she is doing.

He loves when we play peek a boo with him and sing to him. He almost always smiles when I sing to him, which I LOVE. He likes having books read to him and putting anything he gets in his hands in his mouth. He also loves to drool. He is intrigued by the light that goes on when I try to take a picture and then he stops smiling so he's not smiling in most pictures.

My dear friend Sheryl was in town from DC and stopped by for a visit. It was the first time she met Chase and it was so fun introducing her. They became fast friends:).

Valentine's Day

In lieu of Valentine's day, Chase wore this shirt because it has red on it. You won't believe this but it was Jon's shirt when he was a baby. His Aunt Ruthie made a red one for Jon and a blue one for Nate. Cute huh?

Jon was really excited because his patrol was upgraded to a Charger. It's a pretty sweet ride. As you can tell, he was pretty happy about it.

Thayne was actually in town for Valentine's day. She flew in town to drive with the boys to Colorado for the funeral of Grandpa Orgill. We had a nice dinner at our house and then Nannie babysat so that we could go get ice cream for a little Valentine's Day date. Maybe we took the Charger and maybe it goes really fast:). It was nice to just be together. I love my honey, he's my eternal Valentine:).