Chuck-E-Cheese

We also made a trip to Chuck-E-Cheese for Chase's Birthday.

Wasn't too thrilled with the big mouse alone.

But, didn't mind him with Daddy as backup!

Thanks Grandma & Granpy Charlie for our 1st visit with Chuck-E-Cheese!

1st Haircut

We found a fabulous place near us to cut Chase's hair! They had a little kiddo room with lots of toys and every station had a little car or boat for the kiddos to sit in. I wasn't sure how Chase would do, but didn't expect him to giggle and smile the entire time!! Love this little monkey!

Seriously, how cute is this? And why don't they let grownups get their haircut in a red car like this??

Yeah, it was definately time for a trim!

"Hello, Maam!  I'd like a #2 fade off the top!"

Bye, bye comb-over!

He didn't even flinch when she got the buzzers out!

Our big little boy! Mwah!

MMM, CAKE!!

We had a small but nice little Birthday party for the Chase~man and of course had cake!

Chase's farmer cake.

Everyone else had farmer cupcakes.

Laila even "farmed" it out with her bandana!

And, Chase's best bud, Owen, even wore a tie for the party!

He started out a little slow ~ checking out this chocolate wonderfulness!

Then, went straight for the money!

It was in his hair and ears ~ as it should be!!

Love this pic!!

We had a beautiful day ~ shared with beautiful people! Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate with us ~ especially to Uncle Mike & Aunt Sabrina for they're great gift!!!!

A Vaccuum for your Birthday!?!

So, to say that Chase has been obsessed about the vaccuum is an understatement! He will literally stand at the closet door screaming because he wants to see his precious vaccuum! And, once we get it out, he'll stand at stare at it, caress it, and follow us around clapping.
So, with his birthday approaching ~ Kevin and I had a moment of genius and found him his own little dirt devil!! It's even red like ours!
We were so excited to see him open it, but weren't sure if we'd know that he liked it...

Moment of truth...

He sat very patiently as Daddy took it out of the box, but didn't take his eyes off it!

He even held the screwdriver while Daddy put the batteries in ~ Thank God we thought to get batteries!

And, he was off!

Kevin taught him how to turn it on in about 2 minutes and he was a vaccuuming man!

The thing even leaves lines on the carpet! I'm so putting this kid to work!

And, so we've learned that a 1 year old can definately show you how much he loves his 1st Birthday present!!

Birthday Pictures

We just took Chase for his 1st Birthday pictures. As always he rocked it!! Here are a few of my favorites:

When did he become this big boy??

By the time we got to these rocking chair pictures, Chase was kind of over the whole thing and I think he had dinner on his mind. So these were a few of the last ones...

Are we done yet?

No, seriously! Are we done?

I'm taking matters into my own hands! I'm out of here!

So, Chase's 1st Birthday is in two days. I think I've been crying every day for a week now! It blows my mind how quickly this year has gone. I fall more in love with this little monkey every single day! Happy Birthday Chaser! We love you!

Hoppy Easter!

So this is a little late, but I wanted to post it before we got mixed up in the birthday craziness!! We went to see the bunny at the mall and of course Chase just hammed it up! He did so great!



Easter was lots of fun! We had an Easter egg hunt out in the rain and got to visit lots of family!