White Elephant And Birthday Celebration

Tonight we had our annual white elephant gift swap. We were also celebrating a few of our friend’s birthday. Really it was just another reason for us to get together to eat, have the kids play and to have a lot of fun.
As usual, when the kids went to bed, we opened many ridiculous white elephant gifts.

Andrea went home with the troll this year.

We took a few family photos and this one is our favorite.

Bigfoot

Today we asked Chase if he wanted to go outside. He ran to the front door, but instead of grabbing his own shoes, he decided that that he wanted to put on Jay’s shoes. With no help, Chase slipped his feet into his daddy’s shoes. Once he had on his own shoes, Chase went outside to play with his friend, Baby.

Break Out?

Chase loves looking out the front door. Today he grabbed the car keys and decided that he was going to try and open the door. He has the proper technique for holding and twisting the keys, but instead of the lock, he kept sticking the keys in the strike plate of the door jam. Ooh, we also forgot to mention that he was using the cars keys…but we’ll let Chase figure that out on his own.

We Can See The Ground

Amy watches Braydon and Addison on Thursdays and Fridays and it has been a long winter trapped inside of the house. Well, the snow has finally started to melt and today the kids went outside to play in the yard. They got a little wet, but it was still nice to get outside and enjoy some fresh almost spring air.

Davis' Ducks

Today Chase and Amy went to see the ducks that had hatched at the Davis’ house. While driving, there, Chase decided to take a quick cat nap. Amy wanted to keep the sun out of his eyes so she came up with a great idea. At Shann and Sarah’s house, the ducks were ready to be played with.

The kids sat in a circle and enjoyed playing with the ducks for next half hour.

Our Son

Tonight while Chase was playing, we got a few cut cute photos of him. It has been four months since Chase has arrived, but we thank God every day that Chase is our son!

Neighborhood Watch

A few days ago, we put a stool near the front window to help Chase look out…and boy does he use it. If he hears a noise and the front door is not open, he runs and peeks outside.

Thanks Chase for keeping our home and neighborhood safe.

Telephones

Chase loves telephones. When Jay is on his telephone, Chase plays with his. Sometimes Chase tricks Jay and gets to play with the Iphone.

Lately Chase has been making a lot of calls on his telephone.

We even have to remind Chase that he needs to pay attention and to use his headset when he is driving his car around the house.

Cabinet Play

A few weeks ago we put child safety locks on the cabinets because Chase loved to open them up and pull out the things inside. We left the pots and pans cabinet open and of course that has been one of his favorite thing to play with when he is in the kitchen. He pulls out all the pots and pans and sometimes sits inside the cabinet to admire his work. One day, Amy got a video of Chase in action protecting his cabinet from his cousin Addison.

Ice Storm

There was an ice storm over night and when we woke up, there was ¼ inch of ice. Chase was very excited to go outside so we dressed him up and he was ready to go... Well almost. This was the first time that he wore boots and as you can see, it was very difficult for him to learn how to walk in them.

Chase played out in the yard for bit and even had a fun time sliding down the ice. The ice looked pretty cool on many on the trees and shrubs.

Once inside, Chase enjoyed a cookie for a midmorning snack.