Chase's 10th month

BABY FOOD STRIKE! That's all I have to say for the 10th month of Chase's life...uhhh! This boy decided that he was not going to eat baby food all of a sudden, but only has 2 fully in place teeth...tell me how he's going to get full on Cherios...the answer...he's not...and he will wake up repeatedly in the middle of night b/c he's hungry....Finally, the four teeth that had been erupting for quite some time came in the end of the month. And to add to that, he had a double ear infection. OK, maybe hunger wasn't the only reason he was waking up in the middle of every night this month...But during the day, you would never know he was teething or had an ear infection (he had no fever).
He is such a climber...always trying to climb on something...i think he was planning to scale the columns here...i bet one day he will actually do it.
He has been sticking his tongue out all the time lately.
He loves his baths, especially when he gets to take them w/ big brother.
He has this thing w/ eating tissue...actually, he wants to chew just about everything.
Finally, jean weather!
He kept himself entertained w/ this box for a good 30 mins while Gigi watched him.
There was a whole series of these pictures that were halarious, but you can get the pictures w/ these two.
We were amazed at how calm Chase was on the beach. Besides climbing up in this chair himself, he just sat and played in the sand. When we took Kaleb to the beach at this same age, he was crawling all over the place.
Chase is definetely the one that can relax a bit. He loves to snuggle in the morning can last through several books before wanting to get up and do something else.
Everyone that watches Chase comments on how happy he is...I just hope that last a lifetime...he's a fun and loveable little guy and I can't wait to see what life hold for him.

DUCK VACATION! QUACK!

We had a wonderful vacation in Duck, N.C. this September. We were a little nervous about it being hurricane season, but we lucked out and had beautiful weather.

There are really cool sand dunes in the outer banks. Actually, these are the sand dunes that the Wright Brothers flew their very first motorized aircraft.
Somehow, in the vast amount of sand, Kaleb managed to step in the only pile of dog doo and of course we did not have anything to clean his foot w/ until we got back to the car! YUCK!
Kaleb and Baylor making sand angels...
Mom AKA GiGi surprised us with a Christmas in September!
Kaleb and Baylor became pretty good friends on this trip. They had a lot of fun playing together.
The waves were really rough b/c there was a hurricane there the week before we came, so kaleb got to do a little sand boogie boarding.
Chilaxing...
Chase got to do some sand surfing too!
The kids entertained themselves pretty well inside the house...it's funny how they all stuck together most of the time.
Kaleb LOVED to be buried in the sand...and it only cost us $120...we made a trip to the doctor when we got back b/c the mysterious bumps w/ rings appeared all over his body shortly after we got back home...we thought it could be ring worm or possibly bed bugs from a hotel...but it ended up being a reaction from sand flea bites...ughh!
Baylor the mermaid...
Kaleb (and I) devoured a m&m covered marshmellow on a stick...i think he's still smelling the delight in the picture.
Baylor sporting one of her stocking stuffers...her lady bug girl bathing suit
The family pic...it was great to relax at my favorite place (the beach) with my favorite people!