Holy Mol(ar)y

Chasen is getting his first molars on the bottom and they are HUGE!!!!
they aren't through yet and I hope they come through on the first time and dont go back down like his incisors are. He still only has two teeth on the bottom.

we had a great weekend back home for Christmas!
but it took us 7hours and 42 minutes to get home...ahhhhh!!!

Im so sick of snow.

more on Christmas in a later post.

Racing the sun home

Last night & tonight we beat the sun home!!
Which makes me really happy because Im sick of the cold, darkness of winter.
Im so ready for spring to take Chasen out side and play till we are so tired we fall asleep on the porch swing. And to eat dinner on the porch right off the grill around 7pm because its still light out!!!!

Until then we will play inside with our trucks....



He was very serious about his truck playing tonight, no goofing around and he didn't want me to play with them, he had a plan and it was HIS
I wonder how many other plans he will have in the future that I wont be able to control or help him with....

Starting Early...

(the video is quiet because I was on the other side of the door.)


I can't wait till he is interested in running on runs with me and I can't wait to push him outside in the jogger stroller....if I can stand to push him, hes so BIG!!

The tables have turned

before it used to be Garin pushing around Chasen..... but now...
the tables have turned and although Chasen is younger by about 2 years he is almost bigger

I have a feeling the tables will keep turning and soon the parents of these two young cuties will no longer be in charge...


and that is a day Im sure we all fear!!

(these pictures were taken a couple of weeks ago during christmas)

Surgery Went Well

We got up at 4:45 Chasen was awake the whole way there and played when we got there, saw the pop machine got pissed and started crying, we filled out paper work
went back to a patient room where we put him in his gown.
He did NOT like the gown and took it off and proceeded to have his vitals taken by the nurse in his diaper only.
She left then he saw his diaper bag with sippy cup and went crazy!
He started screaming and when we hid it he ran over to the door hit it, hit hte sink, pushed over the trash can and proceeded to pick up and throw every single toy in the room, then he came over to me and just started bawling...
poor little dude was so upset and didnt know what to do.
We got his gown back on and the anesthesiologist came and talked to us and then she carried him back!

We went to a waiting are and waited... after about 15min I heard a baby cry, but knew it wasnt mine, it was the lady next door, about 15min later I heard a cry and KNEW it was Chasen, Ean and I switched chairs so I could hold him and we waited about 3 min, which felt like forever while I could hear him, and the Doc came in and said his ears were full of what they call "ear glue", super thick mucus and that his adenoids were very infected/swollen. so it was a good thing we did it because no antibiotics or chiro appointment's were going to clear all that up!

The nurse carried him in after that with the IV still hooked to him and the BP cuff around his leg.
He looked loopy and was really scared and angry.He cried for about an hour after they brought him back because of the anesthesia and he did not want us to let him go or stand up because he thought we were going to give him away again :/ that was a rough hour but the procedure its self didnt take that long.
He drank his milk right away so they were able to take the IV out, they did two more sets of vitals and then he was able to go home. It was much better when we put his own clothes back on and he knew we were leaving.
We got home and he ate and ate and drank 6 sippy cups of juice, milk, water, he peed and peed!
He would go in between being super crabby to super tired to really energetic!!
They just dont know how to relax at his age, the Tylenol kicks in and he is full force:) Then as it wears off he gets cranky.
He nose has been running non stop, but that is normal.
and you can tell his little throat hurts.
He stayed home with my mom yesterday and had a relatively normal day, he didn't eat as much as normal and slept more.

He has little red marks on his chest where the monitors were and on his face where they taped the tube :(

But over all I think he is going to be a much healthier happier baby :)

Smarty Pants

Chasen is learning so quickly, I only wish I could still learn things as half as fast as he does!!
Tonight I asked him to go get me a book: AND HE DID!
Then I asked him to get me the ball: AND HE DID!
He also flips through the books and tries to make goat noises and points at the goat and he also points at the pig and breaths in and out of his mouth really fast to try and make the 'oink' noise.
I mean, how does he know that's how you make that sound!!
Such a Smarty Pants!
He also knows what a phone is and will pick one up and YELL into it!!
I call it his yella-phone :)
The smarty pants can also put the right shape in the right hole(with a little help)

but when he can't get it to go in he grunts and grunts

and when that doesnt work he whines, cries and throws the shape or brings it to me to "fix"----reminds me of when I was in grade school learning long, okay maybe its was short, division. Minus the grunting...I dont think I grunted...mom?
He is also a Smarty Pants when he knows he is about to go do something he isnt supposed to and he will walk really fast while looking back over his shoulder to see if you are coming.....Like, when he climbed on top of the coffee table...............Sneaky Pants.

Thursday is his surgery.
We have to be there at 5:45 which means we will have to get up at 4:50... GROSS
They said that we can just bring him in his PJ's with his favorite balnket or bear. No parents in the operating room but he can have his blankie and bear.
They will infact put him under with the tube down his throat. I thought they were just using the gas.
That just toataly freaks me out that a machine will be breathing for him/helping him breath.
Sometimes I dont like being a mom...
From what I hear its not bad, but what if it is....
I actually have heard some bad things,but I know Chasen is a tough smarty pants so he will be good:)
And my mom is here thursday night so if he doesnt sleep or is in need of someone to sleep with him she can and we can get some sleep before going ot work the next day.
Im hoping the hardest part is getting up at 4:45, but I thinking the waiting will be hard.