HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHASEN!

exactly a year ago today i was posting about how bad i wanted to have this baby
Now that he is here there are some days I wish I could put him back in! Like with this time change, he gets up at 5am instead of 6!

But I know that I could never imagine my life with out him.
He has only been here a year which when you say it sounds like a long time but it really isn't that long at all when you think about how much he has changed
from this
to
THISthis weekend he said doah over and over, which is "dog" Im not so sure we are counting this as his first word but he definatly knows what he is saying and has a meaning for it.
Like Ive always siad he loves his brother Kevin.
He can dance like a pro and even has a spin move!
He can throw a fit like a 2 year old complete with tossing his head back yelling, stompin his feet then laying on the floor.
His favorite activities are to dance, take clothes out of the laundry basket, throw balls, blocks and play his new drum.

I really do miss having my little "baby" boy to snuggle with.
But I remember thinking to myself several nights while rocking him to sleep...

squeeze him one more time
kiss him one more time
hold him just a minute longer
pinch his wrist fat
because tomorrow it will all change...

and it did just like that.
Over night he has become a one year old little boy.
He really has completed our family!
I made a slide show for his birthday and copied it to a CD. Every time I watch it I cry



the original video was made to fit the song Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo but it has a copyright and wont play on youtube, but you can youtube the song and I think you should because it is so perfect. So i picked a random song from youtube that played while you watched.


just think in a few short hours a year ago I was waking up thinking.... OUCH, WTF was that lol
here is the birth story. I ya feel like reliving it lol

more on actual birthday festivities later this week!!

dancing king

Saturday night we went to a wedding of one of Ean's highschool friends! Chasen tore up the dance floor (see videos!) but we left at half time of the hawkeye game so we could go watch the end! (nooo chasen we arent ready for you to get married yet) Chasen spent the night with grammie and ean and i went to a friends house. WOW what a game, it doesnt get any better then that.... or does it!?!!?! as for the huskers 7pts and 8 turnovers....it doesnt get any worse...I hope. everyone was exhausted after to much dancing and celebrating. we kept trying to take the bottle out of his hands and everytime he would scream just once with out waking up then we would give it back. Try to take it, same thing! it was funny

FALL

Yesterday we went to Carrol's pumpkin farm by Grinnell Iowa.
We went with Grammie, Tirsta Chris and Garin!!
and we got to see Aundi and Brent to!


a little over 2 feet tall!




a great sign!



who gave these two an espresso?!
weeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!




sharing lifes secrets over pumpkins and apple juice:)





more on football and the wedding tomorrow.

Cheers

his new "trick" is to cheers!!


I went to the grocery store tonight and didnt have to buy formula. Instead I bought tons of frozen veggies and string cheese!

A dry spell..oops

This past past weekend(the 10th) was a crazy one:
Friday night was Cornell homecoming and I went back (the 5 miles) to see all my crazy Phi O friends, it was also Ean's 5 year reunion and I saw a bunch of people I hadnt seen since my freshman year and talked to a lot of people who read the blog!
Thanks for reading (sorry for not posting for 10 days lol)!
I had lots of fun and my fairy godhusband picked me up at midnight so I would be ready for hawkeye homecoming!!
Ean and I spent Saturday outside in the freezing cold tailgating and then went to a crowded bar to cheer on the hawks... it was great!!

We went out to eat with my mom Sunday at Hu-Hot and chasen had teriyaki tofu and loved it, i thought it tasted like scrambled eggs that had been in the fridge for 2 days.

Sorry no pics but this computer has a virus or something is wrong and I can't figure it out.

This weekend Alyssa came down, and is still here!
She watched Chasen today and is going to bring him to see me at work tomorrow before she goes back home.
We wish we could keep her here forever, she did my dishes and folded lots o laundry!!!
We just hung out this weekend spent all sat. watching football, which was GREAT for IOWA and embarrassing for nebraska, so embarrassing :(
Ean and I went and saw couples retreat with Brad and Abby. $18 just to see a movie. CrAZy
Alyssa and I did some shopping and I got a new dress, I don't think I've bought a dress in ..... um..years, maybe Britton's wedding.

Speaking of Britton, she is due to have her baby any day!! She is due on Chasens birthday:) and I'm anxiously waiting for her to call so I can come down and help them out!! And hold the baby of course:)

Ill try to get some new pics up if I can.

A random update for your reading pleasure!

so very true!
Mr. Chasen has tons of attitude!
He has started to react more to our reactions. For example Ean was trying to get him to eat so when he put the cheerio in his mouth Ean would clap so then Chasen took the cheerio out of his mouth and put it back in waiting for Ean to clap. Then he would put it back in, take it out and let Kevin sniff it, then he put it back in his mouth :) It had become a game and he didn't eat very much!

He does eat a lot though, just last night he had a grilled cheese sandwich, bowl of peas and 1/4 jar of baby food!

Last Thursday we went to buffalo wild wings with friends to watch the Huskers beat Missouri in the pouring rain all in the 4th quarter!!! and he ate some of Leighs honey BBQ boneless wings some chicken nachos, string cheese and a fruit snack!

We also put up a very long baby gait between the living room and stairs and he likes to go over and shake it, we keep telling him "not for Chasen" So now he will "sneak" over there looking back at you every couple of steps and then he will touch it, but not shake it. If he doesn't shake it Ill say thank you and clap and he comes RUNNING (yes, he runs) to me HUGS me ( I LOVE the hugs-- melts me heart)then he sneaks back to touch it and the game starts over :)

His favorite activity is dancing, and it is so stinking cute. He squats and bounces and waves his one arm in the air!
But last night, he spun himself in a circle on one foot, I'm not even kidding--I'm sure it was a fluke that he could do it and didn't even fall!

I have so much fun playing with him but I do miss those days of just holding my sleeping baby for hours even though I was going stir crazy and my butt was numb lol.
This freezing weather we've been having has been bringing back memories of winter and I spent most of my winter stuck inside our bedroom(because the rest of the house was to cold) rocking my little boy.
Now I have a pre-tod (pre toddler) and all though we are still in the same room as chasen we are upstairs and free to roam! And roam he does all around the house!