My Little Snow Bum

Very Red Christmas

So we have a tradition in my family that we like to do a gag gift for our spouses.  My mom decided to to gag my dad by decorating his office in Utah red since he is a big BYU fan.  And Cole and Derek were gladly willing to help.  Cole gaged Chase and I with a bear suit cause Cole and I always laugh when we see babies bundled so much that they can't barely move.  Although I will be bundling Chase in this bear suit over the next couple of months.  And don't get me started about the picture with Santa.  The actual pictures we got turned out really cute, but we waited over an hour to get the picture and I thought my mom was going to take out Santa.  

Christmas Morning

Here are pictures from Christmas morning which is why everyone is in their p.j's.  Chase loved meeting his aunt Kara, uncle Henry, and Nana for the first time.  

Christmas with the Taylors

Chase got to meet his Great Grandma Mae and Aunt Sam for the first time over the holidays. He loves his jitter bug he got from his aunt and his football blanket from grandma Mae.  Chase had a rough night with all the excitement so that is why you see him naked in one of the pictures to help calm him down.  He loves naked time!

Happy Turkey Day!

Here are a few pictures taken over the Thanksgiving holiday. We were grateful to have Grandpa Gary and Grandma Dawn over for Chase's first Thanksgiving. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and ate lots of good food.

More Chase!!!!

Ok, the masses have spoke, demanding more videos, so I will oblige.  Here is a short segment from earlier today with Chase.  I should add that Chase loved the Utah game and it is pretty clear which side of the rivalry he falls on.  BYU scored an early touchdown and a bunch of people stood and cheered.  Chase frowned his lower lip and started crying.  The Utes answered with a TD and when I cheered (because I was the only other Ute fan there) Chase laughed and started cheering (which was basically some ooohhhhs and uhhhhs).  Good to see the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree.  Hope the video suffices for now.  We will post some more after the Thanksgiving Holiday.

  

The Half Roll and Go Huskers!

OK, this is Cole with my first ever blog post.  I feel so domestic.  I took a short video of Chase making an effort to roll over.  He still just chills out on his belly and looks around, but when he is on his back, this is his new favorite thing to do.  He is still in the 75%-85% for height and weight for his age, so he is eating well and growing like he should!  Proud dad here.  

This is a pic of Chase in his new Huskers outfit that our neighbors bought for us as a baby gift. I am not sure I approve of the team, but at least the colors are right.  Red and white!  Go Utes! Chase will definitely be wearing red for the big game this weekend.  

Chase is 3 Months Old

I can't believe it has been 3 months already.  It has turned really cold here so Chase and I are sad cause we won't be able to do as many stroller walks around the block.  I guess we will just have to head to the mall.  I am not looking forward to the cold Nebraska winter, but at least if it is miserable outside I don't have to worry about dressing up and going to work.  What a great perk about being a mom.  

Chase's "I Luv Mummy" Outfit

Thanks Dawn for the cute outfit. The Mummy slippers were so fun, and I think Chase liked the fact that they made noise.

Chase's First Halloween

Chase was a doctor for Halloween with scrubs that had Dr. Chase embroided on them. Although right before I put them on Chase decided to have an early Thanksgiving feast, so he ended up spitting up all over his scrubs. Cole had fun showing Chase off around his office while in his banana suit, and I handed out pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Luckily Cole took off the banana suit right after, because I am sure his gyn patients wouldn't appreciate their doctor walking in as a giant banana.

Pumpkin Carving

Cole's pumpkin turned out really cool this year. My pumpkin is not displayed because I was half way through and the goblin I was carving collapsed on me. Oops!! It had been a busy week and by the time I got Chase to bed at 10:00 that night, I think I was trying to rush through carving that night so I could go to bed too, but it backfired. The joys of being a new mom.

Polo Boy

Chase will be 11 weeks tomorrow.  Here he is in one of his cute polo outfits from Grammy.  He still loves to tell goo goo ga ga stories and loves to laugh.  Although he hates putting his jammies on every night.  It makes him so mad.

Aunt Luce and Chase

Thanks Luce for coming out to visit and seeing your nephew.  The puppy overall outfit was really cute and will be great for winter.

Aunt Luce out to visit

Pictures taken this morning before Church.  9:00 church is so early.  I can't wait till we go to 11:00 in January.  

Pictures this week with Chase

Chase in his J.Lo outfit, and then in his fatigues with his Dad.

Chase's Baby Blessing on 10/12

Cole gave Chase a beautiful baby blessing last Sunday.  Chase was really good during his blessing, and Cole said he just stared at him the whole time while he was giving the blessing. Thanks mom and dad for being there for Chase's special day. 

2 Months-13 lbs. 7oz.

Chase went in for his 2 month doctor visit last week and weighed 13 lbs. 7 oz and 23.5 in. He is a healthy growing boy. He did not like getting his shots, but I think it was harder on me to watch. He is so much fun right now cause he loves to smile and tell goo ga ga stories. It just cracks me up.

Chase is 6 Weeks Today

Here are some pictures of Chase taken over the past 2 weeks (the top picture being the most recent). He is getting bigger by the day, but I can't wait till he is sleeping through the night. Although he does give me 5 hour stretches on some nights, so I love those nights. Chase made it through his first sacrament meeting last Sunday without a peep. Other than that, Chase loves his baths, stroller rides, and is getting better about getting in his car seat. And mom is loving dressing Chase in all his cute outfits we received from everyone. (Top to Bottom: Outfit by Luce, Dawn, Mel, and DeLana)