Tuesday, November 30, 2010

3 Weeks

Chase is three weeks old! This week Chase:
~ Celebrated his first Thanksgiving.
~ Got to meet Grams, Aunt Juile, Jamie, Joey and two of
my best friends Jara and Misty.
~ Had a lazy weekend at home with the family.
~ Had a check-up and now weighs 8 pounds and is 21" long.
~ Got to take his first "real" bath!

We love our sweet boy!

Happy Thanksgiving

Chase's first Thanksgiving!
We're so thankful that our sweet, healthy baby boy is here! I wasn't actually due until the day after Thanksgiving!
We had planned to go to my parent's house for Thanksgiving dinner but we didn't end up getting to go because Adam got sick. Jacob made a last minute run to the grocery store and made us this amazing dinner! I couldn't believe he was able to put this whole thing together on such short notice and without any help from me! (I would have helped but he wanted to do it!)
We had a fire going in the fireplace, watched Christmas movies and worked puzzles. It turned out to be a really nice and relaxing day at home.
The next day Adam was better so we went to my parents house to visit & eat turkey left overs! This was the first year that I didn't shop at all the day after Thanksgiving! We had a nice time visiting with everyone.
I'm so thankful that Grams got to spend some time with Chase! I love Grams!

Turkey Shirts!

My mom made the kids these cute matching turkey shirts!
I'm so thankful for these little cuties!

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Thankful

Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, his love endures forever. Psalm 118:1

Today the kids and I spent the day reading Thanksgiving books, doing Thanksgiving crafts and learning the verse above.

I feel so thankful this Thanksgiving. God has blessed us so much! I'm SO thankful for our sweet little family. I love being a wife and mom so much~ thankful doesn't even begin to describe it! I love spending my days with these little people that God has entrusted me with. I love that my husband works so hard for our family and lets me be at home with our babies. I appreciate how much he does around the house and to help me out. He's amazing! I'm thankful for my wonderful friends who are always there for me. I'm thankful for our new house and our life here. I'm thankful that we've found a new church that we can call home. I'm thankful for our newest little tiny blessing, baby Chase and for how sweet the other two have been with him. 2010 has been quite a year for our family and I couldn't let this Thanksgiving go by without taking some time to reflect and thank God for all he has done for us!

2 Weeks Old

Sweet little Chase is two weeks old. He had a busy week again! We visited with lots of family. My mom was here for a few days, my brother came over to see us one day. On Sunday we got together with Jacob's family for lunch and playing games. Yesterday we spent the day at my moms with my grandma, aunt and cousins who are in town for Thanksgiving. My friends Jara & Misty stopped by with their kids too. It was fun showing him off to everyone! He's just a little baby doll. He's sweet and happy and snuggly. I love to just sit around and hold him. It's a little bit of a challenge with my two other little ones but we are getting it figured out!

Thursday, November 18, 2010

One Week Old!

Chase was one week old on Tuesday. His first week at home was busy! We came home on Thursday. Adam & Sarah gave Chase a tour of the house. It was super cute. Adam showed him some Star Wars toys (boy stuff!). Friday we had a lazy, snuggly day. Saturday we took him for a routine weight check and jaundice check. (Our hospital has everyone do this two days after they leave the hospital). His number for jaundice came back way too high. We ended up having to take him for blood work and then found out that he needed photo light therapy. He had to be in a little bed that looked like a tanning bed. We could only take him out long enough to feed him then he had to go right back in it. It was so sad! Thankfully we are finished with all of that. We took him back to the doctor on Monday and he was able to come off of the lights. Tuesday my mom came to stay with us for a few days. She totally spoiled us! It was so nice having her here! What a busy week! I'm hoping for more of the lazy, snuggly days this next week. I guess we'll wait and see what week 2 brings!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

IT'S A BOY!!!!

We are SO excited about the newest little member of our family! Chase Ryan was born last Tuesday & he is just perfect! We are so happy to have another little boy to love. God is so good!

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Happy Halloween!


Halloween was lots of fun this year. The kids are at such fun ages for dressing up and trick-or-treating! Last night we went to a carnival with my parents and Jenn & Sam. Today we carved a pumpkin and went trick-or-treating!



Happy Halloween!