My last two pictures of Chase...

Seconds before my camera died.

These were the last two pictures that I took of the little munchkin!

I don't think the new camera gets here until next week, so this will have to do!

I guess I could tell you about Chase's traumatizing Valentine's Day...Poor lil' guy!! I took him to a play group, where mom's with their baby-babies are upstairs in discussion groups, or things like that, and the older babes go downstairs with a husband & wife team, and a third child caregiver. Well, I hung out downstairs for a little while with Chase, to sort of get him comfortable with the situation...And once he started to go and explore I thought he was feeling pretty good about the place...I headed upstairs (I must admit, my heart felt like it was breaking...I have NEVER left him before.) Anyhow, it really lasted about 7 minutes until the phone rang from downstairs and I was being called...Chase was screaming!! The poor guy was so miserable that I had left him...His face was red, and the tears were huge!!! So I stayed with him while he had his snack with all othe other kids, and then I went with him to the play area, and he was back to himself...playing with trucks, climbing things, haveing fun...So they said I could try and head up stairs again and see how it goes...Well, I had no sooner got up the stairs and sat down, and I heard Chase screaming from downstairs again...and as I was heading out the door, I heard the phone ringing...calling for me again. I stayed down with Chase the rest of the time, andas long as I was there, he couldn't care less what I was doing...The lady at the group (Fiona) said that this second time, Chase had gone from room to room looking for me, and it wasn't until he saw I was nowhere in there that he got so upset!! My poor little guy!!!

~Coral

New fad???

Yougurt in the hair... Chase thought it looked good on him! (Sorry the picture is blurry, it was dark, and I took it with my phone!)

However, I do have a great story! Yesterday (Feb.9th) after Chase awoke from his nap, he was playing for awhile, and then he went over to his highchair, grabbed it, and signed "eat" to me! I was so impressed! So I said "Are you hungry Chase?" and he walked over to me, put his arms up in the air for me to pick him up and said "Up." Pretty smart kid!!!

~Coral

Hmmm....

I have to say that there are so many things that Chase has been doing lately, but I am so bad at remembering all of them when I sit down here to write...Shame on me, I know!!!

Last week I took Chase to his first ever play group...(Yes I know this appalls some of you, I apologize for that, but it's not like he NEVER sees other kids!) Anyhow, the newer stuff... Chase says: yellow, E.I.E.I.O, blue, (boo) up, baby, (baba) and the other usual stuff. When you ask him what a train says, he says "doo-doo" (Meaning choo-choo) When you ask him what Kita or a puppy says, he says "woof-woof" and then pants like a dog. He still makes quacking noises when you ask him what a duck says, he also screeches like a monkey when you ask him what they say, he signs "more" when he wants more (to eat usually.) We are working on "please, thank-you, and hola" (for Mexico) He has record speeds for going up the stairs, and is starting to get the hang of coming down, although definatley not to be trusted to try on his own!!! He can also "neigh" like a horse, although not everyone would recognize this, and same with "mooing" like a cow... He still loves the water in all forms, drinking, blowing bubbles, baths & showers.

I think that is all I can remember for now....So until next time....I hope this finds you all well.

~Coral

P.S. My camera is broken right now, so until I get a new one...it'll just be small updates!!!

Not huge news, but still a reminder of how fast they grow up!

Back on the Jan.13th post I wrote about how Chase had cut his seventh tooth, and then on this past Wednesday (the 23rd) Chase woke up with his eighth tooth!!! (the fourth on the bottom) That is crazy! Chase has never cut teeth that close together! Only 10 days! Hmmm, well I don't think I have too much else to say right now, but I wanted to make sure I wrote that down!

~Coral

Kelowna visit...

They sure had fun together!

More Kelowna visit!

Still some more Kelowna!

Brandy & I had so many plans of things we'd like to do when Chase & I got there, and really...what were we thinking!?!? Between two little ones naps, breakfast and lunches, our showers...time really slips away!! We did manage however to get to the grocery store, and down to the mall one day...but let me tell you it took real organization!!

Kudos to mothers of multiples!!!

~Coral

What's new??

When Chase gets bored with pushing or pulling this little wagon...He picks it right up and throws it out of his way! In this picture he is just picking it back up after throwing it!

OK then... MUSCLES!!!

Right now, Chase's favorite person is Dad. Ian was home all last week, from being laid-off, and every time he went out to shovel snow or anything, Chase would run to the baby gate and cry! Then when he would come back inside the house, Chase would run back to the get yelling "Hieeeee Da-da, hieeeee Dad!"

I left for an hour and a half, and had to tell Chase for about five minutes that I had returned home! Good thing he's cute!! ;)

Chase has cut his seventh tooth now, (the third one on the bottom) and I think he is working on the eighth maybe too...

Yesterday, Ian & Jess got out sledding. Did I mention that Ian had bought Jess's sled from him? Well, he did...So it's a good thing for Ian to get out and enjoy the fresh air with his friends.

Tonight we are going to have an early dinner and head to Ainsworth for some fun in the water! Chase is SUCH a water baby! Christine, Ryan, & Mattaya are heading out earlier than us, so hopefully we'll see them before they head back in to town, and the little munchkins can show off their swimming talents together! Sadie, Rich, Dustin, Maria, & Harlan might all be heading out there as well, so it could be quite a bit of fun!

Then on Tuesday, the four of us will be heading west... 1st stop (And last for me) Kelowna to visit with Brandy & Brooklyn and help out a bit while James is in school. Brandy & I are looking forward to getting the pumpkins together for a few days of playing!! I wonder how crazy we will be at the end of it all! We'll see soon enough I guess...We are hoping to take them to "Story Time" (or something like that) and maybe swimming as well!! Ian will continue on with Kita to Vancouver to visit with Chad, Fayne, & friends!

So, he might look like me a little...

~I hear that in this picture, Chase looks like me...I just think he looks cute!~

(This is right before his sixth haricut!)

Happy New Year....Here's to 2008.

Well, here we all are in 2008!!!

I know that if you all had a nickle for every time you heard me say "time goes by so fast" you'd all be rich, but I just can't believe how fast it really does go, especially after having a baby! Chase is already 14.5 months old, and he's certainly not a "baby" anymore!!! He does so many new things constantly now, that he simply amazes us. He loves to be read to, and he also "reads" to himself! It is really quite cute! He has now had his sixth haircut, has six teeth, and is constantly on the go!! He doesn't just walk places, he wants to run!! Yesterday Ian & I took Chase and Kita for a walk in the snow, and Chase seriously walked (in a snowsuit & Sorel winter boots) approximately 1 kilometer (maybe just over) by himself. Just toddling after us!! Babbling away! He was quite proud of himself! I am sure this year will be full of exciting things for Chase, I look forward to watching him learn! Anyhow, I should get going...I hope this finds you all well.

~Coral

P.S. The picture of him in the bathtub, just so you all know, it was bubbles that made the water look murky...it wasn't actually dirty!!

Super Store photos

These pictures turned out quite well in reality, After scanning them, they don't look as great! In this picture of just Chase, he spotted a hockey stick at the store, and had a FIT until he could have it again, that is why he is in the picture with it! Whatever makes the kid smile for his pictures!!!

~Coral

More Christmas pics

Whole lot of family!

It's pretty hard to ensure that everyone is going to be looking, smiling, and all that jazz, when you have this many people to work with!!! However, I still think it is pretty good!!

~Coral

Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

I thought for sure this year, Chase would be a little nervous of Santa, but he wasn't! He sat right on his lap, and was quite content to suck away on a candy cane while we took pictures! We never did take Chase down to the mall for pictures with Santa, but we were certainly lucky to have Santa make a special stop at my parents to see him!

This year, Chase wasn't overly excited to open presents, other than ripping bows off. He was however, very impressed with the lights. He tried to take those off the tree. He also made up a new game called "Tree Ornament Bowling." He would grab the round ball type ornaments off the tree and throw them down the hallway!

~Coral

Spokane ~ Dec.07

Chase...SWIMMING!

So here is a video of Chase showing off his talents he learned in swimming lessons. He has "passed" his "starfish" & is able to continue on to "duck." Just so you know, Chase normally goes a bit further under water before being scooped up, but this was Dad's first time doing this with us, and he was a bit nervous!

~Coral

Is it JUST me, or is he cute!?!?!?

I guess, even if you said it was just me, I wouldn't believe you...~Chase has figured out how to open & close the cd & dvd drives on the computer!~

If I were told to give you words to describe Chase they would include: Curious, independent, fearless, strong, smart, loving, tough, aware, beautiful, and...strong-willed.

There is no doubt in my mind, that when Chase wants something, he does not give up easily. However, he is still a really sweet boy with a wonderful temperament. I absolutely adore him!

~ This is one of Chase's temper tantrums...~
~Double fisting!!~

You wouldn't believe it!!

Ok, but before I tell you what you won't believe, I have to start with the things that happened first in the day...

When I got Chase vaccinated the last time, the public health nurse was telling me about this "Toy lending library." What is that you ask? Well, it is a place that has toys of course, as well as books on parenting, and paints and craft things that you can buy at cost. Anyhow, what you do is pay $25 a year, and you borrow toys for up to a month at a time. (But you can change them as often as you like.) Anyhow, a friend of mine (Christine) and I went down to this place yesterday! Which, I have to tell you was great!!

There is this one toy that Chase looked at and played with every time we went to another store here in town, and let me tell you...When it was time to leave that store (and more importantly that toy) there was a temper tantrum!! (YIKES!!) What was this toy? A mini shopping cart! He loves pushing things around right now, and usually it's my chairs that are all over the house...Anyhow, to make a longer story shorter...At the toy lending library there was a shopping cart!! (The exact same one!!) Chase has been pushing it around, putting things in, taking things out, since we brought it home...he's really in his glory!!

YAY!!!

Alright, now that I have told you that story, the most amazing thing ever!!! Yesterday was Chase's fifth swimming lesson! (Only three more after this one.) And we have been learning since day one to submerge them, and last week (the last class before yesterday) We did a qucik second release under water! Ok, very exciting!! So last night.....(I am bursting with excitement!!)

CHASE SWAM UNDER WATER TOWARDS ME!!!!!

It just so happened to be, that when Chase had just finished swimming to me, I looked up after pulling him up, and I looked up and Ian had seen it! Ian was cheering and clapping, and had the biggest grin on his face!! It was fantastic!!! I almost would say that if I didn't see him do it myself, it would be hard to believe, but it did happen, and I was...AM so proud of him!!!

~Coral

Santa Claus is coming to town...

Today is my neice, Makayla's third birthday! Happy Birthday Makayla!! I can hardly believe it, and then I think, right... Chase is already one! Where does the time go???

Anyhow, last night Santa came to Nelson to light up the trees on Baker street. This is the first time I had seen it happen. Santa arrived in fashion...He came down Baker street in a fire truck, and then he was lifted in the crane up to the tree to throw "magical dust" on it, and PRESTO the tree lights up! The kids sure were excited to see Santa. I think what excited Chase the most was the fire truck...