More swimming and Cole/Jess Bday!

Cole turned 10, he had trick candles to blow out! Jesse turned 3!
Shirt from Aunt Leah that says "Little Pixie, BIG ATTITUDE!"And here are some more pics of swimming awhile back at Sarah'sIsaac and his shark!Chad loves the waterfall
Cole and Aunt Leah Jessica and BriannaTired BrockColey with his broken arm :(Daddy and ChadImi going down the slide!

Happy Early Easter!

Happy Easter!

Daddy taught Chad a new trick last week!

(P.S. If you listen closely while he's wiggling in the video you can hear his milk sloshing around in his tummy, hence why Alan and I keep laughing.)

Busy Bee

Earlier in the month Chad started this...

And now I'm dealing with this...

And this...

Lets just say I'm not going to push walking on him. :)

Funny Story

So this morning I put Chad down for a nap and got in the shower. After getting ready and Chad waking up I headed downstairs to get the diaper bag ready to leave. As I walked into the kitchen to get bottles I noticed something red on the mat, as I inspected closer I noticed it was blood and I could see a trail to the carpet. It looked like someones foot was bleeding as they walked. So my mind starts racing...is my foot bleeding? (as I check both feet)..Nope. Was this here earlier and I missed it? Nope. Is it from Chad? Nope. Obviously I start to panic thinking someone was in my house while I was in the shower and I go into survival mode. I grab Chad off the floor and the phone next to him and head outside while dialing my sisters phone number. Leah picks up and I say (as I start to break down in tears, I know...drama. Its just what happens when you are panicking and you hear a familiar voice) "Can you come over to my house?! I'm outside with Chad, there's blood in my kitchen and I don't know where it came from!" She, Carl and the boys are at my house within 2.5 seconds, Carl gets out and Leah takes Chad and Carl and I head inside to figure this mystery out.

As Carl and I are examining the crime scene, I look over my feet again, ONLY looking at the bottoms of them until Carl points to the back of my foot and says "the back of your heel is bleeding!" Yeah, nice Alice. Drama. So I thought about earlier this morning when the phone was ringing and I jumped up to find it while my big toe (which obviously needs to be cut) jabbed into the back of my foot. Funny how that didn't pop into my mind when I noticed the blood on the floor.

So, a HUGE shout out to Carl and Leah for coming to my rescue today. Seriously, I'm so blessed to have them living close to me, because I'll tell you what, this isn't the first or probably the last time I'll call her in a panic. (Remember Chad's first fever?) I SO appreciate you guys dropping everything and running over here. I owe you BIG time. Next time I'll take a better look around before I start to get crazy. Sorry.

This incident only reaffirmed why I don't watch scary movies.

Swimming!

Today we went up to Aunt Sarah's house to swim! It was Chad's first time swimming and he loved it! He wanted to splash and kick non stop! We had a great time!

Swimming!

Mommy and Chad playing at the slide All done! Tired boy!Cousin Jesse luCousin CadeCousin Brock

Aloha Fest

This morning I was on the phone with Leah and asked what she was doing today. She informed me that Carl informed her last night that this weekend was Aloha Fest in Tempe and they were headed out. I decided since Alan was getting off work late today anyways that I would jump in the car and tag-a-long with the Alisa family! (Thanks for letting Chad and I be the fifth wheel!) :)

Leah and Cade

Chad and Mommy

The Group eating Hawaiian BBQ and Kahlua PigMalasadas for Isaac!Happy Boy!Dinosaur hat that he wouldnt keep on!Cousin loves!
Didnt even make it to the car!

Splish Splash!

Chad not wanting to get out of his bath!

(Dont worry mom, the water is normally full, its draining) :)

And it begins...

Here is Chad today trying his best at crawling. He actually does a little better than this but as you can tell his little legs don't stay to well in the jammies!

And of course...some more pictures of our 8 month old. I cannot believe how time flies!

Chad's likes:

• Pears! and Squash! (Our child has to eat his fruit first then goes to veggie, I know most kids are opposite, but I think he likes the sweet to bland instead of vice versa)
• Screaming! (And when I say screaming, I don't mean crying, I mean like LOUD happy screams and yelling)
• Rolling/Crawling everywhere! (he has places to go every second of the day!)
• Spoons and his toothbrush (actually anything that goes INTO his mouth, Alan isn't a big fan of the toothbrush, he thinks its nasty BUT Chad loves it on his gums, so Chad wins) :)
• The light on the fan! (everytime we walk under it, he reaches up to grab the string hanging down and pulls to turn the light on, then off...and repeat...)
• Giggling! (He is SO happy and such a great boy. He laughs at almost everything, especially if you get him right under his arm.)

He is so fun right now at this age, in the morning when he wakes up I can always guarantee a smile once he sees me and it starts my day off right.