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Pictures from our trip to Florida that for some reason didn't get downloaded....

Napping with Mommy

 Saying hi to Aunt Rita at the pool

 Laughing with Daddy in the pool

 Walking with Grammy

Now that we're home, this is a common scene- Chase staring out the back door...

 (at Mueller, obviously)

 (He crawled under the table and got stuck!)

 Another day, another look out the door:

We tried to take some pictures of Chase in front of our flowers (for Spring), but it hasn't been warm enough to put him in cute clothes and he wouldn't smile.

 So we went to the park, which sorta got him to smile

 He wasn't so sure about the swing

 (notice how white his knuckles are)

But the slide was fun!

We're hoping for more spring days, more trips to the park, and more smiles!

Just for Fun

April 12, 2010

April 12, 2011

**How Big is Baby?: approximately 21lbs

**Clothes? I fit into my old clothes, except I'm still up one pants size. Chase is in size 12-18 months

**Total weight gain: Up ~5lbs still

**Stretch marks? Nope. Phew!

**Sleep: Mostly good. We had some issues with leaky diapers that would make Chase wet himself and wake up hysterical. And there's a stomach bug going around that he may or may not have gotten.

**Best moment this week: Playing with Chase and Nasya in the backyard.

**Movement: Chase is crawling all over the place. He's climbing up and down stairs and off the sofa. Watch out, Mueller!

**Food cravings: Chase loves cheese. I still crave chocolate.

**Health/Exercise: Last year this time, I was running 15-20 mins and then mostly walking for a total of 45 minutes. Now on a good day I run for 20 minutes. On a usual day, I run for 14 minutes. No wonder I haven't lost those last five pounds!

**What I am looking forward to: What I look forward to every week--the weekend with Chase and Stephen!

And for more fun, here's what we've done historically around this date:

April 12, 2008 (Holland's Bachelorette in Miami)

April 14, 2007 (Duke Reunion)

April 22, 2006 (day we got Mueller!)


April 16, 2005 (Key West)

My how things change...:-)

Chase at 11 months!

Can you believe that Chase will soon be a year old?!? It seems like yesterday he was a tiny little baby. The time has flown by- especially this past month. I have a sneaking suspicion that the next month is going to go even faster.

Party planning is underway for the 1st birthday celebration. I'm sure there will be many, many posts about it. Let's put it this way: Our future children will be jealous of what Chase got for his first birthday...

But we're getting ahead of ourselves. At 11 months, Chase is:

-Still mostly crawling, but starting to cruise. He loves when we hold his hands and help him walk and we go back and forth across the living room. He pushes his cart all over the place (on his own).He's got a track from the front door to the kitchen sink that he likes to repeat. Nasya was over this weekend and they were pushing each other around in the cart. So funny!

-Climbing onto and off of everything:

-More and more vocal- he has a baby language that he babbles in. It's a lot of ba, da, blah (still no Mama) but he makes intonations like he is talking. It's so funny. He'll start making noises if we're talking as if he were joining the conversation. He calls his Daddy "Da" and uses "Ba" indiscriminately (as far as we can tell).

-Working on his fine motor skills. He doesn't quite have the pincher grip yet, but that does not keep him from eating Cheerios. He can easily move them in his fist to get them into his mouth. Chase has also gotten better at manipulating his toys with his hands as well. AND he does some of the gestures for itsy bitsy spider and the wheels on the bus.

-Speaking of recognizing songs, Chase also recognizes the words for books and toys. He will retrieves his favorite books and toys when we ask for them- ducky, the wheels on the bus book, Elmo, the popper.

-(almost) has 8 teeth! Four on the top, two in the center on the bottom, and the bottom left one is through his gums. The bottom right one is working its way in. This has made for a fussy boy who is not interested in eating solids.

-Insisting on feeding himself, somewhat successfully. He pretty much only eats well at two meals per day. His favorite food, by far, is cheese. He also loves broccoli, hummus (hard to feed himself), quesadillas, Cheerios, and asparagus. Since he only likes to feed himself, he's not eating the foods that we used to feed him such as yogurt, mashed pears, spinach, and mashed potatoes. It also seems like he's eating a lot less than he used to. Our pediatrician said this is normal and that we should trust that he will get enough food.

-Chase has also become very opinionated lately- he lets us know when he does not want to do something, often by arching his back and crying. He climbs up on our legs if he wants us to pick him up. It's really amazing to watch his personality and communication skills develop, even if he uses them to yell at us.

-Checking out babies- He's become very interested in babies and pays almost as much attention to them as he does to kids. Maybe he's confused by the noises they make or the way they move?

-Still a major flirt. Naturally.

And now some pictures...

Happy 11 months, sweet boy! Your laugh is contagious. We love you so much!