It's been awhile since my last post so I thought it's about time for an update! Chase is going to be one year old in 2 days, WOW! Whenever I mention to people that it is almost Chase's birthday they say, "Oh my gosh, where did the time go? Can you believe it's been a year already?" Most people say they don't know how a year came and went, and I understand that, but when I stop and think back to when Chase was an itty bitty newborn at the hospital, that seems like forever ago to me! Chase has transformed so much since then. When he was a newborn he was a very fussy baby who had to be held and walked all the time. I had friends who could go out to lunch with their babies and they would lay there in their seats like little angels. I never had that with Chase. Unless he was sleeping, he was not happy to be sitting in his pumpkin seat just chilling. He has come such a long way since then. He is now the happiest baby who wants to be 100% independent. He runs around playing with what we call his "non toys" (vacuum cleaner, remote control, lotion bottles, anything he can get his hands on in the pantry, etc) and is content. I am amazed everyday by the things he has learned. Chase is so fearless as well! My mom tells me stories of the crazy things I would do as a child, and I've heard it from Joe's mom as well, so I know where he gets it, and it cracks me up. He thinks it's funny to climb out of the bathtub, face plant off the couch, try to go down the steps headfirst, and climb into everything imaginable. Watching this little man grow, there is never a dull day in our house.
Joe and I are so excited for Chase's birthday on Tuesday. We have both taken off work to take him to the zoo for the first time (weather permitting) or The Magic House. We just want to spend the whole day celebrating Chase and how lucky we are to be able to call him our own. Being a parent is such an amazing thing. I have always loved children, I work with kids, and I have friends who have had babies before me, but you really don't understand how much children add to your lives until you have one of your own. Now that I am a parent I am that much more excited for some of my close friends to have children. I can't wait for them to join the mommy club and experience all of the amazing things I have over the past year with Chase.
I know a lot of people feel sad when their babies turn one, but I haven't had that feeling at all. I can't honestly say I miss when he was a newborn or before he could sit, etc. because as Chase has gotten older I have enjoyed each stage of his life a little more than the one before. It has just been so much fun watching him grow and observing the many new things he has learned to do. I won't feel sad and miss his first year, but I am anxiously awaiting all of the new and amazing things he will do as a one year old!
I was sick this week...being sick is no fun :(
Cuddling with Bambi in mommy and daddy's bed!
Ahhh how I love bath time!
