Chase's Baby Cast :(

Our little monkey has his first - and hopefully last - broken bone :(
Have you ever seen a cast so small?


What happened??
Well, our little guy has been a walking machine lately and when we left him in CO he was doing amazingly well on his own. Of course he is still clumsy and falls a lot and he took a wrong fall the Friday night before we got back. Grandma & Papa said he cried like he was hurt but then calmed down and you couldn't see anything externally. Craig & I arrived back in CO Sat night and Chase seemed ok but absolutely refused to put any pressure on his right foot and if you stood him on it he would wince and fall... so we knew something was up. We flew home Sunday night so we didn't get a chance to get him into the Dr until Monday. We went to the Pediatrician - got sent to get x-rays(which was horrifying - they had to bring in extra people to help me hold him down, poor thing) and finally got our diagnosis...

He has a buckle-type fracture on his inside right foot just above the ankle. When the Dr told me over the phone my heart just stopped and hearing he would have to get a cast was just so sad!! I couldn't believe it!
We got into a Ped Orthopedic Surgeon Tuesday and Chase got his baby cast. We did get some good news from this Dr though - it is a minor fracture and Chase only has to have the cast on for 10 days.. thank goodness! Chase did great at the Dr and just watched him with all his curiousity as to what was happening to him - such a sweetheart!

So - how is he doing??.. these pictures should give you a little idea...

Testing out standing on his cast

Having a little one on one convo with the cast.. "Please don't slow me down ok?"

I think he is going to be just fine :)


Chase has amazed Craig & I with how tough he has been this week! He is such a trooper. As sad as his accident is - I just think he looks so cute and sweet at the same time:) We love you monkey - GET WELL SOON!!!

CARIBBEAN CRUISE!!

Last week Craig & I went on an AMAZING cruise in the Caribbean! It was the first vacation with just the 2 of us since our honeymoon almost 5 years ago! We usually end up using all our vacation visiting family & friends (which is awesome) but it is not quite the same vacation as a week in paradise!

We started our trip by flying to CO Wed night and leaving Chase with Grandma & Papa for the week. We got a chance to see a lot of friends and family and then took off on our adventure Friday night. We flew to Ft Lauderdale and got in about 1am - took a shuttle to Miami the next morning - then boarded our Norwegian Cruise for 7 days!!

Craig had been on a cruise before and I have always wanted to go on one. This trip was everything we were hoping for! The ship was a blast, we had a balcony room with a gorgeous view, the weather was perfect, the ports were full of fun and adventure and we got to spend a lot of couple time together laughing, having fun and just enjoying eachother. I definitely agree that it makes you better parents to make time for yourselves.

This was the very first time we had left Chase overnight so leaving him was tough (of course I cried) but once we were on the ship we knew he was being well cared for and really were worry free.

We had 4 ports along the way... Dominican Republic, St Thomas, Tortola & Bahamas! Like all vacations, it went too fast but we definitely enjoyed it and will do it again in the future!

We took a million pictures so here is a slideshow with some of my favorites....

Trip to CO!

Last week we flew to CO to drop Chase off with Grandma & Papa for the week so they could watch him while Craig & I went on our cruise!! We got to spend a few days in CO before we flew out and spend time with friends & family. Chase stayed the rest of the week and had a great time playing in the snow!!

Here's a few pics from CO before we left..

The 3 Momma's feeding the babies

Little ones discovering everything around them

Marae loving on Chase

Chase showing Blake how amazing the remote is

John, Craig & Chase

Chase giving Carson a ride

Group Shot

Easter Weekend 2009

Chase had a great 1st Easter and we had so much fun with friends and family! We started the weekend celebrating Dad's birthday Friday night. Happy Birthday Dad - we love you!

Dad's favorite dessert - Tiramisu from Tutto Fresco - yum yum!

Christine & Ben watching Grandpa blow out his candles

Grandma playing with her 2 favorite little boys Sat morning

Favorite cousins

Sat afternoon we went to our 2nd annual Angel vs Red Sox rivalry game :) This year Jim won... until next year! Chase got to go with us this year!

Family photo - I guess Chase thinks the Angels are #1 - ha ha

Chase trying on Daddy's Rockies hat

I just melt over this picture...

Easter Morning - wow that Easter bunny sure is nice!

Chase got his very own remote :0)

Chase sporting his Easter outfit! Popped collar baby - very East Coast - Uncle Jim is rubbing off on him

Proud Grandpa helping Chase with his first golfswing!

Ben's First Easter outfit - he was very excited about all the Easter festivities:)

"Looking" for Easter eggs- can you find them?

Loving the weather!

Happy 1st Easter Chase!

Hope everyone had a great time with friends & family!!!

Getting Better At Walking.....

Chase is getting more and more stable everyday and taking more steps... look out world - here he comes!! This was the BEST video but the camera ran out of memory right in the middle :( Here is a piece of it though. He kept walking all the way to the toy box!



And this is why we got a foam mat!!! He was a tough little guy though and kept getting up even after this :0)

White Trash 1st Birthday Bash

This past Sunday we got an invite to a "White Trash 1st Birthday Bash" - too funny! It was sweet Campbell's big day! We met Campbell's parents, Jenny & Mitch, in our childbirth prep class just over a year ago. Jenny & I stayed in touch and met for lunch about 4 times while we were on maternity leave. Even though we haven't talked for awhile it was fun to get a chance to see the little ones together again and see how much they have grown!

Not having any friends with kids up here in LA - I was incredibly thankful to have Jenny to meet up with and share stories and questions in person and over email. They are great people and Campbell has turned into a beautiful 1 year old! Mitch is a huge surfer so they live in Malibu in a "trailer park" right on the beach so hence they picked the theme :0) Jenny did a great job of having little baby wife beaters for us to decorate and tattoos for the little ones to put on.

Here is Campbell trying to figure out what this huge cake is doing:0) (Sorry - there were tons of people so it was hard to get a good shot)

The 4 of us....


Here's a flashback to our first lunch together when Chase was about 6 weeks! Don't we look tired :0)


Chase discovering balloons

Chase & Campbell hanging out

We couldn't get them to both look but they were having a good time

Chase's "MOM" tat

Washing the party off.. he was covered in dirt! Thank goodness Chase loves the bath again (that was so weird how he was so scared for a few weeks!)

Hi Mom!

That poor duck - yet another victim of Chase's top teeth coming in!

Chase-Friendly Flooring

The past few weeks Chase has learned how to crawl and he is a little speedracer now! Poor thing though - he looks like it hurts to crawl around on our hardwood floors so Craig had a great idea to go get some kid-friendly flooring for him. We found the perfect foam mats that go together like puzzle pieces at Babies R Us. We misjudged the size a bit so we need to go pick up a second pack to make his area bigger but he is already loving the softer floor! Chase is now constantly crawling to his area and digging toys out of his toybox and playing :0)



This picture cracks me up! Chase has all 4 top teeth coming in so he is pretty serious about anything he can chomp down on..ha ha

Funny Sleeper....

Chase has fallen asleep in the funniest poistions lately! Here is how it goes when we put him down for a nap or bed... play, play, play, talk, roll around, play, talk, roll around some more, then FINALLY pass out in a position like this....

LOVE HIM!

Playing around before bed...


Yummy Sat morning breakfast.. baby multigrain pancakes, peaches, banana & yogurt!

Digging through his toy box


We are SO in love with our monkey!