Happy 8th Month Birthday Chase!

Wow! Where did the time go?! Chase is already 8 months old! I cannot believe it. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital all wrapped up in a blanket and walking in the house wondering, "what do we do now?!" Over the last 8 months, we definitely have learned a lot about child rearing...more lessons to follow, I know!

It is hard to imagine that you can love someone so much. The love between a parent and a child is amazing and so strong. Chase is a blessing to us and we look forward to the many years to come.

So what is Chase up to now a days?!

*He is now into crawling and pulling up on things. You can't leave him for a second without him trying to climb up on something. Needless to say this has caused a few bumps but he is learning his way around!

*He still Army crawls a bit and boy can he move! You can walk away and he'll be at your feet in no time. As of yesterday, he has started to crawl much more. Matt and I still need to baby proof the house...

*Chase is now in a big boy car seat. We went to Babies R Us yesterday to get a car seat for him. He went for a flu shot last Thursday night and I asked them to weigh him. He weighs 20 lbs 8.7 ounces, so he can move up! Still rear facing but a step up! The infant carrier was getting to be a little much for me to carry and he actually started to hate it. He still has it when he's in Matt's car (because car seats are so dang expensive) but my guess is he won't have it long there!

*He now says mama. Of course, he doesn't know that I am "mama" but that' s ok. I still pretend that he does :) We are trying out the dada but "d's" are harder.

*He has pretty much gone through all the baby stage 1 foods. With the milk protein allergy we were a little worried about bringing foods on too fast, so took our time. So far he likes everything except peas. And sweetie, I can't blame you there!

*He was baptized on October 10th and he was a charmer! He was so good during the service!

*Chase has 2 bottom teeth and 2 coming in up top. He is SO good about the pain with them. It seems he has a high pain tolerance like his mom!

*Still not sleeping through the night but mom and dad don't mind. We actually are used to waking up and working on little sleep :) so it's not a problem getting up. We've tried to make him cry it out, but he cries for an hour and a half and that's miserable to us. He'll grow out of it by the time he's 13, surely!

I think that's about it! I hope to be better about keeping my "record" updated with what he is doing!

Pictures to come later!

We love you Chase more than you'll ever know!