What a Clever Kid!

So last night mom overheard Chase singing this song to himself:

"My mommy's boooooobiiiiieeeees are full of miiiiiilllllllkkkkk!!!"

Quite impressive huh? Chase used to HATE to sing, and he would get mad when I would try and sing to him. Now he is singing his own made up songs...about my boobies being full of milk.

He also informed me if I drink chocolate milk, Baby D will also get to drink chocolate milk. What a clever kid.

Gotta love him.

Little Fish

We took Davis swimming for the first time this past Tuesday and I think he kind of liked it. He fussed just a little bit at first, but then cuddled up to me and relaxed! I think we have another swimmer on our hands!

Watch it all the way through, he gives a cute smile at the end! =)

The things he says...

So the other day we were driving in the car. We were behind a car that had an "OSU" sticker on the back of it. Chase said, "Hey mom, what't that say on the back of that car?" I then said, "OSU." Chase replied, "ME?" It was so funny because of the tone he replied in. Gotta love that kid! =)

More funny!

So the other night I asked Chase what my "big name" is and he said "Benjamin Mom!" (his "big name" is Benjamin Chase.)

Last night we had the missionaries over for dinner. While we were all at the table eating, Dad began telling a story about some new medical thing and here is what followed...
Chase: "Papa! Papa! Papa! a short pause...Papa! Papa! Papa! Papa! PAAAPAAAAAA!
Papa: What Chase?
Chase: Jesus can hear you!!

=) He's pretty smart, eh?

Funny Funny

Yesterday Chase was playing with a new little play-doh toy where the dough squirts out of a hold type things (if that makes any sense). Well he started to squish the dough out for the first time and he yelled "GUACAMOLE HOLY!!!" I just started to giggle and giggle. I have NO idea where he heard this from, but it just made me laugh.

Today, Chase found a little pair of first aid scissors that go in those little first aid kits. He grabbed them and said "these scissors are so little and I want to keep them forever and ever and ever and ever and ever!" I just giggled and told him that we only cut paper. A few minutes later I looked over and saw Chase cutting at his socks. I yelled, "CHASE NO!" (I know, I know...they are only socks but we are kind of on the skimpy side for socks since he finds ways to rip holes in ALL of them!) Chase then simply replied "but mom I am just trying to cut this off" as he pointed to a dirty spot on his sock! Luckily the scissors are so cheap that they didn't cut his sock at all.

As for Davis-he has had a little cough and so we took him in to the doctor's today because I was a little worried. Luckily, it's just a little congestion and we just have to watch him over the next little bit. He weighed in at 10 lbs 2 oz. On Friday night he slept for almost 6 hours straight and then on Saturday night he slept for almost 7 hours straight! WAHOO!! He is still just as sweet as ever and his little eyes are just as blue as can be! =) He has also been quite smiley lately and coos quite a bit. He loves to have people talk to him and he looks and listens quite intently all the while giving you a few grins! =)

Apple Pickin'

The day before I had Davis mom, Chase, and I headed out to Porter, OK with Lacey C, Jack, Nolan, Natalie, and Blaykli to pick some yummy apples!

Chase, Blaykli, and Jack did their fair share of picking apples and eating them!
My sweet guy!

Apple throwing war!

Sharing!

YUM!

(thanks for the pics Lace!)

My Blue Eyed Guy

Mom and I took these pictures yesterday, Davis's 5 week birthday! They aren't in any particular order, but enjoy!! (PS be excited for more to come later because I am waiting for my sister, Kiara, to play around with some of these on photoshop!) =)

I love this little face-MOM! HELP ME!=)

Davis is still as sweet as ever! I can't believe he is already 5 weeks!! (I think I say that every time I post, but they just grow TOOOO fast!) He is such a sweet easy going laid back little guy! We sure love him! =)

Chase is thankful for...

1. Candy

2. Jesus
3. Batman toys and movies
4. Movies
5. Big chickens
6. Miss Spider's Sunny Patch
7. Playing hide and seek
8. Coloring
9. Going fishing and catching fish in a boat
10. Scooby doo Movies
11. Veggie Tales
12. For this one, I asked him "what else are you thankful for?" and he gave me a kiss and said "that." =)
13. Painting/Messy Art
14. Puzzles
15. Mom and Aunt Carly (sorry all you other aunts...he saw a picture of me and Aunt Carly together...but I know he loves all you guys too!!)

Chase came up with this list all on his own. All I did was ask him about 100 times what he was thankful for and those are the things that he came up with. I am not sure where the going fishing came from since we have never really gone fishing...and as for the big chicken (possibly a turkey)...who knows?

Some other things that I know Chase is thankful for are McDonald's, popsicles, Davis, Nuna, Papa, Cousins, Aunts and Uncles, his rain boots, tubby time, bubbles, cutting paper/scissors, doing his preschool workbooks, his water coloring tablets that he gets to put in the tubby with him, his "kinkys", pacis, books, his friends, the CCY (YMCA) play area, soccer, swimming, jumping on the trampoline, parks, play time, balls, scooters, Boogerberry juice (it's a drink from the gas station QT here), the color green, cuddling, Halloween, doggies, Nickjr.com, story time, apples, chicken nuggets, ketchup, french fries, superheros, cars/trucks, games, toys, TV, nursery/church, and riding his bike.

Cute story: I have started going back to the CCY (Chase calls the YMCA the CCY...for whatever reason, I don't know...) to work out. They have a fun child care center for kids that Chase absolutely loves. The lady that watches him in there is older and always has little crafts or coloring pages for the kids to do. Since Thanksgiving is coming up she has had a picture of a turkey for the kids to color. The first day we went back to the CCY and I picked Chase up from the child care center, he showed me the picture of his turkey. He then told me "Mom, this is a turkey and it's going to eat US for Thanksgiving!!"

Chase Happenings.

Last Friday, Chase and I went on our very first date together! Chase chose to go to Burger King for Dinner and afterwards we headed off to see Madagascar 2. Dinner was quite delightful because I sat by myself as Chase played in the play area. During the movie, Chase and I held hands and shared our drink and snacks. =) We had a fun time together...just the two of us.Chase LOVES his Baby Davis! He constantly wants to hold him and kiss him. Last Sunday, during Sacrament, I told Chase he needed to be reverent and fold his arms. Chase then turned to Baby Davis and said "Bebe Dabis, you need to fold you awms!!" In no sort of quiet voice! I whispered to him that Davis was still too little and didn't know how to fold his arms yet. Chase then said to me, in a LOUD voice, "but you can hewp him fowd hims awms!" Chase then tried to fold Davis' arms himself and Davis didn't like that too much. He got quite distraught that Davis would not and could not fold his arms and be reverent during the Sacrament prayer. We went our rounds with me telling Chase he needed to be quiet and be reverent and Chase insisted that "Bebe Dabis needed to fowd his awms." Oh dear.=)

Chase will finish up his soccer season this Saturday. He has really really enjoyed playing and always gets SO excited when he gets a kick at the ball. He is one of the youngest on his team and so he doesn't get the ball very often. There are 2 boys that are almost 5, and really good, that always are controlling the ball. Every so often Chase and the rest of his teammates will get a chance to get in and kick the ball. I think Chase's team, the Tigercubs, have only lost one game. Last Saturday, they won 4-1. I am glad that Chase has enjoyed playing and am sad that the season is almost over! I must admit- the first time Chase got a really good kick at the ball, it brought some tears to my eyes! When he got that ball I could see he was so very excited and it gave him a little power boost! =) At the end of every game, they do a "parents tunnel" for the kids to run through and Chase loves that part. I think we will play again next year!! =)

Going after the ball...even though the whistle had been blown and the quarter was over. Chase wasn't stopping because he had complete control over that ball. He ran it all the way out of bounds! Here's some redneck Chase for ya! We bought him a pack of Hanes white T-Shirts (size 4t) and after they were all washed, they SHRUNK! So, his belly pops out of them. I laugh every time he wears them because all I can think of is a redneck with a big belly and a mullett. I wish I had a mullett wig..oh well. Tonight, Chase came walking into the room with his short redneck shirt on, one shoe on, and a sock on with his big toe poking out...I had to capture a picture...he is such a little mess...and redneck...haha.

This evening, Chase was told by Papa that if he ate all of his dinner, then he would get some Krabby Patties (those gummy candy things from SpongeBob). Papa told him that they would appear magically once his dinner was all gone. Chase gobbled his dinner down and so, holding true to the word, Papa had those candies appear magically. He got a cup and "filled it up with water" and then threw the "cup of water" on Chase, and whalah..the krabby patties came flying out. Chase thought this was pretty cool. So, during dishes, Chase was helping Nuna clean up. He was at the sink and filled a cup up with water and shook it like Papa did to get the krabby patties to appear. After a few shakes, Chase said, "ah! no krabby patties yet!" He attempted filling the cup up a few times and shaking it and to no avail! He was quite frustrated and took the cup to Papa to have him make the krabby patties appear. Chase got two more! =)

Bad Dream

Last night as I was lying in bed around 3:30 after feeding Davis and getting him tucked back into bed, Chase began to scream the loudest I have ever heard him scream. It wasn't just a normal scream, you could tell it was a really scared scream. I flew off my bed so fast to get him and saw him backing up on his bed looking at it like he was completely freaked out. He was still sceaming and I grabbed him so fast and tried to hold him but his little body was SO tense. I just held him and told him it was all okay and that I had him. He told me that the buggies were trying to get him. I told him there were no buggies on his bed and that everything was okay, then tried to lay him back down. His body tensed back up and he clinged to me. I finally got him calmed down a little and we climbed onto my bed. He told me that there were buggies on my bed. I had to talk him out of that idea. I let him know there were no buggies on my bed or on his bed, and that in fact, there were no buggies at all in the room. He calmed down and we cuddled on my bed. About a half hour after we layed down, Chase had another little bout of freaking out about buggies. Again, I calmed him down and let him know that there were no buggies and that mommy wouldn't let any get him. He calmed back down and we cuddled up together and fell asleep.

This morning Chase woke up and said "MOM! The buggies are gone!!!" I let him know that I was glad that the buggies were gone. I asked him what happened and he told me there were white ones flying around trying to eat him. He also told mom that there were bumble bees. =( Poor guy!! He was seriously SO scared...I have never ever seen him that scared. Sam stayed home from school today and Chase made sure to let Sammy know that he had a "scawy dweam!"

4 weeks old and a hurt foot

Wow, so I cannot believe that my little baby is already 4 weeks old and will be a MONTH on Sunday!! Time goes wayy tooooo fast! Davis is still such a good baby, although lately he has gotten quite the temper when he gets hungry. He is one loved little guy, that's for sure! He loves to look at lights and for you to hold him back and let his little arms and legs hang. He is such a little cuddle bug too. I am almost 99% sure that he is going to have blue eyes! He also loves to be talked to and often times will stare at your face quite intensely when you talk to him. He smiled at me for the first time on Halloween...it was one of those big sweet cheesy grins! He continues to smile every so often when you talk to him. He weighs 9 lbs 4 oz...he is starting to get those cute little chub rolls on him!!!This picture was taken today...4 weeks old! I love the way his little cheeks look in this picture...disregard all the junk behind him. =) Chase and Davis's very first tubby together! The water looks funky because Chase has these water changing color tab things that he likes to put in the bath with him...not because of pee! I promise! =) Davis LOVES the bath. He loves to just sit in it and he gets quite upset the second you take him out.

I love this little picture...you can start to see the chubs! =)Chase LOVES Davis...so much! He always wants to help burp him after he eats and continuosly asks to hold him. All the time. I love that Chase loves his little brother...I couldn't have asked for it to be any better! Chase also just loves to sit and watch Davis and giggles at all of his silly faces. I know he is going to continue to be an awesome big brother to Davis. And, on to the hurt foot...on Wednesday night Chase was getting pretty groovy dancing all around the house. It was quite hilarious. He comes up with some of the best moves ever. Anyway, he was dancing it up and rolled on his foot. We knew it wasn't broken, but Chase would not walk on it for ANYTHING that night. We decided to wait it out and see what would happen in the morning. Well, this morning he woke up and came to the stairs crawling and complaining about his foot. Anytime we tried to touch it or get him to walk on it he would freak out. So, we decided we better take him in to the doctor. At the doctor he was distracted and Dr. Baker was able to feel on it and actually got him to walk on his heel. He came to the conclusion that it was not broken, but sprained. He told us to just take it easy today and have him keep ice on it and keep it elevated (yeah right!!) We didn't even attempt the ice and the elevation lasted for the duration of 2 minutes and so I could take some pictures. All day long Chase crawled around the house to do what he wanted. We even went grocery shopping and he sat in the cart the WHOLE time and didn't even ask to get out ONCE...made the shopping trip a breeze! =) This evening, we had enrichment and some of the ladies brought their kids as did I. I was hoping that Chase would get tired of crawling and attempt to walk a little on his foot...but it didn't happen. Instead, he had all the other kids crawling with him! I know his little foot hurts and it has even been a little swollen...poor guy! I hope it gets better soon because he is one heavy little boy to carry around! This evening I had him stand on one foot and he said "LOOK MOM! I'M BOUNSUHLING!!!" =)

Some Chase stories:::

At Wal Mart this evening we were in the produce section. I had Chase in the cart and some ginormously large lady came riding by us on one of those scooters and was in some pretty short shorts for her size...not a pretty site. Chase saw her and I watched him look at her for a minute and then he turned to me and said "MOM! Her just haves hers underwears on!!" The lady seemed a little loopy so I am not sure that she heard what Chase said or not...but I walked away as fast as I could and couldn't help but to laugh...oh they are so honest!

This evening at enrichment Chase was able to play with his bud Jack. Chase was being Batman and Jack was Superman. What all happened I have no idea, but it was cute nonetheless. After we left enrichment Lacey (Jack's mom) called because Jack wanted to talk to Chase. So, we gave Chase the phone (on speaker phone so we could hear) and this is what followed (for the most part...)

Chase: Hi Jack!

Jack: Hi Batman!

Chase: Hi Superman! What are you doing?

no answer...

What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing? plus another 10 times.

Me and mom start to giggle.

Chase: Mom--stop it! Nuna--stop it!

Me and mom: Okay Chase sorry.

Chase: Superman, what is your favorite color? Blue or green or yellow? A few seconds later...or yellow or blue or green? (he gave him a lot of choices huh?)

no answer...What is your favorite color? repeated ten times.

Me: Chase, give Jack a few seconds to answer...

Chase: repeats the question.

Jack responded but I couldn't understand what he said.

Chase: I am in the car driving home...and going to bed...and read a story.

Me and mom start to giggle again.

Chase: MOM! STOP IT!

Me: I'm not doing anything hunny.

Chase: Yes you are. You just laugh.

Me: Okay, sorry honey.

Chase and Jack converse a little more and then Jack starts to sing for Chase. I am not sure what he was singing but it was sweet. It was time for Jack to go and Chase says "bye superman!"

3 year olds and their phone conversations...=)

Lastly, this evening I was sitting in the living room feeding Davis and Chase was in the kitchen. I sneezed and Chase promptly yelled "Bless you Mom!!" =) What a sweet boy!

Just some thoughts...

I am not the type of person who feels at all comfortable getting up and talking in front of people. I HATE it...mainly I HATE giving talks and bearing my testimony in front of people. My emotions just completely take over and I just blubber through my talk/testimony, so I spare myself the embarrasment and the akwardness for other people and avoid it at all costs. So, I have just had some feeling lately that I have wanted to express and with fast and testimony meeting just passing I have decided that the best way for me to express my feelings and what not is to just blog it. So bear with me. If you stay tuned I have a few cute Chase things to post at the end. =)

First of all, I am so thankful that we have free agency and are able to make our own choices and decide what we want to do with our lives. I am so thankful that I can choose and do what I want to do and as this might seem odd, I am so thankful for all of the consequences we have to face due to our choices. As everyone knows, I haven't made all the best choices in my life, but I am so thankful for those choices that I have made and from the things that I have learned from them. Had I not gone through what I have gone through and made the choices that I have, then I would not be the person I am today. I would not be as strong in the gospel and I would more than likely not strive to be better and better everyday. One of the main choices I am referring to is when I made the choice to do something not so good before getting married, and ending up pregnant at 17. It was scary...scarier than I can even describe. I had no idea how to go about telling my family, because I knew I had let them down and that my family would be disappointed in me. But, it happened and had to be taken care of. Adoption was pushed, but somewhere in me I knew it was not the right choice for me. Things are different for everyone. So, as it came closer I let my parents know that I wanted to keep Chase...maybe part of my decision was selfish...but seeing what I have, I know that Chase was supposed to be a part of this family. I would not take my decision back for anything and am so thankful that I have Chase now because he has caused me to grow and learn so much that I don't think I would have learned had he not been given to me. I am also so thankful for my family...my wonderful family who has stepped up to the plate and helped me in every way imaginable. Alisha and Kiara watched Chase on a regular basis so I could finish high school and go to work. I don't think I would be as close to my sisters had Chase not been brought into this world. Alisha and I really bonded after I had Chase because we were able to spend a lot of time together with our kids and do fun things together. I am so thankful for all the support and love that my parents and the rest of my family has shown and given me. Also, to all the other people who didn't judge, but were just there to love and support me and Chase. My relationship with my mom has only gotten stronger and better. She has become my best friend and has stepped up to the plate to take care of me and Chase and help me through all of my hard times. I am so so so thankful for the ability that I have to choose for myself and then to learn and grow so very much from those choices and consequences that I have to make and face. Life is not easy, but I know that EVERYTHING happens for a reason and that the Lord has a plan for every single person on this earth. I am so thankful for my family and friends and all the love and support that they give me every single second of every single day.

Next, I am so thankful for the power of prayer. Just recently in the last few months have I learned how powerful prayer is and how much the Lord really does listen and care. Right now, some experiences are too personal to share for my own sake, but, one simple story that lets me know that the Lord does listen and care follows: About a month or so ago Chase was sick with a cold and as you all know he has HORRIBLE asthma. Anytime he gets any little type of cold, his asthma flares up and it can get quite scary at times. Well, this one particular day Chase and I stayed home from church because he was just way wheezy and snotty. Over the previous week I could not find his breathing maching anywhere and it was getting to the point where I was stressing over it because his asthma was only getting worse. This particular Sunday that we had stayed home I was thinking to myself all morning long "where in the heck could that thing be?" I knew Chase needed it and if he got any worse then we would possibly end up in the hospital. After a few hours of stressing about where in the heck his machine was I got the inkling to pull my breast pump out and clean the pieces up. For whatever reason I don't know(because I still had a good little while before Davis was going to be born and I had never once thought about pulling it out before), but I just decided to do it. I climbed into the back of the closet and pulled it out and sure enough, there was Chase's breathing machine in the bag with my breast pump stuff. I was SO relieved and right then and there thanked Heavenly Father for allowing me to find the breathing machine. This is something that seems so simple to me, but at the same time really made me realize that the Lord DOES listen to us and helps in our time of need. I am so thankful for the comfort that I get from knowing that.

I am also so thankful to know that I have a family to fall back on at any given time in life. I am so thankful to know that I have two parents that love me so very much and would do anything for me. I am also so very thankful for every single one of my siblings and their families and for the relationships that I have with them. I know that I could turn to any one of them at a time when I am in need and that they would do the best they could to help me out. I am so thankful to know that I am forever sealed to my family and that I will always have them. I love my family more than anything and on most occasions would just prefer to spend time with them. I am so so so thankful to be sealed to them and to have their love and support. I am also so thankful for my two beautiful little boys that the Lord has trusted me with. I hope that I can be the mother that they need and be an example for them and teach them the things that they need to know to develop and learn all that they can in this life. I love every single person in my family and am so thankful for all of them and their unique personalities.

Lastly, I am just so greatful to have the knowledge of the gospel in my life. I don't know where I would be now without it. I am thankful that I have the scriptures to read and study and prophets to listen to and seek council from. Over the last little bit, I have really taken the time to study the scriptures, read the church magazines, and really listen to the prophets--what a difference that has made for me in my life. I have grown SO much and learned SO much over these past few months than I have in my whole life. The gospel is so amazing and I know that it is true. I am so thankful for it and all the comfort I recieve from it.



And just for the sake of Chase being cute and so that I can remember these moments---
-Chase is enthralled with Tinkerbell. Anytime a commercial comes on for her he freaks out and tells me that he wants the toy or movie. The funny part is that the calls Tinkerbell "Bingerbell" and does so seriously. He really thinks she is "Bingerbell". =) It just makes me giggle.
-The other day Chase and I were riding in the car and he was watching Davis in his car seat. Davis makes some pretty funny faces when he is awake and Chase was getting a kick out of his faces. He was laughing so hard his stomach was starting to hurt and he was starting to cry. Finally, he pulled himself together and told me he didn't have any giggles left in him. So in an attempt to make him giggle, I turned around quickly and made a retarded face at him. He burst out in giggles and this went on for a few more rounds. I then told him "HAHA...I got a giggle out of you!" A few minutes later Chase asked me to look at him and so I did. I turned around and he made a goofy face at me and I started to "laugh" and he said "HAHA... I got a giggle on you!" I just thought what he said was too cute.
-I can't think of any off of the top of my head right now because I often feel like I am losing my mind and forgetting everything, but I know I have so many more so stay tuned. He is always full of the funniest comments and says some of the cleverest things sometimes...I just wish I could remember them ALL. I need to start writing them all down so I can remember them. Hopefully I can come up with the others and post them soon, but that is all for now.

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween everyone! Hope you all had a great one! Ours was fun and exciting, mostly because Chase was completely enthralled with it all and totally excited to go trick or treating. This year we celebrated with decorating Halloween cookies...a family tradition...going to the ward Harvest Party, another member in our ward had a Halloween party, and then, on Friday, trick or treating! Chase had to be Batman this year, and there was no changing his mind! So, Chase was Batman and Davis was Robin! Mom made their little speedo things out of spandex and Chase loved his "Batman underwear" and didn't want to take them off! =) We had a fun time trick or treating. We went with some friends from the ward and Chase had a blast.Baby Robin right before we went trick or treating. He just about slept through the whole ordeal. At one house while trick or treating, Chase and 2 other kids, Daniel and Jacob, knocked on a persons door. Well the man opens the door and Jacob, who is 2, took off running into the house to chase after some dogs. Chase and Daniel felt they needed to follow in pursuit of Jacob. All of us parents are standing on the curb as the kids run into the house. The man closed the door because he did not want the dogs to get out. Jacob's mom went into the house and only came out with Jacob so Daniel and Chase are still in the house. As I got closer to the house I hear Chase screaming/laughing. Well Daniel's older brother, Austin, got into the house and herded Daniel out, but Chase is still in the house chasing this poor man's dogs. All the while screaming and laughing. I finally got to the door and got Chase out. The man whose house they escaped into was the school counselor at the school I worked at last year....it took me a few minutes to connect him with where I knew him from, and I am not sure he knew who I was. Oh well! All in a day with Chase! =) On the way to the next house after the dog ordeal, Chase was running to the next house, and as usual, not paying any attention...it was also dark out. He ran straight into a bush and flipped over it with his bag of candy flying EVERYWHERE! With the help of Austin, and his glow stick, we collected all of his candy only to have him trip in a hole seconds later and, yet once again, have his candy go flying everywhere. Again, we collected it all and on we went trick or treating. About 5 or so houses later, Chase was coming off of a doorstep and missed it and fell onto the concrete. Again, the candy went flying!! =)
When we first started trick or treating, Chase was way too concerned about eating the candy he got at the house rather then getting going to the next house to get more...what a candyholic he is! In the picture above-Chase, Daniel, and Austin. Chase's mask, Batman belt, and gloves lasted all of about 2 minutes!! I must also document that at nearly every house we went to after Chase got his candy, he told the people "HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEEN!!" and took off running with his loot trying to open it faster than his little hands could handle! =)

Notice the hole in the tights...they lasted (much to my surprise!) through 2 halloween parties and all through trick or treating until we were at the very last house...Chase took a tumble off of the curb and tore the hole. I was fine with it though, we were done! Chase was posing it up for these pictures...

When we got home from trick or treating with our friends, as we were getting out of the car, we heard "scawy music" and Chase and I set out on a mission to find where it was coming from and as we did so we stopped at a few houses for candy. Chase felt the need to ask EVERYONE if they were playing the "scawy music" and to tell them about the hole in his tights. =) We finally found where the scary music was coming from. At someone's house they had a black tent set up with a black light and smoke inside...the music was so loud and I glanced in and a person is jumping out at whoever walked in...he was dressed up like the psycho guy from the Saw movies! Chase got one glance of his face and took off the other way...we didn't go in that one and get candy from him!
Mine and mom's pumpkins..moms is the face and mine is the face with BOO! Sam did a really good one too...check it out on mom's blog! Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween! We sure did! =)