Coming To Get Ya!

Case is moving up and down the stairs like a pro. I still keep a watchful eye on him while cruising up and down but now I feel a smidge better knowing he has the basic skills to maneuver relatively safely from the first floor to the second.

Thanksgiving Recap

We had a great time visiting friends and family over the Thanksgiving weekend. This was one of the first trips home that actually felt like a trip because we got to take off our shoes and stay awhile. I was able to spend lots of time with family, see friends I hadn’t seen since the wedding, took a trip to the mall, had drinks with my high school cronies, and dinner out at a restaurant. I got to see so many people and do so many fun things I don't have room to post about everything. Here are just a few.

I guess Case wanted to make sure we took him to see grandma because he kept crawling into the suitcase while I packed. Don't forget me please!


Rana, Chad (hubby) and Ayden (pictured below) drove all the way from Arkansas to visit for the afternoon. It was such a special visit. The boys are just a few month apart in age and got along just fine until Ayden touched Case's blanket late in the afternoon during picture time. An eventful day + new environment + unfamiliar sleeping arrangements + someone touching his blankie = too much to handle. Witness the meltdown.

A night out with Jeane (seen below) was relaxing and fun. We cruised the mall and had a great gabby dinner. Earlier in the day I met up with Susan at the mall. She always reminds me to loosen up. Case wanted to crawl at the mall so she let him crawl. That boy crawled down the center walkway from Dillards to Macy's and had a blast smiling at everyone along the way. The scene looked like she was walking a baby dog minus the leash. It was so funny! I miss my girlfriends.

Thanksgiving day. Look at that sexy hunk of mine! He even left the Thanksgiving party early so Case could take a much needed nap and I could stay with my family. What a sweetie. Don't worry, he made it back early evening in time for pie.

Since we won't be home for Christmas, great grandma and grandpa had a mini Christmas for Case after Thanksgiving dinner. Thank you great grandma and grandpa, Case loves all his discovery toys.

Eaten Out of House and Home

Is this normal? We had a couple housesit while we were gone over Thanksgiving and they ate us out of house and home! These two people ate entire boxes of unopened goldfish, vanilla wafers, graham crackers, cheese crackers, 2 lbs of lunch meat, 4 bag of chips, 30 eggs, an entire bowl of Halloween candy, 2 pkgs of Hersheys bars, 1 ½ gallons of milk and half of a gallon of ice cream! Here is the kicker, one is a personal trainer and another one is training for the Olympics! How could they have eaten so much crap in 6 days?!

Moving on Up

Case is moving on up in the world. As you can see he is busy mastering the stairs. Up and down he has mastered both.

P.S. I am not sure I like this Picaso thing. It took forever to figure out how to get this collage things to work and now I can't get my text to stop being centered. I don't know if this thing saves my picture edits or not. I just don't like new things! Help to those who use Picaso.

"Helper"

Remember how I said one of Cases favorite chores is “helping” with the dishes. Just look below to see what a big boy helper I have on my hands. People we are literally talking 3-4 times a day we play this game. Fun, fun, fun.

Here we are digging through the pots and pan cabinet.

Are we ready to cook? I have all the cooking utensils out and ready. Which one do you need mom?

Case even likes to put the dishes in the dishwasher after we are done. Only problem is he likes to take all the dirty dishes out and strew them all over the floor.

Ummmmmm!

I love cool whip!

Big Helper!

Case is becoming so active! He is 14 months old and has decided that ‘pulling up’ is for woosies and he's going to skip that step entirely. Instead he is trying to just flat-out-in-the-middle-of-the room stand on his own. Currently we are working on mastering the stairs. He can go up, but down is a bit harder. He is a crawling machine and loves to be chased and chasing others (sorry pets). He has even started to pretend. Whenever he pretends to drink or eat he makes little chewing noises and ends with a fake a satisfied sigh. It’s adorable to watch! He knows how to give five, wave hi and bye, tell you in gesture how big he is, give kisses (when he wants to), say dog and cat. He can even make snake noises and bird sounds on request.

Plus Case is becoming a big “helper.” Some of his favorite chores are laundry and dishes. But he also loves to throw things away and shut the trash can. He loves them so much that I leave a trash in a pile for him to dispose of whenever we are in the kitchen. His culinary skills are developing at warp speed because I can’t seem to cook anything without perching my baby on my hip. Of course he can turn lights on and off and open and shut doors like a pro. He is eating with a fork and is quite proud of himself. Spoons are a bit harder to manipulate because everything falls off, but a fork, now that is fun.

Other disgusting curiosities include a fascination with the toilet and everything that goes with it. He loves watching “stuff” go down the drain and then shutting the lid. Of course he is still a ladies’ man and is up to 5 teeth. Yup, life is busy and he is a busy bee.