Wow, it's been about 6 months since the last time I posted, not much happens in 6 months right. Never mind that it is a third of Chase's life right now. Well he's almost 20 months old and getting more funny and more aggravating depending on the time of the day. I'll try to hit some of the highlights since the trip to the bahamas.
He finally did get a haircut, first attempt was a trim by mom, but that didn't turn out too well. Then we just went with the buzz look, and it has been the same ever since. He has this weird things at the nape of his neck though where the hair just kind of sweeps to the side, makes it tough to cut. May turn into a good mullet or rat tail someday. Maybe for next year's christmas card.
You saw Laura's post about going overseas for a month, well you can figure out who was watching Chase the whole time. His grandparents. He had a good time hanging out, seeing mom on the computer screen and talking to dad on the phone. For awhile he would refer to the computer as mama and the phone as dada. Awesome. When he finally got to see Mom at the airport he acted pretty shy, but eventually accepted her back into the family. Which is a good thing, because things wouldn't go quite as smoothly without her.
For Halloween Chase was a baseball player. This involved Laura attempting to make him some pants. After about three tries she finally figured out that Chase has some chubby legs and got them to fit.... barely. So he had his bat, his Twins jersey, and some awesome eye paint. So he looked good, unfortunately the actual trick or treating was a bit of a challenge. He just wanted to pull his wagon around, so we stopped at no houses, it was cold out, so I eventually just grabbed him, wailing, and took him home. We have some good pictures of him crying on the ground.
At some point we took family pictures, which I was really excited about. Check out the ones with me in my hat, they are the best. I wanted to wear my hat that made me look like a robber, but that didn't work out. Most of the pictures are of Chase, and they turned out really well. I'm pretty sure Laura has put them on facebook.
Chase knows a ton of words now and is starting to repeat everything we say. Our issue word at the moment is "truck". The tr comes out as an f if you know what I mean. Now we think he knows what he is doing too. He can say tree and train just fine, so he doesn't have an excuse. Pretty funny though, we just have to make sure we don't take trucks to church.
Our ipad also gets the most use by Chase. Whether it is Dr. Seuss books, blues clues movies, or flashcards, he's figured out how to navigate it pretty well. Pretty funny to watch an 18 month old start swiping at the screen to get what he wants. I also taught him how fun movie time can be, for both him, and for dad since it serves as a good distraction. So he's seen cars, thomas the train, an American Rabbit (that one was a movie I remembered as a kid, I remember it being a much better movie) So if you hear him saying "moobie, moobie", that is what he wants.
Otherwise we hear a lot of "no's", and finally starting to get a headshake for a yes. He can give us "knucks" which is pounding fists, although when we tell him to blow it up he tries to blow on your hand. He insists on eating full size food, so he must have the full slice of pizza or a full cheeseburger.
All in all, getting more and more entertaining. I'll give an update after Christmas, I know he already got too much from us, and I'm sure he'll get plenty from the grandparents. I promise it won't be six months before the next visit. Now back to my holiday tradition. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Time for the big fight at the end of movie one.
