I'm Hungry!

Really, you're hungry?  This is Chase's new favorite phrase that he picked up this weekend.  From the size of his little belly he probably has enough in reserve, but about every hour I hear that he is hungry and usually the only thing he wants is yogurt.  Which he then slops all over himself because he won't wear a bib.  Also, you know how there are kid's menu's at restaurant and they are intended to go to age 10.  We got Chase one last night and he downs pretty much the entire burger and almost all of the fries.  It's a good thing Laura feeds chase healthy stuff about 95% of the time otherwise we'd be on one of those talk shows with the huge kids.  (As I'm writing this he just walked over to me and told me he's hungry, I can't make this stuff up) 

We are also now told when Chase has completed going potty.  We've tried to explain how it may be more beneficial to tell us prior and then use a toilet, but I think that thing scares him right now.  He loves watching me flush the toilet though, he says buy to the water as it swirls away.  This will probably only apply to other parents, but is it sad that when I go to change one of these diapers my thoughts center around hoping that I've got a good solid number 2 instead of the runs.  It can really make or break the experience.

It's also pretty amazing how kids can memorize books.  Pretty much any book we have he can repeat the last word of every phase now.  It makes him sound impressive and is a good party trick at least. 

Here's a good picture of Chase making a gingerbread house.  Needless to say we did not eat the house.

Tantrums

Is it OK that I find Chase's tantrums to be hilarious. To the point where I get the video camera out so I can tape it to use it later in life to prove the fact that he's not the angel that he will try to claim to be?  It's a good thing my parents did not have a video camera.  When we dropped him off at a friends house for a night, he supposedly just cried the entire three hours we were gone.  He also kept bringing his coat to our friend and walking towards the door.  Breaks your heart, huh.  He also refuses to look new people in the eyes, he'll turn his head and look at them out of the corner of his eye which is pretty comical. 

Also, does anyone else's kids require about 25 things with him in his crib before he will go to sleep.  Chase will not go to sleep until he has books, cars, blocks, 7 blankets, maybe some waffles.  It makes no sense.  I then have to go in later and pull everything back out so he doesn't roll over on the car later at night and make the sirens go off.  It's great.  He also makes us turn off the light and turn on the humidifier.  Without water in it of course, we just use it for the noise.

I figured we've taken around 7000 pictures of Chase.  Do you know how long it takes to sort through 7000 pictures?  Well I finally did.  I'm going to start throwing some of them in here from the past two years so I get some use out of it.  First ice cream cone, provided by gramps.

For your viewing pleasure

See two posts in one day, a new record.

Chase has learned a new face, which he enjoys doing constantly

Chase's first snowman, which I think he was scared of and who melted and fell over about 3 hours later in our balmy weather

New Goal

Ok, new goal, post quick thoughts on here more frequently.  We'll see if that works. 

Do you have to give money your child gets for his birthday, or Valentine's day, or other random days he gets money from his grandparents to your kid?  My philosophy is that I should take that money and then tell him I used it to pay for his diapers.  Seems to make sense for me.  Chase got a $1 in the mail today and threw it away, so he's not his father's son.

I'm pretty sure Chase will take a year off some time in his adult life and just walk across the country like Forest Gump.  We take him to play in the snow since it is finally above 10 degrees here and all he does is want to go to the path and just walk down it.  No interest in building a snow man or trying to walk through the snow.  Same when I tried to take him sledding, he wanted to just pull the sled down the path. 

We also have found the favorite movie.  If you ever want Chase to stand in one spot for two hours and ignore the world, just put on the movie cars.  I pry use that ploy twice a day on the weekend.  By the way, his favorite car is not Lightning McQueen, but Doc Hudson.  Like I said, our kid is strange.