Happy Birthday to Chazie!!

Yeah! Chazie is one. Brynlee asked after his party "Mom is Chaz one now?" "Yes" "Can he talk?" I wish it all happened that magical. Earlier that day when she heard he was one she said "Yeah he can walk now." Too bad for Chaz it's not so easy.

We had Chaz's birthday celebrations on Saturday. My parents were in town so we were excited to have somebody to celebrate his birthday with us. Chaz loved the presents. He was completely ingrossed in each one and not ready to move on. He has played very hard with all of them because they either involve sound or little balls. He is fascinated with balls and carries a ball in his hands most of the day.

He didn't care too much about the cake. He just wanted to taste the candle and liked the flame on top. Birthday's are so fun. We all love Chaz, he is definitely adored by his sisters and adores them right back.

Chazers McShmazers!

Chaz is going to be a year old in a couple weeks and the last few days he has just seemed so old. He absolutely loves playing with his toys. He carries around two little balls that fit perfectly in his hands and he dances to any music. I have spent the last couple days on the stairs with him going up and down. Well today I stayed away and he went up and then he played for a while and then he came back down. Hooray!! Here are our kids waiting for Autumn's ride to school. As you can see Chaz loves the girls and is usually doing his best to be wherever they are.

Last night we had a rousing game of family Wii bowling. The girls are getting very good at the Wii and everyone was getting strikes or spares and cheering loudly. Well Chaz didn't want to be left out he kept climbing in his little blue chair and cheering with us. He was so excited for everyone and kept falling out of his chair, but he was determined to be part of the fun so he kept climbing back in and cheering. He really is a lot of fun.

(This picture is of Brynlee's turn to bowl)
(Here is Chaz cheering for Brynlee!)

Family!!!

Well we have had a great Christmas and had so much fun with family. As you can see the kids spent a lot of time playing the DS and watching someone else play the DS. This is Becca's boy Conrad, he and Brynlee are best pals. There is nowhere else like being at Grandma's house, and when you can add some best friends(cousins) and amazing Grandparents to the package it creates the perfect place on earth. Here is Autumn with Ian's girls Eva and Summer. Autumn loves playing with them because they create a whole new world. They are obsessed with Pokemon and know all the names and battle modes so they help Autumn play lots and lots of pretend Pokemon. She loves it, when we come home from playing with them she always tries to get her little friends to play pretend Pokemon, it doesn't last long because she really has no idea how to create that world and I am not sure her friends even know what Pokemon are.

Chaz loved Christmas morning. He spent the entire time the girls were opening gifts with this look on his face. It has now become his camera face and if he sees you trying to take his picture he pulls this little face. It is quite cute. He made Christmas morning a lot of fun because he was so excited.

Well this is our little family this year. We had a lot of fun having Christmas Eve and Christmas by ourselves and found plenty to keep us busy. We did invite some friends over for Christmas dinner and the girls really enjoyed having friends to play with. The moms also enjoyed the company but I think all of the Dad's were just being good sports. Well we had a wonderful Christmas break, but the girls are definitely excited to be going back to school. Autumn can't wait to see her teacher everyday.