One Month

Chase is one month old today! We had a doctor's appointment today and he has grown! He is now 9 pounds 15 ounces. This puts him in the 50th percentile for weight. His length is 22 1/2 inches long, which is th 75th percentile. His head circumference is 16 inches which is the 90th percentile. So he is perfect and very smart! Troy is rocking him in the rocker as I am writing this. We are going to celebrate with cupcakes.

Today I took some videos of our everyday events to show him when he is older. Basically just sleeping, rocking, and sleeping. We will post some pictures of our celebration. :) Can't believe he is one month old!

1 day shy of 4 weeks

Tonight is the night! We are finally putting Chase down in his crib. So far he hasn't made a peep and went down without a sound. Actually as I am writing this, Troy is going upstairs to go peek at him. Not to make sure he is breathing- just to watch him sleep. He is SOOO cute! Troy said he hasn't moved. We have a monitor to hear him but I'm sure he will let us know even without one.

We had a nice weekend. Friday night we went to a Reynolds football game against Tuscola (Troy's high school). We were actually rooting for Reynolds since we are friends with the head coach Shane Laws. They played a great game, unfortunately they lost due to many horrible calls against them. Chase stayed in Waynesville with G-mama and G-daddy. Saturday, Troy and Chase hung out and watched the Wolfpack win a game... (something I haven't seen in a while), while I met up with Bryn Kennedy to check out the Munchkin consignment sale. Today we had a nice walk outside and then G-mama and G-daddy came for a visit. So far we have had an awesome 4 weeks with Chase. We can't believe he will be four weeks old. We will be posting more pictures soon- I just have to get them downloaded from our camera.

New Pictures of Chase

Libby Brady has posted her pictures of Chase.  They are great!  It will be hard to pick our favorites.  The website to see them is www.libbybradyphotography.com Click on client proofing and put in the password of ncstate.  The pictures are only available for 7 days starting today.  Let us know if you want to purchase one.  

This past week has been great.  It has been our first full week of no help- except for the fact that our BFG has provided us with wonderful meals.  It has been such a blessing to just open a package and eat.  The meals have been wonderful.  Thanks to the Guffey's, the Angels, and the Laws!  We are looking forward to the rest of the meals our BFG has planned for us.  We have the best class ever!  

Bryn Kennedy came over for a play date with Marianna this past Tuesday.  We went on a little adventure to Perks, the coffee shop down the block from our house.  Not too far away but enough to say we got out of the house which was a needed break.  The kids did well and so did the mom's.  

This evening I went to a dietetics meeting for 2 hours and Troy took care of Chase.  They both did well, despite Chase's cranky time.  

All right I better go Chase is crankin....

Hello all!

Chase will be 3 weeks old tomorrow.  Can you believe it?  Troy and I certainly can't.  It feels like I was having contractions yesterday.  

Last Sunday we had a special visit with my cousins  the D'Ambra family and Linda Plott and Julia and Amos Rich.   I have a picture with Susan my cousin that will be posted.  It was nice to see them- especially Charlotte and Seany!  It was also great to see Amos.  He is growing so fast.  Chase and Amos will be great friends!  

From 9/14/08

Well, last week Joanne stayed with us for 4 days.  We had such a great time.  We went to Asheville and walked around downtown.  Chase didn't make a peep and it was fun to get out of the house.  We went on little adventures each day Joanne was here.  We spent 3 hours in Babies R Us to get things for Chase.  One of my favorite things was a pee-pee tee-pee for when Chase goes outside of his diaper.  It seems as soon as his diaper comes off he has to pee:).   Mom and Dad are learning to take cover.  Joanne and I also went out to lunch at Salsa's.  Mommy's favorite restaurant.  Chase got tons of compliments.  I was proud.  It was sad when Joanne had to leave.  I'm sure it was hard for her to leave her 3 girls (Sarah, Kiersten, and Casey) and her husband Chris.  Thank you Chris, Carol, Barbara and Bruce for helping babysit.  I cherished the moments I had with Joanne.  She helped a lot- especially when she took late night shifts for me, fed me, and held Chase when I took naps.  

Daddy had a busy week with Carolina Connect and DigitalChalk but he was able to unwind on Saturday.  Chase slept on him for 3 hours!  Daddy enjoyed it as much as Chase.  Last night we went on a walk and realized there was a bike race right in our development.  We had no idea it was a block away.  We took some pictures of Chase in his stroller.  He looks so cute.

From 9/14/08

Well Chase is calling.  I will try to update as I can!  

Love to all from Laura, Troy and Chase!

P.S.

Check out this website: http://www.katycookproofing.com/darkroom/view/default.asp?darkroom/client/chase/

Katy Cook took some photo's ( www.katycookphotography.com ) at the hospital and created a slideshow!  It's great!

Chase's Blog

Well, we are a technology family and Daddy has created a blog for Chase. This will be great to keep everyone updated since we are spread out around the country. We want everyone to know Chase and its a great way to document all of his achievements. It's amazing to think how fast he will grow especially since he is already 12 days old. It feels like I was just on my labor inducing walks with Troy.

Today was one of our first day's without any help from our family (actually that is not entirely true) Grandpa Tolle (G-Daddy) came by for an hour after a meeting at church and held Chase. It's been wonderful to have all the help we have had. My Mom, Dad, and Uncle Craig stayed with us for Chase's first week of life and Troy's Mom stayed with us for the second week.

Today, we had a nice relaxing day filled with poopy diapers and spit up. We sang together and Chase and Daddy had arm wrestling matches. We are trying to teach Chase about his hands.

We found out yesterday that Chase is now 8 pounds and 1 ounce at his 2 week appointment (actually 11 days since birth). We are very happy with that especially since it is so hard to know how much he is eating when you breastfeed. Chase is a perfectly healthy little boy!

We also found out from Aunt Tara that Libby Brady has posted Chase's pictures that were taken on Wednesday. We had such a great time with Libby. She is so patient! It was hard for Chase to settle down but once he did Libby got some great shots. You can see the pictures on her blog.
We are so excited to see the rest of them. Thank you Libby!

Well that is about it. Please keep this as one of your favorites to find out the latest about Chase!