Chase Update

Life gets so busy and I can't believe that it has been so long since I have updated my blog. I really don't have a good excuse except I'm chasing around a very busy 2 1/2 year old. It's hard to put into words what an amazing little boy Chase is becoming. He is such a lovable, smart, messy, busy, well pretty much perfect little boy. He has been pretty slow to talk. Well in the past 2 months he has really come a long way. He is still hard to understand because he talks soooo fast like his Dad but he is really showing progress. He doesn't like to take anytime out of his busy day and sit down to eat. He likes to take a bit then run and play. He then comes back around for a bit every minute or so. In the past month he has learned to ride his trike. Nick never thought he was going to learn or show interest. Then one day he got on and is cruising everywhere. He loves to play outside and roll in sand. He absolutely loves his Dad. He loves to wrestle and play on him all the time. I could go on for hours about Chase. Hope you enjoy all the photos.. It's a good way to see his little personality.

Thanksgiving with my Family

This year was your parents turn to visit the Desert for Thanksgiving. It was so much fun to spend time with my parents. My Brother wasn't able to make it this year and he was missed. We invited our old neighbors Victor and Ellen to join us. The week was a little bit cooler then normal but it was still gorgeous. It didn't seem to hold the guys back from playing golf 3 days. I just feel so grateful to have such an amazing family and husband. Every year I think back about how luck we all are to have each other. It's so much fun to have our own little family and start making some of our own traditions. Since we have moved to Arizona the time that we share with family is so special and I try to enjoy every minute of it. Here are a couple pictures from Thanksgiving. Chase just can't seem to get enough of his Nana and Papa. He still talks about them visiting everyday and wondering why they left. He thinks they left to go and get George (my parents dog), check on the boat, play in the snow with boots on. It's so fun to hear Chase talk about what he thinks is going on......

Update soon to come

Hi Everyone,

I have been so horrible about updating my blog. All in AZ is going great. My parents just came down for a week and spent Thanksgiving with us. It was so perfect. I will update this week with pictures and try to get caught up.

Love you all..Steph

Vegas Girls Getaway and Lady Gaga Concert

I just got home from an awesome girls weekend in Vegas. It was the first time that I have left Chase over night with his Daddy. The boys did great. We went to see the Lady Gaga concert and it was so awesome. It was sold out and she played at the MGM. Over 17,000 people. She puts on a very good show with all the different props and costumes. Highly recommend going to see her if you get the chance. We did some pool time, relaxing, shopping, had our makeup done at MAC, yummy restaurants, and cocktails. On Saturday night we went and saw Jersey Boys. It was about Frankie Valli and the 4 seasons. It was awesome!!! Also highly recommend going to see that show. Really fun weekend but I was ready to get home and see my boys. I misses them both very much. I have an amazing husband that treated me to such a great getaway. Thanks Nick! Love you :)

Ponderosa Pines Camping Trip

We have been planning on taking a family camping trip over the 4th of July for the past couple of months. SOOOO looking forward to getting out of the 116 degree temps that have hit AZ. We love going up North about 20 miles outside of Payson AZ. It's only about a 90 min drive. Long story short our Motor Home (the HOG) wasn't wanting to run very well. We went to pick it up out of storage on Wednesday night and ir didn't make it home. Luckily Nick made it to an Auto Zone. Over the next 2 days we found out that it needed a new alternator and fuel pump. YUCK!!!!!! It wasn't finished until later Friday night so we didn't end up leaving until Saturday Morning. Which was going to make out camping trip a total of about 35 hours because Nick had to work Monday Morning. But let me tell you it was soooo worth it. It was in the mid 80's and love 50's at night. It was so beautiful and a perfect little break from this horrible heat. We went on a couple of awesome hikes and Chase LOVES the motor home and camping. It was so peaceful and perfect to spend time together as a family. Nick has been very busy with work. He worked over 65 hours that week leaded up to this trip. So we loved having his time and attention :) Despite all the $, problems, and Headaches that the HOG gives us it was a ton of fun. I forgot our camera on the hikes but at least I got a couple of pictures :)

Blog Format

I'm having technical difficulties with my blog settings. Sorry it's kind of all over the place. The captains aren't under the photos and I can't seem to get it fixed. But... look on the bright side I updated our blog :)

Sesame Street Live

Leaving the house for the show!!!!!



My Handsome boys! Enjoying our Family night



Couldn't get Chase to look at the camera but this is proof that I was there



Hard to get a good picture but it was an awesome show :) Made me feel like a kid again



My boys walking to the show (it was 110 degrees a little warm but still fun)



Queen Pizza for dinner before the show


We took Chase to see Sesame Street Live. He was in Heaven. He is just in love to Elmo and all the Sesame Street characters. It was at the Mesa Art Center, which is a totally awesome building and location. We went last Wednesday and he is still talking about it everyday at least 4 or 5 times. It's so fun to have him at this age where he is starting to enjoy going to shows and interacting with new things one a different level. He sat for 90 mins in totally awwwww and just clapped. So fun :)

Update soon!

Hi Everyone! I promise I will update our blog very soon. Everything in AZ is going well :)

My Amazing Dad

I just have to take a minute and write a huge thank you to my DAD!!! I'm so blessed to have the worlds best Dad. He is such a thoughtful, caring, loving, smart, and ETC.. I could go on forever. He has always been an amazing dad to our family. Ever since little Chase has been born he has showed a new side of him. He has always just loved little children. He loves to play with them and he takes so much time to make children feel so special and loved. On my first x-mas he gave me a set of plans for my play house. My play house isn't just a normal little thing. It's got two levels, with carpet, tile, electricity, a kitchen, and all the bells and whistle. My mom just sent me some pictures of what he has been working on. He put up a new little white fence, a new teeter tooter for Chase and new sand to play in. I want more then anything to run over and huge him and thank him. Chase is so lucky to have such a special PAPA! Chase loves Papa in a very special way. Thanks DAD for all the special things you do to enrich our lives. It's also an awesome addition to your yard. I just loved helping you build that playhouse when I was little. I know Chase is going to have a lot of good memories in there as well. Thanks for being you :)

Some Big Changes

Our little Chase turned 2 on March 4th. I can't believe it's been 2 year already. I have been so bad with updating our blog in the past 6 months. We have been so busy with company and house/yard stuff. I know that is a lame excuse but it's the truth! I just had to write about Chase today. He hasn't been much of a talker yet in the way of using his words. He uses his face expressions for everything instead of talking. Well yesterday it was like someone turned a switch on him. He's trying to talk soooo much more and doing a great job at it. He was sitting in his highchair coloring in his Sesame Street book and he pointed at Big Bird and said it perfect. It made me tear up, I was sooo proud of him. It's hard to understand everything he is saying but oh my gosh it's so cute. I so struggle some days with living away from family and our close friends. I have so much I want to share in our daily life that I just can't. Chase is one of those toddlers that can bring a smile to any ones face at anytime. He is such a little flirt and showoff when he is comfortable. Currently his very favorite thing is Basketball. OMG he always has little basketballs in his hands. He likes to take them in the crib at night when he goes to sleep. The Ellerbeck's got him a small basketball hoop for his Birthday and he drags that around the house all the time. You can imagine this makes Nick really happy. Son + Basketball = perfect in Nicks eyes. It's awesome! Everything with Nick and I are going really well. Nick is doing great at work and still working a lot. I'm just loving being a Mom and love that I can stay home with Chase and enjoy everyday with him. I feel so blessed! Looking forward to the summer this year because of the pool. I usually start to get kind of grumpy after the end of May but this summer is going to be awesome. We're hoping that Chase will like the pool more this season. Love and miss you all. Hope all is going well :)

Chase is almost 2...Finally an update

I thought I better get myself into gear and update our blog. Life in the past month has been kind of crazy. Poor little Chase caught a horrible stomach virus that ended him up in 2 different hospitals and a totally of 3 nights. He was so sick! He was sick for over 9 straight days and it took a totally of 14 days to get back to somewhat normal. The virus actually shut down his digestive track and intestines. He wasn't able to keep any food or fluid down. He was put on nothing but IV fluid for 40 hours. It was so hard to watch him suffer so much. Honestly, I haven't ever been so emotionally drained in my whole life. Both Nick and I also caught the virus but it only lasted about 24 hrs for us. It was so great that Nick was so strong because I really needed that. The good thing is that it's over and he is doing great. He is changing everyday. He is so much fun and so adorable. He is the worlds biggest flirt. He is starting to talk more. He still isn't saying a ton but he has about 12 words that he is saying really well. He communicates so much with his body language and eyes. We're just so lucky to have been blessed with such an amazing little guy. He will brighten up any ones day and make you smile. It's really hard to be firm with him on certain things because he makes me laugh. He loves the park and running around outside in the beautiful AZ weather. I could honestly go on and on for hours about him and his daily life. Here are some recent pictures. Love you all

So behind

I know...I know.... I'm so behind on my updates and life!!! I will update very soon. Everything is great in AZ. Love you all