picture time

Last Thursday and again on Sunday (Neither Mase or Chase were in a picture taking mood Thursday evening - so they came back again Sunday-- thanks again for doing that!!)we had family pictures taken by my very talented friend Michaela and her husband at Sustad Photography - this is a 'sneak peek' at a few of them - I can't WAIT to see the rest!!! I am especially in love with the one of Mason & Chase together! Just couldn't wait until morning to share- I am off to bed! ((probably should've went to bed an hour ago after both boys were out))

hurray for electricity!

Our electricity is back on after a 23-hour hiatus! Hurray!!! It went out Monday about 6:30 - and when we woke up (after having a *slumber party* in the living room with my boys because it was too hot upstairs) it STILL wasn't back on... So after Mase went to daycare, Chase & I went to spend the day at my parents' house. I got a couple scrapping pages done:

now today my plan is to start doing some of the things on my "to-do" list from yesterday!!!

chase joseph buzick

we are so incredibly in LOVE with this little guy!

Chase Joseph was welcomed to the world at 5:06PM on Friday -

weighing in at 9 pounds, 8.7 oz!

He is such a great little baby - so mellow, happy, and content!

Mason has been such a good big brother to him - calls him "my baby." Loves to give him lots and lots of hugs and kisses. Loves when he is awake, always wants to wake Chase up when he is not.

Chase had his first doctor's appointment yesterday (weight check) - he is almost right back up to his birth weight.

After, we survived our first trip to Target as a family of FOUR.

Chase slept the entire time.

Mason got some new TOY STORY wall decals for his room (he and daddy hung them up last night, Mason picked where they went). He has been a champ at sleeping in his new big boy bed, in his new room! We were so worried that he was going to be crawling in and out all night - but he hasn't done that at all.

Bobby has been home with me during my maternity leave so far- doing ALL of the cleaning, cooking, even brought me LUNCH (..and breakfast too) in bed!

life is wonderful.

8 days and counting...

8 days or less to go until Baby B #2 gets here. Insane! I cant believe how fast the past 9 months have gone by... July has seemed to go by the fastest of them all!

Tomorrow is our 2nd to last doctor appointment - so excited to meet this little guy! We have been "talking" quite a bit on my way to/from work appointments - I've been trying to prepare him for life in the 'outside' world! Have everything packed up and ready to go to the hospital... his clothes are all washed and folded. I told myself when Mason was first born that I was NOT going to fold onsies/pjs/burp cloths for our 2nd baby because they always just end up messy anyway, but it was just too fun to fold them all again, since they are so small!

Last night we put together Mason's toddler bed and started to get his new room ready. The PLAN was to get everything done WELL before the baby got here so that Mason wouldn't feel like he was being kicked out of his room (even though he is getting an upgrade to a bigger room!)

One of the BIG things we had going on in July was Mason's first swimming lessons. He had them in the baby pool, and his class was called "Guppies." He LOVED LOVED it! Everyday I picked him up from daycare he would ask "swimming?" Even better, quite a few of his little friends were in the same class. So fun to watch them try their hardest to be patient... There were 10 kids and 3 lifeguards teaching!

We were also busy with going to Bobby's softball games - at the tournament we went to watch in Crookston he even hit a home run! We must be good luck!!

Last week was the Marshall County Fair-- we went most of the nights! My grandparents were even in a program for Warren's Outstanding Senior Citizens (and in the parade too!) So proud of you guys! I realized took 250+ pictures while at the fair -- will need to post more of them later as it's getting late....