Jaguars vs. Titans

We went to the Jaguars game this afternoon and had a great time! We picked a really good game to go to! We headed downtown this morning about 10am to tailgate w/ some friends from Nick's work. The boys had a great time and wore themselves out...they both took naps during the game!! The game was pretty one-sided for the first half w/ the Jags winning big time! We decided to go ahead and leave at halftime since the boys had had such a long day! They both did really well though, and they are looking forward to going to another game! Thanks Pop Pop and GiGi for giving us the tickets for today!

Watch out World, Here He Comes!!

Cole is officially walking! He started taking a bunch of steps last weekend, and now he is really on the move! Here are a couple of videos of him this afternoon!! He's still a little stiff, but his confidence is definitely up!

Happy 1st Birthday to Cole!!

I can't believe our littlest guy is 1 year old today. His first year went by way too fast, but we have enjoyed every minute of it (well, most of it anyway)!! We are looking forward to his birthday party on Saturday! Hopefully everyone in our house will be over this virus that we are passing around. Cole was home sick on Friday and Chase came home sick yesterday! They are both back at daycare/preschool today and things are good so far! Keep your fingers crossed for us. The house is being de-germified as we speak, so hopefully that will help!

We gave Cole a couple of presents this morning...he didn't seem to be too impressed, and he let Chase open them for him! Maybe it was just too early! He's not the morning person that his big brother is! Chase actually gave Cole his gift last night b/c he just couldn't wait any longer!! Chase definitely takes after me in the gift department!! I got to open my bday gift early thanks to him too!! We came home one evening last week and he said "Mommy, we wrapped your present this morning. Do you want to open it?" I said that I would wait until my birthday, and then Chase said "Ok, it's a new iPod" and walked off!! I couldn't stop laughing! Then the next day he proceeded to tell me that he got me a card that sings and then he went on to say that it sings Celebration!! He is hilarious! After all that, Nick gave in and let me open the gift!! Thanks Chase!!! :-)

I have a big pot of meatballs cooking at home for Cole's birthday dinner. I am hoping they turn out good!! I can't wait to walk in and smell them along with the clean house...2 of the best smells ever!!

Here are a couple of pics of Cole opening his gifts!

So Far, So Good!

Chase is having a great week at school so far! He's been really excited to talk to us about how much fun he is having. Watch and see what he had to say last night...

First day of SCHOOL!!!

So, how is this possible? I know it is just preschool, but still! I just can't believe my first born son is going to school!! I am so excited for him, but sad that he is growing up so fast. I was a bit nervous about how things were going to go this morning. I was fully expecting Chase to cry and beg us not to leave him. Well, I was WRONG!! He was a little bit nervous when we got there, but that passed as soon as he walked into the classroom. He went right over and started talking to his teacher about the nature walk that he and Nick went on in the park yesterday. Then he pointed to the United States map and started talking about that! He was definitely making himself at home. He came over and hugged me and Nick and then when back to what he was doing. When it was time for us to go, he just waved goodbye!! We walked out in disbelief! We were both a little sad, but we know he is going to love it! I can't wait to pick him up so I can hear all about his first day. I know he is going to have a lot to talk about!!

Jags Game

We went to the Jaguars/Bucs preseason game on Sautrday night. The boys had a great time. Chase was excited to be at a live football game, and Cole was just busy soaking everything in!! Chase was ready to leave around halftime, but as soon as we started to walk out of the stadium, he saw this little field and wanted to play on it. He always asks if he can go on the field, so he was really excited about this!! We plan to go back in October and hopefully will be able to stay a little longer!!

Chase's last day at Momma Faye's

It's hard to believe that 3 and 1/2 years have passed so quickly! We were fortunate enough to find Momma Faye soon after Chase was born, and he started there when he was just 12 weeks old. She's like a part of our family after all this time. Chase has really grown and learned a lot from her, and she was really sad to see him go. She will still be keeping Cole for us, so at least we aren't leaving altogether! She's stuck with us for a little while longer! :-)