The Davis Family: Chase's 1st Birthday Parties

3.13.2009

Chase's 1st Birthday Parties

I cannot believe that my baby is already a 1 year old! It seriously makes me so sad and happy all at the same time!

We had two parties for him: one on the actual night of his birthday with just us and my mom and sisters, and then one the following Saturday with Great Grandma, Grandma, Mimi, Pops, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and friends. About 20 people in all!

Everyone had lots of fun celebrating Chase's first year!

I had to work the day of Chase's birthday but before I picked him up, I went home and blew up a bunch of balloons for him to play with! I think he had fun being surrounded and walking through all of the balloons!

That night, Brody helped him open presents!

He got a toy train and an inflatable bus with those plastic balls to throw all over the house!

Then it was time to sing Happy Birthday and eat cake! He was so sweet trying to blow out the candle!

And the fun mess begins!

So nice of him to share with Daddy!

Now he's really getting into it! I loved how he just went for it!

The aftermath! Chase was in heaven...we had to pry the cake away from him!

Straight into the sink to get cleaned up!

This was at his Saturday party. We did a monster theme since we call him monster. So that's the crazy balloon looming above him :)

We went with white cake this time...chocolate doesn't look quite as appetizing when it's smeared everywhere!

Then it was time to open more presents!

Chase did a pretty good job all by himself!

He didn't want to wait for me to get his little scooter out of the box, he was ready to ride!

Chase at 1 year:

weighs 23 pounds
is 30.5 inches long
started walking well at about 1 week before his birthday
has two bottom teeth and a top one is trying to poke through
says momma, dadda, bubba (Brody), hi, bye, more, bite, tickle, look it (points to everything and is so curious)
makes truck, dirt bike, and airplane noises
loves to play Patty-Cake
blows kisses (so super sweet)
loves to cuddle and give hugs and kisses
absolutely loves playing with Brody...it's one of my favorite things to watch
loves singing and dancing to music
eats anything and everything
loves being the center of attention
when wiping his face or brushing his teeth, he gives hugs to avoid doing it...total pain in the butt, but it's hilarious!
loves to do things to make people laugh

Chase is just such a loving little guy. His personality is really growing and we are so grateful that he is in our lives! He is a true blessing and we love watching him become such an incredible little man everyday! WE LOVE YOU CHASE!!

4 comments:

Dalton Family said...: I seriously cannot believe he is already ONE! He is so so so cute! I love how he was digging into his gifts like he knew exactly what to do and who it was for!

Time for another one:):):); March 21, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Jen said...: Those pictures are so cute and fun. A monster party?! How awesome! And I love the picture of him in the sink after his cake. Totally adorable.; March 24, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Sarah said...: That's so fun. I too love the sink picture.; March 26, 2009 at 7:16 PM
{jane} said...: happy birthday chase!

cute cute cute pictures!

p.s. if you "edit your post" and delete all the space before and after your html code, it will size your posts more correctly...make sense? -fyi-; March 28, 2009 at 11:10 PM

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Our Sweet, Crazy Brody

November, 2008 - Brody wants Christmas to be here soo bad! When he asks me when it will be here, I tell him that we have Thanksgiving first, and then it will be Christmas time. A few days later he comes up to me and asks, "Mom, when do we thanksgive?"
July 29, 2008 - When we were out to dinner at Applebee's, Brody was feeding Jared his apple slices. Jared had a mouthfull and couldn't eat anymore, so he was keeping his mouth shut. Brody insisted on forcing them into his mouth anyway and when Jared wouldn't open up anymore, Brody says "Stop jackin' around Dad!" I could not believe it!! We really need to watch what we say around him!
June 20, 2008 - Brody is totally potty trained now, but I still am in the habit of asking him every 30 minutes if he has to go. When I asked, he says yes and then Jared volunteers to take him. This must have made Brody very happy because his response was "Let's do it bro!" Brody really is very intelligent, even if his sometimes surfer-like vocabulary makes it sound otherwise!!!
June 20, 2008 - Chase was relaxing in his swing and Brody was playing with some toys, each doing their own thing. I was in the kitchen and hear Brody say "Chasers...what up dude?"
June 19, 2008 - While sitting in the McDonald's drive thru, waiting in a forever-long line, Brody asks, "Are you going to open the window, or what?"
May 23, 2008 - I was driving home with the boys in the back seat. I hear Brody counting, but instead of counting in order, he is all over the place....1,10,7,25,63. I ask him, "What kind of counting is that?" Brody explains "I'm counting in Spanish Mommy!" Oh, of course, how could I have not known that!
April 15, 2008 - Jared and I are always telling Brody how smart he is. So now, when Brody asks us about something and we give him an answer, he tells us, "You're so smart!" Nice to know our child thinks we are intelligent also!
March 15, 2008 - The four of us went to breakfast at the Original Pancake House after the Boulder City Easter Egg Hunt. I ordered Brody an orange juice because that is what he wanted. The waitress tells me that it is fresh squeezed and has a lot of pulp in it. I think to myself that it couldn't be that much pulp and tell her that he will be fine. As we are eating, Brody takes a drink of his orange juice and pulls it away with a look of disgust on his face! He hands it to me and says, "It has fuzz in it!" I guess the pulp was a bit too much for him! So, as my punishment for not listening to the waitress, I spend the rest of breakfast drinking from a plastic kiddie cup while having to help Brody every time he wants a drink because I had to hand over my large glass of apple juice.
Jared got home from a hard day of work and was laying on the floor with his eyes closed. Brody walked over to him to see what he was doing. He then pats Jared on top of the head, leans in and asks, "You tired little Buddy?"
Jared and I are no longer Dad and Mom to Brody. He now refers to us as Buddy and Babe when talking to us!
I was flipping through the tv channels and stopped on the Christina Aguilara concert. Brody loves music and started watching it with me. He always comments on girls' hair and says, "She have nice hair, Mommy." I agree with him and say, "Yes, she is very pretty and such a good singer." He continues watching it, very intently, and then comes to the realization, "She have nice boobs too!" I could not believe this! I'm going to have my hands full with this one!
February 7, 2008 - I was getting ready for a doctors appointment and changing my clothes when Brody looks at me, points and asks, "Is that my brother in there?" He is so ready for his baby brother to be here!
Brody is constantly giving my prego belly hugs and kisses because to him, he is giving Chase hugs and kisses when he does this. Jared and I always ask him if he loves his brother and he always says yes. On this day, Brody walked over to my belly, hugged and kissed it and then said, "I love you Chase." Brody melts my heart every day!
I was sitting on the couch, rubbing lotion on my enormous, pregnant, itchy belly when Brody came over and wanted to help. I gave him some lotion to put on my belly. When he was finished, he says "There you go Chase." He is such a caretaker! I love him so much!
December 23, 2007 - I was sitting on the floor with Brody and said "Ouch." Brody is always very concerned when anyone is hurt or in pain so he asked "Are you ok Mommy?" I told him that I was fine. A few moments later, after Brody was thinking for a while, he announces to me "I want to be a doctor, make people feel better!" I could not believe that he had put the two together! What kind of 2 year old has aspirations to be a doctor?! Brody is such a caring and sweet boy, we are so blessed!!!