Welcoming Summer!

Chase is in for a long summer! Many of you may have already learned of Chase's accident. He and Maia were playing in the backyard on their slide, Chase fell and came up with a mouth full of blood. Later that evening, his tooth fell out! We took him to the dentist to find out that there is no damage to any of his adult teeth (I hesitate to call them permanent teeth because in his case, you never know). It'll only be another 8 years or so with a toothless smile! It doesn't seem to bother him at all, though. He sticks straws, food and his tongue through the new hole.

Chase got his first summer hair cut last weekend. He did such a good job! He sat in the airplane and watched the girl cut his hair...then drenched the cape with slobber from the dum dum the girl gave him. I don't know what the girl thought would happen when you hand a 16 month old a sucker, but it was gross!The finished product...handsome little man! Random picture of Maia pushing her little brother around Zona Rosa after the hair cut.

Speaking of teeth, Maia had some work done this week...poor little thing! Here she is with her "elephant nose". She thought this was so funny! She did not think this was quite so funny...her lip was numb for hours afterwards. She's still a little swollen, but doing much better!

Getting ready to go on one of our daily walks.

Summer is finally here! The kids had fun in the sun with their friends Jack and Bella. Getting all 4 of them in a picture is always a challenge...Barney was a bonus! Drink break

Happy Mother's Day!

We went to the Kansas City Zoo for Mother's Day. Mom's got in free and got free ice cream! The weather turned out to be just perfect. The kiddos were so good, and had a lot of fun. Mom and the kids Maia and Jen watching the animal show

Chase pointed to every animal and called it "cat"

Peek-a-boo Sleepy little boy...he made it until 2:15 (pretty impressive)

Maia acting like the flamingos

Pooped

Maia is 3! Go Cards! Easter!

It's so hard to believe that our little princess is already 3! Time flies! We went to the doctor yesterday for Maia's 3 year check up...She's doing great! Chase also went yeasterday for his 15 month visit. Poor little guy has had a rough week...that was his 3rd visit. He had a fever last week for a couple days that wouldn't go away, turns out he had an ear infection. A few days later, his 8th tooth busted through! Then, we got a call from daycare saying he had a rash and needed a note from the doctor to go back (trip#2). His rash was just due to getting over the ear infection...Maia used to do the same thing. To top it all off, he got 3 shots yesterday. Hopefully he's done with the doctor for a little while.

So here are the new stats:

Maia - Weight: 37.8lb (90-95%) Height: 40.25in (>95%)

Chase - Weight: 24.2lb (25-50%) Height: 30.75 (50-75%)

We had a really busy weekend in St. Louis last weekend. Maia celebrated her birthday at Grandma and Papa Buck's house this year. The only thing she asked for was a princess birthday cake...She's a little into princesses these days! She also got a big girl bike from Aunt Laura and Uncle Matt (of course it's a princess bike). She LOVES it! She was able to ride it around in Grandma and Grandpa's basement and was actually really good. She even pulled out a few tricks, throwing her legs out to the side and standing up on the pedals. She also got a tee ball set from Grandma and Papa. It took her a little while to get the coordination down. Uncle Matt and Dad worked with her for a while. Then they figured out that she bats lefty! Since that discovery, she can really blast the ball!

While in St. Louis Matt, Laura, Bart, and I went to watch the Cardinals. Bart and I hadn't been to a game at the new Busch Stadium. The weather was perfect! We had incredible seats...8 rows back, just pass third base (thanks Ronny). Aside from fearing for our lives with every foul ball that came our way, it was a great game...WE WON!

The kids had a really good Easter. I think they ate more candy on Easter than they've eaten in their whole lives. Chase really started getting the idea of hunting for eggs. However, he treated the real eggs like baseballs and kept throwing them (he's got a good little arm). When he saw that they cracked, he would push his thumb through the shell...gross. Maia had a great time with all of her cousins. We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

Random

We went to visit Aunt Laura in Columbia to watch the last gymnastics meet...the kids had so much fun! Chase danced and sang to all the music, and Maia really liked watching the girls do flips! But the most exciting thing about the whole day was Truman the Tiger. Neither kid could keep their eyes off him...Maia wanted to give him hugs and "big fives" and Chase wanted to make sure he didn't come within 10 feet of him.Chase wouldn't stop staring!

Yesterday, Cerner had an Easter egg hunt for the employee's kids. There were so many people there. It was Chase's first time hunting Easter eggs (he was a little to little last year).

Chase discovered his new favorite sport. He could really throw that ball, even though it weighed about as much as he does!

Maia got her face painted...she just had to have a butterfly!

Maia took this picture of us...not too bad. However, this was her 6th attempt.

So cute!

SNOW!!

Maia and Chase finally got to use their Christmas presents from Santa! The kids LOVED their new sleds! Chase was so bundled up that he couldn't really move, but he was perfectly happy getting pulled around in his sled and watching Maia fly down the hills on hers. Maia also decorated our front lawn with snow angels...it's heavenly:)

UPDATES

Maia and Chase got their hair cut this week (I'm a horrible mom, and forgot the camera). I told the kids if they were really good while getting their hair cut, they could have a special treat. Maia decided her special treat would be to go to "Old McDonald's". I was a little nervous about taking two little kiddos to McDonald's by myself during the lunch rush, which was also nap time, but they were so good!

Chase has a few new tricks up his sleeve these days, too. He found out what a nose is! The only problem is that he sticks his finger up his own nose when you ask him where it is... I guess he's just about as accurate as you can get! He has also been adding quite a few new words to his vocabulary. His first word was "ball," followed by "more, Maia, cat, bye, dada" and just today has been saying "baby" when he holds Maia's dolls. Soon he'll be talking just as much as his big sister!

CHEEEESE!

Happy Birthday, Chase! Not too sure about the birthday hat.

Some of his birthday toys...he was a VERY lucky boy!

Chase went to the doctor yesterday for his 1 year well-baby visit. Poor little guy got 3 shots...Maia was so concerned. She held my hand and kept asking "Is him ok?" He was 29 and 3/4 inches, putting him in the 50th percentile for height, and he weighed 21.14lbs, putting him in the 25-35th percentile for weight. His weight has really slowed down since he started walking, and the stomach bug over Christmas set him back a few pounds, but the doctor wasn't the least bit concerned...saying he'll catch up no problem. According to his evaluation, he is doing some 15 and 16 month old developmental tasks! I can't believe our little boy is 1 already!