Like Father, Like Son

Chase's 1st Mardi Gras Parade

Last year, Chase was unable to attend any Mardi Gras parades because of his RSV. So this year Shane and I were excited to take Chase to see his very first Mardi Gras parade.

Today we met my family for the Slidell Dionysus parade. Chase absolutley LOVED it! He even figured out how to wave his hands for the floats and danced every time a band passed. He had so much fun, and Shane and I had a blast just watching him take it all in. I think we might try our luck tomorrow night with a night parade (Eve in Mandeville).

Thank You so much, Butsie and Sissy for inviting us to join you and hooking us up with a fantastic parade set up (we even had a bathroom)!

Our Little Monkey

Chase has really been climbing and getting into everything lately. His new trick is to climb his desk and get the toys off the top shelf of his toy box. He doesn't want Mamma to get it for him...he wants to do it all by himself!

I let him do it for the camera, and then I immediately took him off and told him that was a no-no. I'm sure it won't be long before he tries it again :-)




Also, Chase's vocabulary has definitely improved over the last couple of weeks. He tries to repeat everything (and I mean everything) we say. He also has learned a few of his colors (red, blue and green). Our little smarty pants!

I have a video of it, but for some reason, every time I try to post it I get an error message that says tag is not closed. Can anyone help with this?

Until then, here is a link to the video:
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l114/mperill/?action=view¤t=DSCN2491.flv

Fun Weekend!

This past weekend was very busy, tons of fun and unfortunately, I forgot my camera for most of it :-(

Friday night we brought dinner over to the Bourgs' house and Shane was able to meet their 1 month old daughter, Mary Frances, for the first time. She is PRECIOUS! Chase and Conner had fun playing before Chase passed out and Conner ate dinner and dessert with the grown-ups.

Saturday, Shane and I dropped Chase off at my sister, Julie's house in Mississippi. He spent the night with Jay and Roo while Shane and I headed home and went to 2 parties that both happened to be on our side of the lake! First we went to Brad and Colleen's engagement party and then we finished the night celebrating Josh's 30th birthday.

Shane and I planned on sleeping in on Sunday morning, but we were both up at 6:30. So we got dressed and had a nice breakfast at The Broken Egg. We came home and tried falling back asleep before we had to pick Chase up, but we just ended up talking for hours. It was nice to have some alone, adult, one on one time with each other.

Monday afternoon, Jay and Roo came over to spend the night with us because Julie and Tory had a work party in Mandeville. Chase had so much fun playing with his cousins this weekend, but he was very confused tonight when they weren't here. He kept saying "Jay Jay" and "Roo Roo" all night...it was so cute!

Thanks Boo Boo and Uncle Tory for letting Chase stay the night...we can't wait to do it again :-)

Mr. & Mrs. Jude Voltz

Congrautlations to Melissa and Jude Voltz. Their wedding was this past Saturday and we had a wonderful time. I only have a few pictures from the girls getting ready at Melissa's house before the wedding because I forgot to break out my camera during the reception. I will post more pictures as soon as someone sends me copies.