Funny story

I forgot! Something really funny happened during Sacrament on Sunday. A little boy named Hyrum was sitting in front of us. Hyrum is about one. Hyrum was a little restless and kept walking around and playing on the ground by us. About halfway through the meeting, he squeezed through the chairs and came and stood right next to Chase's carrier which was on the floor. He was pointing at him and saying something. I thought he was saying "baby". So I was like "Yeah, its a baby! Do you see the baby?" He kept saying the word and all of a sudden he grabbed Chases binky out of his mouth and tried to put it in his mouth. His mom about died! I was laughing so hard, and I grabbed it before he got it in his mouth. His mom passed a binky back and then he was happy. But apparently he thought that Chase had his binky. And now I know that he was not interested in the baby at all, but rather his binky. Chase was a little bewildered.

Katie got a calling

This picture has nothing to do with anything. I just love that hat! It is too big thus far, but it has cute little sailboats on it and I am excited for Chase to wear it this summer. Well, I got a calling in our ward on Sunday. Tim and I were hoping to get called to teach primary again, partly because we love teaching the little kids, and partly because we love spending all 3 hours together! It wasn't to be, and they called me to be Nursery Coordinator. My co-coordinator, Britney, is really fun and I am learning a lot from her. We have 5 nurseries so it is a ton of kids, but so far I really enjoy it. We pretty much make supplements for the teachers, make sure no sick kids come to nursery, take roll, get instructions from parents, deal with crying kids, take messy kids to their parents, bring snacks, find substitutes, clorox the toys, and make sure the teachers aren't beating any of the kids up. We also do singing time with each class, which is way fun. The kids all have little pieces of carpet they get to sit on, and they pick a "beam" off of a poster of the sun that has 10 songs on it that they learn. The bishop assigned Tim to baby duty on Sundays, and I have found that I really miss Chase when he's away for a couple hours. Otherwise, so far I am really enjoying this new calling, and am grateful to feel purposeful at church. Since practically everyone in our ward has a child in nursery (literally), I also get to meet all the parents and siblings, so that has been nice. I am working on learning all these kids names, which is pretty difficult when there are so many kids.

Other updates on our lives, we took Chase back to the pediatrician and he is gaining weight well so they are leaving him on his GERD medicine. We got a virus in our fishtank and lost some of our best friends :( Tim sold off this huge amp that has been taking up half our office (thanks baby), and bought a new electric guitar which he loves. Chase adores listening to him play it. Tim is also finishing up the semester at BYU and has finals next week. I have one online class left to finish by August, and my graduation is next week. My family is coming in town from Colorado Springs and we are especially excited to play with Dan. We saw this house in Orem and the front lawn is COVERED in lawn gnomes (no joke, there are trinkets everywhere). So we are pretty excited to take Dan there. We enjoyed the beautiful weather here yesterday and were ecstatic to wear our flip flops. We also barbecued out on the deck for dinner and that was a lot of fun. That is about all for today.

-Katie

A Weekend with the Hemingways

So now that it is almost Friday again, I am finally getting around to posting about last weekend. Weekends at our house are awesome. Tim and I are both just big kids and we love to play. Last weekend we took Chase to the Aquarium (video below). We also made a trip to north Salt Lake to try a little place called Paradise Cafe and Bakery. We saw it over a year ago as we were driving back from playing in Park City, and being Panera-deprived here in Utah, I told Tim we had to stop. We got all excited only to realize that it wasn't actually open yet. So last weekend, finally, we had lunch there. It was really good. I really liked the atmosphere, and the place has lots of yummy baked goods. Although we only split a chocolate chip cookie, it was the best cookie I've ever eaten- warm, and gooey, and chocolatey... Lunch was good too, but not amazing. I have since found out, that there is one even closer to us, by SouthTowne Mall in Sandy if anyone wants to try it. I would recommend it. Here is a picture of Tim and Chase in front of the Cafe:

Also on Saturday we bought Chase a rashguard! We are going on a cruise with my family this summer, and when I saw the tiny little rashguards I just had to get one for him. Plus it will keep Chase from getting sunburned :) I also got him some little sunglasses from Children's Place. Here is a picture of our kiddo, all ready for summer!

As a sidenote, I figured out something today as I was putting the rashguard on him. Chase has had a little problem with his clothes fitting. His clothes will be really baggy and wide, yet his pants will barely touch his ankles. Some of his overalls seriously look like shortalls. I looked at the Koala Baby size chart today and realized that at 13 pounds Chase is just at the top of the 0-3 size for weight (where he should be), but at 26 inches he is at the bottom of the 6-9 size for length (not where he should be...)! No wonder all of his clothes fit funny... He is one lonnnnng kid.
-katie

Poor Baby, Takes After His Daddy

We took Chase to the pediatrician today, and as Katie had predicted, Mr. C suffers from GERD (or Acid Reflux Disease if you prefer). The kid doesn't have my looks, but he has my stomach. So the doctor put him on some medication, which should hopefully clear it up over the next few months.

As for a few other quick updates on Chase, he weighed in at 13 lbs, he's 26 inches, and the doctor confirmed that Chase's TOP teeth aren't far away. Chase wouldn't let him get a good look at his bottom gumline, but Katie still swears she can see them right below the surface. Also yesterday, Chase pushed his binky back in his mouth for the first time. He used the back of his fist not his fingers, but it was exciting for us. If you saw him when he was born, you probably wondered if he was really our child since his hair was so DARK, but it has been lightening up a lot and is turning blonde. He still has those big blue eyes!

When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Food Critic

Katie and I love to try out new restaurants together, in fact we keep an on going list of new places we need to try. Since the list is always growing, we decided to make a small dent in it this evening by paying a visit to American Forks', Cobblestone Cafe.

Now it should be noted that Katie and I are lovers of great sandwiches; we love Kneaders, Gandolfo's, Zupas, and more recently Paradise Cafe and Bakery... but mark my words, none of them, and I repeat none of them, even compare to the chicken avocado cashew sandwich at Cobblestone. Words cannot describe how amazing this sandwich is... in my 27 years of life, never have I enjoyed such a dining pleasure. The sandwich was so good, that we both altogether forgot about the personal pizza we had also ordered (which was likewise very good... not as good as the sandwich, but good), and took turns taking bites out of this amazing croissant based delicacy. Cobblestone cafe receives my highest recommendation, I will be frequenting them often, and consequently buying Mark dinner at Tucano's, but it is all worth it to be able to revisit this Mecca of sandwichdom.
-Tim

Edit from Katie: He's not exaggerating. It really is that good. I kept sneaking bites of his sandwich when he went to fill up our drinks... I also hear they have an amazing artichoke dip sandwich. We'll have to try that one tomorrow. I mean, next week. :) Also, I begged Tim to eat here forever just because it looks so cute from the outside, and I have to tell you, it is just as cute on the inside! They have really done a great job decorating it, and I loved reading all the little sayings on the wall. It is very quaint, they even have little flowerboxes inside. Women will love this place if you are looking for somewhere to take a date!

I wish Tuesday was the day before Saturday...

This has been a hard week for me. I know, it's only Tuesday right? Well, it has still been a hard week. All two days of it. Usually the week flies by and I can't believe how fast the weekends come, which I love because it means Chase and I get to play with Tim for two full days. This week... not the case. It feels like it should at least be Friday by now.

I have been pretty cranky the last few days. Sometimes I wish I was still pregnant so I would at least have an excuse for irrational behavior. But then I remember actually being pregnant and change my mind. I am still determined that Chase will be an only child.

Besides for some dead fish, a bad nightmare (yes I am five years old and still get those), serious sleep deprivation, and 4 inches of snow to add to my crankiness, Chase has mysteriously turned into Mr. Crankypants as Tim terms it. Maybe we are just spoiled because Chase has been a little angel since he was born. But suddenly he is so fussy and needy. He hates being put down, even for a minute, and suddenly never seems to sleep. Chase has also learned to scream. Sometimes in delight (very cute), sometimes to get attention (he is such a faker, its ridiculous). Either way it leads to killer migraines.

Despite all of this, Chase is still incredibly good-tempered, which leads me to believe not that he has Multiple Personality Disorder, but that he's not feeling so hot this week. He doesn't have a temperature, but like I said, he has been really fussy (especially when eating), sucking on his fists, and drooling incessantly. We're not talking a little baby drool here, we're talking CUPS of drool. He even choked on his own drool in the store the other day. Which, leads me to believe that my poor child either has acid reflux (GERD), or is teething...

I know, too early for teething, right? I don't know, I swear I can see two little white bumps on his lower gums (for real). We're waiting for the pediatrician to get back with us, so that we can get this little guy checked out, and hopefully make him feel better. So yeah, I would say I'm starting to get a real taste of motherhood, and as much as I hate seeing Chase sad, and I hate being sleep deprived and snappy, when he smiles I kind of forget everything and just feel my heart jump for a second. I am amazed at how much I love this sweet child, and how seeing him laugh or smile can brighten my day.

Oh yeah, and today I ate 6 cookies to make myself feel better. So yeah, so much for being underweight. By the way, I didn't feel better after I ate them, I just felt guilty. Guess it's time to go run on the treadmill... And find a local meeting of Emotional Eaters Anonymous.

Hopefully next time I will be less cranky, as will Chase.

Until next time,

Katie

Sleepy Baby Video

Here is a video of sleepy little Chase! Enjoy!



Edit from Katie: Tim thinks the end of this video is funny, but I would like to add a disclaimer- "Coping with Death" was the 22nd Chapter in my Consumer Health textbook, thus explaining why I was reading this, and why I had to read about how to choose a coffin. I am not just weird.