Here is Chasers cruising along . He looks too cute in his onesie :) He became a very busy kid over the holiday season, crawling and cruising.

Metz and I had a hot chocolate party :) This was one of the nights Cort was on call and so in the Advent Calendar it said we needed a hot chocolate party and movie night. Metz was in heaven and I had fun too.

Ready for the first snow. We finally had snow in the first of December (I'm not complaining, I'm surprised). Metz just had to go play in it.

Oh and along with cruising and crawling Chase decided to add to those with cleaning out my cupboards! that is a lot of C's.

I do not remember Metz being into so many things. I honestly think there isn't a cupboard upstairs that he hasn't emptied yet. Busy busy.

Summer/Fall Favorites

Metz and Cort went fishing in Idaho one afternoon and Metz caught both of these fish!! One was 18 inches long! Holy Cow. He had a ton of fun with his dad.

We went on a Butler Family reunion to Jackson Hole and West Yellowstone. We just spent the weekend but had a blast with my family. It was a great getaway. During a long drive we told Metz to keep his eyes open for animals . . . well after some time he got a little annoyed (since he had seen anything) and before we know it he says "I've seen nothing"! Luckily the next day we saw a whole bunch of animals and he even got to take pictures of them (one of his favorite things to do).

We went to Kanab Utah again. This time we cut fire wood (so fun) and Metz got to shoot a gun with his daddy for the first time. We had bottles set up and all that fun stuff and he tried his hardest to hit them. He really enjoyed shooting guns with his dad, uncles and grandpa. He also loved the woods. He feel asleep in the back seat on the way home - tuckered out from all the fun.

One of my favorite pictures of the boys!

Me and Chasers enjoying Grandma Leavitt's dried apples :) YUM!

I'm Sorry

Here is our sweet Chase at 10 months after his breakfast. I was hoping this would get me some forgiveness for being a slacker with the blog. Chase is now 25 pounds and is SOOOOO busy. He is also thinking he is super funny when he tries to bite us or takes things off the tree. Chase will be trouble. Cute, Sweet and Trouble.

MIA - we're back. . .

Yes, I have been missing in action for awhile so here are a few things Metz has been busy doing over the summer. . .

His pea plant that he planted at Preschool produced a PEA!!! (say that five times fast) Yea. Unfortunately I waited too long to pick it . . . and when Metz tried it, it wasn't a sweet pea. But it still grew, yea!!!!

Bowling . . . we got a summer pass where Metz and I could bowl for super cheap and once a week go see a movie. It was a blast and now that it is done he is quite sad. The other day he said - Mom, I'm sad that bowling is all done. It was a fun treat during the week. Metz got pretty good and sometimes didn't use the bumpers. We won't speak about my skills.

Metz learned how to swim with floaties. We didn't get the floaties off yet. . . but he swam all around the pool, would jump off the diving board and had a great time.

He rode a horse while we were in Kanab. Thanks Uncle Harold and Angie. Metz wasn't thrilled about the idea at first but after feeding the horses some hay etc he had a good time.

Metz's first time golfing on a course. He got to go with Dad, Cason, Cru and Grandpa Leavitt. He had a blast and I think he did pretty well.

And in this Corner . . .

(Imagine Bruce Buffer's voice)

Standing almost 27 inches tall
Weighing 18 lbs 12.5 ounces
At the tender age of 4 months old
CHASE "THE CHUNK" LEAVITT

Here is our sweet boy just being Chase. He talks and laughes so much now (just loves to hear his own little voice), wakes up happy and has been sleeping til 4 or 5 am before his first feeding (lucky mom). He is a pretty funny kid, gives us some pretty classic looks. He loves to watch his brother and kick in the tub. He is also our fake whiner . . . if you leave him he gives this sad little whimper but the second he can see you again he starts to smile and kick. We love our big boy. By the way . . . did you check out those thighs??!?

Preschool Graduation

The "graduate" too cute in his hat, daddy's shirt backwards and flowers. It was fun to watch him "graduate" I actually was a little sad thinking - oh man here we go with school and all that growing up stuff.

The kids sang a song and did actions. Well everyone but Metz. As we were driving to his teachers house he started worrying because he didn't know the words and that his teacher would be sad. When it was time to sing he stood up with everyone and then got the saddest face I've ever seen. He didn't do one action or say one word, just looked so sad. I was happy when it was over so he could relax.

Grandma and Chase. Just a cute picture. He is such a sweet boy.

Metz with Grandma and Grandpa Butler. It was fun to have them there for this event in his life :).

Memorial Day Weekend

We spent the weekend in swimsuits (thanks grandma Leavitt for this cute one!), washing cars and eating ice cream. FUN FUN

Chase also had his first taste of rice cereal. He ate it the first time then we tried to add it to his formula and he refused to drink it. A few days later Cort tried to feed him the rice cereal again and he gagged and then spit it out. So he has officially only had rice cereal one time. The doctor told me to keep trying until he can start veggies at the end of the month.

We got to wear our sunglasses. It was actually a nice sunny weekend which seem to be in short supply here in Rexburg. We enjoyed a great family weekend.