Cute Chase Story:
Chase is a very picky eater, just like his Mamma! It is such a struggle to get him to eat meat, fruits, vegetables. Really the only thing he likes is carbs. Of course, the dietitian's son has to be such a struggle to feed. I've read up on it and it is the parent's job to provide healthy meals and it is up to the toddler to decide how much of it he will eat. He is trying to show his independence. It is so hard to do this because I want him to regain the weight he lost since he was sick for a few weeks. It definitely has given me a better understanding of what my patient's families go through.

Now onto the funny part:
Chase and I were eating lunch one day and he threw his apple on the floor. He knows this is not acceptable in our house and had to go in time out. After time out, he did it again! So I put him in time out AGAIN! When I got him out of time out the second time, I bent down to tell him why he was in time out again. I asked him to look at me, but he would not hold my gaze. I told him to look at mommy's eyes and pointed my finger between my eyes. He looked at me with the biggest smile and said "Nose"! It took all of my energy not to completely bust out in laughter.

Here is an adorable pic of Chase in timeout (I couldn't resist..he is just too cute).

It's Official! We had our fist ultrasound and there is a baby in there! The baby is so small and looks like a little gummy bear. Chase, Dawson and I saw and heard the heart beating at 167 beats per minute. I am now 10 weeks pregnant and my due date is 9/28/08. I will have a C-section so that means the baby will come 9/18/08. I know what you are thinking...No we are not finding out the sex! You all will have to wait. There are only a few surprises in life and waiting to find out the sex is the most special one!

I am feeling very tired these days. Most days, I take a nap when Chase does. I have many food aversions and find that later in the day, I have no appetite. I am down 4#, but know that I will make it up later. This is exactly how my pregnancy went with Chase.

Here are some recent pics. I know it is hard to tell where the baby is on the ultrasound.

Love,
Ali

Take Me out to the Ballgame! Chase's first Braves game!

We were so excited to bring Chase to his first spring training game. He loves all sports and we expected him to be so excited to see the game up close. We were nervous about how he was going to handle it since it was so close to his nap time. Well it was pretty much a disaster. It was so hot and our seats were in the blazing sun right behind home plate. Great seats if it were not so hot! Chase just kinda whimpered most of the time. We moved to a shady place, and then in the grassy area. He just would not calm down and he seems miserable. We left and he immediately fell asleep in the car. He napped at home for over 3 hours. I woke him up and he was burning up. The poor thing had a fever of 103.6! Poor baby was sick! So you can see that the pictures of him look pretty pathetic. I feel so bad!

Cute hat though!

Here is a digital layout I did of our trip to Holden Beach with all our friends. This one highlights all the kids. I still have more to do and will post them as I do them. I have been really into the digi scrapping in hopes of being able to pack up my craft room. That room will becomes Chase's big boy room when the new little one comes.

Sorry for no recent posts. The Brinkley house has been pretty sick. It started with Chase getting sick at his Nanna's house on Valentines Day. Dawson and I were at a Van Halen concert. Chase started throwing up that night so I picked him up the following morning. Unfortunately, he got Nanna and Mammaw sick too. This is the sickest Chase has ever been. I called the docs many times and they feel that it was the flu even though he got the flu shot. The poor boy was pathetic and miserable for several days. He lost at least a pound and he did not have that much to lose. He was sick for a whole week. Dawson had to stay home with him last Wednesday so that I could go to work. Well, I guess Chase was still contagious because Dawson started throwing up Thursday night. He is back to work, but still not 100%. Fortunately, it appears that I have escaped the illness this time. Phew.

BALL!!!

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This year Christmas was very special for us. Chase was very into the season and enjoyed all the festivities! Whenever we turned on the Christmas lights on our tree, he would OOOHHH and AHHHH! This year he was able to open some of the presents by himself. One of his favorite Christmas movies is Frostie the Snowman, just like his mom! He is growing up so quickly!

My parents came to visit us for Christmas so that we could celebrate Christmas with Dawson's family as well. It was so nice to be with family on Christmas Day! Mammaw (a young 92 years old) made 2 pots of her famous Chicken and Dumplins! Alex (Dawson's cousin) and Nick were in town from Virginia. They got married while in town and Chase was the ring bearer!

I hope you enjoy the pics in the slideshow above. As you can see, we have a little Dave Matthews fan like his parents. We put onthe DMB DVD from Piedmont Park (concert I went to with Steph earlier this year) and Chase was mesmerized. He grabbed his guitar so he could be like Dave. When Carter would have a drum solo, Chase grabbed his drum sticks and beat on his drum. After each song, he clapped with the audience. I love it!!!

Who is Mr. 2 Bits???
I realize I have a mixed bag of friends and family... So here is an explanation for all you Seminoles, Wildcats, Volunteers, Dawgs, Cocks and Darn War Eagles!!!

Happy Halloween!

This year was so much fun dressing up Chase for Halloween. I was a little nervous about how he would react to seeing me with paint on my face. He is going through that stranger anxiety phase and gets uncomfortable with unfamiliar faces. Fortunately, he loved it. He would get the biggest smile on his face when he looked at me and would ROAR! It was hilarious!

Chase really suprised me by the way he would just walk up to people and dig right into the candy bowl. I think he was just excited to see so many little people his size running around in funny outfits. We even braved the very scary house down the street and Chase did fine (even when the monster ran out with the chainsaw)!

At the end of the night, Chase ran to the front door every time the doorbell rang. He pulled the blinds aside to look out the window and squealed with delight when he saw the trick or treaters on our doorstep. Dawson had to hold Chase back when I passed out the candy. A few times, Chase ran out the front door after the other kids. He did not want the night to end!

Hope you all had a great Halloween this year. I want to see come pictures of you all dressed up!

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Happy Dave Matthews Day!

This was an incredible day! Dawson and I left Chase with my parents and went to West Palm to our hotel room. Immediately, we went to city Place to find a bar to watch the Gators. We were so happy to see the Gators DOMINATE over the Vols (ha ha Uncle Ed)! Then, we were off to the Dave Matthews concert! We had the best time. We danced our butts off and had the time of our lives. We got seats dead center on the 19th row and sweat down to our underwear! I love a good concert and that definately goes to the top of my list of best times!!!