the places we find chase at 2:33am.

the places we find chase at 2:33am.

always perched so he never misses out, LOL!!!

i'm not even being sarcastic.

I just really like him a lot lately. I'm not being sarcastic. 

Even with all that toilet paper, I couldn't get mad! 

All of a sudden he's just my favorite person to be around. 

He makes me laugh, he's my most kind child, and he is so independent it's scary. 

Nobody is funnier than chase ray. #oneLINERmaster #thebabyman

i bribed him of course

{above: orientation day. where the mommy's stay}

...

it was all fun and games until he found out i wasn't going to GO to school with him.

totally caught me off guard.

so of course i did the only logical thing. 

bribed him with his binky

and sent him off in the car with dad:) 

the baby man goes to school.

dear chase,

not sure how we got here pal.

feels like you should be at home playing cars around the coffee table forever.

i hope they make you pull up your own underwear and shorts.

'cause i just can't say no to those bright blue eyes of yours.

xoxo,

MOM

{except you call me mommy. the only one to call me that so far. 

and it's the sweetest thing i've ever heard.}

he's got a future in the food and beverage industry

{please note the stool that leverages him onto the garbage can above}

...

the third kid waits for NOBODY.

you want a piece of bread,

you get YO OWN piece of bread.

he's getting really good at serving dinner too.

i had to risk my life fighting him off of his system of climbing onto the kitchen counter the other day when he tried to go between the coco motion that was literally in the process of MOTIONing hot chocolate and the toaster that was toasting english muffins.

the two year old brain. sheesh.

and he's so quiet about it.

you don't even know he's up there until you turn around and dinner is all plated all over the place.

but would you look at those chubby hands and feet???!!! 

he's FOR SURE got a future in the food and beverage industry.

maybe comedy too.

or rock climbing.

no doubt about it.

like a fly on meat {"educators"}

there was never a boy that loved cars a much as chase ray.

i used to think brennan liked cars,

and he did, but it's nothing like the love affair that chase has with his.

they go where he goes.

playing with them everywhere is his entire life.

i never knew a boy could be entertained for HOURS on end with anything, let alone a tiny little toy car.

he can find or make a race track out of anything.

there were tubs at brennan's basketball practice last wednesday night,

and he was set for the entire hour.

he sleeps with one race car clutched in his hand during his entire nap,

and then brings it out of his crib like we glued it into his hand.

when i check on him before i go to bed at night i will usually find about 5 cars stowed away until his back, and one in each hand, with the binky laying next to him in his crib because his hands are full of cars.

also, he calls elevators "educators."

and he'd like to spend his entire day in just a diaper, and never have his car playing disrupted by anything. too bad for him that he's the third kid, and his entire life revolves around car pool pick ups, dance and basketball practices, and grocery store runs.

good thing for him,

cars can go everywhere.

even in "educators."

i'm just really glad that this is what we're doing now.

never have i enjoyed a baby as much as this.

the baby man.

and a morning bath.

with no one home but us.

two year gaps are for the birds.

i'm all about this kind of space.

except i still wouldn't change a thing about the past.

i'm just really glad that this is what we're doing now.