Spooky-proofing

Every now and then, a baby might eat maple sugar puffs that make him smell like a pancake.  And sometimes, that same pancake-smelling baby might have to wear Halloween pajamas in April because his Momma needs to do laundry.  This very luck baby may also have a very clever Daddy who nicknames him the Spooky Pancake.  Chase Bowen is this very lucky baby.  Our son, the Spooky Pancake.  Now affectionately shortened to Spooky. 

The Spooky Pancake has made some serious advances in the last couple of weeks.  He is now fully crawling...quickly and all over the place.  This morning I discovered this...

We were in need of some serious Spooky-proofing.  So, off to Target we went and returned armed with a variety of outlet covers, cabinet latches, and such. 

Chase was very interested in what was going on....



He even tried to help Daddy.

Not quite sure he likes what is going on...



Now that our house is secure, Chase can crawl all over.  And he is off...



Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

We are BACK....

Wow...what a couple of weeks!  We are back to our normal routine somewhat and I finally have some time to update this blog and post some pictures.

We had a great Memorial Day barbecue at our house with a bunch of friends.  Chase had a great time with his friends Taylor and Olivia.  The adults got a little wild (okay, probably just me) after the kids went to sleep.  All in all, except for one broken foot casuality, it was a great time!  I have some great pictures to post, but have them on a different camera...coming soon.

And then it was time for Topsail Beach Week!!  This was our second annual beach week and we couldn't have been more blessed with wonderful friends, beautiful weather, and lots and lots of fun and laughter!  What an awesome week! 

We kicked off the week by celebrating Chase's baptism.

Chase and Grammie

Chase and Uncle Scott

 Uncle Scott, Aunt Charu and Chase

 Canton Highlands Ladies in Topsail!

 Finally....It's BEACH TIME!

 Chase's #1 girl in her "wikini"... :)

 Chase and Daddy

 Beach Baby

 My favorite picture from the week.

 Happy Boy

 Crawling in the Ocean

 Beach Nap

 Two grandmothers attempting to boogie board.... :)

 <3

 Bye Topsail....see you next year!

Already looking forward to Topsail 2012!

Evil Knievel

Apparently Chase doesn't feel that our lives are exciting enough so he gave us a big thrill this afternoon when he decided that he was going to just roll off his changing table!  He's fine, but I don't think that I have recovered yet!  Derek and I were both in Chase's room, and he thought I was watching him, and I thought he was watching him...and off he went.  Derek scooped him right up and calmed him down, while I proceeded to have a panic attack.  Thankfully, he was okay and cried for only less than a minute, but it was a big wake up to call for us.  Now that he is mobile, we have to be so much more careful!  Let the babyproofing begin....

Here are some random pictures from the week...  More later...

Thank God it's the WEEKEND!

It's been a LONG week...and we are all very excited about the three day weekend!  Derek had a meeting for his hunting club so Chase and I had a quiet Friday night playing with his new piano and reading books.

Chase is very proud of his new pulling up skills...

 

And....then because his Daddy is a Marine, Chase decided that he wanted to opt for the military low crawl instead of that baby crawling.  It's much easier to sneak up on people that way.

We are having some friends over on Sunday for a cookout.  Chase is very excited to see his friend Olivia :) 

This weekend we are very thankful for all the men and women in our military especially our favorite Marine!

Have a great weekend!

Daddy Day...

Tuesdays and Thursdays are what we have termed "Daddy Days".  Derek and Chase have the whole day together....Chase just LOVES his Daddy.

There is alot of playing on Daddy Day...

And...sometimes on Daddy Day, you get to meet Momma at lunch and pick out a new toy!  Chase got a new Chicco activity table and he loves it.  He banged away on the piano all afternoon.

Today at The Bowens

Our first blog.....here goes :)

It was 96 degrees today and Chase needed some cooling off so.....Daddy filled up the pool!  So much fun...



After splashing around for a while, Chase decided he wanted to practice his pulling up skills.

Then it was time to dry off and head inside for dinner...

Chase had a great time.  He is moving around so much now.  Derek and I are convinced that he will be crawling within a couple of weeks.  Watch out!