Visiting Laura and Evan

One afternoon, while we were in Phoenix, we drove over to see Laura and Evan.  It was finally my chance to play with our camera, since usually Marcus is in charge of it, so I took a billion pictures of the boys playing.  There are a lot of them in their first band practice, but that is mostly because I knew Marcus would want to see Chase's drumming skills in action.

Outside Fun

Coloring

Band Practice

Reading Time

Climbing down the stairs

A favorite activity no matter where Chase is

Teaching Chase how to open the house door with a key

Practicing turning lights on and OFF

and back ON

I wish these two little ones lived closer because they could obviously be great buddies.

Vanessa's Wedding

It was a lot of fun going with Sandra and Cassidy to Vanessa's wedding!  It was a really neat Catholic ceremony with a beautiful outdoor reception, and of course, Vanessa was radiant.  She looked fantastic, and I don't think she stopped smiling all night long.  And that was impressive after hours of dancing.  Here are some of the pictures from the reception off Sandra's camera.

Reunited

Our pretty table

Sandra, Cassidy, and Teresa

Cassidy and Dave, Sandra's boyfriend

Me and Cass

Cassidy and Teresa

Teresa and her husband

me, Sandra, Cassidy, and Teresa

The pretty reception

Vanessa and Ian's table

Looking behind our table

Ian & Vanessa Scott

Yay Vanessa!  Congratulations :)

Few days in AZ

Chase and I flew down to Arizona for a few days after Thanksgiving.  Vanessa was getting married, so we had to hop over for that.  Marcus couldn't come because he had to work on Monday :(  

When we arrived on Friday, we went straight to Mimi & Grandpa's house because Brad, Ada, and Jake were in town.  However after all that traveling, Chase was ready for a nap.  He was obviously exhausted...

But then he was up again and ready to play.

-with Sadie and her cage

-with Ada

-with GDaddy

-and with Grandpa

I think they were having a really fun time together

We got back to my parents' house in time for a Christmas movie and bed.  

These were taken while I was with Sandra and Cassidy at the wedding:

On Sunday after church, we went back to Mimi's for dinner.

Chase decided he likes to play with drawers.

He and his giraffe must have been in a boat or something :)

And then we called Dad for a bit

Chase paced around the house talking on the phone

See, the picture on the phone, they were really chatting!

He was all over the place, taking Marcus with him to places he had played, and chatting away.  It was pretty funny, until he'd accidentally hang up.  Then he'd get mad, hand me the phone, and wait until I got Marcus or Grandpa back on the phone.

We also found out that Chase is super ticklish.  He enjoyed playing with GDaddy.

Back in Phoenix, he helped my mom do her work.

So did Charlie :)

And we ran some errands

And a nice family gave us some tokens to ride a carousel.  

Yes, I picked the giraffe.

Chase read some books before dinner one night.  

(There are no pictures from going out because he'd just throw food on the floor and bang silverware on the table.  Guess we're at that stage.  Bummer.)

And we practiced being the Gerber Baby haha

It was great to be in Arizona for a few days.  The weather was so nice.  Guess my mom wanted us to stay because she took us to the wrong airport terminal for our flight home :)  We made it with just a few minutes to spare before our flight took off.  But now we're home, missing all the family we got to see, but ready to kick off this Christmas season!