ode to the summer of 2009

there have been some really great moments in our lives, but i would have to say that these past four months have had to have been some of the most wonderful and exciting of our lives. don't get me wrong though, there have been tougher times too - due to the fact that our entire lives have changed and we're still running on about 6-8 broken hours of sleep per night :). but both p and i feel tremendously blessed to have had this time together as a family. and we had to go out with a bang... so...

on saturday, august 15th - we had celebrated more birthdays for chase's cousins k and mm. it was a tinkerbell theme throughout, from the decor, to the pinata, to the cake and the watermelon. baby chase wanted to wear some new shoes, so here he is in his outfit... oshkosh b'gosh (classic) and his "rockstar shoes".

tai tai was the first to hold him that afternoon...

we had a great time celebrating... and baby chase even scored some cool loot too! he got a wrist rattle (perfect in the car) and some snack crackers. which we hear are best on to eat on bath days...

and check out this pinata... i had never seen one like this where you pull the strings one a time in hopes of unlocking the trap door... pretty sweet!

and the next day, sunday, we hosted our end of summer front door barbecue. yes, i did say front door :). we're still in transition with the backyard, but it worked out perfectly. we had a couple of tables out on our front patio by the grill. a table inside for food and one to dine at, and both were set up right next to our DJ...

baby chase had to sport a new outfit for the occasion. this one is from janie and jack, one of our favorite stores.

and here's a picture of our DJ... he was great. we also had a couple of other people do a mini-set... check out the video at the end of the post. oh, and btw, if you are looking at this picture and you think your eyes are tricking you into thinking that the dj is wearing a baby bjorn with his own "4 month old baby girl" in the picture. they're not. his baby girl was born 4 days after chase (but she was born 9 weeks premature), and fortunately, she is happy, healthy and growing!



thanks to everyone who came and helped us close out our summer in a BIG way.

and we'll bring it all home with a little pm dawn... set a drift...