Its finally Warm

Well Im not sure who follows but incase someone stops by I should write a little about whats been going on the last few months. Were closing in on the end of the school year and have had some fun field trips with both the girls to the zoo. Katelyn is reading very well and I hope to get her interested in some chapter books for the summer. Skyler is obsessed with Twilight and has read the books multiple times. What can I say I love them too. Who wouldnt love to have an Edward Cullen around. =) Its fun to have something in common and it of course is a ground for love life and laughter talks. She is growing up so fast. I am so blessed to have my sweet girls. Sami and Lexi are all over the place. Lexi is currently obsessed with the light switches and wants to turn everything in the house on. And the gate at the bottom of the stairs does not stop her shes over it in seconds flat. Samantha is a little more mellow every time its quiet and I dont see her and I think she must be causing trouble shes not shes playing sweetly in one spot she found comftorble. Alexis how ever has colored on multiple walls and likes to climb in the bathroom sink for a quick shower. She must be my most "Chris" like baby shes so busy. They are getting to a fun age I love to watch them together they are playing well and fighting to of course. Lexi will climb the table and pass the treasures down to sami its team work at its best.

We just went to VA for Trevors graduation from law school a few weeks ago and were able to see most of the family. We met Carlis long time boyfriend briefly. It was so nice to see the brothers and sisters its been far to long. And it was wierd to feel like the old couple because the others all have infants and we have a crew including a ten year old. YIKES!! But it was a nice trip. We stopped in DC for a night and ran around trying to see all the monuments and museums we could. We did really well. The girls ran the stairs up to the Lincoln monument I walked behind them. I had wanted to go there for some time and Im glad we did it in May before the heat and humidity got worse.

We came home from the trip and I had surgery the next day to remove my tonseils and widen my pallett. I had my nose done about 2 months before to correct my deviated septum all in hopes to get a decent nights sleep and stop snoring. Im still healing so I dont know if the snoring is gone but Ive slept better than ever before.
We brought Julie home with us from VA so I could have time to recover. While she was here we went to Plymouth Rock and saw the mayflower 2 and went to the museum along with visiting the "ROCK" it was fun! We really do live in a fun part of the country I hope to see and do more while we are here. I am a CA girl and am missing home pretty bad. But well have fun while we are here.

I FELL

Well in my last blog I said I had yet to fall in the ice/snow. And of course since I said it I had to slip and fall this morning. My neighbors side walk was iced and I slipped must have been a funny sight. I skinned my hands when I caught my self and I felt like a little kid again do you remember the burning, stinging feeling you have for a while after your hands smack on the pavement. It sounds wierd but I kind of liked it. Who wants to be an old lady with an achy back I would rather be an active kid who smacked her hands on the pavement when she slipped outside having fun in the cold. Just a thought that made me laugh.

Never Boring

We have our first broken bone and the owner is Alexis. She has been mistakenly believing she is part monkey and climbing everything for a while now. My dining chairs have to lay flat on the floor so they are not pushed around to climb up various places. The outside of the staircase had been the latest hot spot. And then it happened the inevitable yet early attempt to climb out of the crib. She made it out alright and she broke her forearm in the process. And of course as I was getting ready to take her to the ER the door to the basement was left open by a child and Sami took a tumble down the entire flight of stairs and took the trip to the ER as well. She couldnt let Lexi have that all to her self. She was fine not even a bruise. And Lexis arm will be healed with in 3 weeks. Oh to be a baby and "bounce" back so easily.



As for the rest of us we are maintaining an injury free winter. The snow is falling often and I havent yet slipped and fell. Thank goodness for my nice warm Ugg boots with great soles. Chris is hard at work and Skyler and Katelyn are excelling in school. Skyler is playing piano as well as clarinet. They all love playing in the snow. Winter is cold here!!! But its still so new its fun. I walked to the neighbors house today and thought "I'm treking through the snow in my yard wow this is odd". Thankfully oil prices are dropping so heating the house isnt killing me. Still cant believe my heat is powered by oil it seems so pre-historic. Im finally feeling like Massachusetts is home. I am happy to have some really great friends here and amazing friends in CA. So Im going with the flow and enjoying my life!

Lexi has a perfectly healthy heart!! We were concerned for a while that she may have had a heart condition but we saw the pediatric cardiologist yesterday and shes perfect. What a relief. And after being out of CA I have to say our health insurance and coverage in MA is so much better. If you have to be sick it should be here. There are so many amazing hospital and dr.s available and the coverage that is mandatory by state law makes it available to everyone. Skylers insulin pump will be covered 100% in Ca it was covered 0%. Im greatful for so much my childrens Health is definetly the top of the list!

Seasons

Fall is here and the colors are amazing! Soon it will be winter its already getting cold. I now have to prepare for winter its a whole process and its odd to a California girl. Im finally feeling like this place is home. You can see that Ive made the house my own. I took pictures I need to post. Erin youre supposed to help me. Funny how writing a blog makes me feel poetic I want to break out into a poem wierd!

I have the best group of friends a girl could ever wish for. I want them to know how full my life is because of them and how greatful I am to have them in my life! For my birthday we were able to get together and have some fun. After we picked up Alesha at the airport there was the five of us piled into the van and I just looked around and had to fight back the tears. How blessed am I to have these great women in my life for so long. I am not alone and never will be even if 3,000 miles of land seperates us they are always here for me.

Ok so enough of the mush. We tore up Las Vegas! Friday night we went out to The Palms and went up to Ghostbar (we were on the guestlist btw). The view was amazing from 55 stories above the strip. The wind was insane that day. So we hung out for a little while did some people watching. There was music playing but no dancing allowed so went back downstairs to Rain (the nightclub where again we were on the guestlist and breezed past the long line and cover charge). It was still early for night club time and people were filing in and still waiting for someone to get the dancing started so I grabbed my girls and off we went. There was one other group of girls celebrating something one was wearing a crown, and us. But before the next song started the dance floor started to fill up. We had so much fun dancing for hours. Alesha and I just kept going while Erin,Heidi,and Denay had to take a break. So Erin came back to get us a while later and as soon as we stoped dancing and started walking I could feel how sore my legs were. 30 was setting in and I hadnt been on my feet dancing like that in years. But it didnt matter I was having to much fun.



Saturday came and we went out for some supplies one of which was a pregnancy test I bought for Erin. We went to lunch at a mexican rest. I have to get in all the mexican I can since it doesnt exist in New England I dont count Taco Bell as mexican. After lunch and lots of talking Erin took the test it came back negative. I think she was secretly dissapointed. That night was THE Concert. New Kids On The Block!! Alesha and I went together it was like a childhood fantasy come true. We loved them together when we were 12. It was so freakin fun!!! They sang alot of old songs knowing thats what the fans wanted. I was on my feet screaming and dancing for the whole 2 hour show. The place was packed of 30 year old wome going crazy! Again we went clubing after the show. Alesha, Heidi, John, and I. We got back to the condo around 4:30 am Heidi made me the best sandwhich ever. So Alesha and I stayed up until the sun came up partying like true rockstars afterall! We took a picture of the sunrise and crashed.

Sunday was a relaxed day we did the touristy stuff and I wore my big Donnie button all day telling people he was my boyfriend. We were on a date! It was nice to hang with the girls. And monday early a.m. I took Alesha back to the airport and Denay, Erin, and I were on the road home later in the day. We talked the whole ride home it was awesome. One big slumber party. Turning 30 was the best birthday ever!!!!!

Oh yeah and a few days later Erin took the second pregnancy test and it was POSITIVE!! Yeah another baby. Congratulations Chase family.

Been a Long Time

I havent posted anything in a long time. Life is busy with four kids. I am finally feeling at home here. Im not so uneasy about being an East Coaster anymore. Its still seems odd. But there is a lot to do while were here so Im making the most of it. Our house is pretty well put together except for the storage side of the basement. Its a disaster area nationally declared. I love having a basement to put the kids in so they can play and horse around and I dont have to hear it. Its a slumber party must!!

The twins just turned one! I survived the first year and I hear from those with experience thats the hardest part. Im really enjoying them. I am so blessed to have mild mannered happy girls. They are sleeping through the night. They go down to bed so easy. And still take two naps a day.

Skyler and Katelyn start school on the 27th. We are ready. Sky will be in the fourth grade and Katelyn the first grade. Very exciting. Im just not ready to think about fall because winter is so close behind. Im sure the fall will be beautiful. I just dont want to be cold. The summer weather has been nice except for a few bouts of humidity. But overall its very mild. Mid 70's low 80's and always an ocean breeze. I love breathing in the ocean air. The sky is always blue. We get scattered showers with thunderstorms frequently but they blow through pretty quickly just cooling things down and watering the lawn.

Overall life is good I just miss all my California friends and family. I wish I could visit everyone. I am planning a trip for my 30th birthday. I will be going alone no kids. A few days in So cal and a few days in Vegas where I will catch A new kids on the block concert. And I am so excited. My boy band has grown up and I get to go see them.