It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!!!

Colt was Charlie Brown for Halloween this year. It was a pretty simple costume we could throw together in our hectic lives right now. We had a very hectic day. We started off by going to our friend, Mia Kate's 1st birthday party. Colt had a blast there playing with Emma Grace and jumping in the bouncy house. I had to trick him to get him out so we could leave. Then we came home and went trick-or-treating with our his friends, Hannah and Hayden. They were all so cute together, ringing the doorbells and getting their candy. Casey had to go to North Dakota for his grandmother's funeral, so my sister-in-law was nice enough to come down from Raleigh and go out with us. Colt loved having his Aunt Dee Dee there and wanted to show her what he got in his candy bag after every stop. Once we hit all the houses, we came back home and Colt helped pass out candy with me and Kansas. He loved running and getting the candy basket when the doorbell rang. I had to help him, though, not to give each kid 2o twizzlers at a time. We hope everyone else had a great Halloween. Enjoy the videos and pictures.

Poor Chase. It looks like I'm breaking his little neck.

Much better.



Aunt Dee Dee and "Charlie Brown"

Colt trying to show baby Chase his candy bag.

Hannah, Colt, and Hayden. Aren't they precious?


Waiting after ringing the door "belt" (bell).


Touching the pretty ghost.


"Did I miss getting candy?"

Bright Eyes

I have never seen a kid so wide awake and alert. It seemed like Colt didn't open his eyes for a month!!! I love my brand new Bright Eyes!!!!

Sitting in big brother's chair.

Fall Fun

We went to a local church that sells pumpkins to get Colt one for Halloween. We've gone every year here and it's always busy. This was Chase's first experience, but I'm not too sure he was impressed. Saturday,we went to a Fall festival that had games, tons of bouncy houses, and pony rides. Colt was a little timid at first going in the inflateables, but after Casey gave him a good push in, he was hooked! His favorite one was a huge inflateable slide. I decided to go with him - every time- and came out with a strawberry on my arm. I'm such a wuss now that I don't play ball. It really, really hurts!!! Colt decided he wanted to ride the pony and loved it. I also took some annual pictures on the front porch with our scarecrow family. We got to add another one to the porch this year. Hope you guys have a great Halloween!!

Chase was pretty hungry.

Attempt at a family pic with mommy. It's really hard to get with 2!

Colt with his pumpkin. He also picked out a little one for baby Chase.

Colt on the pony.

Annual Fall scarecrow family picture.
This picture is also for our friend, Mr. Greg. Hope you like the sweater vest!!

3 years - man time flies!!!!

Random Cuteness

Just some random pictures we have taken over the last couple of weeks.

Isn't this the sweetest? What a lucky little guy.

Colt loving on Baby Chase

My little cheezer man!

4 of my favorite guys.

Colton imitating Chase

Here is a video of Colt imitating Chase. Also, some pictures of his first day home. Chase was nice enough to get his big brother a garbage truck to play with. What a good little brother. Kansas is also doing good with him. He still runs over to see about him when he makes a noise, just like he did with Colt.

Chase Russell Bough Has Arrived!

Chase Russell Bough decided to make an early entrance. Our scheduled c-section date was Tuesday, the 6th, but on Saturday morning I started having contractions. I already had a pedicure scheduled for that morning, so I went ahead and went b/c these things take a while, right? I came home and took a nap with no pains. My mom and dad weren't supposed to leave to come to Wilmington until Sunday morning, so I went ahead and called them and told them I thought they should leave. I also called my brother and sister-in-law who live in Durham, which is only 2 hours away. Thank goodness they could leave pretty quickly because I was panicking about what to do with Colton. After my nap, I had a contraction about once every 30 minutes, if that. So, we went out to eat and came back home, maybe one every 1 hour or so. My parents got here about 1:30am. By the time they got here, I was back to contracting every 10 minutes and then they really came - every 5 minutes if I was lucky. I thought I would go lay down again, since I didn't have any earlier when I laid down. No such luck. At 3:30, I went and got Casey and told him we needed to go to the hospital and fast. I don't know how those women do it naturally. That was the worst pain I have ever felt in my life!!!! Because I was supposed to go on Monday to do blood work, we had to wait to do that before I could even see the doctor. Then, the nurses couldn't find a big enough vein to put the needle in to get blood out of. C'MON!!!!!! Finally, they said we could go back and I saw the man I love - no, not Casey, the anesthesiologist!!!!! I was so happy to get that spinal!!!! So, Chase was born at 6:28 am, weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and was 19 and 1/2 inches tall. He is beautiful and healthy and perfect, thank God!!!!!!! We are home and adjusting to having a full house. My parents are here for a while and then Casey's will be here, so thankfully, we will have help. I don't know what we would have done if we were by ourselves. Here a just a few pictures.

Daddy holding Chase for the first time.

Me and my boys

Eyes wide open

Going Home

Daddy, Take A Piggy Back Ride!!

Thursday was Casey's 32nd birthday. He was a little depressed, but hey, it beats the alternative. He wanted to have vegetable beef soup for dinner, so that was pretty easy and non-stressful. Then, I made him an apple crumble for desert. I have to tell you, I would never be put on the tv show, "Top Chef" because I am horrible at peeling things and slower than molasses. I had to peel 4 apples and I was stressed about it the whole time. It was also a new recipe, which made it even more nervewracking. Thanks for the help Betty, Crocker, that is. After desert, Colt wanted the birthday boy to give him a piggy back ride, which is his new thing every day when Casey gets home from work. Here's a little snippet from that. We also went on a walk around the neighborhood b/c it was so nice outside. I love Fall. Happy Birthday, Casey. I hope it was good. We love you. I'll give you your present on Tuesday. Sorry for the belated gift.

Colt pointing at the water fount, as he calls it.