Bridger's Baby Blessing

The man of the hour :) I think he looks sooo much like Chad.

Our new little family picture, corn stalks & apple trees make for a great background!

I wanted a picture like this since Bridger was born. I love how Chase put his finger over his brother's hand, he is already protective.

I didn't love that Chad was wearing his watch, but loved Bridger's hand perfectly holding mine

Grandpa always loves pictures with his grandkids, this was at the end of the photo shoot and they were running out of patience.

Wright side of the family

Marrott side of the family

Loving on his brother, what he does best!

Hard for 4 year olds to keep their eyes closed unless they are sleeping

Cousins lovin on their new baby cousin

Best buds, remind me why we live so far apart??

Bridger Wright Marrott

Bridger Wright Marrott

Born July 22, 2011

7 lbs 2 oz

The super proud and loving big brother

Happy #4 Mr. Chase

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY CHASE

Chase had a wonderful birthday that seemed to last a week rather than a day (that is kind of my unwritten rule...) We are sooo happy & grateful Chase chose to come to our family & don't know what we would do without his sweet personality in our home. He is so caring & loving, & melts my heart every time he smiles. I tell him almost every day I'm going to quit feeding him so he will STOP growing up on me! :) But he promises he will still love me when he gets older...can I get that in writing with blood?

Chase wanted to have his birthday party with his cousins in Utah at Pirate Island. He was counting down they days to his birthday & the days until his party...he was surrounded by loved ones that share his same taste in rip off games for cheap crap. But they all had lots of tickets and won plenty of prizes so I guess it was a hit!

Don't ask me how long this took to make, but Uncle Shaun & I must sure love this little birthday boy to spend all day decorating something that would be devoured in 10 mins. He was so excited and all the cousins playing in & out of the house all day were pretty excited to help eat his cake & share this special day with our little Chase :) And yes, it was homemade and we were very proud of it :)

Chase got to pick where he got to go to dinner...besides McDonalds he loves to go to the popcorn place (wingers) and had a free kids meal for his birthday. When they asked him if he wanted them to bring out the hat & sing & do the whole song & dance he immediately nodded....he was so excited until a few minutes later he & his dad both had severe remorse when they heard them start singing & clapping from the kitchen. He didn't want to wear the hat (how many people have worn that nasty thing anyway) and he basically hid behind ME the whole song. Atleast I got to eat the free dessert :)

We had a few friends over to celebrate by decorating cupcakes

The birthday hat they get to wear at school

How can you play baseball without a mitt mom? Because I'm waiting to give it to you for your birthday. We signed him up for T-ball recently and he was hoping he could play that day. For months whenever you asked Chase what he wanted for his birthday he would say, "a new piggy bank" What 4 yr old puts that 1st on his wishlist??

It was Chase's special "Day to Shine" at school so I of course hung out with him the whole day. He got to bring his favorite treat (chocolate chip cookies) his favorite toy (Bakugans, which btw was an early bday present from cousins), his favorite book (Jack's House), pictures of his family & a special pet, which of course he had to bring Buster & he was of course a hit! :)

How could it be a bad day when his face started out like this? And yes it was 6:00 a.m. before Dad left for work. He really really really didn't want to wait any longer until he opened his presents :)

For Aunt Trish

Chase may be the only one that LOVES to watch this, but if you can't tell we were playing Catch Phrase & he just had to be a part of it...

Christmas 2010

I'm not even going to try & mess with moving pictures around so however they uploaded is the way they get talked about.  So: Happy New Year! We are so excited for 2011 & know that is going to be a great year & are glad to say Good Riddens to 2010! This was Chase my little symbal player ringing in the new year! He had no problems waiting up until midnight.

This is Chase waiting for the fireworks to come.  He was checking the backyard every 20 minutes.  And although it was fun...sounds like it doesn't hold a candle to the fireworks they have in Texas!

Look at all the happy faces on these kids! Just a few of the cute boys that had a blast @ Grandpas house riding on the back of the 4wheeler.  It was super cold but they had huge grins on their faces the whole time!

Our new little Christmas puppy!  Thank you Santa for bringing us a pain in the butt not potty trained puppy ;)  Chase is absolutely in love with his new dog he named "Buster" (that is Andy's dog's name from ToyStory).  He was generally a hit with all the cousins & is adjusted very well to his new home (minus the potty issues).  And who would have known he LOVES water & taking a bath.  I think because its warm.  He is always wanting to snuggle & can be found curled up by the fire.  

Chase loving his new spiderman toothbrush & enjoying his loot from his stocking!

Looks like a natural...mom & dad gave him the bow

This was the "stupid" in my opinion toy that Chase wanted Santa to bring but it did end up being quite a hit! Good ol' Dr. Bones color changing lab.  It was pretty cool but pretty messy with water splashing around everywhere.

Doesn't he look like he could really be an elf? This was the cutest thing when I picked him up from school they were playing elf & Santa and how they decided who was who I have no idea.

 Chase asking Santa for Dr. Bones.  He has been asking for that for atleast 3 months.  Where he learned about it in the 1st place is beyond me.

Santa's workshop @ the north pole. Too bad the Polar Express was on such a tight schedule I never could get a picturewith Chase actually ON the train.  :(

Enjoying the festivities of the holiday....give him the frosting & let him go to it!

So proud of his gingerbread house! I did help a little, but wanted him to do most of it.  And you know the second we walked in the house after being @ grandmas he climbed right up on the table and started eating!  We had a great Christmas & New Years and can't even count how blessed we are for everything we take for granted! 

Marrott Family Pictures

Oh cute little Chase.  He is so animated & photogenic!

The whole crew 

This was obviously not part of the St. George photoshoot...but Chad requested this one be posted.  3 great deer shot in Colorado that they are all very proud of! Great hunts this year!

THE army guy from Toy Story

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Ever since a Halloween catalog came in the mail Chase was determined to be THE army guy from Toy Story 3, and that is exactly how he said it. There was no changing his mind and really, when it came and he tried it on....I thought it was the cutest thing ever



So Chase had plenty of opportunities to wear his costume this year, this was his pre-school program where they sang several Halloween songs and paraded in their costumes. Give him a chance and he will sing you his 'Ghost named Boo!' song.

Seemed like Halloween lasted a long time. He wanted to do everything we could for the holiday...including but not limited to: Carving Pumpkins!

 

If it was up to Chase he would have cut out all bat shaped cookies. And this is his choice of decor & toppings: EVERYTHING! :) would you expect anything less from a sugar junkie 3 year old?

There were several different carnival type things we went to this year...this is Chase's little buddy Luke as Woody.

Who can resist the cake walk??  I only wish I got a close up of this cake before we took it back for store bought cupcakes.  It looked disgusting! I wasn't sure who made it or what it was supposed to be...but if they wanted to scare mommies....it was mission accomplished!  Sorry this is so late to be posting Halloween, but better late than never right?? 

P.S.!!! Does anyone HATE the new blogger???  I had 3 more pics that got deleted during editing & it is just a pain in the rear! Half the pictures don't even show up until it was posted...I couldn't even move them or center them or anything.....and you thought it had been awhile since my last post...it will be WAY longer til the next one! See you next year