Chase's Favorite Things

So, the other day I won a thing from our local radio station- a CMA Festival Christmas Stocking with Jennifer Nettles (from Sugarland) Favorite Things. It contained a Christmas cd, along with Savannah's Candy Kitchen chocolate covered peanuts, divinity, EO hand sanitizer spray (which I actually really love now), Palmer's Swivel stick (lotion stuff), etc... it's the little trinkets that I love like this.

With Chase's birthday a couple days away, it made me think about his favorite things. Especially with everyone asking (including us- mom & dad) what on earth do we get him? He already got a ton of toys and clothes for Christmas, there isn't much room for more. So, it appears that his favorite things are:

• Speed! - see video from Christmas day, but he loves speed. Hence, the wish for the child seat for the bicycle. Already got the helmet, just gotta load on the seat. Working on garage sales, but most people aren't out this time of year.
• Food- Seriously. Food. All kinds of food- but 90% of the time food will make him happy. Like his Halloween gift of a box of baby food- awesome! His favorites in this category:
• Craisins - honestly, this is like baby candy. I know it's got a lot of sugar, but... he loves them
• Oatmeal- Maple & Brown sugar- again, sugar content not so good- I have plain oatmeal too, but it makes such a mess to clean up the pots and bowls afterwards (lame, sorry).
• Cheerios- we love Multigrain Cheerios best, but these among other types are a lifesaver in lines like for Santa, theme parks, grocery store.
• All baby snacks- like Puffs, biscuits, cookies, etc. - I just stopped buying them because cereal and real fruit are so much cheaper in the long run. Same with baby food- he loves "big people food" most, so I just stopped bothering to buy baby food. He still loves it though.
• Bananas, carrots, etc.- anything soft enough he can eat on his own- we roast tons of carrots now, and he gobbles them up.
• This list could go on... but, seriously- food is our friend
• Books- Yeah, so he often tries to eat them too, but he does sit there playing with books, staring at them, going through them- especially when Kaely reads to him. Minus the gnawing on the covers, I love it!
• Self-help items- For the growing "Big Boy"- I just thought the other day about things like those "snack catchers"- containers so he can help himself (such as in the car) without having snacks flying everywhere. Switching gears to bigger sippy cups (the one we have is more like a bottle nipple- works for now, but trying to get out of that habit), baby utensils (like forks), etc. We have a bunch from Kaely, but he's starting to insist on feeding himself when he can, and as we transition into a toddler phase, we just have to let him do it!

There is so much that I am not prepared for- me, the infamous OCD planner- but he keeps us on our toes! Looking forward to introducing milk (okay, more looking forward to cutting him off in the near future), not having to buy diapers anymore (hahaha- this may be a year long project), and him running around. We have a lot of milestones ahead, but what a crazy, healthy baby boy! I have been learning to plan on ignoring the plans :)