Face Time for Chloe

Poor Chloe hasn't had much face time on the blog lately. Well, no one really has...but definitely not Chloe. She LOVES doing puzzles now, so here are some silly pictures of her. She didn't want to be caught by the camera, but Mommy still managed to sneak in a few pics!

Little Birthday Girl

Two years ago yesterday God gave us our second little girl, Chloe Elizabeth. We are so thankful to God for her and for what she adds to our family.

This lucky girl had two birthday celebrations this year! We had a party last weekend with the grandparents (who were visiting for grandparents day at school). The second party was just our little family celebrating yesterday.

Chloe loves Dora the Explorer, so this was one of her favorite presents - a Dora picnic basket. It's also gotten a lot of play time from Noah and Olivia! Isn't it great when a sibling has a birthday?

She was sooo tired by the time we had cake and ice cream. I think she was watching to make sure Swiper didn't swipe anything (or, of course, Noah and Livi)!
This was her little cake she had yesterday, on her birthday. Noah is pointing his finger "Happy birthday to YOUUUU!"

Yummy cake!

A Place to Relax

Chloe chillin' in the kitchen cabinet, waiting for action.

I found this picture from three years ago when Olivia was just about the same age as Chloe is now. She also would sit in the cabinets! I guess Olivia wasn't quite so choosy about which cabinet to choose, judging from the trash can right next to her!

Chloe's First Haircut

My baby is growing up - waaaaahhhhh! She had her first haircut today. She was excited to sit in the Hummer and watch Dora on TV, until the cutting started!

So out came the faithful blanket, and in went the thumb, and everything was fine.
Holding on for dear life during the drying.
The finished product - the curls are still there - yay!


She sought a little solace in her big play box when we got home. Maybe she thought she could hide from me in there. :)

Costumes and Candy

Last night we went to church for Family Fun Night. The AWANA directors offer this carnival every year on the Wednesday that is closest to Halloween, so this year it fell on Halloween. The kids get to play carnival-like games and win candy and prizes. They also have a contest for costumes, which have to be Bible-based.

Chloe was a frog - one of the Egyptian plagues.

A pretty good frog pose!
Olivia is into everything princess, so she was disappointed when she found out she was going to be a queen...Queen Esther. Then she started liking it and told everyone she was "Queen Esto".

Noah's costume was made about 30 minutes before we had to leave for the carnival. He is Paul in prison (see the ball and chain?), and he won third place for his outfit! (in his age bracket)

Noah was pretty good at this game.

Olivia just LOVED her butterfly hand.

Olivia and her friend Michael

Is she peeking?

By the end of the night my camera was sticky from all the little fingers touching it, so this picture is a little fuzzy. But I thought these costumes were pretty good - salt and light is on the left, Moses is in the middle and another Queen Esther on the right.

Were You Born in a Barn?

Any blogging mom knows you take the picture first, then pursue the discipline. :)

Girls' Day!

Tuesdays and Thursdays have become "girls' day" in our family because the boys go to work and school and the girls get to bond. Today we met up with some friends at the local zoo for a quick tour of the animals.

This camel struck a pose for Liv.

Chloe was impressed with this groundhog doing tricks with a metal plate.
"Look, Mom, a bench just my size!"
"Look, Mom, no hands!"
Olivia has had a lot to say today -

On the way to the zoo -

Olivia: "Mom, I want to marry Noah. That way he'll have to be nice to me."

While cleaning the bathroom with mommy-

Olivia: "We have a cute toilet!"

While helping mommy give Chloe a bath-

Mommy: "I'm trying to teach Chloe how to say ball."

Olivia: "I'm trying to teach Chloe how to say princess."

Chloe's Piggies

Yay! Her hair is long enough now!

Child Prodigy

Is 13 months old too young to start piano lessons?

And...don't her arms look incredibly long in this pic?

She's Always Wanted Wings

Saturday was our women's luncheon at church. The theme was "Bloom Where You're Planted". For the past several weeks, my friend has been photographing the girls in our church with different kinds of flowers, and the pictures were used to decorate the room. And then...she gave us the pictures!

Our Baby is ONE!

Can't believe it...Chloe's one year old today. She's been such a sweet addition to our family. We thank God for giving her to us! Here she is enjoying her birthday cake...

And here's some pictures of her from this past year. We love you Chlo-Chlo!

Look out world...here I come!

Chloe's first little crawl happened Sunday night - right after Grammy got here for a visit. We think she hadn't started crawling yet because she was waiting for Grammy. :)
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Chloe's Photo Shoot

These are some of Chloe's portraits at 8 months. Look at the next post down for info on the photographer.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Livi had fun taking Chloe for a trip downstream in Chloe's little bathtub. The blankets wrapped around them are supposed to be life jackets "so we can be safe, Mom". The orange building block is her paddle.

Gotta love it when the older children amuse the younger ones.

Cheerio Baby

Mmmmm...yummy!

When the thumb just won't do...

...try your toe!