Update on Chloe

Chloe has been doing a lot of things lately that just make me stop and realize that she isn't a baby anymore and it really has hit me hard. The thing that makes me cry (not a bad cry) the most is that she wont eat in her high chair anymore. The past week every time we put her in it she just throws a big fit and wont eat. I didn't think that it was the high chair that was bothering her because she has been sick the past 2 weeks and I figured she was just feeling so bad she didn't want to eat. But last night her daddy was getting her dinner, since I was sick, and he thought about trying something different. He sat her down at a little table and put her food and fork down in front of her and she went to town. She ate all her food for the first time in a long time and was so proud of herself. So this morning and this afternoon we had to eat at her little table. I know it should make me proud of her but it really makes me kinda sad because my little girl isn't so little anymore. Another thing she is doing is she is getting better at letting us know when she needs to use the bathroom or when she has just gone. It wont be long before she is using the potty all the time! A few other things she is doing is: walking up and down the stairs, climbing up into the van with out help, helps wash her hair and body and rinse off, gets undressed with almost no help, helps dress herself, can do animal sounds and train sound, can repeat some Spanish and Chinese words, will bring you what you ask her to bring (as long as it is in eye site lol), and much much more that I just can't remember at the moment.

Right now she is sick, like I said earlier she has been for about 2 weeks now and just doesn't seem to be getting better. I took her to the Dr on Monday and they said she might be on the verge of pneumonia and gave me an antibiotic for her. Sadly she hasn't gotten any better and at times she is worse. I am taking her back in later today to get looked at again. I will update on that when we get back home.

Will be adding pictures soon

Basketball!

Well today Lucas and Haylen had their first basketball games! Sadly I only got to watch Haylen play. Her team was having pictures taken when Lucas had his game :( But Marcus told me that he did really well and that he was really good at defense. His team lost but did really good. I am looking forward to getting to watch him play next Saturday. Haylen did a great job at defense as well and she also made a basket! Everyone on her team screamed and jumped for her and one of the other girls on the team ran up to her and gave her a big hug! I had been recording almost all of the game but of course when she made the shot I was in the middle of saving what I had just recorded so I didn't get it, but at least I saw it with my own eyes. I have some pictures and lots of videos but I have to sort through all the video and find the good ones, which might take a long time seeing as all the videos are only 1 min each lol. Well I will load the pictures and videos soon!

Long, long, long over due update

Wow it's been a very long time since I have updated this. I am sorry to anyone who has actually checked on this regularly. I am going to try and keep this updated again. I guess it's time to play catch up.

Since May we have only had a few changes. Biggest of all is in September we moved from our first home together to a new town home. It was a much needed move, we were all very cramped in our old house. We still have the same number of bedrooms, but we have more bathrooms and a lot more room. It is a 2 story home where all the bedrooms are up stairs and the rest down. It has given us a much larger living room and a dining room which we did not have. Finally we can all sit down at a table together! Last of all it gave us a fireplace! We have enjoyed that very much this winter.

Other than the move everything has been pretty normal stuff. Lucas is now in 4th grade but he is in GT so he is doing 5th and 6th grade work. He loves it all and he has also joined a basketball team. He hasn't had a game yet just practices. Haylen is in 2nd grade and doing 4th and 5th grade reading. She has also joined a basketball team, she has had a game but she missed it due to being in Iowa visiting her mom. Keaton still isn't in school because he wasn't 4 by the cut off for Pre-K and we didn't get the paperwork filled out in time for him to go to Head Start. He will be going to school though next year and is very much looking forward to it! Chloe is right on mark and maybe a little over for her age. She is talking and working on potty training already. Marcus is still working at Sherwin Williams and working on his writing. I am still a stay at home mom, but I did take a math class at the college during the fall semester. I am taking the spring off though but will be back to taking classes next fall.

I wish I could say we have all managed to stay healthy but I can't. We all managed to be sick one right after the other with the Swine Flu back in late September and early October. Luckily we all got over it without having to go to the hospital. It just took about a 3 or 4 week chunk of time out of our lives. Thankfully none of us have gotten sick since except for the sniffles every now and then.

Well this is all I am going to post for the time. I will add more as I think of it or as it happens. Pictures will be added as they are taken, if you would like to see pictures from the past 7 months look me up on Facebook and you can see them all there. Love to all!

One!

Today Chloe is turning one!!! I can't believe that is has already been a year, it really only seems just like yesterday that she a newborn. We are going to be having her party on Saturday so the pictures will be posted on Sunday. She has grown so much this last month it is crazy. She hasn't had her one year drs visit yet, that will be tomorrow, but she did go to WIC last week and she weighed in at 22 lbs and was 31 in long. They couldn't believe how tall she was there. They honestly acted like they were worried about it which is silly lol. She is doing so many cute things now. I try to catch as many as I can on camera or on video but when I start to get either of them out she stops.
Here are some of the things she is doing:
She is walking everywhere!!
She is trying to run but she gets so worked up she ends up knocking herself down.
She jibber jabbers all the time!
She can say mama, dada, bubba, hi and random words from time to time
She loves to close doors in peoples faces
She tries to get into the bath tub alone lol
When music she really likes comes on she will start waving her arms around we cant tell if she is trying to dance or direct the music but it is cute either way
She doesn't want anything to do with me or Marcus when her brothers and sister are home.
I'm sure there is more but I can't think of anymore at the moment.

I will be posting pictures and more about her birthday over the weekend. I am also going to get her in this week or next week for her First Birthday Pictures.

Cute little clip

This is just a cute clip of Chloe being silly lastnight before she went to bed.

Pictures!

Here are the pictures I said I would post.

Easter and 11 months

Well today was Easter as most of you know lol but it was also 11 months ago today that lil miss Chloe came into this world. I can't believe that in one month she is going to be a year old. It just doesn't seem like it's been a year. She has grown so much it's crazy. She is walking more and more and every now and then she will try and take off running. She normally doesn't get very far when she does that but sometimes she can make it pretty far. We had a pretty good Easter it was very busy. We didn't do an egg hunt due to the weather and also we did one last Sunday with all the in laws. I have pictures of that which I will post either tonight or tomorrow I also have pictures from today so keep an eye out for them!