9 months!

Chloe is 9 months old! Wow–every month seems to go by more and more quickly! (too quickly for mom for sure!) Our “little” baby is now two and a half feet tall and in the 98% for height! She weighs 18 pounds 6 ounces (38%); so she is long and thin! Shopping for her this fall will be a challenge because she is already almost out of 12-18 month clothes height wise, but is so stinking skinny that she can still wear 6-9 month clothes! High-water pants will be her trademark. =D

Chloe is into so much right now. She loves dancing and getting low (taught to her by her father, not her ghetto mother), and she loves to “walk” while holding our hands. She loves to look at the world upside down and will often thrust herself backward to do just that (we have had quite a few falls and bumps due to this obsession). Chloe is also into standing and banging things together–our coffee table has the bumps to prove it. She loves to clap and sing as well. She is such a joy!

Chloe is officially (we think) over her aversion to bald men and facial hair, and she is really learning to ham things up when in a crowd. She is at the age where she is always looking for a response to her actions and loves to make others smile. When people don’t respond how she believes they should, Chloe gets really sad…it is too cute. She just recently mastered the art of flirting, and loves to smile and lean for people (especially men). However, if her object of affection tries to touch her…let’s just say it is very similar to the Black-Eyed Peas song ‘Humps’, “You can look but you can’t touch. If you touch I’m gonna…start some DRAMA, you don’t want no drama. No no drama, no no no no drama.” At least she isn’t an easy catch. =D

Speaking of flirting, we went to Dallas for the 4th and had a wonderful time with many friends! Chloe met a candidate for her future husband, and fireworks ensued! (sadly, these were the only fireworks we experienced this year) She and Levi Wozny had a great time oohing and aahing over each other, and Chloe may or may not have tried to sneak in a kiss. (Levi may or may not have tried to kiss her too…or he may have just been trying to eat her bow.)

We love our baby girl!

Month 8 Update!

Chloe turned 8 months on June 1st! She is growing and learning, and it is such fun to be part of her little life.

Here is the low down on lil’ C right now: She babbles all the time; her favorite phrases are “mamamama” and “dadadada.” I don’t really think she has any idea what she is saying yet, but it is always fun to hear “mamama” coming out of her mouth! She loves to make tooting noises, and when she does, everything within a ten inch radius is sprayed with spit! It is messy but fun to watch her giggle with sheer delight at herself afterwards! She is very adept at shaking her head “no.” Again, I am not sure if she has associated a meaning with this, but she often uses it very correctly.

Chloe is reaching for everything, and as I mentioned before, she believes everything that she has laid hands on belongs to her. She loves playing with pots and pans in the kitchen and thinks that throwing things on the floor is a-mazing! Chloe loves to give kisses (especially to her toy fish). She has 3 smiles now: her half-grin when she is unsure about what she thinks of someone or something, her full out smile (that shows off her two little teeth) that she gives when something really makes her happy, and a new smile that is just plain silly that she doles out when she is being impish. Her hair is beginning to get wavy in the back on one side! She has very strong opinions about everything she encounters. She does not like facial hair on men (she is her mama’s girl =). Chloe is a water baby, and she loves being outside. She loves dirt, grass, tree bark, and flowers; she grabs them by the handful and studies them intensely. She is also into peering right now. She loves to “peer” over, sideways, and around objects to get a closer look. It is pretty stinking cute…sometimes she does it just to be funny as well! And my favorite thing that she does right now is patting. I often pat her when I am holding her or putting her to sleep, and Chloe has decided that she should do the same for me whenever her little hands can reach. Such a silly little girl!

Peering through the rocking chair handle!

So much fun!

We still feel blessed each and every day by the gift God has given us in her!

Six…Almost Seven Months! So Big!

Chloe is six months old! (well six at the time I wrote this, seven tomorrow!)! It is crazy how quickly it has gone by! In some ways, it seems like we have had her forever–like there was never a pre-Chloe era…but in other ways, it seems like we just got home from the hospital! I now understand why all parents say it goes by too fast!

Well, at seven months, our little miss thinks she is quite the stuff. Earlier this month at family pictures (samples to come soon!) she wanted nothing to do with a little boy who was trying to flirt with her. He was grabbing her feet and giggling, and she kept completely aloof (and made her daddy proud)! Her heart is only for her daddy right now, and boy does she love him! Chloe also loves sitting up like a big girl (although it takes quite a lot of concentration on her part still), and twirling her feet and wrists in circles–it’s like she just discovered them this past month and is so excited to use them all the time! She loves to blow raspberries and to have them blown back to her, and she makes the m, l, and b sounds! Her beginning babble is so fun, and I can’t wait until she is using words! She just learned to splash in the tub (video coming soon) and loves to make water go everywhere! She is also into smacking everything (a neat trick taught by her dad) and grabs absolutely anything that is within arm’s reach. Chloe still has no interest in crawling, but instead loves to sit and chill with mom and dad. She just wants to be in the middle of everything and loves to hang out. It is super fun! Chloe loves to cuddle with mom and dad, and enjoys reading her goodnight books every night before bed. She love love loves our dogs. She pets them, pulls their hair, rides them, and giggles at them while they play! She can seriously sit outside and just watch them for half an hour and be absolutely content! At 6 months, Chloe was in the 91th percentile for height (she is 27 and 1/4 inches tall) and the 36th percentile for weight (15 lbs 8 oz)!! She is getting so big!

We love our little C!

How can you resist?

Go ahead, try it…she is too cute.

Resistance is futile. Especially when she smiles at you. And giggles. And caresses your face. You lose all willpower. We love our baby girl! Happy 5 month birthday lil’ C!

4 months!!

Chloe Faith has officially been a part of our lives for 4 months! Incredible! It is hard to imagine what life was like before having a living, breathing human to take care of all the time. I am sure we had a lot more free time, but a lot less kissies! Chloe’s favorite things right now include the afore mentioned kissies, her swing, screaming and/or squealing at the top of her lungs, drinking lots of milk, eating her hands, attempting to get her toes, playing with mommy’s hair, giggling, taking in all of the lights and colors at Target, and playing with daddy. She is very much a perfect combination of both Jeremy and I. She has his zany desire to talk to herself and make up songs–I can’t wait until she actually has real words to do this with, and his general love to laugh. She has my love of Diet Dr. Pepper (I had an empty can resting in the same arm as her, and looked over to see her licking up the DDP on the rim) and Ryleigh (our golden retriever–Chloe loves to grab her hair and then bury her face in Ryleigh’s coat…so cute!). Chloe is an oh so expressive child and you never have to wonder what she is feeling. When happy, she is an absolute joy. She is full of laughter, giggles, and smiles! It is so heart melting! When not so happy…we’ll just say she is not shy. She scream squeals and stares you down until you have distracted or comforted her. It is slightly humorous and earsplitting! We love our precious baby and the addition she is to our world! Both Jeremy and I are amazed at the way she has added to our love for one another and our love as a whole! Yay for Chloe!