THEN AND NOW

I snapped a couple of pics of Chloe this morning and I total flipped out. The day Chloe turned six months old a took a set of pictures that are eerily similar to the ones I took today. Pretty cool considering she turns 3 next week. She's growing into such a pretty big girl.

Check it out:






Pretty cool. Happy weekend!

FIERCE!!

So, ever since Chloe was a baby she has had a super expressive face and loves to smile for the camera. We were hanging out in the backyard yesterday and she looked at me and said, "Mommy, get the camera. You need to take my picture". I grabbed my camera and as soon as I pointed it she struck a pose. She kept going and going. This made me laugh really hard. Here's the many faces of my little actress.

BUNNY TIME!!

Chloe and I had such a great morning!! When I woke up today I went right to the computer to look up things to do in my area. There wasn't much but I saw that the Easter Bunny was gonna be at the mall. (I mean, of course he's gonna be there but, I just hadn't even thought about it.) I knew Chloe would flip out if she got to meet the big guy so I got her all dressed in a cute Spring sundress and told her we were going on an adventure. She looked right at me and said , "are we gonna go see the Easter Bunny?". I tried not to really answer her so she'd be a little bit surprised. We pulled up at the mall and she said, "Oh!! This is Santa's house!!". We went in and just around the first corner was a large, slightly creepy brown bunny. Chloe flipped out! She ran over and patiently waited in line for her turn to sit on his lap. When it was time she walked up to the standing rabbit (he had to have been 7 feet tall ears included) and just stared at him. He sat and motioned for her to sit on his lap. She just stood there frozen. He finally picked her up and sat her down. As this was going on the girls working there were trying to sell me way over priced pictures. I declined and just snapped a few on my own camera.

After that we hit up the choo choo train.It was really cute. The last time she rode it she cried and cried but this time she LOVED it.

We headed to the food court for some yummy pizza. What is it about mall pizza that is just so good???(Just thought I'd ask)

Of course we couldn't leave without some sort of "surprise". Chloe, of course, picked out princess make up. (you can see in one of the pics how much lip gloss she managed to put on in the short car ride home)

We got home and headed to the backyard to paint nails and water our plants.
I am so shocked how big and independent Chloe has become. She's so much fun.

Happy Easter!!

SPRING IS HERE!!

So, we decided to change the color of our front room. We (um...Miker) chose a color that he swore was green ( I told him it was yellow but...) After taping, and putting the tarp down (about 2 hours of work) we began painting. First stroke in he looks at me and says - um...this is yellow. We decided to just keep going. After it dried it did darken up and turn a shade of green. By the end we totally agreed - WE HATED IT!! So, we hit up Home Depot once again and chose something completely opposite. The color is called Pepper Spice and it turned out so warm and pretty. Here are a few pics. We have the before, the bad and the after. Today we did a ton of yard/house work. We planted a bunch of new stuff. It was a blast but also a lot of work. We're beat!!

Well, off to have a nice home cooked meal and a well deserved bath!!

Happy weekend to you all!!

THE MANY LOOKS OF A GROWING GIRL

I was going through pics from the last couple of months and it really brought a smile to my face to see just how expressive and fun Chloe has become. All these pictures are from right before Christmas until yesterday.

Enjoy!

















She's quite the little poser. Happy 2010.

I HEART YOU!

Me: Good morning!

Chloe : Um...um...Mommy....I love you. I love you with all your heart and my heart and daddy's heart and Snow White and blue elephant and Christmas puppy and my princess book.

Not a bad way to start the day!

FRIDAY

Where should I start? We had a super fun weekend. Miker decided to take Friday off so we got an extra day together. We started the day with some house work. Miker and Chloe worked out in the yard while I took care of the inside. We met Mike (Cearley) for lunch to celebrate his last day at IMC2. After a nice long lunch, we hit the mall. Chloe and Miker played at the indoor playground while I did a little shopping. Before we left we noticed that they had an area set up with these huge trampolines. Chloe got all strapped in to a little harness and away she went. The harness was attached to a cord that the guy running the place held on to. As she jumped he would pull the cord and she would go higher and higher. She had a blast!




She's so brave. Definitely doesn't take after me in that department.

We got home and had dinner. Chloe was so beat. She took her bath, watched a little tv and was in bed by 7.