Another Sunday

The girls and I came down with colds. I know, so sad... even Chloe got it! Thank goodness they aren't horrible, actually pretty mild, and we are all getting sleep! We don't know where they came from, but do know it started with Maddie, went to Chloe, and now I have it too! And I'm pretty sure we passed it onto my mom and brother after our trip to the Zoo.... Sorry guys!!! We skipped nursery at church today and just went to Sacrament Meeting because although we are feeling much better, but want to make sure we are completely better and not passing this onto other families! There is nothing worse than parents who drop their sick kids off to nursery! (I would know, I have been 'stuck' in nursery for quite a while now! :)

Anyway, I didn't catch a picture of Maddie in her 'Sunday Best' because of a little accident... no need for details! But I did get a few of Chloe. Mostly for my sister, Brooklynn. I got this same dress for her baby, Katelynn, who happens to be quite a bit bigger than Chloe, even though Katelynn is only 3 days younger than Chloe. So I thought it would be fun to do a little comparison photo since the two can't be together, matching in person! I should add, Kate wore this dress last Sunday, making her only 1 week old. Chloe is 2 1/2 weeks in her dress! Too funny!!

Chloe

So below here is a picture of baby Kate! I think she wins the prize for filling out the dress best... and her mommy wins the prize for better photographer! (Chloe wasn't too into having her picture taken today, it was the best I could do! But excuses or not, Brooklynn still is a WAY better photographer! :) She has a bunch of super cute ones of Kate in her dress on her blog. You can click on her link to check them out!

Katelynn

Woodland Park Zoo

Yesterday morning, my mom, little brother Christian, Maddie, Chloe and I packed up and went to the Zoo. Maddie and I hadn't been since the butterfly and flamingos arrived so we were very excited to go! What was supposed to be a cold, cloudy day, turned out to be an absolutely gorgeous morning, with just the right breeze... perfect Zoo weather! It was Chloe's first time to the Zoo and although she enjoyed being out in the fresh air, I'm not sure we can count it as her 'first' time since she won't remember a thing about it! :)

Maddie just loves grandma, and probably even more loves Christian (although it's a tough race, and usually depends on the day... or time). So she was in heaven having them both there to spoil her!

My mom was a better photographer than I was, she took most of the pictures. I posted the few from my camera, but for some reason the ones she sent to me from hers will only pull up teeny tiny so I'll have to either get computer smart, or get them off her computer. So more Zoo photos to come later! (It's worth the wait... she took some really cute ones!!!)

Two Weeks

I can't believe Chloe is already two weeks old... yet it's hard to believe she has only been here for two weeks. And you will probably hear me say this every week, because it's so true! Here is what Chloe is doing at two weeks (probably pretty typical for most two week old babies...)*Eating every 4 hours
*At night will do a 6-7 hour stretch!!
*Sleeps most the day
*Smiles
*Loves her pacifier
*Loves to be held and cuddled
*Pulls blankets over her face to sleep (This is one my mom says I did as a baby. She said she would put a blanket over my face and I'd fall asleep instantly!)
*Doesn't like having her diaper changed
*Doesn't like getting out of the bathThis morning Maddie was playing with her 'Little People' toys and decided Chloe was going to play with her. Looks like Chloe didn't seem to mind too much, she just used them for pacifiers!This evening at dinner, Chloe was sitting in her bouncy chair on the table and Maddie kept 'petting' her head and saying in her high pitched sweet voice, "Ohhh, Chloe! Your so cute!" It was so sweet!!! These two girls absolutely melt my heart!!!

Girls, Girls, Girls

I just love my girls! Although one of them just about drove me nuts today (I won't mention any names), I'm glad I didn't give her away because she was just so sweet tonight.

Chloe was laying on the bed, and Maddie decided she wanted to lay with her.
She just laid there and giggled.
It was so cute to see Chloe just stare at her... although, I'm not sure this is a good thing. I think Maddie can and will be a good example to her sister at times, but there are things Maddie says or does that I don't necessarily want Chloe to copy! :)
It was just so sweet to see them look at each other.
Such cute girls!!!

Here is Chloe just staring at her dad!
My sweet little baby!
I caught it... well, a partial smile anyway! My three favorite people in the whole world!!!

I just love my little family!!!

Ilee's Birthday Party

This afternoon we went to Maddie's friend, Ilee's birthday party! These girls have been the best of friends since we moved to Shoreline and met them (not too long after these girls were born). They are just so cute to watch play together, interact together, and now to hear them talk to each other. They keep us all laughing! This is one of the friends we will miss the most when we move!!!I think Maddie forgot who's birthday it was!!! :)

Sunday Best

Today was Chloe's first day at church. She did great! And I loved dropping Maddie off at nursery and leaving!!! Yea!!! For those of you who didn't know, nursery has been my calling since about two weeks before Maddie was 'legal' to be in nursery! Why do they do that??? Maddie does so much better without me in there so I am very excited to be back in the adult classes, especially with my nice quiet newborn! I know this will all change when she begins crawling and walking, when my class time will end up back out on the couch again until she's 18 months! But I will enjoy it while I can!I tried to get a cute picture of the girls together, but as you can see, I didn't succeed! Maddie wouldn't sit still for even a second, so they turned out blurry and then she decided that she was going to take pictures of Chloe with her camera.

Evergreen State Fair

Today we went to the Evergreen State Fair, and boy did we have a fun day! We started out on the pony rides. This was a first for Maddie. She has never been a big fan of the carousel rides (although she loved them today), so I was worried how she would do on a real horse... but, she loved it! She wanted to go again and again and again. She keeps wanting to look at the videos we took of her on the pony and is still talking about it!We were surprised by the rides Maddie wanted to go on. This girl has no fear!!! She was wanting to go on all of the big kid rides, and because she is over 36 inches tall, she was able to go on a few of them... but I made Mike ride along with her... ok, I didn't really have to 'make' him, he was pretty excited to go with her.

After going on a few of the bigger kid rides, eating lunch, and seeing the animals, we found all of the 'kiddie rides'... the funny thing is, Maddie was bored on those ones! She wanted to go back and do the big ones. One of her favorites was the roller coaster. It was cute when the girls in front of her put their hands up in the air, so Maddie copied them and put her hands up too!

It was such a hot day today. By the afternoon, we were exhausted! We didn't even feel like an 'elephant ear' by the end, which was shocking. We felt like we needed to buy one because that's the best part of the fair but we resisted, because it just really didn't sound good... so we got some ice cold waters instead! :)

Maddie zonked out by the time we made it back to the car and slept for nearly 3 hours! Putting her down for bed this evening was a piece of cake too! Obviously we wore her out!

I didn't manage to get any pictures of Chloe at the fair, and since I was the photographer the whole time, there aren't any of me either. But Mike happened to catch us both tonight after we returned home. We are a little worn out, but had a great day!!I have a couple videos we took of Maddie riding the pony. (Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page and pause the music first). I'm bummed the videos are a bit blurry, but Maddie was smiling from ear to ear the entire time. It was so worth the money we spent! :)

Two Cute Girls

Of course I think I have the two cutest girls in the world... what mother doesn't think that of her kids?! This evening, Maddie kept going back and forth to Mike and I and would ask us if we wanted a hug. Of course we'd say yes... and she'd give us this big hug and said, "I wuv you" (I love you). It was the sweetest thing... just melted my heart! We didn't do anything exciting today, but we had a fun day anyway. We took a trip over to grandma's, which is one of Maddie's favorite things to do. She was so excited to help her clean out her pantry and help refill her flour and sugar tubs! We also went on a walk for the first time in the new stroller since Chloe's been here. Both girls loved it. Maddie was smiling and excited the whole time, she kept asking me, "Your happy mom?" When I'd reply, she'd tell me she's happy too and kept telling me it's fun and she's excited! She keeps me laughing all day long with the things she says. The other day she walked past Scout, grandma's dog, and said, "What's up Scout!" Chloe also loved the stroller ride. I think she really likes being outside. She just laid there, very content the whole time, just looking around.As I mentioned in a previous post, Maddie's little imagination has gotten greater and greater. Sometimes good, and sometimes not so good. She woke up in the middle of the night with a nightmare and told me there were bugs in her bed, that she was scared, and they were going to get her. So I brought her in my bed, and she continued to tell me something about auntie Heather and a snake. I didn't quite catch all of that one, it was about 3am and I was a little out of it! Then today in the car, she was holding her monkey leash and told me her monkey's name is Luna. This is the first time she has named one of her animals, so I of course thought it was the cutest thing ever, even called Mike to tell him about it! (I'm sure he thought I was crazy!) She went on to tell me all about Luna. That she was thirsty and needed juice. Then she was tired and needed her blankie. The list went on of things Luna was and needed. It was pretty cute though! All these pictures are just pictures I took throughout the day. I just can't help myself... look how cute these little faces are! And before you know it, your little baby is two years old!

Taking a snooze on daddy's leg!

Chloe's First Bath

Well, Chloe's first 'real bath' at home. I had given her a sponge bath, and she had her first bath at the hospital. Maddie could hardly wait to see Chloe in the bath. She was so excited! (Check out those long, skinny legs... those definitely came from her dad!)

Chloe LOVED her bath! She didn't cry at all, and was pretty content in there. I guess it hasn't been too long since she once lived in that kind of environment! :)

After we took her out was when she was not happy! She cried a sad cry!

But once she was dressed again, she was happy as can be!!!