Chloe's Giggles

A week or two ago (I know, I'm totally behind), Chloe giggled for the first time. I was just sitting there talking to her and I got this full-on giggle! It was the cutest thing EVER!! She has the sweetest giggle. She did her 2nd ever giggle for my uncle Tim while we were over at his house. He was making his crazy weird sounds to her, which will make anyone laugh! Over the next few days she was giggling for Maddie and I, and even my cousin, Jameson (Jamo, as Maddie would correct me!) I think it got to Mike that Chloe still hadn't giggled for him. He had heard her do it a few times now, but she had never actually giggled at/to him! So last week he was determined and sat there doing whatever it would take to make it happen (it doesn't take much anymore) and he did have her giggling uncontrollably! Sometimes she gets laughing so hard she will start to choke on her own saliva! Her giggles usually end with the hiccups! I have yet to get it on camera, but I will work on that!

Twilight

Yep, I did it! I went and saw the movie! Last Saturday, Mike and his dad watched the 4 kids for us and I went with Mike's mom and sisters, and most of the Lewis girls to see Twilight! I didn't really know what to expect, and wasn't dying to see it since I knew nothing about it, but wasn't going to pass up an opportunity to go out with the girls... WITHOUT KIDS!

Most of you will think I'm totally crazy, I haven't read a SINGLE book... yet!! I really liked the movie, and now I WANT to read the books! But since I leave for Seattle soon, and have TONS to do before I leave (to include getting EVERYTHING ready for Christmas, since we won't return home until just before Christmas) I don't have time to get addicted to the books quite yet. So, my wonderful husband got on Amazon.com and is ordering me the book on CD so I can listen to it on my drive up to Seattle. Yes, call me crazy, I am driving by myself, with both girls up to Seattle... and I'm SO EXCITED! I haven't seen my family since we moved the first of October and I miss them like CRAZY! Especially my mom! I'm used to seeing her at least a few times a week so this has been quite the adjustment for me, and for Maddie too... who may be having bigger grandma withdrawals then I am!!! Anyway, maybe I'll post about it if I can make it through the cd's on my drive. I guess it will all depend on how the girls do on the drive!

Grandma's Mail

Maddie was SO excited to get the mail with me the other day, only to find a package with her name on it (and Chloe's too) and better yet, from GRANDMA (& grandpa too!!)

She could hardly wait to walk in the door to open it! She plopped right down on the floor and was so excited to pull everything out.

When she pulled the sleeper out and I told her that was for Chloe... she just threw that off to the side. But the funny part was that later that day I caught her trying to put the sleeper on. She had taken all her clothes on and was getting frustrated that her feet wouldn't fit in! Too bad I didn't get a picture of that...

In the package was this little unicorn that you put in water and it can grow for up to 10 days! Maddie has to go check it after she wakes up each day and after each nap, plus randomly throughout the day. I have caught her a few times climbing on top of the counter to 'play' with the unicorn and water. (This is a big pet peeve of mine, people climbing or sitting on counters... got it from my mom!)

Thank you grandma for thinking of us! Maddie gets so excited to get little packages or mail from her Grandma!!

PS. Have Christian look at these pictures to get an example of how to make his 'turkeys' we sent him! (Just in case if the 'model' we sent broke along the way!)

Panguitch Craft Fair

Last weekend we (me, Mike, and the girls), went down to Circleville again. Saturday was the annual Panguitch Craft Fair that I was pretty excited about going to, but ended up being a bit overwhelmed once I got there because there was SO MUCH way cute stuff I wanted to buy, that I ended up not buying anything! Well... except for a WAY cute purse that I kept eyeing, and was a SUPER good deal that I couldn't pass it up!! Actually, Heather paid for part of it as my Christmas present... and I LOVE IT! Maddie got to ride the horse again, this time all by herself (with Uncle Alan leading it, of course!)

She was not very happy when DAD decided to jump on with her! But eventually she calmed down and was OK with having him ride with her. Geez dad.......She was also SO excited to climb up in Uncle Alan's truck and talk on the 'CB', or as I call it... the radio, or walkie talkie! :) We had a hard time getting her out of there, she didn't want to leave! Who would have thought the inside of a semi could be so much fun?!

Disney On Ice

On Thursday Maddie and I went to Disney on Ice, along with my aunt Deb, and cousins Hilary & Amanda. We really made a night of it by starting out going to dinner to 'The Roof' at the Joseph Smith Building. It was absolutely amazing! I have only been there once, many years ago, after my parents were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. The view was incredible!After dinner we headed off to Disney on Ice. Our tickets were great! We were almost center in the stadium, just 5 rows up!!Maddie was sitting on the edge of her seat most of the time.... the rest of the time she was on her feet trying to ice skate like the princesses! She was starting to get pretty tired towards the end, but would still jump up and get excited when any of her favorite characters came out.Maddie threw her blanket over her before we left the parking lot, and by the time we got out on the road, we didn't hear another peep! We had a GREAT time! Maddie is still telling everyone about going to Disney on Ice and watching them ice skate!

3 Months Old

Chloe is 3 months old today! Holy Cow!!! And man, is she growing!!! She is well over 12 pounds now!

Chloe is wearing 3-6 month clothing, although I don't think she'll be wearing it for much longer.

Chloe loves sucking her hands and loves playing with her little toys now!

Chloe especially loves her sister, and Maddie very much loves her back! It's the cutest thing when Chloe is crying and Maddie will tell me she's going to "cheer" Chloe up. I love hearing Maddie in next to Chloe's bed singing songs to her.

Sometimes Maddie calls Chloe "baby-heart". It must be a combination of 'baby' and 'sweetheart', maybe?! I have no idea, but Mike and I laugh every time we hear it! It is so dang cute! The funny thing is, neither one of us ever say 'sweetheart' so who knows where that came from!

Chloe loves to talk and also loves to be talked to.

Chloe has also started to really enjoy the TV! It's so funny to catch her distracted by it when it's on. It doesn't matter if it's Maddie's cartoons or Daddy's football, she'll watch it! But she seems to like Maddie's bright colored cartoons better!

Mike and I are both so in love with our girls! We thoroughly love every minute we get with them, even those times when I feel like pulling my hair out! I am pretty sure I have the cutest little babies in the world!!! (Yes, Maddie is STILL my baby!!)

Sleeping Girls

My mom has told me many times that I was a very easy baby. She said when it was time for me to sleep all she would have to do is lay a blanket over me, covering my face, and I would go to sleep. Some things never change... to this day, I still like to sleep completely covered up with a blanket over my head!

Chloe

So maybe my girls got this weird thing from me. Yes, BOTH my girls sleep with blankets over their heads, since about the time they were born. They usually wouldn't fall asleep unless it was over their face! Maddie hasn't really slept like that much since she's gotten older, but I couldn't help but laugh (and take a picture) when I checked on her during her nap and found her like this....

Maddie

W is for Wolf

Maddie and I were reading a few books tonight, one of them being the 'W' book. We came upon a 'wolf', which I thought Maddie would tell me is a puppy because that's what it looks like. This is how it went...

Me: That's a wolf.
Maddie (thinking): A wolf blow the piggy's house down.
Me: He did?
Maddie: Ya, on little Einsteins he blew the piggy's house down.
Me: How did he blow it down?
Maddie: He huffed and he puffed and he BLOOOWWWWWWWW!
Me: Did the house blow down?
Maddie: Ya, the piggy very sad. He needs a blankie and a 'p-pie-er' (What Maddie calls a pacifier)

Too funny! I didn't even know Maddie knew the story of The Three Little Pigs. I hadn't ever told it to her. Thank goodness for Little Einsteins for teaching my daughter everything she needs to know! :)

I love how Maddie has these elaborate conversations, and the things she comes up with!

Smiles

Here are some smiles from my little Chloe bug! I feel like an awful mom because I probably have a gazillion pictures of Maddie, especially at this age, I was taking them everyday! I forget now (and it seems I don't have as much time on my hands with a two-year old running around too). But excuses don't make it better... Chloe smiles all day long, and I just smile back and talk to her. I don't think to grab my camera, like I did with Maddie. Is this normal with your second child, or am I just a slacker of a mom?! I think part of the reason she was so happy is because she was supposed to be napping!!! She is starting to act more and more like her sister... here comes more trouble!!!

A quick shout out to 'papa'! Happy Birthday, Larry! Hope you have a great one today!!! Maddie has been singing 'happy birthday to papa' all morning long. She thinks because it's his birthday she ought to have cupcakes! She is determined to get a cupcake when we go to Costco after her nap! :) Anyway, we're sorry we couldn't be there to help you celebrate, but we'll see you in a month!!!