My Cloe

Cloe is two years old, and I am so happy that she is growing up to be such a great kid! I can't believe it has been two years already. I feel like she is still so little. I am so greatful to have Cloe in my family. I love her so much and I am so proud that she is my daughter.

This is one of Cloe's first pictures. Even though she was 11 days late, you can tell by the look on her face that she did NOT want to come out.

Cloe is three weeks old in this picture. I love this one because I think that she looks just like her Daddy here. Aren't they so cute together??

Cloe is all bundled up for this one. She is about two months old here.

Learning to crawl and Papa and Nee-nee's house in Florida.

So we don't forget who she is........

Trying on Mama's winter hat.

Cloe's Birthday Party

Cloe had her birthday party on Saturday. We invited a lot of friends over and there were lots of kids too. We had homemade pizzas and a chocolate "Moose Cake". She got a lot of great new toys, and I think she had a really good time.



Cloe enjoying homemade pizza (one of her favorite meals.)

Cloe blowing out the candles on her "Moose Cake"

When I asked Cloe a couple of weeks ago what kind of cake she wanted, I kid you not, she asked for a "Moose Cake". I have no idea what made her think of that, but she talked about little else for those two weeks. I am pretty impressed with this cake, I think it turned out really cute and Cloe really liked it. Ben said that it looks a lot better than he expected it to......... not sure how to take that.........

More Lake Pics

Wearing Daddy's fishin' hat home.

Doing the "Chicken Dance" Ben taught her.

Her clothes were soaking wet so we took them all off.

Cloe wanted to touch the water so bad while we were in the boat.

The Lake

Cloe put on her life jacket and tupperware bowl and said she was Batman.

We took a friend's boat out to the lake this last Wednesday. It was really fun. Cloe loved going fast in the boat, and the dogs liked it too. Cloe mostly liked digging in the dirt/sand in the shallow parts of the lake. She got so wet, she drove home in just a diaper.

Getting bigger...

Well, on Sunday I will officially be in my third trimester and I can't believe that we will be having another baby. I am doing well, but definitely starting to really feel the aches and pains of pregnancy.
I am sure that most of you know already, but for those of you that don't, we have decided to name our baby Lucy Mae. We really like it and think that it will fit great. The only thing that will likely make us change the name is if it ends up being a boy, but I don't think that is going to happen.

Potty Training

Cloe in her Dora underpants and her rain boots
(it's what she wanted to wear that day)

It has begun!! We've officially started potty training Cloe and she is doing so well. She has only had three accidents since we started Saturday night, not too shabby! We got her some special underpants (Dora the Explorer), but she would just rather be naked I think. That's fine with me. It's a lot easier to clean up an accident if she is wearing nothing. Even when she is wearing a diaper she will come to me and ask to go potty in the toilet. It's great, we have only used one diaper all day!

Pooping is a little more difficult for her. If she would just sit still for 30 seconds, she would be able to do it. So, on that front, she has only done it a couple of times.

I can't believe how much she has grown up! She is a total little girl now and not my little baby anymore... That's ok though, I'm so proud of her and I love her more than anything!

So Busy...

Sorry I haven't posted in so long! Most of you know that I was in Utah visiting family for 3 1/2 weeks so that's why I haven't been around. Cloe and I had such a great time visiting everyone. Cloe has an entire new repertoire of words including: Batman (pronounced batmam), smash (usually refering to smashing bugs), clunk (for when someone or something falls down), and accordion (we can all thank Cloe's grandma for that one.) It was so nice to see everyone.
The weekend after I got back, we went fishing as a family in Valdez for salmon. It was really fun and we caught a lot of fish.
Then this upcoming Monday we are leaving for Anchorage for the week. Ben needs to go down for training for work, so Cloe and I are tagging along.
We are always so busy in the Summertime, but its nice to have fun as a family. Hopefully I will have time after we get back from Anchorage to post some pictures of all of our new adventures.