Chloe's Blessing

Chloe was blessed on 11 April 2010. My dad's birthday. :)

I didn't take any pictures!! :(

The next day my sweet sister Maria came over to my house to take some pictures of Chloe in her dress since we missed it that day.

This is a little video clip of Chloe during the shoot....ignore all the giggling in the background. :P

The dress she wore was a dress my Grandma Grace made over 60 years ago when she had her first child. It was worn by my Uncle Eric. I've loved it ever since I first saw it so my grandma intended it to me when she passes away but she decided to give it to me now so that my little Chloe could wear it to be blessed in. I find it incredibly special that she was able to wear a dress made by the wonderful lady she was named after!!

The blessing was really special. It wasn't too long and it was very meaningful! I had three of my sisters write it down as they heard it so that I could put those in her baby book. I hope she will treasure that as I've treasured many of the blessings I've kept record of in my life!!

(12 April 2010)

Tanner Dance

Molly's teacher has a class blog. I pilfered this picture from her blog and blurred/cropped the other kids that I don't have permission to post pics of on my blog. :P They're doing a dance unit with some dancers from the Tanner Dance company at the University of Utah. It's interpretive dance. It looks pretty fun. :)

(9 April 2010)

Sisters

Chloe sure loves her big sister! She smiles and coos and laughs for her frequently. The second time I heard Chloe giggle it was when Molly was playing with her while Rob and Ben were at the priesthood session of General Conference (3 April 2010). We were at my parents' house and Molly had just changed Chloe's diaper and was playing with her. I ran in to get my camera and just missed the giggles. By the time I started recording they were still having fun, but Chloe was just squealing and cooing by then. It's still very cute tho!! But you know me, I'm not biased one bit. :D

Expressions by Chloe...

What do you think she's thinking??

Another Day at the Zoo

On Chloe's 3 month birthday, Ben and Molly were out on Spring Break and Rob took the day off so we decided to go to the zoo. Chloe and I had so much fun a few weeks before that we wanted to take everyone and go again (plus Ben and Molly were envious that we'd gone without them).

Chloe took a nap while we were getting ready to go....and she didn't even need to be swaddled...isn't she precious?!?!!

The rotating globe fountain is always a fun attraction.

We watched the baby elephant (Zuri) and her mama for a while.

Zuri was so cute and playful.

We saw news trucks near the giraffe area...we couldn't figure out what the "news" was.
I heard later, but didn't realize it when we were there, that the baby giraffe was gone.
It'd died. :( I never heard the cause.

Chloe thought it was very bright out!

Ben and Molly enjoyed riding the carousel and the train.

The tiger exhibit was a bit of a disappointment...

we were all hoping they'd be active and get in the water like they had when
Chloe and I were there earlier in the month.
No such luck though. They were all asleep way in the back. :-/

Chloe got tired of the stroller and wanted to cuddle. :)

29 March 2010

Hangin' With The Cousins Again

Chloe's little "cousin-twin" that shares a birthday with her was blessed the Sunday before General Conference.

We took some size comparison pics again that day with Ryker, Milo and Chloe.

Look at them hold up their heads, Chloe has the hardest time...Nice drool/spit-up shot of Milo, eh?

28 March 2010

Chloe's First Trip to the Zoo

My sister Maria wanted to go to the zoo so a bunch of us decided to tag along.

(Maria is pregnant...I think she wanted to take her little baby(s) to the zoo.) ;)

It was Chloe's first time. We posed with the big scary (Lindy was terrified) elephant statue that makes weird noises: Maria, Julie, Monica, Grandma Neener, Amber, Me, Skylar, Paxton, Lindy, Dalton, Chloe, and Taylor.Cute baby elephant cuddling with it's mama....that was one of the highlights of the trip!!Taylor posing in front of the baby giraffe.Grandma, Lindy, Paxton, Skylar (hidden), Dalton and Taylor

posing with the scary tiger statue....Lindy didn't like the statues much. :PThe Mama tiger and her 3 cubs...we thought it was the daddy for some reason. I later found out that it's the mama and that the daddy "will not be participating in the rearing of his cubs." :P

Watching the kids play on the playground. Chloe telling all about her first trip to the zoo. :)

Big yawn!!Feeding the swanTaylor playing with the rotating globe fountain "Changing the World"

17 March 2010

Chloe Giggles

Chloe was very happy this day, and she let out her first giggle...it was very short, but it was a giggle. :) And she's giggled a bit more/longer several times since then.

13 March 2010

Molly's 9th Birthday

Molly's birthday this year was pretty busy and crazy. (Including one traumatic misunderstanding/mishap/event where Molly got permission to go to a friends' house. She thought she told me which friend, and I thought she meant the friend she had just been playing with. She took the back-up cell phone and I told her I'd call her when it was time to come home. We called and called and called...no Molly. We drove around the neighborhood, going to every house we thought she could possibly have gone to, and finally found Molly. (She'd left the phone in her coat pocket, by their front door, and promptly forgot it.))

We did have a nice birthday dinner for her, thanks to Grandma Paula!!! Followed strawberry shortcake and strawberry ice cream. Followed by a few gifts. Her main gift this year, however, was tuition to some dance classes at a studio here in Day Break.

10 March 2010

Some Clips of Our Little Sweet Pea

My smiling sweet pea :)

Chloe is a little copy cat with her tongue.
When her daddy pokes out his tongue at her,
she sticks out her tongue in return.
It works almost every time!!

8 March 2010