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

Bus Ride With Grandma and Grandpa

Chloe loves to snuggle. She snuggles her face down into my neck and cheek when she's going to sleep on my shoulder, and when she's in her bassinet, she snuggles her face right up into the bumper pad. It makes us nervous so we try to move her face away from it, but she turns right back every time. :P

The Sunday before Molly's birthday my parents wanted to spend some time with Molly for her upcoming birthday. They are very busy during the week with their mission of teaching English in the inner city wards so they took the opportunity to come by on Sunday night. They brought their bus/motor home to take Molly, and anybody else who wanted to tag along, for a ride. We drove up to Julie's house and picked up her and Dalton and Lindy (Dalton's birthday is the day before Molly's). The kids always have a blast riding in the bus. It was Chloe's first time. :) And it always brings back fond memories for me of all the good times/trips we had in that bus!! Lots of fun!! Thanks mom and dad for all the good times then and now!! :)

7 March 2010

2 March 2010

Chloe and I went to visit Grandma Grace on March 2nd. We had fun visiting with her and Monica and Maria who were there for their "rug class" with Grandma. (Every week she teaches them how to make a braided rug. A skill she learned from her mom.)Chloe Grace and Grandma Grace. :)Her cousins Lindy and Dalton were also there for a while.

Lindy loves babies and tried to take very good care of her little cousin. After that we went to visit Grandma Neener. :)

We found some more cousins for Chloe to see.

Left to Right:
Milo, born October 2009;

Chloe, born December 2009;

Ryker, born same day as Chloe, except about 22 hours earlier;
Lindy, born October 2008.Milo, Chloe and Ryker kept trying to hold hands. :)

Oh The Incredible Fan

Here's proof that Chloe will smile at the fan before her own mom. ;)

2 March 2010

2 months....3 months

I got a bit behind in posting so here's Chloe's 2 month size pictures:
And here's her 3 month size pic's:

Isn't She a Doll?!?!

(Sat. 27 Feb 2010)

Remembering...

Ben and Molly have a tradition of going to see Rachel's grave whenever we go to Colorado, it seems to be especially Molly's tradition.

Denver Aquarium

We went to the Denver Aquarium on Monday Feb 22 during our family's little trip to Denver this time. We wanted to do something to make our trip seem like a vacation. Ben and Molly had been there before but Ben was 3 and can't remember, and Molly was around 3 days old....not too sure she remembers either. Rob says they've made a lot of changes since then. We had a really great time!

First we went in the Shark Tank....a bit scary, but we survived. :D (Rob held Chloe up there and she, obviously, wasn't too thrilled...I had to snap a split-second shot, cuz that's about how long she was in there.) :P

Then we moved on to some fish and otter exhibits. The otters were MIA so we went back again at the end and were able to see them.We got to watch some divers cleaning one of the tanks, that was really cool. We didn't think they could see us at first, but then one of them posed for a pic with Molly and Ben. :)Looking at sting rays and skates

Checking out the tunnel

Chloe had a great time!! :)We got to pet the sting rays? (I think that's what they were...)

And then we bought some fish to feed them.

That was really cool!!!Feeding the Sting Rays (I think) :P

Looking at the otters on our second trip around...Chloe's first otter siting Molly and Ben about to be drowned in a flash flood.

We also got to watch them feed the sharks, which was really neat too!
(But the pics weren't) :)

Family Party

While we were in CO Rob's whole family got together at his brother, Wayne's, house. We had a potluck, watched the annual family slide show, and talked while the kids ransacked the house. :P Chloe meeting Uncle Wayne
Grandpa cuddling with Chloe's new blanket