Chloe's little announcement

I am sure you have all seen this on facebook, but here it is one more time cause i just LOVE her face in it!!  

YES it is true. I have been knocked up, and let me tell you, NO ONE was more surprised than we were.  Quite the shocker...in fact i am still in shock.  I am starting to get used to the idea, but am a little nervous.  I am not so much scared of being the mother of two.... Mostly just not really ready to be a whale for 6 months, and then there is labor.....lets just not talk about it.  

I am due in April sometime, i get to go for an early ultrasound to determine a date. so i will let you know (you can stop worrying now!)  I have been starting to get sick as well which is always fun!! with Chloe it only lasted until just after 3 months along....so i am hoping for that! '

Hope that answers all your questions....we are really excited, especially chloe!! well she will be when she actually knows whats going on. I think she is more excited for her birthday this weekend. Yup i have a pending one year old.....and she is my favorite thing alive!! 

earrings and such

We had a really good weekend,  and since Kristin pointed out that 5 people read my blog....5 more than i thought. I decided i should update it more often. It was so gorgeous this weekend oh man i am LOVING this weather!! so glad that fall hasn't arrived yet! 

So i have been wanting to get Chloe's ears pierced for a while and have just been putting it off. so i thought since she is gonna be 1, now was as good a time as any!! so we went to Merle Norman downtown and they were awesome! they froze her ear lobes and did them both at the same time. They were so nice too, which made it easier (not so much me....but regan was having a hard time!)  Chloe was a champ! she only cried when they tried to put the freezing stuff on, and then right after they got pierced, but i am positive it was just the noise of the gun that scared her. Anyways i LOVE how they turned out and am so glad i did it!! she looks more girly now which is nice. she got called a boy that morning AGAIN....so it was time!! 

So here are some pictures of the weekend:

Here is chloe enjoying her sucker after the deed was done.

We walked over to the fountain at Galt gardens....she wasn't too sure about it. she just wanted to walk around the outside....not actually get in there.

  

my cute girl

Here she is enjoying the ice cream daddy gave her. he is such a softie he felt so bad for her she got so spoiled!!

 

Showing off her new bling!

HA HA she got stuck on her toy when she wedged herself between the toy and the speaker.

Enjoying the ribs that regan made yesterday...they were SO good!! He is seriously the best cook, and win-win he loves to do it!! (so i let him!!)

Here are some videos from the last couple days. The first one was when we were watching the next food network star. Everytime they cheered on the TV she started clapping, it was too funny!

The second one is self explanatory- peek a boo at its finest.

  

 

Then we have some dancing / clapping along with her zoo animals. she has been playing with that thing SO much lately. she loves to climb all over it...funny kid.

And finally some walking. She was doing really good last night, getting so close!  of course we didn't get the best ones on video, but she is getting more brave and taking off on her own. Regan says she has to be walking by her birthday. i say she never has to walk. she is so not a baby anymore....when did that happen???  she is sneaking around behind my back growing up and whatnot. i don't appreciate the sneakiness. 

  

For your viewing pleasure.

Well we have had a really busy summer and no i haven't blogged about any of it. I suck. maybe i will eventually....but probably not.  I don't think the one maybe two people who ever read my blog care that much anyways :)  

But i do have a little treat for your eyes! my baby turned 11 months on friday. I know it is ridiculous. i am just realizing how big she is getting. the 1 year birthday is way too close. I actually cried about it this morning. (ok i didn't cry, but i was definitely sad)  Along with her growing up she is getting smarter and SO much fun!! these are a few of her "tricks" that she has to show everyone all the time.  I laugh out loud every time i see those muscles.....and who doesn't love a good wide open mouth baby kiss!!  without further ado......ENJOY!

doin the wave

YAY i finally got her waving on video!! she hasn't been doing it the last couple of days so she wasn't too sure at first. but then in the end she performs like a champ!! 

I know my house is always messy, and yes she was playing with the spatula. she likes it...and that is my mom and Tina in the background, although we all sound the same!! 

9 months old

So Chloe turned 9 months old on Sunday. my oh my does the time fly!!!  I am so proud of my little munchin. she is learning so much and is such a little smarty pants!!  She can pull herself up now pretty much anywhere, couch, chairs, the bath...you name it!  still does her funny little army crawl...but she can really boogie when she wants something.  She loves to feed herself and will love you forever if you give her popcorn twists (I think they are a favorite among all babies ) She learned how to wave....it is pretty much the cutest thing ever.but i haven't managed to get it on video.  

I found this little piano at a garage sale for $3 and it is awesome!! she loves it! In the first video she is showing how she can clap...a new talent as of two days ago.  make sure you watch it to the end or you will miss a treat from auntie tina! (and if you didn't know clapping and pulling up you shirt is the new way to dance!)

The second video is chloe spinning around. She always had the hardest time seeing what was going on behind her. and it was quite the ordeal to crawl onto her tummy turn around and then sit back up again. so imagine her delight when she figured out she can just turn in circles!! 

Happy Father's Day

Just wanted to give a shout out to all the fathers out there!  Especially to my dad, I am so grateful to have a dad who is such a great example to all of us. And i couldn't ask for a better dad for my baby. I love to see how Regan just craves Chloe every minute of the day, and begs me to let him wake her up from her nap. 

He is always willing to watch her and they always spend quality time together!  She loves her dad, her face when he walks in the door is probably the best thing ever! 

He is such a sweetheart and she definitely has him wrapped around her chubby little finger! Is there anything sweeter than a dad and his little girl?

I saw these little bite size treats on Bakerella's blog and had to try them. they turned out so cute and delicious!!  they were a LOT of work but i had some great help!!

And there is Steve. He really enjoyed his Father's day treats i made him!!!

LOVE YOU DAD!

Me and Koralie slaving away on our burgers after a long day of garage sale-ing! 

Van enjoying the fruits of our labors. i love his face in the second one. ha ha

Hope everyone had a happy father's day. i am sorry that everyone was not here to enjoy the burgers. sorry there are no more, they didn't last long!

dada da

Like seriously how did she grow so fast??  I snagged this pic of chloe in her carseat looking too cute for words and it just hit me that she used to be itty bitty baby in that same carseat.  it's a good thing for pictures and video's cause i can hardly remember her being that size. I blame my mom for that....i got her memory!  i know I always say this and i know it is such a cliche, but they grow SO FAST!! don't they??  

I am also in LOVE with the fact that Chloe crosses her feet like that any chance she gets, and it makes her just that much cuter....i think :)

She used to say mama all the time and i could never get a video of it. She has since moved on to saying dada and only says mama when she is crying.  so this is just a little video of her talking....what a little smarty pants! (yes i know she is just babbling....but she is starting to mimick us so that counts right? )