Chloe is one and full of fun

Little Lady, as we like to call her, is learning her way around in our busy house.

Shortly before her first birthday she learned to crawl. Although most babies are crawling long before their first birthday, Chloe had zero interest in being on her tummy. Plus, she is Daddy’s little girl, there was no need for any of that because Dad gets her whatever she needs. :)

Now that she is crawling, she is quickly learning how to pull herself up to her knees and slowly learning how to pull standing.

Her favorite thing is the dog’s water. She is quick, too. Leave that girl in the same room and she will be splish-splashing in the dog water within seconds.

Her personality is really shining through and girl loves to laugh, smile, play, talk, yell, EAT, and…. Pick on Corbin. Oh does she love to pick on Corbin. If he leaves his juice anywhere within her reach she will be there in seconds sucking it down. Don’t let her smile fool you either, because she knows it is his and laughs up a storm when she gets caught.

She is very independent and has no problems playing by herself (much the opposite of Corbin).

Birthday Fun

For Her Birthday the family went camping.

Since her birthday was on a Sunday we came home early. After a nice warm bath (her second favorite thing, behind the dog water) we went to my family’s house for dinner, cake and play time.

We got home late but that didn’t stop the fun. Grandma Lori and Grandpa David were waiting for a FaceTime call. We spent the time opening presents and talking with Grandma and Grandpa.

1 Year Check up

On the 11^th she had her one year check-up. She is officially 29.75 inches and 20lbs 11oz. She is the in the 70^th percentile for height and 59^th percentile for weight. The one year check-up also brought 5 immunizations. That’s 5 pokes, people. Daddy had to hold her for those, because we learned by trial (and error) that I can’t do without crying too. Problem is I think Daddy had a pretty hard time holding down his “baby girl” too.

Not making it any better, I got a call from her doctor as soon as we got home notifying me that they accidentally gave her to Varicella vaccines. Supposedly she should be fine, but I am still concerned and continue to second guess everything “weird” thing that she does.

Corbin turns 2

He is 2 and he is...

...a worker 

...a climber

...a cleaner

...a lover

He is growing up so quick. At 2 years old he is becoming very independent. 

He likes to get his own clothes out of his dresser

He likes to feed himself his meals (always)

He likes to undress himself

He likes to put his own shoes on

Corbin also likes to pet the dog like he is hitting him. He watches us pet him and pat him on the side, so that's what he does. Good thing cooper is a good dog.

He likes to do whatever dad is doing and doesn't have much interest in toys. Well, besides monkey. 

Monkey has to go to bed with him and get out of bed with him. Speaking of bed, he also still goes to bed perfectly fine when we tell him it's time. He is a good sleeper for about 11 hours a night and a 2-3 hour nap.

To celebrate the little man we took him to Toys R Us yesterday. He picked out a rake/shovel combo and a broom, which are perfect for our little guy. After that we went to Old Spaghetti factory. He did amazingly well with his meal. He ate all of the applesauce, half of the macaroni and half of the sherbet... Without spilling! 

They sang him happy birthday and he thought they were weird. 

Before leaving for work today (at 5:30) I woke him up with kisses and happy birthday wishes. Of course he went back to sleep and later dad woke him up by singing Happy Birthday. Brad had a dentist appointment this morning, so he got to spend an hour with Aunt Brandi this morning. This evening we celebrated with cake, presents and FaceTime with Grandma Lori and Grandpa Dave (in Hawaii).

He is a picky eater and his diet pretty much consists of:

-Gogurt (His absolute favorite)

-Chicken nuggets

-Mac N cheese

-Noodles

-Waffles

-Toast

-PB&J

He will eat other things, but those are his favorites.

Things Corbin doesn't like:

-Any water besides the bath

-Vegetables

-Going inside the house

-Dirtiness

-People messing with his sister

-When his sister drinks out of his sippy cups

-People messing with monkey

I can't believe it's been two years

It has been a long while since I updated this blog. It seems to amaze me that I had more time for updating when I was going to school full time. However, school has been replaced by little lady. She is much more fun.

Chloe

Miss Chloe turned 9 months last week. She celebrated by going through a massive teething stage. Yesterday her first tooth popped through. I wanted a picture, but little lady was not having it. The best I could do was feeling her bite me. The second tooth is not too far away, either. I am hoping this accounts for her serious crankiness and attitude lately.

Yesterday was a big day for Chloe as she also finally said “mama”. She has been saying “dada” for what seems like forever now. Yesterday she finally said “mama”. I guess that first tooth was all she needed.

Tomorrow she will have her 9 month appointment to see how big she is, but she is definitely growing. She eats anything and everything that we will allow her too. Her favorite right now are Nutter Butter cookies (without the messy peanut butter). However, I am transitioning her to the Gerber Graduates.

She sits up on her own and crawls backward. However, she is not a fan of tummy time and would rather just be carried wherever she needs to go.  

She still has the most wonderful smile ever!

Corbin

My little boy is going to be two in May. WOW!!!! He is growing so fast and is amazingly smart.

He is basically potty training himself. When we are busy, he gets his training potty out of the bathroom, undresses all the way (cause going potty is his excuse to get naked) and goes potty. When he is done, he empties the potty into the big potty, closes the lid, and flushes. He is not potty trained yet, but he sure thinks it is fun. Brad and I just need to take the time to fully train him.

Mr. Corbin doesn’t really have much interest in toys. In fact, he never really has. Lately he is getting more interested, but he would much rather play with our phones, the computer, Tupperware, cooking utensils, measuring cups, brooms, mops, and his MOST favorite is the vacuum.

His favorite “food” is go-gurt. If we would allow it he would eat a box per day. Instead we have to limit him to about ½ a box per day. He knows how to get in the fridge and get go-gurt, milk, and juice. However, he would rather open the fridge and sit on the ledge while I am cooking.