Chloe: 2 Months

Chloe is 2 months old!  Here is her monthly "growth chart" photo:

Click here to compare it to her 1 month photo!

She had a doctor's appointment this morning and she is now 22" long (25th percentile) and 11 lb 11 oz (75th percentile).  The pediatrician said everything looks great!  She had to have three shots and luckily Brian took her so I didn't have to witness it... though I was the one who took the band-aids off this evening and I don't think she'll ever forgive me for that!

More photos of her 2nd month are in our Photo Album if you're interested.

Conversations with a 3-Year-Old: Don't Beat Me!

Chase has recently become very competitive (that's ALL Brian).  He has to beat you at everything.  If you're walking up the stairs with him he has to make it to the top first.  If you're walking down the stairs he has to make it to the bottom first.  If he's behind he will start crying, "Don't beat me!"

That phrase is funny in itself, but the other day I decided the boy needed to learn he can't win all the time, so I beat him.  He did not like it... and cried.  A lot.  *sigh*

Apparently the next morning he turned to Brian and said:

"Daddy, Mommy makes me cry when she beats me."

Fingers crossed he doesn't start spreading that around daycare!  We expect a call from the authorities any day now.

P.S.  This is my second post of the day.  Check out the previous post for some cute pics, if you haven't seen them already!

Lazy Saturday

While Brian played tennis this morning, I got to hang out with the kids at home.  We had tons of fun playing.  Chloe gave me lots of good smiles!



She is so fascinated by Chase. She stares and smiles at him constantly! He doesn't really seem to notice or care at this point, but I think it's totally adorable.

I asked Chase to give Chloe a kiss during my little photo shoot and Chloe stuck her tongue out at just the right time:

Ha ha! We had fun just hangin' out. Chloe was the only one NOT in PJ's!

More photos are in our Photo Album if you're interested!

End-of-Summer Fun

Well, today was my first day back at work with students. We celebrated our last summer weekend indoors, since it was 104 degrees outside! We went to the children's museum at Baylor University. They had a special Lego exhibit, which was cool. Chase had a fun time making a big Lego tower with Daddy.

Here is a fun photo of him trying to hear the ocean in a giant shell:

This was the extent of Chloe's fun:

More photos coming soon to our Photo Album!

Happy Back to School (I start my Texas A&M class next week myself)!

One-Armed Baby

Brian and I are big fans of swaddling. It is the only way Chase would sleep and Chloe loves it, too. But with Chase we ended up swaddling him too long and had to cut him off cold turkey. We didn't want to have to do that with Chloe so we did a little research and found an article that suggested weaning her off of it by leaving one arm out for a couple weeks, then two, then loosening the wrapping around the body. So we started the weaning process this weekend and... I'm sorry, but it's funny:

She's doing great so far!

Conversations With a 3-Year-Old: Big Boy

Location: IHOP bathroom

Chase: Is this a big toilet?
Daddy: Yes.
Chase: Is this a daddy toilet?
Daddy: Yes, but you can use it because you're a big boy.
Chase: Yeah, because I have a big penis.

And so it begins. *sigh*

Goofy Grins!

We have a smiler!  Here she is in action:

And here are a couple more cute baby faces for you:

The girl really knows how to sport a double chin! Ha ha!