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Happy Birthday, Chloe!

90210, Chloe was born.  I can’t believe she’s already a year old.

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Caleb & Caris have grown a lot too.

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Chloe on top of the bilirubin lights.

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First time out to dinner.

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6 weeks old and getting some tummy time.

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2 Months.  Stretch!!

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10 weeks

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3 Months.  She did not like that car seat.

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A place she’s still familiar with today.

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First Christmas

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4 Months

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Chloe’s the only child of ours that naturally has her mouth closed.

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5 months old

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Still showing off that toothless grin.

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6 months old and eating her first solids

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I don’t know about this bottle thing

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7 months and I finally sit.  Still no crawling though.

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Getting my shots

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Told you. Only one with her mouth naturally closed

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Our cats like Chloe for some reason.

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8 months.  Chloe’s (and Caris’) first ride at Disneyland.

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Over 8 months old, I still fall back when I’m sitting, and I still can’t crawl.

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Star Wars.  Don’t mind Caris and her pants down

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That ain’t my phone.

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Tommy isn’t the smartest of cats.

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Baby Dedication

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9 months

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Finally crawling

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That pacifier might be a little big

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10 months

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Learning to stand

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I don’t feel so good, Mommy.

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11 months

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So much mischief

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“Look, Daddy.  I’m climbed the stairs.”

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Happy Birthday, baby girl.

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Caleb’s 3rd Birthday Party

Caleb had heaps of fun at this 3rd birthday party this past weekend. Of course, he doesn’t turn 3 until this Sunday, but Daddy will be just getting back from Youth Camp, so we figured it be best to celebrate early. Caleb gives a big thanks to all his friends, family, and favorite church aunties & uncles for making it so much fun for him!

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Day Late, Dollar Short: Happy Birthday, Mommy

Happy 31st birthday, Yvonne!  Yes, her real name.

A day late, and a dollar short, but it’s still here.  Yvonne’s birthday gift was a break from the kiddos.  At the day spa of course.  I think getting away from the kids might have been enough, but I might as well send her away to something she’ll enjoy as well.

While she was over there, Caleb, Caris & I were scheming things at home.  A surprise for when Mommy comes back.

Here’s the setup.  Letters.

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If you’re interested in watching a 11+ minute video, here it is of me and Caleb finishing up the rest.

(Video coming soon after it finishes uploading.  Only 4+ hours.  I need FiOS)

Here’s the finished product.

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Caleb’s 2nd Birthday Party

This post is only about a month late.  Not bad for me. 

We had a blast at Caleb’s birthday party on 7/3.  Great way to start the July 4th weekend.  Lots of friends came.  Since we were having Caleb’s party at a large park/playground nearby, Chris & I decided to have a big birthday party for him this year.  I was able to invite several of the wonderful moms God has blessed me with as friends since becoming a mom myself.

This is really sad, but we have no pictures of his birthday party.  Neither of us took pictures.  When we saw that so many other people were taking pictures with their cameras, we decided not to bother.  So, please send us your pictures!

Caleb had fun opening all his presents. 

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Thanks to everyone for loving us… and our amazing son.  As Chris said at the party… this has been a wild two years.  We had no idea how challenging parenthood would be, but we also had no idea how much joy would accompany it as well.

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Happy 6-Month Birthday, Baby Caris!

Our baby girl is 6 months old today!  We’ve been so busy that we haven’t even started her on solids.  We pulled out the feeding table about 5 minutes ago.  Our goal is to start her on her first rice cereal tomorrow morning!

I’ve also realized that I’ve neglected to blog on Caris’ milestones.  It’s really much harder to keep up with all this stuff with your second child. 

I started to worry a little about Caris around when she was 3.5 months old since she was only just turning from side to side (versus full rolling like Caleb did at 3.5 months).  A month later she was rolling.  Rarely does she stay on her back for long now.  Even when she sleeps, she likes to roll onto her belly (even though she’s still swaddled!)

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Caris has been doing this interesting (but effective) back scoot since she was about 3 months old.  That was her first method of getting to the toys behind her on the changing pad.

She sits really well too…. except when distracted by a toy.

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Now, she’s actually starting to crawl!!! (not real crawling on hands and knees, but she can get what she wants several inches in front of her with the propelling force of her knees and feet).  I certainly don’t have to worry about Caris being too laidback to move anywhere.  She’s got spunk, and she does try to get what she wants.

 

Some cute pics:

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Caleb turns 2!!

Oh, my… I can’t believe my son is 2.  Actually, he turned 2 yesterday (sorry Caleb for the late post).  If you ask Caleb, he’ll still say that he’s 1.  Oh well, I guess it’ll take time for him to adjust to his new age.  Caleb went to the water park at Santa Fe Dam today.  We had dinner at Old Spaghetti Factory.  I’ll have to put more pics up when I upload them.

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Right now, Chris & I just watched our son fall out of his crib.  His crib has a door that we now leave open since he’d climb over the crib rails anyways.  He moves so much in his sleep…  and just now, he moved himself right out of the crib… pretty much did a flip out of the cirb.  we heard a groan, but no crying.  Then we saw Caleb roll to the right, out of the video camera’s sight.  I guess he’s still sleeping.  Enjoy the floor, Caleb.

 

A Blast From the Past:

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That’s all for now.  Goodnight world.  Stay asleep, my sweet boy.