4 months old!! (tomorrow)

This is going to be a quick post--we still have a bunch to pack for the move tomorrow and I am getting tired already!! I am so thankful that my parents have been in town and helping pack all week. Thanks Mom and Dad!!

Chloe had her 4 month check up today. 15 pounds and 0.5 ounces!! This puts her in the 82nd percentile. Length is 25 inches--80th percentile. I opted to skip shots today, as we have a big weekend ahead of us--moving and the baby dedication at church on Sunday. She was pretty cranky after her last shots and I would like to have a happy baby this weekend. That's all for now...

Anniversary!

Today is our 3 year anniversary! I am sure that all of you who are married will agree that it seems like the time goes so quickly--it seems like we just got married! On other days, it seems like we have been married forever!! Andrew is such a great husband and dad and I feel so blessed to be married to him!

Our good friend Ade suggested that we take a weekend away (without Chloe!!) to celebrate our anniversary and we took her advice! Andrew found a good deal on a suite at the Tahoe Seasons Resort near Heavenly in South Lake Tahoe and we spent Saturday night there. As much as we missed Chloe, it was so nice to be able to have time to spend on us and our marriage, without the baby. We were able to take naps, sleep in, and eat out at yummy restaurants! On Sunday we went to Apple Hill on our way home--my first time there!! We shared a caramel apple and bought some pies to bring home. Thanks so much to Ade and my parents for watching Chloe, so we could take a trip! We had so much fun, that we vowed to try to take a childless-trip every year! Everyone did have a good laugh at me though when we got home, because as soon as the car was stopped, I jumped out and ran into Chloe's room to peek at her while she was sleeping! It took a lot of restraint to not pick her up. I missed her so much!!

The pictures of us on Saturday night did not turn out very well, but here is one anyway. We posed outside of the restaurant, even though it was in the 20's and windy outside. The lake was so pretty, though!

The suite that we stayed in was really nice and had a view of the mountains and some of the runs at Heavenly. My favorite part of the suite was the jacuzzi tub! I had this dream about buying a house with a jacuzzi tub and had visions of relaxing bubble baths with jets. Well, that did not end up happening, so we found a hotel with a tub, instead. Look how big it was!!

The rest of this week is going to be filled with packing boxes and getting ready for our big move on Saturday. If you live close by and are available on Saturday, we would love help loading and unloading our moving truck!! Love to you all!!!

(For those of you looking for pictures of Chloe, I will post pictures of her after her 4 month check up on Friday!)

cute pictures!

Our friends Dan and Andrea are buying some new living room furniture and are very generously giving us their slightly used couch, love seat, and recliner. We have a lot of other furniture that we need to buy for our new house and we know that couches and such are going to take a beating with the spit up and toddler years ahead of us. We are so grateful to get used furniture from someone we know and has taken good care of it. And they all match! The hand me down furniture that we have now is so random and none of it matches. This is a picture of Andrew, Chloe, and I sitting on the sofa, waiting for Bible study to start. Chloe looked so cute sitting there all by herself that we had to take a family photo!
On Sunday, Jen and I coordinated to have Ella and Chloe wear matching dresses to church. They are so cute! Pete thought that it was socially unacceptable for women to wear the same dress, but I hope the girls don't mind too much! Their Grandma Elaine bought them matching summer dresses already, so we will be able to have more cute photos!
On Sunday, Chloe and I drove with our friend Andrea and her son Drew to Palo Alto. We spent the night and then drove into SF on Monday morning for Drew's appointment at UCSF. When trying to determine the sleeping arrangements on Sunday night, I determined that the best place for my noisy daughter to sleep would be the bathroom! Andrea was worried about someone stepping on her, so I put her in the bathtub! Drew was very confused about why the baby was sleeping in the bathtub and not a bed, but it worked really well!


Chloe was such a good traveler! She slept most of the way in the car and was so patient! While Drew was doing his assessments, Chloe ate and had a diaper change in the hospital cafeteria and then again at Starbucks! She had so much fun lying on the table at Starbucks and people watching and talking to whoever would listen! She is such a social baby!


Other than getting to hang out with our friends, I think the most exciting part of the day for me was when we were browsing at the UCSF bookstore. I fed Chloe (for the 4th time in SF) and then as we were leaving, I looked at the candy rack and saw Whatchamacallit candy bars!!! These are my absolute favorite candy bars and I have been craving one for a few months and could not find one at any of the stores I have looked at. I was convinced that they stopped making them! I used some restraint and only bought one, even though I wanted to buy the whole box!! Andrew's comment when I got home was that he was glad they were not selling them for $200 because I would have paid that much! I don't know about that, but I thought it was well worth the $0.99 I paid for it! I could not resist the temptation any longer and I ate it after lunch today. It was soooo good!


The sad thing is that Chloe now has her 3rd cold of her babyhood. She has had a cough for a few days, but it is now much worse and she is congested and cranky. I hope she gets well quickly!!

Go Giants!

On Saturday, we took Chloe to her first baseball game. As you can see in the picture, Andrew is an A's fan and I am a Giants fan, so we try to go the the battle of the bay games when we can. It was overcast but pretty warm and Chloe did such a great job! She is staying loyal to her mom and was supporting the Giants at the game. It is hard to see in the pictures, but her outfit says "Giants" all over it and her pacifier string was Giants as well. Thanks to my friends at Sylvan for the great Giants gear. Andrew still has hopes that she will become an A's fan! She might have been convinced during the game, because the Giants did not play very well and the A's won--she says she likes winners!!
Chloe was trying to fit in with the ghetto crowd in Oakland with her beanie riding low.....She was looking so cute with her dad at the game that an A's photographer took their picture and posted it in the fans gallery on the A's website. Click here for the link to the photo:

http://www.printroom.com/ViewGalleryPhoto.asp?evgroupid=0&userid=Athletics&tcount=52&scount=3&gallery_id=1013637&image_id=2

Happy Easter!

We had a fun Easter! After church, there was an Easter egg hunt for all the kids, and they had stuffed animals for all the babies. This is the one that Chloe picked out!
This is Chloe and me before church. We wanted to make sure to get a photo of the two of us while we were spit up-free. Chloe actually did a really good job and kept her dress clean until mid-afternoon! She had a tight grip on her bunny!
Andrew, Chloe, and me after the Easter egg hunt. Chloe (with dad's help) chose the orange egg that Andrew is holding and she was generous and shared the pretzels that were inside.
After church, we went to Grandma Elaine's house for a yummy dinner and the cousins had fun playing together. We tried to get a picture of all the cousins (L-R: Ella, Eben, Devin, Shaelyn, Chloe), and this one was my favorite! I love the expression on Chloe's face. Don't worry, we rescued her right after this picture was taken! Thanks Elaine for the cute Easter dress Chloe is wearing.

Where's Chloe?

Chloe received so many bunny rabbit stuffed animals that we decided to have her pose with them! She let us snap a few quick pictures and then threw all the animals off of her.

Rolling over!!

The title says it all. Chloe learned how to roll from her tummy to her back! She did this awesome feat for Andrew last Wednesday night and I missed it. I was so sad and we have been trying to get her to roll since then. Finally, last night, she did it--six times in a row! In the picture below, you will see my hand keeping her on her stomach so we could get a picture of her in this position, because now when we put her on her side, she immediately rolls onto her back. I guess this is the end of tummy-time! I did notice that she rolls to the left--maybe she'll be a lefty like me? Chloe is mid-roll....
and she's over!!
Below, Chloe is celebrating with me on her many successful rolls!

(thanks mom for my new pj's!)
This is a random picture from the week that we thought was really cute, so I had to post it!
In other news, Andrew and I both came down with the flu this past weekend. It hit me Friday night and Andrew after working at the air show on Saturday night. Thankfully, Grandma Elaine was free on Saturday and took Chloe off my hands so I could try to sleep and get better. Sunday was a bit rocky for both Andrew and me, but we seem to be doing ok today. We just hope that Chloe won't get it. Spit up is bad enough to deal with!

Celebrate!

This has been such a great week! Ever since Chloe was a week old, she has been sleeping in her swing for all naps and nightime sleeping. We found that if she slept in her crib, she would wake up frequently and was not able to fall back asleep on her own. We had been afraid to try to switch her to the crib, because we value our sleep and were not ready to have a few nights of crying and no sleep to get her acclimated to her crib. Anyway, yesterday, Chloe took a nap in her crib at Grandma Elaine's house! This gave us the confidence to try her in her crib. And guess what? She slept for nine hours straight in her crib! We were amazed when we woke up at 7:00 this morning and realized that she had slept all night! She then took a three hour nap in her crib a few hours later. We are so proud of her! Here is a picture of her sleeping in her crib! She does not like lying on the wedge, so we use it to keep her feeling snuggled up close. We are also excited about the birth of our new neice--Ella. She was born a week ago and is such a great baby! The picture below was from Chloe and Ella's first play date. I am sure there will be many more to come! It is going to be so fun to watch the girls grow up together, as they are only two months apart in age. Chloe looks like she is doing a little dance in this picture! The other big news that we are thrilled about is that we finally found a home to purchase! We have been looking for over 6 months and finally found a house that we love! We are currently in escrow and will hopfully move in May. We will keep you posted as we go through all the hoops of home buying. In the picture, you will see the huge redwood tree in the front yard. It is so close to the house that we are nervous it will cause damage. Once we are the owners of this beautiful house, we are planning to have the tree removed. Know anyone who wants to buy a redwood tree?