By Request... More Daddy!

We had a request for "more pictures of Daddy - he's very photogenic!" Indeed, he is... but my photography skills left something to be desired this morning...

My lighting is all off and bad in this one, but I love how tall he looks, how little she looks in comparison to each other. Plus, what is that expression on Chloe's face?

I think this one is really sweet, but I wish that kid would have paid attention and either looked at the camera or at Daddy. Oh, well. I'll try again.

15.5 Weeks

All is well at 15.5 weeks - Chloe says, "Aye, aye, Captain!"

Mommy is starting to feel stressed and grumpy. Pregnant ladies don't do well, in 90+ heat. LOL

"I WILL GET YOU, DADDY, AND YOUR LITTLE DOG, TOO."

Camera-Ready!

Now, that I'm able to charge my camera again, we have a couple of photos from StoryBook Land:

Chloe really liked the car rides - this Monster Truck one and especially the one with little individual cars that went around a big track. She liked moving forward - not so much with the up and down. In fact, there was one ride that freaked her out so much that I had the lady stop the ride (luckily, we were the only ones on the ride).

She also really liked riding the train with Grams - the train goes all thru SBL and lets you see parts of the park that you actually can't get to on foot. That was really cool.

This weekend, the bathing beauty and I were back at the Swim Club. Watey! Chloe was a really big girl - she went under three times (once, she counted off to go under) and never cried, plus she was blowing bubbles and trying to kick. We played in the baby pool, too, with her toys, but it was too hot! Full immersion!

"I am not too sure about this..."

Yeah, not so much. It made her float on her back and she kept freaking out, so we didn't use this much.

Here she is, stealing Uncle Fuzz's fruit. It's a good thing they like her.

I Can't Find the Charger for my Camera

And it died when my mom and Chloe and I had been at StoryBook Land for only about 30 minutes. UGH. That was Saturday. So, no pictures of the James Taylor/Carole King concert last night (Happy Early Birthday, Mom!). My dad took a bunch of Chloe during the weekend with his camera, but he has not yet uploaded them. So, until I can either find my charger or get to Best Buy to get a new one (to share the few photos I did get), I have these two small ones from my cell phone. Oh, well.





The pregnancy is eating my brain, that's my only excuse.

Anyway, we had a great weekend with my parents. Chloe now says, "Cook! Cook!" when she sees my mother (since Grams always has cookies) and she's completely obsessed with Pah-Pah (which is how she says "Grampa"). What's interesting is that she says "Pop-Pop" very clearly when she sees Frank, but can't get the G sound, so my dad will have to be Pah-Pah.

Also, big kudos to the Hubs who is ROCKING our bedroom renovation project. And by "our" I mean that he is doing all the work, but I will sleep there, too, eventually, so it's mine, too. But, he's kicking serious booty. On Saturday while we had fun, he moved everything out of the bedroom by himself, removed the entire carpet and padding by himself, cut it all up and bagged it from the trash. By himself. In 90 degree heat. He is Hubs of the Year.

Maybe We Can Exhale...

Today, for the first time in 2 weeks, Chloe didn't cry at drop off. In fact, when I wasn't looking, she walked right past me to sit down at the table and get ready for her Cheerios. I gave her teacher a high five and did a little happy dance and Chloe looked back at me, like "Oh. You still here?"

Whew.

Yesterday, she cried when we LEFT school and she has started to make friends with the kids in her class (esp. Michael).

I gotta tell you - I didn't realize how depressed I was every morning until today when I was SO HAPPY. Yay!!!

It's Time for Ed to Hide My Copy of Steel Magnolias.

I have reached the point of pregnancy where television makes me weep uncontrollably. A repeat of House had me hysterical Monday night. I mean, I could not keep it together.

Ed: "But, it's just the television that's making you cry, right?"

Me: "Yyyyyesssss."

Ed: "What were you watching?"

Me: "H-h-h-owww-se."

Ed: "What happened?"

Me: "H-h-h-owww-se wuh-wuhs dddrunk annn-ann hee ccccalll..."

Ok, you get it. Suffice to say that when I described the episode, Ed nodded sympathetically with that look that said, 'I'm sure it would have made me cry, too, honey' which we all know is a lie. Anyway...

Ed said, "Well, that does sound really sad. Do you think maybe it's time for you to go bed?"

Me: "Yyyyyeessss."

Only 26 more weeks.

Chloe Post: Back from the Beach!

We are back from the beach and we had a great time! Aunt Diane and Uncle John are wonderful hosts and I had lots of fun with them, their kitties (especially Midnight who is my special favorite), Aunt Gretchen and Uncle Brian. We went for lots of walks, we played on the beach, I discovered scallops and ice cream sandwiches and enjoyed Aunt Diane's yummy baking.

Plus, I tan beautifully. Sadly, Mommy does not.

Daddy and I bunked together and we didn't leave any room for Mommy - she had to sleep by herself! I like to sleep horizontally. And right near Daddy. I'm sure he appreciated that.

Of course, one of the best parts was playing on the beach! Mommy got me these cool toys and I had lots of fun checking them out. There is a whole lot of watey at the beach, but it moves and is really big which is a little scary. Mommy tried to explain that it is not scary, but she doesn't know what she's talking about. I'll stick to the sand. At least for this summer.

The beach also has cute boys who run into the water with flotation devices and cute boys who sell ice cream. Mommy let me pick out an ice cream and I tried this ice cream sandwich. Ice cream sandwiches are REALLY GOOD.

I'm just FOOLING!!!!! I didn't really take a nap! Nope. Not me. I refused. But, I wanted to hang out with Aunt Gretchen (a lot) and I saw her lying on her tummy, so I thought I should do the same. Actually, Aunt Diane had to take me for a walk so that Mommy could catch a little nap... unfortunately, Mommy forgot to reapply! She got VERY sunburned and she said she felt so yucky that we couldn't go to the beach on Sunday, but that's ok. She and Daddy took me to a cool coffee house and got me some banana bread and then we went to the playground.

SLIDES! I love slides! There are other things there, but they mainly exist to hold up the slides.

I like to swing for about 30 seconds and then we went back to the slides - they are the best!

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Mommy, Daddy and I want to thank Aunt Diane and Uncle John for such a fun weekend - it went by way too fast. I love the shore!