7 Months Old

Chloe is 7 months old! (and a few weeks now since I'm a little late)  She continues to be the happiest, sweetest, easy going child.  I just want to plant kisses all over her face at all times.  Anyways, here's the latest on my girl.



For the life of me, I cannot get this picture to turn.  It is normal in my photo album but sideways here! I clearly am not a perfectionist!

Eating- Chloe loves food.  We have introduced more foods this month including green beans, eggs, yogurt, and lots more.  There isn't a food this girl doesn't like.  I am so thankful for this since Avery was a picky eater and hope that this trend continues.  She loves finger foods and has started getting pretty good at getting food into her mouth.  She actually prefers eating on her own rather than me feeding her baby food.  She has also started growling when there is no food in front of her.  It's a little frightening actually!  She's just so hungry...all the time!  I've been a lot more adventurous in feeding her than I was with Ave.  The other night we went to SC BBQ, and not only did she sit in a high chair (which made me extremely emotional) but she also ate some of our meal.  She is getting so big so fast!

 

 

 



Sleeping- She continues to do well in this department.  Her sleeping hasn't really changed- two naps/ day and bedtime around 8:15-8:30 pm with one early morning feeding around 5:30 am.

 

 

Clothes- She is wearing 12 month pjs and 9 month or 6-12 month clothes.  She's still in size 3 diapers.

New this month- Growling when she wants more food, saying dadadada, rolling all over the place to get the toys she wants, sitting in a highchair, more eating solids, Grace, laughing at her sis all.the.time, sitting a lot better on her own, taking baths with sis in our bath tub, and lots of babbling

Here are some pics from this month-

Chloe is a big shrieker!

Both girls love to bathe together and splash like crazy!  I'm so ready for Chloe to be able to sit in the bathtub on her own.  She tries to roll in her little tub and it scares me to death!

Cousin day!

I attempted some bluebonnet pictures but they were a major fail!  I found out later when I got home that I had a weird setting that made all the pictures look like they have a white fog on them.  Oh well, maybe next year!

 

Happy 7 months, Chloe girl!  I cannot imagine our family without you in it!

Savannah's Dedication

Last weekend, we went to Savannah's Dedication Ceremony at her church.  It was a special day for my sweet niece.  We all are excited to see her grow up, and see all the wonderful things God has planned for her life.

 

After the dedication, we went to Olive Garden for lunch.  It's been a while since our family has been out to dinner together.  We had a little semi-private room, and it was so nice to just spend time with each other.

 



Opening some of Savannah's gifts

 

These two girls can't seem to get enough of each other

 I love the sequence of events that Bill captured in the next few pics.

 

 

I looked down and saw that my most innocent Chloe totally grabbed Savannah's book piece.  I never even noticed! I could not be more thankful that both of my girls have cousins right around their age to grow up with.  Savannah is such a doll, and we loved being a part of her special day!

The Houston Rodeo

Several weeks ago, we went to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.  We've taken Avery the past couple of years, and it's always been a big hit.  We met the Talkington family on one of the guys' Fridays off, and we all had a lot of fun!

 

The short train ride is always one of Avery's favorite parts!

In the future, when I think of Chloe as a baby I'll always remember this face.  I'm not sure what she is doing, but it accentuates her cheeks and makes me want to kiss all over them.

 

The pony rides are always a must.



Luke and Chloe have a special bond :)



Last year, we brought home 2 containers with sunflower seeds and one grew into a huge, beautiful sunflower.  She got a new container this year plus Bill planted about 15 more in our flowerbed.

 

Group pic...love this!

Both of the big kiddos were fascinated by the bees.  I'm not sure what was so exciting about them but they were in a trance when they saw them.

Next up was the outside market area.

My poor, sweet second child.  She is just so content with life and totally went along for the ride even when a sunflower cup flipped over onto her head!

The guys took Ave and Luke into the petting zoo while we fed the little ones. 

 

Apparently, a goat gave birth while the kids were in the petting zoo.  I'm not sure how sanitary it was but Ave and Luke got a real life science lesson that day.  Ash and I discussed that she must be way better at giving birth naturally than us because we never heard insane screaming coming from that direction :).

 

 

After lunch, there was a little dancing followed by some rides in the carnival area.

 



I'm sure the chances of these two getting married is slim but if they did, we will have the most precious slideshow pictures of them!

 

After a big morning and a wardrobe change due to an explosive diaper, we made our way to the exit (not before a ride on the escalator, though).

The little ones so patiently waited for their siblings.

Chlo girl was exhausted and fell asleep right as we were making our way to the car.

 Until next year, Rodeo!