New Findings

This is what brings so much joy to my sweet little girl.  Meet Mr. Fan.  He is AWESOME.

Besides Mr. Fan, Zackary can sure make Miss Chloe smile and talk.  I love to hear her talk to her brothers.  They sure think it is pretty neat too.

Worn Out

I think Lane was worn out from his first day of preschool. Well, not real preschool but a preschool summer camp where he is getting education is separated from his brother.  He really enjoys it after the initial leaving Mom and Bubba period.  

Here is his first art projects that we got to hang up in our playroom.  I love them!

Archer

This archer pose newborns do is one of my all time favorites.  I think it is so cute.  I just had to take a picture so I can remember these little things.

Smiles

Miss Chloe Girl is starting to smile.  Well actually she started last weekend, at only 5 weeks old I kept second guessing what I was seeing.  Here was my attempt to try and capture a smile.  If you could have only seen it.  Me with my big camera, talking really silly, and dancing around attempting for her to smile on command.  I wasn't successful in getting a smile but I think the pictures are pretty dang cute, oh, and she had a super cute outfit on.  Here's my pretty girl.  I will get the smile one of these days.

Mommy Lesson 146

I decided I'm going to start writing about my Mommy lessons I learn as I go.  I have several I will start blogging about.  These are going to be about my adventures with my 3 children.  My pediatrician told me something funny when I was there for Chloe's first appointment...I didn't have to come for a 1 week check because I was an experienced mom.  This makes me laugh because I feel like I learn so many new things every day and when I think I have something figured out, they change it up and throw me for a loop.  I just started this mommy thing 4 years ago, I'm not sure that qualifies me as experienced.
So here it goes...I hope you get a kick out of my mommy mishaps.
Mommy Lesson 146
DON'T GIVE A 2 YEAR OLD SILLY PUTTY UNSUPERVISED, OR AT ALL

Because they will stick it in their hair, and it's not easy to get out!  

Lane wanted to take it in the car with us, I figured there really was no reason he couldn't take it.  Silly Putty is fun to play with, right?  We were getting out of the car and he is a little upset about his hair.  It took me a little to realize it was because he had a huge chunk stuck in the back of his hair.  Not sure what to do, since we were meeting a friend for breakfast and I didn't have any supplies to dissolve silly putty out of hair in my pocket, we left it alone and enjoyed breakfast.  We were headed home and I figured he would fall asleep in the car and if everything worked out he would transfer to his bed (mommy lesson on that one to come).  I didn't want silly putty in his bed too.  So I broke down and cut it out.  I was a little sad, but I learned my lesson...DON'T EVEN BUY SILLY PUTTY.

Work

Today was a big day.  We started off the day with a good friend at The Coffee Shop for some breakfast and coffee.  Then we headed home to meet Nana.  She picked up Zackary for his very first day of work at the hardware store.  This brings back such great memories for me.  I remember running the cash register and selling plants out front when I was about this big.  She brought him a band spankin new TrueValue shirt to put on, I packed his lunch, and he headed out the door for work.  He was so thrilled to go.  His job today was to put all the trucks, tractors, planes etc. on the display shelf.  This is a shelf that Zackary is very fond of every time he goes to the store.  He was paid 1 dollar, a blue tractor, and a snake.  Notice it around his neck.  It looks very real and freaks me out just a little.

This is one proud little hardware man.  Taking after his ever so special Papa.

While Zackary was a work, Lane and I got some much needed one on one time with each other.  We played the elephant game, watched a show, had a snack, then headed outside.  We had a great time just the two of us (Chloe was having a nice little nap during all this).  I love this little rascal.  

2

Look at this little guy, can he get any more delicious?  He is such a good little boy, but man is he giving us a run for our money lately.  Aaron's folks say he is like a little replica of Aaron when he was little.
 So I know where it comes from.

He is 2 going on at least 4.  He is watching and learning everything from his big brother Zackary.  He and we forget that he is only 2.  We tend to expect him to act like a 4 year old and he just isn't.  Us forgetting that he is only 2 is probably most of the problem, because he really is a good kid.  The boys play really well together, we only have our occasional fight over toys, which I expect with siblings.
He has the cutest little eyes and boy does he use them on us when he is in trouble.  Our boys really don't respond to time out, time in, yelling, threats of not going somewhere or getting something.  So tomorrow we are starting a new discipline program.  Hopefully it is his (and Zackary's) "currency" right now.  MONEY!  We will be using dimes.  They will start off with 10 in a jar.  When we see good behavior (sharing, listening) they will earn a dime.  If we see bad behavior (physical, multiple warnings) they will loose dimes, 1 or 2 depending in the offence.  At the end of the week whatever is in their jar they get to give a little, save a little, and spend a little. We will see how this goes, they are both really into coins right now.  

Newborn Photo Session

I love photo sessions with my babies.  People probably think I get a little carried away sometimes having them done so often, but I don't think so.  I want to remember every single moment I can of my littles.  They are so precious to me and my family is so important.  And while I can take pictures with my sweet camera, they just don't look the same.  Of course, because I am a nurse not a photographer.  So here is the slide show of my precious and delicious little lady. 

http://kmephoto.myshowit.com/chloe2011

I can't wait to get the announcement out and create a gallery of the last 2 family photo shoots we have done.  That's next on the project list.  

Shorts

What's wrong here?

This cracks me up every time I look at it.  Lane is beginning to want to dress himself.  Usually I help him, but today he decided to put on Zackary's pajama shorts that were just laying on the floor all by himself.  I couldn't figure out what exactly was wrong with they way he was wearing them until I got up close.  He had one leg around his waist and his legs in the one leg whole and the other in the waist of the shorts (does that make any sense?).  He insisted on wearing them the rest of the evening while continually pulling them back up.  I really laugh every time I see this picture.

One Proud Big Brother

I think Zackary is IN LOVE!  He is sure one proud big brother, this is how he spends a lot of his day.  Hovering over his new little sister.  He is so gentle (as much as a 4 year old is) and such a great helper for me.  I love to see him in ah over her, I hope it continues forever.  

We were siting outside, of course.  I had to throw in this picture, I love this tree, it looks amazing right now!

1 Month

Today Chloe is 1 month.  Wow, I feel like she was just born.  This has been one pretty amazing and crazy month.  And despite the craziness and chaos, I have loved every second of it.  It is absolutley amazing to have a little girl.  She is a perfect addition to our family.  Today we spent the day together as a family.  We headed out to Desert Breeze to ride the train and carousel.  Chloe's first time and she slept in her roo pouch (Moby Wrap) through the whole thing.  We spent the rest of the day at home enjoying eachothers company.

Chloe is such an amazing little girl.  

• She is so tolerant of her brothers constantly hovering over her and giving her sloppy wet kisses and holding her hands.  
• She is eating every 2.5 to 3 hours and is growing super fast (I will get stats in a couple of days).  She is     starting to get little rolls on her arms and legs. 
• She loves her dresses, bows, and bracelets!
• She loves snuggling but also loves her time all sprawled out.
• She is always making the cutest little squeaks and loves to grunt just like her brother Zackary did.
• She enjoys (at least Zackary thinks) sucking on Zackary's finger.  

Chloe we love you so much!

Out With the Old

We finally did it.  We broke down and got a new couch.  I loved this blue couch in our old house, it fit and matched perfect.  However, in this house it just never really did anything for me and to be honest it really wasn't all that comfortable.  Little blue was moved upstairs into the loft (now when people come over and we are playing upstairs we won't have to sit on the floor).
This is our new Big Kahuna!  It is huge, comfy, and beautiful.  It looks great in our living room.  Now I'm thinking I might have to change up the colors...
Isn't she a beauty!

Outfits

I know this is totally lame and the pictures aren't that great, and after she wears all this size of clothes I will stop taking pictures of every outfit.  I just love the zebra print baby legs.  I was cold enough to actually get to wear them.  And this, a baby shrug.  So dang cute.

Sharing

At least they figured out a way to share something important.

Dresses

Another picture of my sweet little lady.  She pretty much is dolled up everyday.  Today her and I did a little shopping together.  I love getting her all dressed up and taking pictures.  Here we were just sitting outside enjoying the beautiful weather tonight and watching her brothers play.

Oh, and I'm obsessed with making bows.  They are so dang cute.

Horseshoe

Who shaved my baby girls head?
I finally got a picture of my sweet little lady's male pattern balding.  Actually she came out this way and the top is growing is really fast.  I kept saying I felt like I was carrying really low and I'm pretty sure she rubbed all the hair off the top of her head.  No worries though, all her pretty little bows cover it nicely.