Snowed In

Our Christmas has been eventful. We decided to come to Lincoln a day early because of the storm that was coming. The storm did come and we have been in it for the last 3 days solid. Snowed in, a true blizzard, or as my almost 13 year old niece says, "We live in a freakin' snow globe". All 9 of us have been at my parents for the last 3 days. We have had a great time sharing this memory together. Chloe has done well, occasionally fussy, but sweet as usual. We have all started to have some cabin fever the last day or so. Brent and I actually got out and went to the mall today. I am afraid with the new amazing lens I got for Christmas that you may be seeing a lot more pictures. It is amazing, if you like bokeh, and I do, it will make you ooh and ah over every photo you take. We are planning to go on to Kansas City tomorrow, but it is supposed to snow another 2 inches tonight, so we will see. It has been a very Merry Christmas!

Special days

Celebrating 3 years of marriage!

Brent and I celebrated by getting a babysitter and going out for dinner. It was our first big snow, but we ventured out despite the conditions. It was so great to be out with my hubby and just eat slowly and enjoy adult conversation. As it often happens when we are out to eat we had another unusual experience. As I was observing our surroundings in this small restaurant I quickly noticed a couple that appeared to be in a wedding gown and tux with some others along with them. Curiosity got the best of me and on my way back from the bathroom I stopped and asked if they had gotten married that day. They said yes and I told them it was our 3rd wedding anniversary. They congratulated us and told us they would like us to have some their wedding cake, we gladly accepted. Later we found out from the couple the crazy circumstances that led them to get married on a Tuesday, in the middle of a snow storm. Let's just say it involves a crazy ex-husband, lack of judges in Missouri, and 4 kids between the two of them. The cake was the best that either of us had ever had, such a nice surprise and a great memory.

You've come a long way baby!

Chloe turned 6 months today and she is cuter every day, I probably even say that every day. I do dote on her, as a mother should. She is weighing in at 17 lbs. and is 27 inches. Long and lean like her daddy. She really wants to move and is always coming up with ways to try and propel forward, though mostly unsuccessful at this point. She is so squirmy that sitting up is also a challenge. We have tried cereal, applesauce and sweet potatoes and she just isn't too interested yet. She is growing up as you can see in this comparison between month 1 and month 6.

New pictures

Here are some of my favorite pictures from life with Chloe lately. Some are from Thanksgiving-a few weeks later. Oh well...enjoy.

It's winter, must wear hats

This is the sweet face I love!Chloe and Zach

Grandpa and Chloe

Trying escape her chair, she is buckled in at all times now.

Nicknames

We have SO many nicknames for Chloe, sometimes I wonder if she will ever know her name. I thought I would make a list of them all for my own records:

Chloe bean
Beaner
Bean
Jumping bean
Sweet one
Sweet stuff
Big stuff
Baby G (girl)
Pumpkin
Pumpky
Punkin' pie
Double tooth
Snaggletooth
Squirmy
Squirmy-wormy
Munchy
Peanut
Grumpalump
Chloester
Chlo-chlo
Chica-majika

Okay...now I feel like a weirdo! Hopefully when she is asked her name by someone she won't say "Grumpalump". I can just imagine explaining, "That is just what we call her when she is grumpy, her name is Chloe."