Fall Sunsets

We had the most beautiful sunset the other night. I couldn't resist taking a few pictures. I was having a particularly rough night with Chloe and seeing this beautiful view was so calming to me. As I was outside breathing the fall air and just spending a second alone it was so easy to think of all that I have to be thankful for this year. I love little moments like this that helps to put life into perspective. I have the most wonderful family who means more to me than words can say. I have a wonderful sexy husband who works so hard to take care of us. I have two of the most beautiful little miracles named Chloe and Abigail. I can count my friends on one hand, but they are the best friends a girl could ever ask for. I have an absolutely AMAZING life and I am so blessed.

Baby Face!

Abigail is 6 months old already! She is such a fun baby to have around. I have really been spoiled this time. She hardly ever cries, and she will just sit and laugh at nothing all day long. She has been sleeping about 10-12 hours at night for about the last two months and I am LOVING it. Like I said, I am spoiled!

She has been on a pretty good schedule since she was about 3 months old, but in the last month or so it has gotten even better. We have to wake her up about 7:30 so we can get ready to leave for the morning to drop Andy and Chloe off. She eats around 8:30 when we get back home. 9:00-9:45 is nap time. 12:00 time for a jar of baby food (yes she eats a whole jar). 12:30 she eats. 1:00-3:00 nap time again. 4:30 she nurses. 7:30 2nd jar of baby food. 8:00 bath time. 8:30 last feeding for the day. 9:00 bed time. She does pretty much the same thing every day. It has been so wonderful to know when I can schedule things for the day and when I need to either be home or make sure I have a bottle ready to go.

She weighs almost 16 lbs. and is 25.5 inches long. I think she is going to be built more like me than Andy...long torso, short little legs. Chloe's pants have always been too big in the waist and way too short, but Abby's are too tight and they are a little on the long side.

She is changing so much so fast. She can roll over like nobody's business, she can sit up all by herself, she laughs and coo's all day, she says DA DA and she has already cut 2 teeth and is working on two more. We just love having her in our home. She makes it absolutely impossible to be anything other than happy when she is smiling.

Holy Moly Chloe's 6!!!

It is so hard to believe that our little Chloe is 6 years old. I am having such a hard time with how independent she is. I just want to do everything for her still and she has to remind me that she is big and she can do it all by herself. She jumps out of the car and runs into school every morning, and when I take her to dancing at the rec center she takes herself inside and up to her dance class all by herself. She is such a good big sister and loves her little sister to pieces. She loves to play with her and she even asks if she can change her diapers. If I thought that she would actually do it the job would be hers.

We had a birthday party for her on Saturday with family and a few friends. She has been asking for a Barbie party for months, so we bought a Rapunzel barbie from the Disney Store and I made her a cake. It turned out so cute and she was so happy about it. She got so many fun presents and she has been having a blast playing with all of them. She got a pillow pet and a barbie movie from Nana, a new outfit from Jeni and Gabe, a Zhu Zhu pet from Aunt Kris and her family, a Walmart "credit card" from Grandma and Grandpa, some puzzles and a picture from Abigail, and Toy Story 3 from mom and dad. Money is tight this year and I was worried that she wasn't going to have such a good birthday, but I think that it has been one of her best. Andy took a half day off of work on her birthday and we went to Trafalga to use up some tokens that we had gotten over the summer and we took her to Walmart to use her "credit card". She got a Rapunzel book for her tag system and another Zhu Zhu pet.

This is how Chloe is measuring up at 6 years old:

Height: 47" (last I checked)

Weight: 43 lbs.

She is getting really good grades in school, and she is getting new glasses in a few days because her eyes have gotten so much better. We are so excited about all the changes that she is making, and how well she is doing in school. We love her so much and we are so glad that she is part of our family. We wouldn't be the same without her.

Happy Halloween

We have had such a fun time getting ready for Halloween this year. We have been over at Amie's house helping her to decorate and it turned out really cool. I wish I had pictures to post. It was so much fun since we don't decorate at our house. I would love to, but since our porch is in the back yard no one would see it. We carved pumkins with Lily and Brady. I can't believe how big all of these cute kids are getting. Brady carved his pumpkin all by himself and Chloe pulled some of the guts out of hers. Really Chloe and Lily just thought that it was gross so Amie and I ended up doing their pumpkins. On Halloween night we got all dressed up and went to the mall to trick or treat. That was crazy!!! I can't believe how insane people can be when it comes to getting their kids a little bit of candy. I think next year we will go back to the usual walking around and knocking on doors. Hopefully the weather will be better. After the mall we went to my mom's house for stew, and then on to Grandma and Grandpa's house to visit. It was such a fun night and we were so lucky to be able to see Amie and the kids plus Casey & Nieka and their cute girls for a few minutes. I think that Abigail really enjoyed her first Halloween.