Off and running!

No longer does Chloe take a few steps and plop down, she is literally off and running! She's into everything and thinks it's really funny to grab things she's not supposed to and take off running. She loves to be chased and thinks it's all a big game! :)

First Pedicure!

While we were at the cabin, Lana gave all of us girls pedicures, and we (being me and Lana) couldn't help ourselves!!! Look at those cute little tootsies! :)

In case you were wondering, we had to do it while Chloe was asleep! :)

Chloe in her floaty at the cabin!

Cabin trip!!!

After not getting to go to the cabin last year (I'm okay with it, Chloe's totally worth it!) we got to go this year, and it was a lot of fun, as usual!!!


Brynna and Chloe on the porch swing! Belly out!! :)

Mom grabbed Chloe every chance she got!!!

Out on the boat!!

My favorite picture of Chloe!!! Notice the do-rag!!! We finally found a hat she won't rip off her head immediately! :) She liked the water and at one point was about to fall asleep bobbing along with the waves! :)

Callie was able to come to the cabin for the first time! We actually do have hair, this picture was just taken after dark! :)

We went out for an early morning ski and Chloe decided to sleep a little longer!!!

It wouldn't be a proper cabin trip without Nelson!!!

Chloe terrorizing the cabin, as usual! :)

Nicole going for a swim! Chloe liked her goggles!

Our resident deer! They woke us up one night, and the daddy deer had a stare down with Callie on another night!

Bryan, Lana, and the boys came up too! We felt pretty special that Lana would make the trip to the lake for us! :)

Chloe on the ride home! She does great for such a long ride!!!

Playing with Gage!

On Monday Chloe got to spend some extra time with Gage! They had a great time playing together!

Aww! Aren't they cute!

Parma Pals!

After a ten hour drive we made it to Parma, but not in time for the Saturday night meeting. After dropping off the boat we stopped at the A & W for dinner and ran into Ryan and Malia (and his parents), which was a fun surprise! We stayed at my cousin Jill and Justin's house and got to see Nelson, Johnny, and Jessica before the night was over! Then we got all of Sunday at Parma!

Gage is only one day older than Chloe! He's so sweet and smiley, but both of the kids were not very cooperative for this picture!

Chloe and cousin Keaton!

He's sure grown since the last time she saw him!!!

Keaton trying to "take down" Chloe!!!

The Mom's making sure everything is okay!

Great Grandpa Zee trying to hold onto two little wiggle worms!!!

Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Zee

Cooling off!

Last night after dinner it was still really hot, so we decided to cool off in the pool!Chloe wasn't too sure about it all at first, but she was splashing around in no time!
Aww! :)

11 months down, one to go!

I am constantly saying that I can't believe how fast Chloe is growing, but it's true! It seems like I just had her and here she is one month away from a year old! She's so much fun!

You can actually see some wisps of hair in this picture! She's working on some new teeth too, hence the drool! :)

1st Annual Yard Sale!

Last week while Alyssa and I were on our walk we passed a garage sale. We promptly decided that we should have one, and then we realized that this weekend was about the only weekend that all of us (Juan and Cari too) would be around. So with only a few days to gather our junk we went forward with the yard sale! It's amazing how much junk we were able to pull out of hiding! Don and Eve donated some (that's actually putting in quite mildly) stuff to our cause too! We were up bright and early and and sold most of our stuff by 10:00! We packed it all in at about 2:30 and the boys hauled the rest of the stuff to the Goodwill. It's really true what they say- "out of sight out of mind" I don't miss any of that junk and we made some cash too! :)

The boys in the shade

Look at all that junk!Alyssa keeping track of the money!

Just playin'

Chloe is starting to really like playing with her toys!"Man this spoon is big!"
Note Sage in the background... What a cute doggy! :)
I can't help but get excited when I see Chloe looking at her books! She really does seem to enjoy them. She will look at them on her own, but she especially likes to have someone read to her! The other day Joe was playing with her and she brought him a book and crawled into his lap! It just about melt my heart! :)

From the garden to the table!

I have been having so much fun with the garden! It's truly a miracle to watch everything grow and produce something we can eat! The zucchini are doing awesome and this last week I've made about 9 loaves of zucchini bread. I gave some away, but I definitely need to stop because I could (and have, embarrassingly enough) eaten a whole loaf myself! Yummy
One hot little pepper!!! I made some salsa the other night, but I didn't think it was picture worthy! :)

Tired little girl!

I usually put Chloe in her Exersaucer while I take a shower, and she usually plays quite happily, but the other day this is how I found her!!! It was so funny because her head was on one of the buttons so it kept saying things like, "the cat is orange" or, "the apple is red" over and over! Later in the day she was up and at em'! Just look at those fingerprint all over the window!!!

Keeping up with Dillon... Or at least trying!

After meeting last Sunday, Tom, Lindsey, and their little boy Dillon came over. Chloe had a great time trying to keep up with Dillon, and Dillon didn't seem to mind having a little girl chase him around! I soon realized that I have a long way to go in the area of "baby-proofing" the house!