Happy Birthday Chloe!!!

My baby girl is one today and I can hardly believe how fast the year has gone! She is one of the most wonderful things to have happen in my life and I can't imagine my life without her now that she is a part of it! Each day brings some new wonder and it's nice to see the world through a child's eyes every once in a while! I'm such a lucky Mama to have a sweet little girl like Chloe! Happy Birthday Sweetheart!!!

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We went to the park after dinner for a little fun!

Auntie Alyssa and Uncle Jimmy met us there!

"Helping" get the ball!

Uncle Jimmy flying over Chloe! :)

Chloe's Birthday Bash!!! Warning: too many pictures!

Chloe's birthday isn't until tomorrow, but we had her Big Birthday Bash this last weekend! Mom, Nicole and her friend Lauren came up on Friday night and were here to help us celebrate along with the usual suspects!!! :)

Chloe thinks that one is fun!!! (She's actually just pointing at something, but it makes her look really smart!)

Me and the Birthday girl!!! All ready for the party!

Her Royal Throne!

We made two cakes- one for the guests and one for our little princess!

The super gaudy crown!

A little more (not much) elegant heart for our sweetheart! :)

Yay for me!!! Says the one year old princess!

Digging in! Stuart is keeping an eye on things!

Chloe is one focused eater!

What???

All the kids!

My favorite cake picture!!! :)

Oh what a mess I am!

I think I'm done here!!!

All the spectators!

Princess Sequoia!

The littlest Princess!

Nicole and Lauren

Me and my sis!

Chloe's Castle!!! I made it the day before out of some boxes we had, and then I had to paint it all pretty, of course!!!

One lucky little girl!!!

Opening gifts! Chloe's interested in the toy, but really enjoying the card that came with it! :)

So many things to look at!!!

What a sweet little boy!

Awwww!

All the kids playing in the castle!

Chloe trying to push her cousin in her new baby stroller!

Joe, his Grandma Ruth, Nana Eve, and Chloe!

~*Fourth of July*~

This year we spent a very relaxing fourth of July at home! Jim and Alyssa came over for dinner and dessert and then we headed over to the high school to watch the local firework show! Chloe loved seeing all the pretty lights and colors and the noise didn't bother her at all! After that we put a very tired little girl to bed and Jim put on a mini firework show for the rest of us!

Earlier in the evening Joe hosed down the patio. Chloe was pretty interested in the water!

Once Chloe got wet it was all fun and games!!!

Chloe's wet hair look!

Our little American Girl!!!

A Few Funny videos for your enjoyment!!!

Camanche trip!

Since the 4th of July is in the middle of the week, last weekend we went up to Camanche for our annual trip to the lake with Joe's family!

Nanna and her grand-girlies!!! :)

Joe and Juan playing Yahtzee

Scarlett all ready for her first boat ride!

Joe and Chloe riding in the boat.

Scarlett and Chloe all ready for meeting!

The Grandparents and the Girls!

A family picture

Chloe and her Daddy

Being the ditz that I am, I forgot to take a picture of Chloe and Joe on Father's day a few weeks ago! Don't worry, I did remember it was Father's day, I just forgot to photograph it, so here's a cute picture of Chloe and her Daddy!

Out on a limb!

Our Apricot tree is loaded, so Joe has been going out every night after work and picking a ton of fruit. We have grand ambitions of making Apricot jam in the near future!