I’m so happy to be writing the winter recap. We are beyond excited for warmer weather and
spring!
Chloe, like every time we sit down to write one of these
journals has changed and grown so much.
She is such a little human and it still amazes us how much she is
becoming a little girl. C actually told
me flat out, “I am NOT a baby!” When I
was holding her and said, “You are my baby.”
I was a little said to hear her say that but I guess it is good that she
is not the baby because we have another one coming in a matter of weeks!
The best quotes of Chloe Ann:
“Sorry boss!”-Paul and I asked her to come upstairs and get
ready for bed and this is what she responded with.
“Oh man”- When she makes a mistake.
“Yincoln”- The way she says Lincoln.
“No, myyyyyy mommy!!”- Here reaction when Paul gives me a
hug or a kiss. She will do the opposite
if I’m giving Paul a hug or a kiss too.
“I go hear the baby boys heart…go beep, beep”- When we are
one our way to my prenatal visits.
“Is the baby sleeping?” “The baby likes this.”- Frequently
asks and tells me this as she is patting my belly gently and not so gently.
“A baby boy-my Baby Yincoln”- Her response when she is asked
what mommy is having.
“That’s fine.” “Mommy, it’s ok.”- When I make a mistake.
“I want to go to the ice cream Shoppe!”- When we pass by
Malley’s.
“I want to sit down and eat in a restaurant.” “But Mommy you said we could.”- She has a
memory of an elephant. She doesn’t
forget a thing.
“I want to eat dinart.”= “I want to eat dinner.”
“Snew mick”= “excuse me”
“Daddy’s going to be so happy!”- When she is doing something
special, the first time she said it was when she was about to get her haircut.”
“There is a baby boy in my belly.” “The baby needs a snack.”- Often heard around
the house…often before bed…
“Uncle Jona, Uncle Jona”- She will get nakey before her
bath, go straight to the mirror and sing and dance this little tune…
“Allllllriiiiiighttttt…”- “I no huff and puffing!” (I’m not
huffing and puffing!)- When she is frustrated and doesn’t want to come or follow
my directions. Yes, said in a very
teenage-ery voice.
“Oh, -fake giggle- sorry Daddy.”- If she makes a mistake or gets
confused by something.
“It’s too loud, I said”- When she can’t hear it and wants us
to turn up the volume.
“I can’t like it.”=”I don’t like it.”
“Chair, there, hair”- Said in a southern accent.
“Butter”= any sort of dip
“Humungous”- Her new favorite word to use in sentences. The best use, “Mommy you are humongous, I am
tiny.” Charming…
She is basically repeating and remembering everything. It is so funny to hear sound so old and use
phrases she clearly hears around the house.
Chloe still loves to cuddle and will often come into bed with us in the
early hours of the morning. She loves
when we make hand puppets of dinosaurs and pretend to chomp at her. She LOVES the iPad, DUMBO!, puzzles, playing
house-she is always the mommy, playing with her princess castle, playing
doctor, dress-up and swimming.
Chloe is quite the pistol and can be very bossy. Her sitter refers to her as the cruise
director/party planner of the group. She
is not afraid to tell you what to do and how to do it, adults included. She has a very active imagination and it is
cute to see her acting and playing more like an older kid. At the sitter she also has a boyfriend,
Ryan. Supposedly they crack each other
up and what one does the other follows.
On Valentine’s Day, of all days, Mary caught Chloe take Ryan’s face with
both her hands and laid a big kiss on his lips!
We had to chat with her about how you can give hugs but not give kisses like
that to friends…oh brother!
Chloe is funny about my hair and will often times tell me to
put it up in a ponytail. Most days when
you ask what Chloe would like to wear she says, “A pretty dress.” If I am wearing a dress to work, she most
definitely needs to be wearing a dress.
She often will tell me, “I like your dress, Mommy. It’s very pretty.” She also still lvoes to have her nails
painted. She is definitely a girly girl
right now.
Chloe is pretty good at recognizing her numbers, shapes and
letters and is constantly pointing them out when she sees environmental
print. It is exciting to see her mind
working that way. Chloe also read her
first word recently. I have a mug that I
eat cereal out of frequently and one morning she pointed to the letters on the
mug, c-o-f-f-e-e. I told it her is said
coffee. From that point one when she saw
the word she recognized it as coffee.
The other day, I asked her (without the mug) what does c-o-f-f-e-e
spell, and she looked up and said, “coffee!”
She still loves books to be read to her and she has started “reading”
books by looking at the pictures and repeating what she remembers and what she
sees in the pictures. This makes her
reading teacher mommy proud.
Chloe is typically going to bed around 8:30 and trying to
stall for as long as possible. She often
needs to use the potty, needs a drink, needs to wash her hands, needs one more
kiss..” She is waking up once a night to use the bathroom but most times goes right
back to bed, as long as Daddy isn’t the one to get up. He is the softy. She is still waking up between 6:30-7:30 and
is taking a 1 ½-2 hours nap daily. She
has yet to get her two-year molars and seems to be getting longer. She is still wearing 24 month/2T clothes and
size 5 shoes. Her favorite shoes, are
her “cherries boots”. They are her rain
boots, should be interesting to see if she still insists on wearing them in the
summer.
We think Chloe is going to be a great big sister. She is absolutely smitten with babies and it
is so cute to watch her interact with them as if she is an adult. You will often see and hear her rocking the
baby saying things like, “It’s okay baby, I’m here.” We are excited to see if she has the same
reaction to a baby brother who doesn’t ever leave.
Next time we do a recap, baby Lincoln should be real close
to arriving and we can’t wait!
