Growing...

I was just looking back at our blog, thinking back to Chloe's birth & the tough start we had (me having an emergency c-section, Chloe born but not yet breathing...then breathing...then jaundice...then no longer jaundice etc, & through it all I got an infection from the c-section...then finally that healed, & the worst part of it was that for most of the time we were all separated...I was in recovery, Chloe was in the NICU where she had to be under the bili-lights where we could only hold her to feed her for 30min. at a time every three hours, & Nate could only stay during visiting hours. It was tough. But Jesus is good & we were finally released 5 days later from the hospital to a new joy... & fear... of parenthood...the "what do we do with this little person now?" syndrome...) That was then, & this is now (thinking back on those first days, those few scary days, gives me goose bumps, but also a peace about where we were & how much more enriched our lives are now with Chloe in them which I constantly remind her of daily...) So, thinking all of this, I thought it was high time that I gave you another little update on Chloe.

She is doing really well. I think she has adjusted to life on the "farm" as we affectionately call it. She is 13 months old now, has 6 teeth (4 on top & 2 on bottom) and is cutting 7 & 8 (on bottom). She has been 100% on table food since she was 11 months old and doing really well with it (likes it all and has had no allergies to anything so far...yippie...) She can say mama, dadda, Jack, & hi (not to mention her "Chloe" speak which we only understand half the time...boy are we amazed!!) She waves, points, claps her hands, pats her head & belli & shares her cherrios with us (boy are we full...)

She loves to listen to vegie tales sunday morning songs (& Christian music in general) & giggles, claps, & shakes her toosh to the music (I don't know where she learned this from, but at least she can keep the beat!!) So far her favorite song is twinkle, twinkle & she is now learning the hand movements to it. She is also learning to clean up her toys. This will be a long...long...long...on going project I am sure (we sing the clean up song & she in turn shakes her toosh...that's my baby girl!) Her favorite book is whichever one is in her mouth at that moment (we are working on that...) We read our devotional at nite (usually) from her childrens bible just before bed. She goes to sleep around 7pm or so, and wakes around 7:30am or so & she takes one nap in the afternoon (usually from 12-4pm...she is my little sleeper...)

We feed our duck family (about 15 of them) cracked corn every morning & she calls them Jack. It is too cute! She is doing great at walking & can really move (which puts us on the move...boy are we tired...) She can climb on things (hence the photo above) & up things like stairs all by herself. She scoots around on her little car all over the house. She loves to jump on you like you are a jungle gym (boy are we sore...) So, where does that leave us? Amazed, full, tired, sore, but keeping the beat...it's a blast!!:)