It has been 3 weeks since I last wrote a blog! A lot has happened since that time - sorry my camera card decided to not let me get pictures off of it, I wanted to try every avenue I could before I "reformatted" the card and had to delete everything on it. I did end up having to delete everything - that did not make me happy!
This week Chloe is 6 weeks old! I cannot believe it has been that long since we brought this beautiful little girl into the world. She has changed a lot lately. She is more aware of her surroundings, watches her mobile on the swing, follows objects and responds to voices, turning her head to find out where you are. The best thing, though, is her smile! She is a very smiley baby when you are talking to her and she can see you, so of course it is very difficult to catch a smile on the camera unless AJ is helping me out. Along with her smile, she is starting to "talk." She coos at us now, for awhile she has been talking to her little purple bunny on her changing table. She seems to really like her changing table - you can always get a smile out of her if you lay her there.
6 weeks!
Peek a boo!
Preston has been a little ham with the camera lately. Anytime we have the camera out he wants his picture taken. I usually humor him and take some pictures (its a good thing we have digital cameras now!) He loves his "Fredbird" Cardinal hat! He constantly asks to wear it, even at bedtime!
Preston loves Chloe and being next to her. When she is laying on the floor, he wants to lay by her; whenever she is in a new spot, he seems to remember she is there and wants to kiss her. Sometimes I think it is a little ploy for attention, but I am positive that most of the time it is because he is becoming more and more accepting of his baby sister!
I found him walking around outside like this!
AJ is graduating from his Masters program on Friday! He is going to officially have his Masters in Education - Congratulations honey!! He has worked hard and long (a little too long!) to finish up with his education. He is glad to be done and we are very proud of him. He brought home his cap and gown today and Preston decided he wanted to try it all on - he is so cute!
Yum, ICE CREAM CONE!
We have hummingbirds (or as Preston calls them "mommybirds")
Tired boy at 7pm - may be getting his 2yr molars...
Trying to catch her smile
Helping Daddy finish the floors - only took over a year!
5 weeks
Two weekends ago now, we went up to St. Louis. We left early Friday morning (4:45am) to meet Grandma & Papa Gegg and Aunt Ali at the Zoo at 8am! The plan was for both kids to just sleep in the car the whole way, but of course Preston was too excited to fall back asleep right away. So 45 minutes before arriving at the zoo, he decided to fall asleep. Boy did that plan backfire! He had a great time at the zoo anyway! I am pretty sure we made it to almost every animal this time. Chloe, Grandma and I had to take a small detour due to feeding time, but Preston was the important person to see the animals this time around. We left a little before noon and he was worn out! He took a short nap on the way to my cousin Melissa's house and then would not go back to sleep (again!) for the rest of his nap. Needless to say he went out like a light at bedtime!
On Saturday we met some Maryville friends for brunch and a little bit of play time. Then we made sure Preston had a nap (almost 3 hours!). That evening we went over to Cathy and Roland's (Bruce's sister) house for a surprise birthday party for Bruce's dad. We had a great time and Preston loved swimming in the pool. Since she is so stinkin cute and everyone wanted to hold her, Chloe was exhausted by the time we left at 6:30. Back to Melissa's we went to hang out with some more family...Preston went to bed late that night.
Sunday was Cardinal baseball day - the real reason we went up to StL. Before the game, we met up with Sheree and Angie (my high school besties) at a coffee house for a couple of hours. Unfortunately Chloe and I did not attend the game as the heat index was supposed to be 101degrees! So, I gave up my ticket to our friend Joel. Preston had a great time at the game and got a little bit of sun. That evening we went down to Ste. Genevieve for the night and left to come back home Monday afternoon. It was a fun and exhausting weekend.
Sitting in the hippos mouth at the Zoo
Riding the carousel with Aunt Ali
Ready to go!
Audrey and Chloe - 4 days apart!!
Squirting and Swimming!!
Rally Cap at the game - Cards win!
Great-Papa Gegg and Chloe
AJ thinks this is too bright, but I think it is cute!
Springfield Cardinal game - great seats! Thanks Steve and Melinda!
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Daddy, Preston and Louie
Chillin after the game
5 weeks
After a bath - still has umbilical cord, so still no water really
This is a picture of Chloe sleeping in our Snugli - I was wearing it while vacuuming and she fell asleep!
She is really focusing on objects lately. AJ couldn't quite catch it but she was intently watching the animals on the mobile
Sometimes Preston is just a goofball - actually most of the time! He's wearing my sunglasses and headband!
Ok, so I think that catches us up. Chloe is fighting sleep tonight, so it may be a long night until she gives in! Have a fantastic week!
Too cute!
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