Weekly Recap

Payton is 7 1/2 months old and has been crawling for about two weeks. Shortly after she began to pull herself up to stand! I am not ready for what comes next! Yikes! She also has been reaching out for us to hold her and earlier this week said "Da da da" when Jeremy came home from work. She loves chasing after her big sister and playing with the cookies in the toy kitchen.

Chloe is very talkative! We definitely need to watch what we say around her! A few days ago she was playing and all of a sudden I heard her say "Holy Gosh!" She loves to go shopping and gets excited when we drive into the Target parking lot. She cheers and says "Yeah shopping!" We were driving home from Target last week and I went a different way home and as we were passing Walgreen's she said "Ask for Nancy Wood". I was so shocked because she remembered what I say when I pick up my mom's prescriptions. I think she has only been with me twice when I have done that though. She is so cute! She is having a hard time sharing with Patyon though, especially since Payton can crawl and go after whatever she wants. Chloe loves to color and swing. She could swing all day long if I had the patience to keep pushing her!

Here is a picture of the girls in their Easter dresses

Overheard at my house

Chloe enjoys singing just as much as her Momma does! They are both so precious to me! Enjoy!

What A Year It Has Been

So every time I check in and read my friend Dawn's blog I see the last post I have posted on her side bar and today realized it has been a year! This year has been crazy! Last December my mom ended up getting very sick and needed emergency surgery right before we were supposed to drive down to Texas to see Jeremy's family for Christmas. She came through the surgery and we decided we could still drive down to TX. It was a fun trip! On the long drive though we talked about my mom and how we should probably some day move to NJ to be closer to her. Well when we arrived back home around New Years we were surprised to discover I was expecting again! Payton was born August 22nd. =) We just love her and Chloe loves being a big sister! She always wants Payton to play with her. Well in January we found out my mom needed someone to live with her full time so Chloe and I made the move to NJ. Jeremy did not move down here until Payton was born. 2011 flew by for me! During that time Chloe turned 1 in Feb, then we moved to NJ, came back to Syracuse to finish teaching so I could keep the health insurance for a little longer at the end of April, right after school ended in June I was in extreme pain and had to have emergency surgery while pregnant to remove a cyst, my sister was married 2 weeks later, and Payton arrived a little over a month later!

Chloe went from just walking to running in a few months time. Saying a few words to talking in full sentences. I will never forget her first time telling me what animals say when she was only 14 months old. =) Earlier this week she called me into her room because she had garbage. When I walked in there she had taken off her socks and was cleaning the lint between her toes!

Payton is now 5 months old and is rolling over and has just begun eating cereal. She smiles all the time and loves to laugh, which I make her do often!