miller is a good dog. i have never worried that he would harm the kids {except for the occasional excited tail-whip}, and he is such a protector. he and beckett are good buddies now, and i hope chloe will love him just as much. weirdly, these photos were taken when beckett and chloe were almost the exact same age. more evidence that miller is, in fact, a human trapped in a dog’s body.
today, chloe turned 5 months old! and once again, i’m a month behind. i’ll figure this out at some point.
sweet little clover, you are getting so darn fun. i feel like this month, you really made some strides. it seemed like over a week’s time, you went from newborn to a straight-up baby. you are smiling a ton and reaching for things, and i can hardly get a clear picture of you because you’re in constant motion. at 4 months, you are nearly 16 pounds and 25 inches, which puts you in the 75% percentile. you are getting so big, yet i look at you sometimes, and realize you’re still just a tiny thing. this month, you rolled over from your back to your belly, and you haven’t quit rolling around. you’re advanced, my sweet girl. it didn’t take long for you to get really quick, and you love being on your belly, so you can watch all that goes on – mainly beckett running around. you love watching him, and he can really make you smile now. the downside of all this rolling around is that it wrecked your sleep – and mine! you had been sleeping from about 8pm – 4am (with a feeding around 10, while you sleep), but we are now getting up with you several times a night – anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour. ugh. also on the not-so-awesome front, for a few weeks this month, you would scream if anyone but your dad or i would hold you. it was kind of sweet knowing you only wanted us, but i think the grandparents are a lot happier now you’ll go to them easily. other fun facts – your cheeks are ticklish. that’s my go-to for a grin. you have hair! beckett was bald until he was about 18 months, so i feel like you look so different.
{found your feet! a nice little built-in toy}
{your thighs are thunderous perfection}
{with you on the floor so much now, you and miller have become buddies}
friends, you’ve seen a lot of chloe lately. poor girl has some catching up to do! i mean, we have about 5,347,882 pictures of beckett, so she has quite a way to go. but, beckett – oh man. you challenge me and fill my heart each day.
on the challenging front, you have entered a very physical stage. you have hit chloe a few times and taken a few swings at your dad and i, and this my friend, we just won’t have. time out doesn’t work that well (sometimes he volunteers for it!), so we threatened to put your trains away if you hurt someone on purpose. also challenging is that you’d really prefer not to listen. like, i could probably be shouting your name, and you might not even look back, or if you did, you might just laugh. oh wait, this already happened…today. not really sure how to get through to you there, but you better believe i’m going to keep trying. any hot tips, friends?
on the opposite side of the spectrum, you made chloe laugh for the first time yesterday. i was putting you down for a nap, and the three of us were laying in your bed. you got the giggles, and it made chloe laugh too. what a moment. i know there will be many more where this came from, and i look forward to each and every one. your beaming smile and laughter fill this house each day, and we. are. grateful.
{can you touch your nose with your tongue?}
{looking so grown-up these days}
you guys, some of my dear friends from college and their kids filled my house today. while it was a little crazy, it was pretty glorious to have all these tall and small people in our home – 5 mamas and 9 kids betweens us! truth be told, i love when our house is full, and i want our friends and family to feel like we always have an open door, so i hope you do! since we had a pretty good crowd here today, we decided we needed to get a shot of the kiddos (except for chloe, who was snoozing). friends, can you believe that we made these!?!
well, since we were documenting the kids, why not try to document the mamas too? i set the camera on a little table and got it all lined up and we asked allie, the most senior kid at 4, to push the shutter button. here’s what we got.
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i mean, hey, at least we’re all in a few of them, give or take a kid. it didn’t dawn on me until this minute that i have a remote for my camera and could have taken the pictures myself. next time!
did you sign up for stitch fix yet? several friends have mentioned they have – you go-getters you! they also mentioned that they’ve been wait-listed. i was in the beginning also, but it moves pretty quickly!
ladies, there’s something you need to know about . it’s a little thing called stitch fix. it’s perfect for the busy mama or working gal (or both!) who wants to stay current, but doesn’t have much time to shop. (me. and probably you too.) it’s a styling service. you sign up, fill out a survey specifying your sizes, preferences, price points, and style, and they ship you a box containing 5 pieces. it’s like getting a surprise present in the mail – holla! you can choose to get them monthly, quarterly, twice a year, really whatever works for you. you get a box on (or close to) a date of your choosing, try everything on, keep what you want, and send back what you don’t want (in a bag they provide that you just throw in your mailbox). it really doesn’t get any easier. there’s a $20 styling fee, but that goes toward your purchase, so it’s like it’s not there. my first one was just ok, but each one has gotten better since you give feedback on each piece, whether you keep it or not. the more feedback you give, the better they can do picking your next pieces. i’ve sent a lot back, but i’ve gotten some really great pieces that i wear a ton and probably would not have picked out myself. it’s great whether you’re looking for a dress for a special occasion, to add a few fun pieces to your wardrobe or create a totally new one. happy shopping!
i know my posts have been quite kid-centric lately, but guess what, my life revolves around them. this is our life right now, and i love it. it’s exactly what i should (and want to) be doing. (although, i must admit there are days when i wish i could have just a morsel of time to be all-about-me. i’m just keeping it real, people). i do know that someday i’ll wish for these days of wiping little noses and rocking babies to sleep, so i’m really trying to be present. i could cry just thinking about them being all grown up. anyway, i digress. we were outside a few weeks ago, and the light was just right, and i snapped a million pictures of chloe. here are a few of the best. they will probably all look exactly the same to you, but i see a different face in each one. i am so in love with this little girl.
{favorite}
beckett has a new word – it’s ‘wah-wah’. you know, like the sound when you give a wrong answer at a game? the funnier part is that he knows in what context it should be used.
my parents were watching the kiddos last night and got him ready for bed. my mom put on his pull-up (just in case), and he looked at her and said “wah-wah, they’re on backwards”. we nearly fell off the couch when they told us. this kid is so dang funny. keep it up, little buddy.
{uh, pre-haircut}
chloe, you are changing and progressing so rapidly. on april 8th, you rolled over from belly to back for the first time. i sure wasn’t expecting you to do that already! just a few days later, we heard you laugh for the first time. it was more like a chuckle than a belly laugh, but so sweet to hear. you had a good belly laugh 2 weeks later, and daddy got some of it on video. you’re slowly coming out of what i lovingly call the ‘baby blob’ stage. i am loving seeing you change, but that newborn stage is oh-so-sweet. you slept through the night a few nights, but at the 3 month mark, i was still up at about 4, which i really can’t complain about. at the beginning of may, you were so close to rolling over from your back to belly – whoa, nelly! i have a feeling that you might be an early developer – yay! and yikes!
beckett is much more interested in you as you start to do more stuff, and we’re still trying to teach him that he needs to be super gentle. he’s good most of the time, but then he’ll get a little wild streak and try to poke your eyes or something. i have a feeling you’ll be ready to fight back in no time.
{the drooling has begun!}
as we’re leaving the grocery store, beckett turns to me and says, ‘mama, that was not fun.’ well, buddy, sorry to disappoint.
it is downright pitiful that i haven’t written a 2 month post about my daughter and she’s nearly 4 months old. sheesh. sorry, sweet chloe. this is not a reflection of how much i love you, because, quite frankly, i feel like my heart might explode every time i look at you. you are one great baby, and i don’t want you to think any less.
right after you turned a month old, we moved you into your own room. your dear daddy is an awfully light sleeper, and i just figured we didn’t both need to be sleep deprived. plus, your room is about 8 feet from ours, so it’s not that long of a walk. :) i have liked having you in there, because when i nurse you to sleep at night, it’s just you and me and the quiet, which doesn’t happen very often. at two months, you are cooing a bit and smiling quite a bit. you’ve found your hands, and you sure love to chew on them. you also chew on your tongue from time to time. at your two month check, you were a little over 12 pounds and 23 inches – that means you’ve nearly doubled your body weight since birth, and grown 2 inches! yowza! that puts you in about the 75th percentile for each. i remember beckett was in the higher percentiles at first, and then has settled around the 50th, so it’ll be really interesting to see where you end up. you’re holding your head up much better, and just getting bigger by the day.
i finally finished your room {which i hope to write about soon}, and it’s one i feel pretty proud of. i made several things that are in there, and it’s a little girly, but not too much; a little whimsical, and a teeny bit baby – i mean, there’s a crib in there. yours is the first room in the house that’s ‘done’.
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