Playing with Brody before "school"

No worries about the ending, she was fine!

Swinging and Snacking

Morning at Lake Mayer

How 'bout that cake!

Can you believe with all that icing, she didn't get ANY on her outfit?!?

Hooray for giant bibs! (Thanks, Aunt 'Lissa!)

Look at all the pretty flowers!

We made a quick visit to our favorite greenhouses to pick out a few flowers for our house. 

No visit would be complete without checking out the chickens!

Birthday Girl

October 11, 2012

Excited to see her friends at day care!

Wait a minute...did you say there will be cupcakes???

Sportin' my big girl jeans today!

Birthday Party!

Here's hoping the family has some good photos from the party, my phone camera 

seemed a bit foggy that day :(

Chloe loved the hanging decor

Jeff's hand-made, very fancy cupcakes - they were a big hit!

Lunch at Crystal Beer Parlor

Who knew that at lunch time, you can actually hear the music playing at CBP!?!

Great place to people watch, as demonstrated by our little busy body!

Picnic in the Park!

This is one of our favorite Savannah outings of the year in Forsyth Park.

Chloe enjoyed a few quality hours of outdoor play time - finally, no bugs!

She also tried some picnic fare, including cheese and crackers and apple slices. 

Lots of fresh air makes for a tired baby, so she was out like a light at bedtime :)

New Trick

Not sure why she's doing this, but it makes her smile!

September is Lovely Beach Time!

Over the weekend we ventured out for some morning beach time on the quiet south end of Tybee...

And like the mother sea turtle returning to the ocean...

Eleven Months

September 11 - Bath Time Fun Time!

This month Chloe has been having a ball with her bath toys.

She also loves to stand up in the tub - maybe she's a shower girl instead??

She's been crawling all over, laughing and reaching for Brody, and even standing on her own at times.  

No first steps yet, but it probably won't be long!

She's been enjoying more solid foods, like pasta, veggies, fruits, pancakes, eggs, chicken and yogurt.

Also getting lots of practice with the sippy cup, she's moving right along :)

Hard to believe 12 months is just around the corner- fastest year of our life, indeed!!

Ten Months...(yup, it's late!)

August 11: New York

Chloe enjoying the flowers in the Frerichs garden!  

Fun things she's been up to this past month - 

Crawling!  Been pulling up for a while, but finally decided to give crawling a try :)

She's a champ at eating Puffs, and has now decided to enjoy trying other solid foods, too.  

 Macaroni salad is one of her favorites, along with lots of blueberries and strawberries. 

Chloe's First trip to Ted's - a WNY institution!

Enjoying a little Elvis

Aunt Jamie, is that a milkshake in front of me??

Always a classic

I guess I'll try crawling after all...

Chloe had a special note on her report card today - crawling!  We assumed she was going to skip it, since she's never shown much interest.  She's been pulling up for a couple weeks now, and cruising in her play area, but no crawling.  Obviously something changed her mind today, and she figured it out.  Yay, Chloe!

Spaghetti!

Visiting with the Behms, Chloe had her first encounter with spaghetti.  Fun and messy times, for sure.  Poppy stood by, happy to perform clean up duties.  Great idea from Melissa to strip her down to the diaper to facilitate the post-meal wipe down!

Don't Stand On Your Head....

the phone flips the screen every time you tilt a fraction of an inch, but apparently can't let you know when you're holding it on the wrong side...whoops. 

ANYWAY....here is Chloe pulling up for the first time!!!

Bake Me a Cake!

Looks like she's ready to start helping out in the kitchen!

Nine Months

Trying to get that perfect shot....

Shoes are tasty...

Paddy-cake, paddy-cake

Please look at the camera!

Pirate baby??

This is why professional photographers charge so much :)

July 11 - Nine Months Old

Fun things I've been up to this month include: 

babbling "ba-ba-ba-ba..."

laughing at and trying to pet Brody

rolling around and trying to pull up on her toys

the exciting new world of puffed cereal 

Playing at the Music Table

She loves STANDING at the Leap Frog table with all the fun bells and whistles!

Pool Time!!

Fun in the pool at Jennie and Darin's house :)

Just Plain Cute

I realize I should have held the phone the other direction, so next time I'll get it right and you won't have to cran you neck :)

Playing in the crib

Messy dinner - guess who's been teaching her that trick??

Eight Months Old

Momma's feeling a little under the weather here, but very happy to celebrate
Chloe's 8th month!  Fun things happening this month - standing at the music table and pressing all the buttons, sitting around playing with all my shape toys and books, another new bottom tooth (June 2) with a couple more on the way, lots of big, big smiles and sounds of happiness. Yes indeed, life is good :)

More Family Photos

Finally loaded these pictures from mid-May off my phone - much easier now that I figured out Google+. 

Rare to have one with all three of us!

Last bottle at the airport...

Checking out the garden

Paddy-Cake at Carlito's

This girl's got some legs!

Melear cousins Brynlee and Bryce visiting Savannah

Stepping back a moment...

These beautiful photos were taken April 5th, just before Chloe turned 6 months old.  Our wonderful Green River friends Vickie and Bette came for a visit and to meet little C.  How honored we are for Vickie to share her great talent for photography with us!  Thanks so much, Vic!

Bath time!

Brody, watching for our return...

Jen, Vickie and Bette - a very happy GRP reunion!!
Thanks so much for coming to visit :)