Watch Out Baby...

...cause here I come!

**wearing a tutu in honor of Baby Raisin on the day of her mama's baby shower**

Swim Class

Chloe here. We decided to take some swim classes this winter to break up the "blahs" as Mommy and Daddy call them. This is my 3rd lesson, so I thought it was time to share some pictures with you.

Here is my suit that we got especially for swim class.


Isn't the back cute?


When we get in the pool, they give me a watering can to play with. One of Mommy's students, Miss Abbey, is one of my teachers. She's fun :)


Daddy gets to pour the water over my head. Funny.


I love the water! Except...


... when it gets in my nose. Daddy taught me how to farmer blow in the pool. (kidding)


Ha ha, Daddy, you're funny. Farmer blow. Ha.


Show me how to blow the bubbles on my hand, Daddy, ok? Good job Daddy!


Ok, I'm gonna throw this yellow thing and you help me swim and get it.


Here I go! Look, I even put my face in the water. Go me!

Swimming is so much fun with my Daddy... I can't wait for summer!

Ice Cream with Grandpa

The Glove

The Honker

So it seems that we have a chronic honker on our hands. She's hit multiple houses, with confirmed cases in Milwaukee and Merrill. Please be on the lookout for this dangerous criminal.

Christmas Catchup - Chapter 7: Christmas with Ms

Chloe here. Yet another backlogged Christmas post. This time we celebrated Christmas with Mrs. M, Corrie and Jonny, Ashlyn and her daddy, Grammie and Grandpa, and Megan and Morgan. Thanks for such a fun night, everyone. (You know it's a good time when you are wearing the presents at the end of the night - see my foot below.)

Christmas Catchup - Chapter 6: Christmas in Merrill

Chloe here. We went up to Merrill over New Year's to celebrate Christmas with Nana Donna and Grandpa. Auntie Jodi came up too and Uncle Mike and Auntie Jan came up a day later.

Here's Nana opening up her present from me. Everyone needs a bag with Chloe's face on it, right?


Here I am with Daddy opening up the present from Uncle Mike and Auntie Jan. See that cool present in back of us? What do you think it is?


Daddy, I want to put on my cute new clothes!


Guess what was in that big present!?!? My very own rocking chair.


I can get in and out by myself and I LOVED it. Thanks so much Nana and Grandpa!


Ever since her kids were little, Nana has had a stocking made for each of them. Last year, Auntie Jan and Mommy got their stockings. This year, there was one for me too! Here are ALL of our stockings lined up against the fireplace. Aren't they neat?


In my Christmas jammers, playing with some cards. Christmas contentment.


It was VERY cold out when we were up north. Oscar's feet were hurting when he went outside to potty, so Uncle Mike and Auntie Jan put little socks on his feet to keep him warm. Doesn't he look funny?


Got to wear my Christmas dress again too. So fun to twirl in!

Thanks for a wonderful time, Nana and Grandpa. Sorry it took so long to post pictures!

(Blog readers - stay tuned for pictures of me eating ice cream with Grandpa and my first sled ride... also from my trip up north.)

Christmas Catchup - Chapter 5: Christmas Eve at Uncle Pete's

Chloe here. Still playing catchup from Christmas, I'm afraid. Maybe we'll be caughtg up by Easter. "The Sickeness," as we call it around here, has afflicted my whole family this week. {Sigh} So here we are on Christmas Eve, which was celebrated on December 26th this year. If you remember, my Daddy had a stomach bug, so we rescheduled.

I got to wear my Christmas dress for the first time! Here I am with Momma and Daddy in front of Uncle Pete and Aunt Liz's tree.


With my Spunky by the gifts.


I love this puppy.


Like my fancy shoes? I was getting pretty good at walking by now.


Just hangin' with my Daddy, waiting to open presents.


I really liked the spreadable cheese that Daddy gave me. (I was so excited about this cheese that my hair jumped right out of it's clip!)


And the measuring cups that Aunt Liz let me play with.


Ooooo, time to open presents. What do you think is in here?


Let's see... looks like a big bag of paper. Oh boy!


Uncle Pete, you're so silly. Trying to fool me with a big bag of just paper.

(Little did he know that the paper was my FAVORITE part of all my Christmas presents!)

V-Day

Chloe here. Just wanted to expand a bit on our lovely Valentine's Day at the Simek household.

Daddy bought flowers for Mommy and me. I loved them. He also got us Hershey Kisses and I got to have one! It was a huge mess, but SO worth it. No pictures of that, sorry.

Here are some more photos from the V-Day Photo Shoot.


I wasn't so in to it... seeing as how my 15 month pictures were just taken the day before.


Just pick me up and give me a hug already!


You can't see them, but amongst the ear infections and virus, I got 2 more molars on the bottom. If you're counting, that's 12 teeth now.


This is my super cute hair accessory that Mommy put in my hair. I really didn't want to leave it in there, so this picture was captured in the brief moments that it was in my hair.


Thought we'd try some pics against the Badger blanket. I think it's too busy... what do you think?


Here I am with my one true love... the remote!


Please don't take it away yet, Mommy and Daddy!

Hope you all had a fantastic Valentine's Day with your sweetie!

Happy Birthday Auntie Jodi!

I wanted to be the very first one to wish you a Happy Birthday. Can you tell I just rolled out of bed?

Happy Valentine's Day!

XOXO

Love, Chloe

15 Months

(Mugshot, anyone?)


Chloe was 15 months yesterday! Nana Donna came to visit this week. That, along with Dan and I both being sick, and the Opening Ceremonies last night, caused us to completely forget to take her 15 month photos. (I know, two months in a row, shame on me.) But we're not that far behind, so away we go!

I am happy to report that Chloe has moved from walking to running at times. She is so darned cute. I don't think we will ever get sick of this little peanut bopping around with her little tush wiggling. When we took her in for her ear infection, they said she weighed 20 pounds, 4 ounces. I know this means she's little, but I'm not sure what percentile.

She continues to crack us up daily. It's amazing what a sense of humor such a little person can have. She teases us with food, says the wrong words (that we know she knows) when prompted and bends (and breaks) every rule we lay out for her. Ok, some days it's more frustrating than funny, I admit.

She is finally saying "Mama" more frequently. I can't think of any truly new words other than that, but I've yet to have my coffee this morning.

We are working on practicing drinking out of a regular cup (video to come - we're working on it), and she's pretty good at it.

She loves her books, her baby, her "soft friends" and her chairs.

We are currently in this beautiful grace period of no sickness and no teething. We'll see how long it lasts.

Happy 15 months, Chloe Jo. You are growing into such a delightful little girl!