trying to walk...with a little help ;)

Chloe wants to walk in the worst way but she gets lazy sometimes...it's either that or she's a little unsure of herself :)

nap time...for daddy ;)

Daddy was trying to sneak a nap in this afternoon (shocker!) and Chloe was trying her hardest to get him to play. Too cute...

waking up... :)

I just love watching Chloe when she wakes up in the morning. I happened to catch her just as she was opening her eyes this morning...before she even knew I was in the room :)

toys, toys, everywhere...

Chloe, Nana and I went to a toy store in Chapel Hill this week and she had a BLAST! While her excitement isn't overwhelming in the video...she was still having fun ;)

oh brother ;)

For those of you that may not know yet, we just found out today that Chloe is going to have a baby BROTHER!! :) Here's a little clip of her expressing her excitement. Okay...maybe it's the video she's watching but I'd like to think it's because of the wonderful news we received today! :)

talking to herself :)

Just a little clip of Chloe talking to herself...

not-so-tastey tortilla

We went out for lunch at a Mexican restaurant the other day and Chloe was not a big fan of the flour tortilla. Every time she would lick the tortilla...she'd make this face as if she sucked on a lemon! It was hilarious...but maybe you had to be there....

Sometimes Chloe can be so self-entertaining...gotta love it! :)

sassy swinger ;)

Chloe's really taken to the swing lately...good thing the park is within walking distance of our house! The video below might give you a bit of motion sickness if you have a weak stomach like me...so don't say I didn't warn you! Oh...and it gets a little blurry at times too, but it's better than nothing!

uh oh...

Chloe just loves crawling so much that sometimes she finds herself in compromising positions...that are a little tough to get out of! Here's a shot of what I'm talking about...and a little video too :)

an apple a day...

It's amazing how much time you can buy yourself with just the slice of an apple! :)

my little shadow ;)

Little miss Chloe just loves to follow me around when she's in her walker...it's hysterical. Makes sweeping a little challenging, especially when she decides to roll right through my little dust piles...but at least she's happy! Take a look...

rubber ducky is THE one :)

Chloe finally popped her first tooth out! I tried to capture it on camera but it's virtually impossible since it's on the bottom and her tongue seems to always get in the way! She's also graduated from her baby tub to her....well...not-so-baby tub (although it's still a big blow-up ducky). She's a little challenged keeping her balance in there because she gets busy with the toys and forgets to put them down when she starts to tip over! Oh well...a few bubbles in her eyes can't bother her too much, right?! Here's another video clip of her playing with her toys. I was trying to get her babbling away but I SWEAR, every time I get this dang camera out, she stops talking!! Oh well...enjoy :)

chloe's crawling! :)

Here's a clip of Chloe crawling! Please excuse the nakedness...she has trouble crawling in her pj's! :)

overdue update! :)

I know it's been a LONG time since I've updated this...I warned you that I wouldn't be good about it. Anyways...Chloe is going to be 7 months old tomorrow (I can't believe it) and has officially started crawling. She's not the fastest yet, but I'm more than okay with that...not quite ready to be chasing her around! She still doesn't have any teeth but they're bound to pop through any day now! Here's a quick video of her playing with her books :)

self-entertaining :)

Why do they always want to play with everything that's NOT a toy???

scooting around :)

Chloe got a new toy today and she's loving it! She's cruising around with ease...no direction, but definitely with ease! :)

jumping bean :)

Here's a little clip of Chloe jumping up and down in that exersaucer! She's definitely been WAY more active these days and just wants to move around. She's also sitting up all on her own...I can't believe my baby girl is growing up so fast!

never gets tired of the exersaucer :)

ahh...the remote control!

Chloe has recently discovered the remote control and just LOVES to play with it! Here's a short clip from this morning when she first woke up...

taaaaarrrr.... heeeeeeeels!

Chloe made it to her first Carolina football game last weekend! Unfortunately, there was a lightening storm so we only saw about a half hour of it...but that still counts! :)

giggles galore :)

now she can't be mistaken as a boy! :)

On our way to a baptism...

family fun :)

Ava and Chloe in their beautiful Chinese dresses...

Giggling away at Nana's house...

chloe bear & pooh bear havin' some fun :)

lovin' the exersaucer :)

wonderful weekend :)

We had a great weekend, as I'm sure most of you did with the beautiful weather we had in NC! On Saturday we went to Winston Salem to see Kelsey play in her field hockey Jamboree...and we also went to Old Salem for lunch. We went to dinner at a restaurant on Lake Norman last night...gorgeous night to sit outside on the water and listen to live music! These are a few pics from the weekend...and a short video from tonight :)

pool time :)

We went to the pool today with Meg and Tiffany. I'm posting two video clips because in the first one, Chloe doesn't say anything...she just floats around. In the second one, my camera kept trying to re-focus and it's blurry at times, but at least she's babbling in that one!

weekend in chapel hill

Our trip to Chapel Hill was very successful. Chloe slept most of the way there and back so it made for a very peaceful ride! We didn't quite get around to visiting everyone that I had hoped to visit, but that's just how it goes when you have a little one around...can't plan for everything! Chloe was able to spend a lot of time with her family. She also made it to her first Durham Bulls game on Saturday night (with her extended family ;) I have to admit, she's been to quite a few ball parks in her short 4 months...Washington Nationals (well, she was still in my belly then), Greensboro Grasshoppers, San Francisco Giants and the Durham Bulls! Not too bad. But really none of that matters until she makes her debut at Fenway. ;)

exersaucing

Chatting away in her exersaucer...

chloe's 1st video :)

The quality isn't great because it was filmed with my little camera but it's better than nothing! Enjoy :)

up and running...

Okay, so I've been told to start a blog for months now that we have Chloe Bear in our world but quite honestly, I'm not big on these things. However, I recently started filming Chloe with my little digital camera and I can't figure out how to email it to people because the file is too big! Needless to say, I thought maybe a blogspot would allow me to post video clips and then everyone can just watch them on here! Hence the "real" reason that I'm starting this. The reason I titled our blog "our chloe bear" is because her daddy has been calling her Chloe Bear since before she was born and it stuck... so that's just what we call her now!

Chloe Bear is almost four months already (on Aug 8th) and I just can't believe it. She's growing like a weed and I'm trying to mentally and physically capture all her changes in such a short time. She's rolling over now and can stand on her own two feet like a champ! Clearly she's not walking yet, nor do I invite her to any time soon, I like that I can put her down and she stays right where I left her! She's still struggling with the car seat...I can't get more than ten minutes of her sitting there peacefully before she bursts out crying. We haven't made any long road trips lately but we're about to venture to Chapel Hill tomorrow so hopefully we can time it when she's ready for a nap!

At first it was all fist for Miss Chloe but she's now found her thumb! Sometimes she confuses herself with her other fingers, but she eventually gets that thumb in there and boy does she go to town on it! It's so cute to watch because she inevitably gets that thumb in there when her head hits the bed and she puts herself to sleep with it! Too cute.

Okay...I'm off to see if I can figure out how to post a video on here. Reading about Chloe Bear is fun...but watching her is even better! :)