Lots of catching up to do!!

I know I know its been forever since a post... hopefully I will have them all up this week sometime. Chad has been super busy at work lately (only to get worse in the summer) so between working, cleaning, cooking, and playing with Chloe...Im exhauseted and usually just lay in the bed with her when she goes to sleep, maybe this week I will bring the laptop up and catch up on all our adventures!! Stay Tuned!!!

Mother's Day

My 2nd Mother's Day was WONDERFUL. We went to church (at my memaw's church) and surprised her. I really never get to hear the messages anymore during church since Chloe is so restless, there is no way she will sit still during service and she will not stay in the nursery either. Basically i have to sit in the lobby and listen over the intercom systems. My memaw was actually singing a solo song and she did so good, Chloe was yelling through the entire song, Im pretty sure she was cheering her on ;) Chad and Chloe got me a cross necklace made of aquamarine stone which is Chloe's birthstone, and I absolutley love it! What a special day for all mothers in the world. Chloe you make my life complete, and there are no words to tell you how much I love you. I thank God everyday for your smile, laughter, and yes even your tantrums :)

Jackson Pogue's Beach Party

Ben, Jeni ,and Birthday Boy Jackson Jackson adjusting the mirrors to take Chloe for a spin.. (sidenote: no that is not J's pink jeep)

Big Smiles crawling through the tunnel!!

Jeni & Jackson

Jason & Reed racing Chad & Chloe

What a FUN FUN day, Jackson turned one a had such a great party! Jeni did an AWESOME job decorating and the food was YUMMY!!! Happy Birthday sweet Baby J!!!!

Chad's fave dinner

I made Chad his favorite dinner for him.... the Chicken-Rancho-Pico-Cheeso-Avacado-Sandwich.

Year Old Shots

Chloe had her shots today, she did way better than I thought she would. I was a little aggrevated in the waiting room at a lady that was in there. Chloe was in a wonderful mood smiling and giggling and a lady and her daughter walked in, she immediately started waving at them, the little girl kinda smiled and the mom just sat down. Chloe got out of my lap and walked up to the lady (the waiting room is small so she was only about four steps away from me) and started swinging her arms back and forth giggling and waving at the lady once again. The lady gave her a stare down that no one should ever give a child...so immediatly my blood was boiling and I talked to Chloe in a nice voice and said "YUCKY LADY,MEAN LADY". I was actually proud of myself for only saying that. FYI.. I have also prayed for that lady, i should never judge anyone because I dont know what her life is like, or what she faces every day for her to have to be in a terrible mood, hopefully she was just having an off day. I know I was wrong. I couldn't help it at the time though. I was telling Chad what happened and he started laughing, he says he can see my momma in me everyday (if any of you know my momma, that is a HUGE compliment). Bryan, Brad , and myself could go to her for any reason and she would be our biggest supporter. Chad was sitting in the living room tonight while I was playing with Chloe and he just looked at me with the sweetest face and said "you are such a wonderful mom". Made my night :) Anyways back to Chloe's shots, for being such a tuff baby we went to Toys R Us and she picked out a Water & Sand table, Pink Car that zooms off when you shake it, Elmo DVD, new swimsuit (for Jackson bday) and some flip flops (that are too small).

Strawberries

I think she likes them now. Finally. She ate most of the strawberry I gave her...the funny thing is that she has never messed with the wine cooler EVER until today, and it was while she was munching on her strawberry.....maybe she was wanting a glass of wine and fruit...LOL!

JumpinLand

Chloe and I decided to go play at Jumpin Land today and figured it wouldnt be too busy. We were the only ones in there, it was great and Chloe had a blast. I thought it was much better than Wiggly Play Center.

Yard of the Month???

So my very silly brother (who lives by himself) made up a huge make believe story that he got yard of the month in his neighborhood! We all believed him and were very excited because we knew he had been working hard in his yard on his days off from the fire station. So these are the pics I took from his yard......

His girlfriend Amanda decided to make him a sign that read "Yard of The Month" since he really didn't get it....

Maybe next month Bradley!!!

YUMMY easter eggs.

Chloe loves her first taste of chocolate and caramel....she would start dancing in place waiting for me to open the next one. Of course Chad was watching and cringing!!!!

Oklahoma Easter

Checking out the goldfish

Chad with his Easter basket (JK)

Chloe going on a ride throwing eggs

What a cute little Easter Bunny!

We headed out to Oklahoma for Easter at Chad's grandparents, the dvd player kept Chloe entertained for a while but needless to say, she still hates her carseat. We met Chad there since he was already there hunting. We ate some yummy food and Chloe dropped eggs out of the wagon. When it came time to pick up eggs she didn't have to much to do with it, but she did like picking them up and throwing them. She loved the goldfish pond in the front yard she would have dove into it if she could have :) Chloe managed to get away with 6 Easter baskets filled with fun stuff this year, which brings her total Easter basket inventory up to 9, including the ones from last year. LOL! We left at 1:30 to get her nap in and she was asleep within two minutes and slept all the way home, but all in all it was a great day!!

Rough Week Again...

So Chloe once again has ANOTHER sore throat and ear infection, this makes two ear infections since her tubes in December. Which Im not complaining because I feel fortunate that the tubes are working correctly and draining so it causes no pain for her, but it is just irritating that she is now on two more antibiotics and she just finished a round last week. Im also on my second Z-Pac in a week because my throat is killing me again also. We are making an appointment with the ENT to see what are next options are. , several docs said it may have to do with her tonsils and adnoids so we will see. I must say she is a trooper. On a good note.... Chloe is finally on a schedule, yes after 13 months, I have had a week and a half of sleeping all through the night without having to feed Chloe! So exciting! I have to be really strict on my outings and work with her to stick to nap time schedules ( Im not one who can let her "cry it out", so that is why it has taken us so long to get it down) One hour difference can totally mess it up. We were at the doctor last night and we didn't get home until 7, she didnt go to sleep until 11:00 last night, that one hour totally messed her up. Jeni always told me how crazy she is about Jackson's schedule and I see why now, I had to kick my mom and dad out the other day at 6:15 so I could wind her down, and poor Aunt Ashley and Bryan wanted to see Chloe so bad after that got back from Mexico but it was getting late and I made them wait until she was asleep. They understand though which is great. She is usually in bed by 7:30-8 and I usually wake her on weekdays about 7 and she sleeps until 8-8:30 on weekends. Life is good actually getting 6 hours of full sleep for myself!!!

Egg Hunt Pics

Easter

Aunt Kim Uncle Bryan & Aunt Ashley Uncle Brad and Aunt Amanda

Easter Bunny dropped off some goodies

More Easter bunny (Mimi & Pa)

Chloe has been sick for the past week, so we laid low during Easter weekend. Chad and I had a egg hunt for Chloe after church inside the house. I put out 84 eggs and she picked up about three. I knew that was going to happen. The Easter Bunny dropped off some nice gifts for Chloe too.

YUMMY Cupcakes!

Getting ready for the Easter Bunny to arrive! I made Strawberry and Chocolate cupcakes. And yes I added pureed veggies to these also. Strawberry has carrots and the Chocolate ones have squash. Havent tried them yet, I will let you know if if fools my babies again :) I bet it does! The Easter Bunny brought me new patio furniture and a new camera, mine is somewhere floating around here, but I was about to go crazy without it!!! I really like camera better anyway!