Finally keeping up!

I've been so impressed with other people's blog templates, I went on a search last week for something new and different. I found a lot of really cool templates, but I threw my hands up in frustration when I would add the template and the preview would show 6 pages of HTML language instead of the pretty template I so carefully selected. I finally figured out what I was doing wrong and now I can be one of the cool kids! Yeah!

I should be packing right now, preparing for an awesome girls weekend. We are headed off to Orange County (The Real OC minus the house wives) for a chill'axing (that's chilling and relaxing) long weekend. Chloe is going to Grandma and Grandpa's for a spring grandma camp and we are all ready for a bit of a vacation!

Thoughts on the new format? Thoughts on me being away from work for 3 days and not having my laptop? :D

This and that

Chloe visited a resort called Chase on the Lake to celebrate Mom and Dad's anniversary (7 years!). She got to swim...

Kick her heals upAnd relax...

Not to mention run around and be free!

After kicking both dogs off the pillows she arranged a lounging area for her and her baby. (She was also trying to watch tv).

With the nice weather, Chloe was able to venture outside a bit on Friday after work. She LOVES being outside.

Saturday she enjoyed the Minnesota Zoo where she did a lot of pointing at animals (I think she thought every thing was just an odd looking dog)
Here she spotted the grizzly bears...
She was very brave when she encountered the most exotic, photographed animal at the zoo this weekend!

Chloe was even more excited to see her good friend Ben. She was handing out hugs and kisses to him, remembering what a good friend he was the last time they saw eachother. (Perhaps she was remembering that he also gave her cup cakes...)

Sunday, after Chloe helped clean the house (and by helped, I mean she took a great nap), we ventured to a new off leash dog park. She was so excited. She loved all the dogs, flirted with everyone there and tried very hard to spend the whole time walking. The dogs were really good, too. Ben actually played with one dog, chasing after it at full speed (well, full speed for him anyways). Jake interacted with other dogs and followed us around when we walked the perimeter of the park. They were almost real dogs for the whole visit.

This video from Friday is just so darn cute.

Some words she's been using: choo choo, car, ball, dada, Jake, hi, bye, hello, wazdat (as in what's that?!) and "Oh NO!"