Catching up

Where does the time go? I can't believe that is has been so long since I've posted. Like everyone else, so much has been going it's a challenge for me to keep up! Unlike everyone else, I'm going to break the "one holiday" rule and update back to Halloween! Sorry, I'm such a rebel.

Chloe had her three year check up. She was in the 80th percentile for height (37 inches), 40th for weight (~29lbs) and 7th for her BMI. So she's generally pretty tall and skinny, as we already knew. She's so adorably cute and saying the craziest things. As soon as the halloween stuff was out at Target, we were trying to prepare her with all things Halloween so she wouldn't be scared when it came time to go to the H house. Well, we did a little bit too much preparing, so to this day she tells us about the witch and ghost at Target and that they aren't there anymore and they aren't scary and.. and... and... It's been quite the shift to get her to talk about and get excited for Christmas.

We took a couple of trips to 101 market to jump in the corn, go on a train ride and enjoy the general merriment.

We made a few trips to my parents where Chloe just plays until she crashes (she always has such a wonderful time!)

She also likes playing with her cousins.

We are also preparing for another addition to the Bolla Family since we are pregnant with a due date at the end of June! It's both exciting and exhausting. Up until this point everything has been pretty much the same as when we were expecting Chloe. I have been struggling with morning (who are we kidding all day) sickness. My doctor gave me some medication, but it's not as effective as the good (and VERY, VERY expensive) stuff I took last time. She said she would change me over if it wasn't effective, and I was trying to avoid some of the side effects of the other anti-nausea medication. Right now those side effects would be well worth some relief. I will be calling her soon to get the strong stuff! I decided to change doctors and I have been happy with our interactions and her approach so far. With this new doctor, we are also planning on delivering at the new Maple Grove Hospital, which will be different this time around.

We already had one ultrasound a couple of weeks ago. We got a good look at a perfectly forming little baby. The heart rate was at 144 beats per minute. We were able to point out the baby on the big screen in the room and told Chloe, "Look, there's a baby!" Chloe asked, "Is it me?!"

Thanks for your patience as I've neglected the blog. I promise to try to be better!

Now I'm going to go to bed, I'm so exhausted I can barely stand it!

Range of Emotions

I love them all!

Happy 4th!

Chloe and I went to my parents for a couple days over the weekend. I think it's safe to say everyone had a great time! Happy Birthday Mom!

Naps

Guess which days Chloe didn't have a nap. All pictures were taken at roughly the same time in the evening.

Mainly a picture update

I know that I've neglected our blog, so instead of fretting about it and avoiding any longer, I thought I would throw some pictures out there to tell the story of what has been going on with Chloe.

She love headsets (even when they aren't plugged in)

Chloe's first train ride. We went downtown to drop some stuff off at my job, she liked watching out the windows and holding her "tickets" which were the dollar coins we got in change.

Cute look, don't you think? I do - but not something that was easy to maintain (Rob still can't do pony tails) so this length didn't last very long.
Cute picture of a pony tail
We picked up the table and chairs from Ikea, she jumped right into entertaining her friends!
Here she is working away on Daddy's computer
This is "Grandma's sweater". Grandma made it for Chloe - it's adorable and she loves it!
The last couple of weeks have been a bit rough as she's had bad cold. On Sunday, she picked this out of her closet to wear, threw a fit about wanting to wear it and very clearly wanted nothing to do with the pants that went with the top. She won - and wore this for most of the day.
But - Hey. She was happy.
This is Hailey's jacket - super cute!
This hug followed a wonderful declaration, "Jake is my best friend!"
I don't believe that Jake would agree.

Chloe is quite the chatter box and continues to say some adorable things. She has so many words and expressions, it's amazing. For example "I love you", "Jake's my best friend", "He likes you!" (referring to any dog), "It goes in my tummy and then my butt" (mac & cheese), "Change my diaper", "No, I went poop in the potty" (when her diaper is full of fun - oh did you Chloe? Cause I would love to know what I'm wiping off of your butt!), "Lay down, Mommy", "Jake popped my balloon", "Ben Ben's following me", "Come here Ben Ben!!" (This is a sign for the puppies to run for their life!), "That's Mommy's train", "Mommy went to work", "Daddy's at the grocery store"....

The real killers are, "No, I don't take a nap anymore!" or "No, I don't go to bed anymore" or "I don't like it, turn it off!" when the 'wrong' song is on the radio.

And all of those things go out the window when she sees Jack, Hailey, Hope, Chad, Grandma or Grandpa. Then all they get to hear is, "I'm Chloe!" over and over and over....