Christmas 2010

All of the kids had a lot of fun this year. Chloe actually helped open her presents! Brooklyn and Tyson were so excited that they got the pillow pets they wanted. Brooklyn got the unicorn, Tyson got the panda, and Chloe got the ladybug, as soon as she opened it, she kissed it on the nose. It was so cute. My whole family was here, so things were a little crazy and crowded. There was some drama, but the kids had a good time, so it all worked out alright.

Christmas Eve

My whole family came to our house for Christmas this year. This is all the kids opening up their Christmas pajamas on Christmas Eve.

New Ornaments

Last year was our first Christmas all together, so we decided to start a tradition and get one new ornament each year. We let the kids pick out their own. Tyson picked Santa on a snowmobile, Brooklyn picked a fairy, and Chloe got Elmo. Chloe didn't really pick her own these last two years, but next year she probably will!

Brooklyn's Christmas dance recital

We went to Brooklyn's Christmas dance recital again this year. She gets to dance with the bigger girls now and is very proud that she knows the dances without the teacher's help.

She's getting close!

Halloween 2010

Brooklyn and Tyson dancing in the car before trick or treating.

All of us at Buddy's

Chloe saying, "Cheese!"

Rob as Bret Michaels

Getting ready for the neighborhood trunk or treat

A cute little elephant

Iron Man!

The kitty fairy

Pumpkin Carving Day 2

Tyson wanted a Transformers pumpkin, so Rob did some looking on the internet and this is what he came up with, I think it looks pretty good!

Chloe's pumpkin...it was an odd shape and this was about the only pattern that fit the pumpkin!

And Brooklyn's ghost pumpkin, she even got to help Dad carve it!

Pumpkin Carving Day 1

The Pumpkin Patch

Chloe hung out on Daddy's shoulders while Brooklyn and Tyson rode on the train.

Tyson's face is covered in most of the pictures because he said the sun was too bright.

Rob said, "give me your pretty smiles!", and this is what we got :)

They had a lot of fun picking out their own pumpkins! Brooklyn picked one out for Chloe too.

Chloe's 1st Birthday!

Trying to escape the bathtub!

Playing with finger puppets

1st Birthday Cake!

Walking with her new stroller from Grandma & Grandpa Astle

I don't know where the last year has gone! My little baby girl is 1 now! Her birthday/birthday party was a lot of fun! She's had a cold and a stomach bug for the last week, so she was sick on her birthday :( But she still played and ate cake and was really happy. I have tons of pictures! She destroyed her birthday cake!

Need an update...

I'm terrible at keeping this thing updated. It just seems there's not a lot to talk about in our lives.

Brooklyn started kindergarten this year and she absolutely loves it! She also lost her first tooth last week and can't wait to come back and show us "where it isn't anymore".

We've been car shopping lately...it's difficult! This is the first time I've ever looked for a car. We have a small budget, but need something big enough for all 3 carseats. It's tough to find something decent. We also have to think about if/when we have another baby, we'll need something even bigger.

We're moving out of our apartment and into a house! I'm really excited about that. We were supposed to move this weekend, but it looks like now we'll be moving the beginning of next week. I'm seriously lacking the motivation to pack...that's my least favorite part of moving.

My oldest brother, Chad, is getting married next weekend. I'm really excited for him and excited to have Tasha as a new sister-in-law!

Chloe will be a year old in about a week and a half! I don't know where the time has gone! I can't believe it's already been a year and it kind of makes me sad. I miss her being a tiny baby, but she's growing up so fast and she's so adorable! She waves and claps, dances anytime there's music, she's still such a happy baby! She has 6 teeth now and loves to show them off! She crawls after Riddick up and down the halls, it's funny. She's also walking along everything, she walks if you hold her hands, but she hasn't tried taking a step on her own yet.

Baby Faces

The Channel 6 News was doing a Baby Faces segment, so I decided to submit Chloe's picture! They showed her this morning, August 4th. The picture of from when she was 5 months old, about half an hour after we had her ears pierced. I just love her smile in this one.

Bret Michaels Concert

We were hoping to be able to finally take our honeymoon for our 1st anniversary...but that didn't happen. Eventually we hope to have a honeymoon, but we just haven't been able to afford it yet. So we decided as our gift to each other, we could get tickets to the Bret Michaels concert that was later this month. It was so much fun! It was nice to get out, just the two of us and have dinner and go to the concert. We had great seat and it was a good show. It seems that a lot of people don't like Bret Michaels...I don't know why, I think he's great!!

9 Months

She's almost 10 months now that I'm finally getting around to this! She's working on cutting her 4th tooth right now. The first two were easy, the 3rd was a little rough, but this 4th one is a nightmare! It's been weeks and it still hasn't popped through! She sure likes to show them off though, I don't have a picture yet where you can see all three.
She's crawling on all fours now instead of scooting around on her tummy. She's getting pretty fast! Which is kind of frustrating too. We have to put a baby gate in front of the kitchen because she tries to eat Riddick's food. If I leave the room, she crawls after me, it's so funny.