9 months old and 1 week

Chloe is getting into everything this week since she started crawling! She is also able to pull herself to a standing position pretty easily. Chloe went to the beach to hang out for a day in Coronado last week since is was in the 90's here. She loved playing in the sand and tried to eat it several times. Chloe is a little artist and enjoyed painting in our Mommy and Me class. She has finally just started saying mama! I am so excited! She also got her 3rd top tooth this week and I didn't realize she was getting it. She was a little fussy the past few days when we were in Phoenix, but that explains why. She had her 9 month doctor's appointment on Tuesday and she is 17 lb 15 oz and 27.75 inches. She is in the 50th percentile for both height and weight.

8 months old and 4 weeks

Chloe learned to crawl forward today! Here are a few pictures from her classes this week. This week Chloe is talking up a storm. The only word I can understand is dada, but I ask her to say something and she will try to repeat it (it comes out as babbling). She learned how to give me a high five. She has also learned how to feed herself thicker mashed up foods with her fingers (but she makes a huge mess!)

Chloe's First Baseball Game

Chloe's first baseball game Padres vs. Dodgers (Padres lost).

8 months and 3 weeks

Chloe is starting to get up on all fours and rocking this week, but still no forward crawling yet. She enjoys playing peekaboo, patty cake, and catch with mommy and she is still using her sign language for milk, eat, more, hello or goodbye, and claps when she gets excited about something. She likes toys that make music (here she is playing the xylophone in our Mommy and Me class) so I am thinking of finding a music class for her. April is a busy month for us. We have our Mon/Wed Mommy and Me class starting up again next week so we will have classes Mon-Fri. Our swim class just ended last week so Matt and I plan to take her swimming on our own time once a week (see our new video of her last class). I am finishing up my big paper for my Master's so I will graduate May 25th! Matt and I are planning 2 trips for April. We will be going for a weekend to Phoenix and then my mom will be coming out to watch Chloe for our trip to Cabo San Lucas at the end of April! It will be our first time away from Chloe for more than a few hours.