March 2010

Chloe's new shorter haircut

Matt and Chloe doing our volunteer work for the San Diego Ocean Foundation. We got 2 free tickets to Disneyland for volunteering!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Only the beginning of the Easter Egg Hunts, starting with our Mommy and Me Egg Hunt.
Chloe's buddies, Christian and Gavin from Mommy and Me class Easter Egg Hunt.
Her cheesy smile. She said "Mommy take my picture"....
Very proud of her Easter eggs that she dyed.
She's been dying for us to take her on a train ride. Train ride at Balboa Park.
She is an expert scooter rider--Balboa Park Fountain.
Chloe at the zoo.
She loves to pet the goats!Egg Hunt #2 with our Preschool Co-0p gang.
Chloe at the Carlsbad Flower Fields.
She loved all of the colorful flowers.
Chloe and her new little friend Madison (Manina and Brent's niece).
Me and Chloe at the flower fields.
Me, Chloe, Manina, and Madison
Now Chloe really wants a little sister after spending time with Madison!

It has been a fun month of birthday parties, more parties, and egg hunts! Chloe really enjoyed getting ready for Easter this year, preparing our eggs for the egg hunts and dyeing her own Easter Eggs. Even though it was only March, she is already planning her own birthday party this year. After visiting the Railroad Museum in Balboa Park, she has decided that she would like a train party, with a train cake and cupcakes, train crafts, and a train to ride at the park. She wants to turn 3 years old now so that she can start preschool. We signed her up to go 2 days a week from 9am-1pm starting in mid-June for preschool. I was able to check out the preschool and I think it will be a good fit for her. Since I am finally starting to show, Chloe is very excited about her baby sibling on its way. She kisses my belly and asks the baby questions..."Do you like that food, baby?" My friends Manina and Brent came to San Diego for a visit in late March and were able to bring their niece Madison out with us during the week. We went to the zoo, the flower fields, the park, and to dinner with them. Chloe loved spending time with baby Madison and really hoped for a baby sister after that. She was very good with her so I know that she will be a helpful big sister once the baby comes.

Nana and Papa's Visit March 2010

Playing in the flowers at the fire station

Posing by the pond at the fire station.
Best buddies Gavin and Chloe

Nana and Chloe at the Fire Station

Chloe's Mommy and Me Class at the Fire Station
Papa and Chloe at Coronado Beach

Building sand castles at the beach

Papa, Nana and Chloe in front of the Hotel Del.

My parents came out to visit in the beginning of the month. We had such a nice relaxing time with them. We went on a tour of the fire station one day with Chloe's Mommy and Me class, went to ballet class, walked around the mall, gymnastics class, and Coronado beach. Chloe didn't want them to leave!

February 2010

Chloe dressed up as Snow White for our Princess Tea Party.

Chloe and Julianna eating their cupcakes at the party.

Chloe's friends from Mommy and Me class (they have been in the same class since they were babies-Bibiana,Juliana, Belinda, and Jace)

Listening to princess stories

A day in La Jolla.

Matt and Chloe practicing on her new bicycle.

Enjoying the sunny day at the ocean.

Checking out the waves.

Gavin and Chloe at the Mardi Gras party.
Chloe and Ben at the Mardi Gras party.
Chloe at My Gym for a going away party for our friends. We will miss them!

I have decided to update Chloe's blog once or twice a month now instead of every week. We have been so busy that I just can't keep up with it as much as before. Here are a few photos from February. Chloe got to go to a Valentine's day princess tea party with some friends from her Mommy and Me class. Chloe dressed as Snow White. They made princess crowns, wands, danced, listened to stories, and ate cupcakes and juice. We decided to buy Chloe a bicycle this month. One day while we were shopping at REI, she jumped on a bike and started riding it through the store. Apparently, she was ready for a bicycle so we found a cheap one on craigslist and she loves riding her big girl bike. Chloe loves her friends Gavin and Ben, she is quite the character and loves to do silly things to make her friends laugh.

She is becoming more inquisitive every day. She loves to ask question after question and she is usually not satisfied until I give her a detailed answer. We are letting her watch a little more TV now that she is older-she gets to watch a show in the morning for a few minutes while I fix her hair. Her favorites are Sid the Science Kid, Curious George, Super Why, Sesame Street , and Dinosaur Train. At night she gets to watch 10 minutes of Thomas the Train with Daddy before she goes to bed. We have to be careful with Chloe not to let her watch too much TV because she would sit in front of it all day if we let her. She loves to color, play with stickers, and playdough. She can spell her first and last name and she attempts to write her letters, basically she draws something and then says what letter it looks like. She is pretty good at drawing a C, O, D, X, V, U, W and M's. She can count to 20 and sometimes higher when she is in the mood (usually skipping the number 15).