Not Quite The Happiest Place On Earth - Sept 30

So randomly and without warning this week Chloe was a little bit under the weather. Had a moderate fever for a few days and really no other symptoms. Everything seems to be working itself out and she's returning to her normal smiley and cheerful self. Earlier this week..the same day she started not feeling well I took Chloe with me to meet with my wedding couple for this weekend at their reception site. It was literally like walking through a ride at Disneyland and Chloe(despite not feeling so hot) LOVED it. I can only imagine if she was feeling 100% how much she would have flipped out over this place. I took some random photos of her checking stuff out, and once I shoot and post their wedding I will link it here because you are not going to believe this place!
Have a great weekend!
-B

Best Buds - Sept 23

The last few weeks Chloe has formed a little bit of an attachment to a couple stuffed animals she has. Ok if I'm being honest it's pretty much all of them. She wakes up and wants like every stuffed animal in sight. "Lammie!? Monkey?! GEORGE? TWO MONKEYS?! MICKEY MOUSE!!" She will scope up and carry as many as she can hold. Totally cute but also can be a problem when we go to leave the house she wants to take them all with us in the car. Luckily, she's been really good when we ask her to "put them to bed" she goes and puts them all up on our bed one at a time and we let her take just one with us. Usually it's this little Curious George monkey.
This week was jam packed for us but I did manage to snap some pics of Chloe in a part of our house that I used to take her picture when she was small but is now pretty much off limits (my office). I remember when I used to prop her up in between the couch cushions when she could barely sit up to take her picture. Now, she will hardly sit still!
Have a great weekend!
Brian

Open And Shut! - Sept 16

OPEN AND SHUT. OPEN AND SHUT!
Last weekend Heather was playing Chloe a "wheels on the bus" song and one of the lines is "the doors on the bus go open and shut, open and shut, open and shut!" etc. Guess what that song is going to be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. Your welcome. Now, Chloe goes around singing/saying open and shut! like it's one long word. Hilarious. I also recently bought Chloe a MASSIVE Mr. Potato Head set from Costco(where else?) which has like 4 different bodies and like 50 parts. Of course she is obsessed with dumping the entire thing out but she loves to play with it..so this weeks randomness includes that.
Have a great weekend!
-B








Our lunch guests












VIDEO!

20 Months (and 1 day) - Sept 9

Well we have officially entered the home stretch. 4 more months and Chloe will be 2. Since I go by whatever is the 8th of the month, yesterday Chloe is now officially 20 months. Several of our friends have kids that are just starting school or will be soon and I cannot even imagine when that day will come..but it's probably not as far away as it seems. Yikes.
This week it was finally my turn to get sick..and Heather will tell you, I RARELY get sick. I've been battling a cold all week after what was a pretty low key 3 day weekend. We took Chloe to a local park to play around in the water a bit and met up with my family for lunch. Chloe will never miss an opportunity to play in the water!

Have a great weekend!
-Brian













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Best pic of the week award goes to......HEATHER!!!

Zoo-a-holic - Sept 2

Jurassic Park? Nnnnnnope.

We like going to zoos. What can we say? Last weekend we took a trip out to the San Francisco Zoo. I dressed in shorts and a T-shirt and didn't bring a jacket. Heather had Chloe dressed like an Eskimo and I couldn't figure out why. Once we got there, I remembered where we were. Lovely (cool and overcast) SF weather but it was still fun to get out and walk around while showing Chloe yet another zoo. I'm thinking this year (or next season) family passes to the Oakland zoo are in order. =) Here are some random pics from our little trip. Have a great weekend!

-B



















We couldn't find any real Elephants for some reason..we were pretty sure they used to have some but this was as close as I could find for Chloe lol











Looks real(not real)


There was a "childrens zoo" that wasn't much of a petting zoo. A few goats wandering around that's about it.
This guy..












The look on her face in this one...priceless