2 year check up!

Today Chloe had her 2 year check up! We have a new Dr. that we really like. At the beginning Chloe was shy then by the end she was doing spins for him:) He reports that she is a happy, healthy little girl who is on track with all of her milestones.

For those of you that like statistics, Chloe is 25.4 lbs 30%, 34 1/2 inches tall 80% and her head is 19in. 80%. Chloe's growing has stayed consistent as these are her usual percentages, tall and slim with a good sized head.

We ventured out today only wearing only her Cinderella undies on her request for the first time and Chloe did great. At the Dr's she used the potty chair twice, once in the clear and the second time she got a little wet but finished with the potty chair, not bad:)

Start of our week...

We got a Christmas catalog in the mail today and Chloe is checking out all the toys!

Today we are stuck at home waiting for the cable guy. But we're having fun, dancing, making art, cooking and eating:) Chloe concentrates on her art work.

Tuesday we went to a super fun play date at a new friends house, Jessica and her kids Bella and Beckett. Chloe fit right in a played, danced and snacked like she always does. Afterwards we decided to go buy Chloe some Cinderella underwear! She was so excited as you can tell from her running and jumping picture above:) We are potty training because she has shown a huge interest in the toilet and wearing underwear. She is doing great!

On Monday Chloe started gymnastics class at Triad. She had so much fun! It's a class for 2-3 years old and she is the youngest one for sure but she likes to learn from the big kids. It was such a busy class and Chloe was on the move, doing the obstacle courses and she loved the trampolines! Here she is getting hydrated afterwards, it was way to busy to get a picture during class. She would get excited and wonder off onto other equipment but the instructor said she did a great job participating with the group:)

Happy 2nd Birthday Chloe!!!

Rebecca took our picture a few weeks ago and this is my fave family portrait:) it's at the park around the corner from our home. Thank you Rebecca, I know this was no easy task;)!

Happy 2nd Birthday Chloe!!! This morning Chloe opened the remainder of her birthday presents, she has the hang of it after practicing all month long:)

She's sitting on her princess blanket, with her wild socks, putting on rings.

Then she had to put on her new princess outfit right away and read her princess books. Later on we watched her new movie, Tinkerbell:) We had a very low key day which was actually nice after having spent the last few weeks celebrating her b-day, going to Halloween parties and trick or treating last night.

Gramma and Grandpa brought up some of my old bedroom furniture, here is the hand me down shelf. Chloe likes it and had fun putting her books on the shelf.

Birthday and Trick or Treating!

Our pumpkins lit up on the front porch.

Finally at home and she digs into the mini oreo cookies, those were the second treats she got and had her eye on them all night.

Daddy pulling Chloe and she has her glow stick in hand.

Chloe really knew what this was all about after a few houses. She would say trick or treat, tell them who she was, what her name was, hold old she is and a very nice thank you at the end. Jason said, "you think this is fun....wait til you figure out what Christmas is like;)", I thought that was funny:)

A princess gets to ride in a wagon! Chloe rode in the wagon for the beginning, then walked, then wanted to be carried. We only went a few blocks around our neighborhood but it took well over an hour. We all had so much fun!

A little snuggle action before the big outing!

Tonight was trick or treating in Ankeny. Chloe was so excited to go, she has been waiting all month and has had daily dress rehearsals;)

Thanks for the presents and the fun afternoon! We love you:)

Here she is using her new, frog, pet blanket as a cape:)

Rebecca and Chloe are putting on the princess crazy bandz, accessorize!

Today we spent the afternoon with Rebecca and Uncle Tyler. Here is Chloe opening a birthday presents from them.

In the Halloween Spirit

My finished pumpkin, it's a spider!

Friday night we carved our pumpkins. We were talking about the last time that we carved pumpkins and came up with in college. So we were a little rusty but we had a lot of fun doing it. Chloe wouldn't touch any of it saying that it was ucky! And yes, she's wearing her dress again today. She wanted to wear her Tinkerbell jammies and her Cinderella dress all day and I thought was a great idea:)

There was a teen age girl dressed up as Snow White and I think Chloe thought she was the real deal, she was in ah, shouting Snow White:)

Thursday evening we went to Trick-Or-Read at the library. It was so fun, there were arts n crafts, Halloween story times, trick or treating and the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown movie with popcorn. Here is Chloe with her mask that she made after pealing off most of the puffy stickers.

Thursday as Chloe was getting dressed I told her that she was going to wear a dress for pictures. So after she put the dress on she ran and got my camera and posed for a picture:) Then we went and got her 2 year old pictures taken, it was quite the morning but I think they turned out super cute:)

Wednesday already!

Today Chloe had a fun morning at story time. She's a little reserved while we are there but loves to talk about all the activities we do before and after:)

Afterwards we went to Triad to get her signed up for gymnastics, thanks to her birthday gift certificate:) We were on a tour and she really wanted to get right in the gym and play, good thing we start Monday!

Tis the season...

Here is Chloe with her arts and crafts from the party. A paper plate pumpkin and a real pumpkin that was sprayed black with chalk board spray so she could draw on it with chalk, very cool!

Today we went to a friend's Halloween Party and since it had rained and was cold out, Chloe thought she needed to bundle up!

On Monday Chloe got to return a birthday toy that she already had and picked out a new one, a package of princess play shoes:) She is wearing the blue Cinderella ones of course;)