Two People, Two Years!!

On April 16th my sweet David and I celebrated our two year anniversary!! And what a marvelous two years it has been! We were sealed for Time and All Eternity in the Salt Lake City Temple, then cruised the Caribbean, a couple months later we moved to Virginia, experienced a promotion, a year and a half later had our sweet baby Chloe & are now expecting a move to Texas!!! It was been an eventful two years! And I can't think of anyone else I would rather share it with :) Dave makes me smile when I'm sad, laugh when I'm angry, and gives me strength when I'm weak. He is my best friend!! I didn't know it was possible to love someone as much as I love him! To mark this joyous occasion Dave started it out right with bringing me breakfast in bed...YUM french toast!! Then we stayed in pjs all day and watched our favorite shows! Call us lame but it was awesome to cuddle while being surrounded by our favorite snacks and watching nothing but our favorite HGTV shows! No cleaning, no errands, nothing but relaxing(as much as one could relax with a 9 month old) and enjoying each others inside jokes and laughs!! But the best part of the day was stuffing ourselves FULL at the Melting Pot!! Four courses of DELICIOUSNESS!! Somehow it has become a tradition to completely gorge ourselves every year...and I'm not complaining! We discovered this amazing place the day before our wedding, then went for our one year anniversary, and then just HAD to go for year number 2!!! OH and how could I forget the GIFTS!!! Our special gift to each other was a big beautiful and I mean BEAUTIFUL painting of the Salt Lake Temple!! Dave also got a Dremel MultiMax (don't ask me what it does...I just know he wanted it) and my sweetheart gave me two china pieces from Anthropologie :))) We ended our day with a surprise visit to the fair!! FUN FUN FUN!!! I am a total sucker for Ferris Wheels, Carousels, and the cheesy dart games NO one can win. Yes, yes I love it! And I think little Chloe feels the same! The only ride she could go on was the Carousel so daddy bought the tickets and away we went!! She seemed a bit apprehensive of the paint chipped horse she was placed on, but as soon as the music started she got excited! It goes without saying but it was a WONDERFUL day filled with memories with the ones I love! Happy Anniversary Dave!!! Unfortunate picture quality but the only picture of the happy couple on our special evening!!

Melting Pot goodness!

CHLOE!

Maybe I'm a bad parent but I have the hardest time remembering Chloe's age. So, I just checked with Dave and he confirmed that she is EIGHT MONTHS!! That little Chlo Bear is growing, growing, growing! She exudes cuteness! If you were to ask her what her favorite part(s) of the day, she would say, 1) when daddy comes home for lunch (she squeals & lifts her hands in the air when he walks in the door)The song "I'm so Glad When Daddy Comes Home" has a whole new meaning now! 2)When we let her catch the cat (poor cat...) and 3) Going on walks in her walker!! OH and she loves, loves, loves to play with toys...especially when we jump in and play too!! Maybe, little to no work is accomplished during the day, but at least our child is happy!! OH and how could I forget BOOKS...that baby could turn the pages of her books alllll dayyyy longggg! Our little chatterbox has the cutest way of speaking to us...and yelling at us. We have found that we really have to watch how we say things now...let me explain! I have a bad habit of randomly yelling out a couple lines of a song (weird...but fun) with that being said, after my 'vocal exercise' is complete, I hear a little voice start yelling too with a big ol' grin on that cute chubby face!! Unfortunately, it's so cute that it only makes my habit worse!! But get ready for the cutest part...Chlo's new thing is to shake her head 'no' when she does NOT approve of something. It's the funniest thing to look over and see her shake her head back and forth, back and forth, and then fall over. Haha I could go on and on and sometimes I do...but for the sake of time(which I was out of ten minutes ago) I will conclude my ramblings of a pretty little girl named Chloe! Here are sweet baby Chloe's 8 month photos!

Helping Daddy with the landscaping at Uncle Ryan's and Aunt Kristen's house!!

WE LOVE YOU CHLOE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Checkin' in with Chloe!

Where do I even begin! Chloe has grown so much since I last blogged!! First of all she is CRAWLING! I was excited at first but that clearly did not last long and the excitement faded into exhaustion...she is getting too fast for her mama!! And lets see what else? Oh yes, she has an infatuation with the cat...a big one! Lets just say Chloe is very 'friendly' with little kitty and loves to pull her whiskers! Poor Mya.
Chlo Bear's favorite things are tags on toys, books, books, books, singing, eating rugs, peekaboo, & daddy's fruit smoothies! OH and the best part is...drum roll please...she can say mama AND dada!! She calls mama when she wants out of bed and when she is super excited and playful she calls for her dada! I can't believe she is almost 8 months and sleeping through the night in her own crib!! What a doll!! We love this sweet little angel we call Chloe!
I could go on and on about our dear little girl but I will stop now and save some for later! She brings such happiness into our life...being a parent is truly wonderful! We love you Chloe :)))

7 months!!!



What we do everyday!



If your asking if that is a rope attached to a walker, you are correct...daddy took the stroller to work!!



This is the life!



Could she be any cuter?!



My cuddle buddy!!

A happy reminder...

SNOW!!! We remember now what it looks like! Since we have lived here in VA there has been little to NO snow!! But the funny thing is that the day before I was taking out our spring/summer clothes!!

One day your outside playing in the warm sunlight and the next...

...there is this!! SNOW!! Cutest father daughter pic of all time! I am so blessed!

I guess it's instinct for children to know that they have to eat the snow...the first thing she did when we stepped out the door was open her mouth...WIDE! She didn't know what was going on but she knew she like it :)


Proof that I was there too!

Virginia Beach!

Welcome to Virginia Beach!! It was beautiful even though it may or may not have been 50 degrees and experiencing ridiculously strong winds! But we didn't let that stop us...oh wait...yes, yes we did! Chloe and I took one step out and came right back in! Thank goodness for the wonder of an indoor pool!! Daddy Dave was stuck in meetings all day, so Chloe and I were set to our own devices & what an adventure we had...everything from a seagule almost flying into the room & getting lost only a block from the hotel! But the Aquarium was wonderful! And the best part was that Dave got off early and was able to join us for the party! Chloe LOVED the aquarium...I think...she didn't cry so I think that means she had a blast ;)

She wasn't too sure about the pool...but daddy sure had fun!

This kid will be a scholar I just know it!

Don't be fooled...this was incredibly hard to get into! As I was crawling in it became more apparent to me that I need to step up my work out!

Baby shark doo doo! It seemed as though I was the excited child and Chloe was my mother keeping me in check...maybe I got a little excited to be at the Aquarium!

The end of our journey took us through a human size kaleidoscope...in other words the most amazing thing ever! RIDDIT DI DI DOOO!! Talk about sensory overload for Chlo Bear!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!