Strawberry Festival - May 29, 2010

Garden Grove High School Marching Band leading the parade.

Odd picture, I know. But this shirtless guy was hilarious! I don't think he was all there in the head. He kept commenting on other people's shoes and whether or not they would make good running shoes.

Chloe decked out in her Strawberry dress; very appropriate, we thought.
She also loved watching the parade.

At the festival enjoying the ever delicious Strawberry Supreme! (Strawberries, shortcake, ice cream, and whipped cream!)

All tuckered out after a festive day!

Chloe - 6 Months Old

Chloe's Accomplishments This Month:

• Started the month at 14 lbs. 9.8oz - Ended the month at 15 lbs. 2.4 oz - An 8.6oz gain!
• Got her first runny nose
• Started blowing air out through her nose with her mouth closed while making the cutest scrunched face ever (Mommy's favorite so far!)
• Celebrated her first Mother's Day
• Sat up by herself for about 30 seconds before falling over
• Paying more attention to toys
• Sat in a high chair at a restaurant and a grocery cart seat for the first time
• Started saying "Hi" (or at least the "Ha" sound) a lot
• Became better at entertaining herself throughout the month
• Ate solid foods for the first time (doesn't like them too much; we're still working on her opening her mouth for the spoon) - Foods she tried: Rice Cereal, Bananas, Avocado, and Green Beans
• Had a lunch date with Emmaline and Eleasha at the Olive Garden
  
• Slept in her crib for a full night - didn't go over well
• Starting sleeping in her cradle and has stayed there ever since
• Had a playdate with Jade and Jamie - went to the Wild Animal Park
• Started lunging for objects
• Handled her 6-month vaccines very well - no reaction
• Watched Aunt Jordan graduate from college
• Got her first professional photos taken at Sears
• Went to her first Strawberry Festival and watched her first parade
• Became fascinated with the leaves on the tree in our backyard
• Got her nickname "Bright Eyes" from Great-Grandpa Cornthwaite

San Diego Zoo - May 23, 2010

Sara, Chloe, Jamie, & Jade

Can you see the bunny?

Our Move - October 24, 2009

Needless to say, things have been quite hectic around here but I have a few minutes so I thought I would post a few pictures from our move last October. In some cases, the timing of our move was not ideal as I was due any day (although, Chloe didn't actually show up until a full month later!) but I'm so thankful we got into a house before Chloe did arrive and that we had a little bit of time to get settled (even though it was mainly Jeremiah moving us in as I sat on the couch trying to stay comfortable and relax).

We, fortunately, had a lot of help with our move, from people donating boxes, a moving truck, and tape, to others helping me pack, unpack, and clean, to actually physically moving all of our stuff from our apartment to our garage. We didn't start to live in our house until a week after escrow closed and we moved the majority of our things over as we were having the inside painted and carpet put in the upstairs.

By that time, I was just so thankful that escrow was finally over with as that was so much more emotional than I was anticipating (granted I was 9 months pregnant by that point!). Dealing with the painters was a whole other issue that I wasn't prepared for as well but they did do a good job and there was no way we could have painted everything ourselves, cleaned, and prepared for Chloe all at the same time - so it definitely was a must!

I just hung our first pictures in our house (in our Master bedroom) this last weekend - only took me 6 months! But I have been a little preoccupied, to say the least. I'm looking forwards to hanging some more soon and adding additional final touches to really make this place feel like our home. I'm so thankful for all that God has blessed us with!

Here are some photos from that moving day:

Our Apartment front door

I was the "cruise director" telling people what to take.

Shepley and Peter helping out.

The moving truck getting filled up.

The day's photographer!

My mamma!

Standing around after moving it all in to the garage.

The garage filled up.

My dad cleaning some black goop off the front window near the door (never did get it all off).

Our kitchen under construction - new recessed lighting!

Our house :)

View from the backyard.

Our "Welcome Home" sign from our painters :)

Mother's Day - May 9, 2010

The Little Girl who made me a Mommy :)

Chloe's special card to Mommy


We went to Sara's Grandma's (Thelin) house after church for a quick visit (no pictures) and then headed over to Jeremiah's Aunt & Uncle's (Cornthwaite) house for a good meal and family time (pictures below). We ended the day with a trip to Jeremiah's Grandparents' (Frazier) house for a quick hello (no pictures). After all that traveling, we were done for the night! (By the end of it, I vowed never to cram so much in one day again with kids and on a day that was supposed to celebrate me as well!)

Yummy Key Lime Pie!

At our house, we have a lime tree, but not just any lime tree, a key lime tree. I've never made a pie from scratch before and we had all these ripe limes so I thought it would be fitting to try my hand at it.

Let me just say it sure was tasty and this is definitely something that I will be making again and again over the coming years with our very own limes :)