No Ordinary Family

We started the day with a little relaxing on the couch. I made some really yummy fluffy pancakes, Chloe gave hers to the dogs :) but she will soon learn the value of my pancakes.  Then it was time to get busy. Jim worked outside today while I attempted to work inside.  It is near impossible to get anything done with huricane Chloe blowing through the house but I try.  About mid day we took a walk to the park.  Chloe headed right for the swings and said "UP". I convinced her that this one was more her size. This girl LOVES to swing.  Then it was off to conquer the jungle gym. She shocked us with her ability to scale the steps.  Last time we were there she needed a lot of help.  Not anymore Just keeping up was the challenge. Looking forward to a couple of more days to this weekend.  Hope we are able to take a few more fun breaks like this one.

Chloe got her first professional hair cut yesterday.  I wanted to get a little bob with a few more bangs so that she could wear her hair down with out it hanging in her eyes.  I am not sure that I am in love with it or got exactly that but it turned out cute. I think that when the sides get a little longer she is going to be sporting a cute A-line cut but we will see.  We went to a fun kids place that is down the road from my sisters.  Before The first cut Snacks we our friend during the cut :) Please excuse the Cheerio mash on her face.   I will get Jim to get a better picture of her later but he had better things to do than go to the salon with us girls.

4 months ago today we officially became a family of 3.  4 months ago this was our sweet girl. We rarely see this sad, scared, confused, face any more and for that I am thankful but I am glad we captured her expressions because even though this was a happy day for Jim and I, for a 15 month old baby it was not the same. She may not have been old enough to tell us how she felt but you can sure see it in her eyes.  In 4 months we have gone from a baby to a toddler, from scared and reserved to joyful and curious. Chloe has learned to stand, walk, run, eat food, like her daddy, talk, sign, sign and many many more things. She is amazing! It is hard to believe it has been 4 months already some days it seems like we were in China just yesterday and some days it seems like years ago. 

It was a rainy weekend so all of our plans were kind of put aside since most of them involved being outside.  So Yesterday we decided to do some painting,  Chloe LOVED it and it was so much fun. The Green one is a work in progress and I hope to put it in her room when it is done. Then we moved to the pinkish canvas.  That is when Chloe thought the paint brush would make a good phone and had a pink ear.  Good thing she is washable :) But soon the rain became more interesting and we washed up.  She thought it would be a great idea if I let her take a nap in the dog bed, however cute I thought it would be better in the crib. After nap we went to a potluck with some other families from our area that have adopted from China.  It was a lot of fun and I hope that we are able to do this again soon.  Chloe made some new friends and had fun discovering the new environment. Hope everyone else had a great weekend, splashing and playing in the rain.

Chloe and I went to the doctor today for a follow up appointment for her respiratory infection.  I knew she was still coughing a little but figured it was on it's way out.  The congestion was clearing up but not completely gone.  I never expected, "well looks like she has an ear infection."  Here we go with a round of different antibiotics.  Although most of the time you can't tell she is sick at all.  She was all sugar and spice tonight trying on my hat and she insisted on wearing the coat although it was far from cold in here.   Yep, that is cookie drool down her dress.  I think she is getting in at least 2 possibly 3 teeth, this girl does nothing small.  Thank goodness for Shout .  2 things I rarely used before I had a child laundry pre-treater, one bottle would last us years I have bought 2 in the last 3 months and wash cloths.    

Well I almost made the 30 days but I had a oops day on Saturday and didn't get anything posted.  I thought about cheating and back dating a post but then I thought "Really, I am going to cheat on myself"  Who is really watching and nothing is going to happen to me if I skip a day. One of the things I realized during this challenge is that I don't like blogging daily.  I think the requirement kind of took the fun out of it.  However, I do think I should post a little more regularly.  So I might start doing some weekly features like Sunday Snapshot or Fashion Friday or something fun.  It was fun but I am ok with the spring fling being over, lets bring on summer!  Thank you M3 for hosting the Spring Fling.