Our computer has a virus...

so I haven't been able to update my blog, which is really sad because I have so many pictures with the Holidays and Chloe's birthday being this past Sunday. Hopefully we can get it all working again soon! Don't give up on viewing our blog!

The First Snow

We are really enjoying the first snow of this winter. I'm not sure if Chloe can remember last winter's snow, it seems to be all new to her and she loves it!
Everything is so much more beautiful covered in snow!

Our little snow bunny.

Walking in a winter wonderland!

Chloe loves the new swing set Daddy built for her this summer and mommy is glad it is even sturdy enough for adults to swing on!

Jeff with our dog Libby.

Libby loves the snow too!

Icicles hanging from the eves! A real phenomonon around these parts!

weeeee!

Nothing beats a cup of hot chocolate after playing in the snow!

Chloe "pulling" Daddy on the sled.

And Daddy pulling Chloe.

It's fun to just sit in the snow and pile it in your lap!

Eating the snow!

Chloe with Frosty the snowman!

Our house in the snow.

This past week...

Our little (but growing) family, this Sunday.
I thought this was so cute- Chloe set up her baby (that she has named Abby) in a chair to look outside at "Woofers" (our dog Libby).

We got our excersaucer back from being stored in Grandpa and Grandma's garage and cleaned it up in preparation for our new baby, meanwhile- it is like a new toy to Chloe, or maybe a personal recliner? As Jeff and I watched her play in it we took a little trip down memory lane to the day we bought it and put her in it and her feet would barely touch the bottom even on the lowest setting, and her whole body was just weeble wobbling around in it!

Chloe is enjoying her new playhouse, made from the box that Daddy's new gun safe came in!

Even baby Rylie got in on the action!

Two silly girls, Chloe and Maddy, (at the potluck Thursday night) enjoyed trying on hats.

Fun times together!

I thought this was so cute, Chloe set her doll (recognize the doll Mom? It was my little bo peep doll) up to admire the snowman and pretty lights.

Tucking baby into bed (I think this doll was yours Mom? It has a twin sister)

A special day for Frosty the Snowman...

After being packed away and forgotten for the year, Chloe and I decided it was time to get Frosty and his friends out of the storage closet. I went to haul some boxes downstairs and came back up to find this seen- Chloe had moved her rocking chair into the storage closet and was rocking Frosty and singing him a lullaby! =)

Later I came up and found that Frosty was getting his diaper changed! (Chloe had went and found her old changing pad and got it all set up with baby wipes and... kleenex?!)

"Come on Mom, quit taking my picture when I am busy!"

Puzzles...

Chloe doing puzzles in her room.

Super Mom...

Chloe has a baby in her front pack and another one on her shoulders!

Making cookies etc.

Now that Daddy is done hunting (for this year), he brought his hunting blind and sleeping pad in the house for Chloe to use!
Needless to say, she has enjoyed her fort...

and moved right in!

When I saw this I had to take a picture!

Decorating cookies takes a lot of consentration! (I always forget and load my pictures so that everything happens in reverse order... oh well, I'm sure you can figure it out)

cutting out cookies

Chloe and mommy made gingerbread cookies

A science experiment...

Last night as Chloe was sitting up to the counter having her bedtime snack, she decided to dump her orange juice into her sleepytime tea (which had milk and honey in it). She mixed it up and it promptly curdled. She set it aside and went back to eating her snack. A couple minutes later she picked up her tea cup and went to take a sip, then got a disgusted look on her face and said, "Hey mommy, is this puke?!"

Thanksgiving...

Great music!
Doing art with cousins Melissa and Riley

A chess game with Melissa

Chloe very much enjoyed getting to spend time with her more distant cousins Melissa (she got a little confused some of the time and called her "Aunty Melissa")...

and Riley

Gregg and Mindy have a really great play loft- kid accessible only!

Snuggles with cousins Amy and Kaylee Anne

Hugs and kisses for Uncle Ernie!

A hay ride at Grandma and Grandpa "Horse's" apple pressing party!