Thursday, January 8, 2009

x-mas 2008

Chloe wanted her baby to ride her new bike with her, so we rigged her up with my back brace!
Chloe is practicing to be a big sister!

Decorating the gingerbread house with cousins Cole and Trey.


Jeff and Cole prepare for takeoff on the innertube being pulled by Scott on the quad!



Chloe with her Uncle Scott on his quad- they look like a pretty cool pair!




Chloe tries her hand at launching Cole's new rocket.





Fun with cousins!






Grandma went ahead and brought her lawn chair out for the viewing of the rocket launching !







Grandma Horsey, Chloe, and Daddy enjoying the white christmas.








A new baby to love- she even sucked a bottle, burped, and made sleeping sounds while her chest moved up and down- then she quit working (yes, I tried changing the batteries!) The company is sending a new one, so hopefully we'll have better luck the second time around!









Showing cousin Rylie her new toy. I thought this picture was so cute- the way Rylie is looking up at Chloe!










Chloe gets right down to business playing with her new Birthday cake set from Grandpa and Grandma Horsey.











Chloe plays her own version of the game...












while Daddy plays with Trey and Cole













Snuggled up with Trey looking at books and a playmobile catalog














The day before x-mas eve, Chloe "traded" in her binkies at Walmart for a big girl bike! We had come up with this idea several months ago and talked about it A LOT, so she was ready to do it! The most difficult time was the hours leading up to bedtime, but by the time bedtime actually arrived, she had come to terms with it and went to bed with no trouble! I am relieved to be over that hurdle!















Arriving at home with the new bike!
















Story time with Eric.

















It was fun having a pile of snow outside the back door- Daddy made lots of snow cones for Chloe!


















Chloe "fixing" Daddy's hair!!




















1 comment:

Sanderson 5 said...

Glad to see the idea of trading binkies for the bike worked!! Just in time to start a new little one on binkies soon !! :) Love her new bike - very cute!