Chloe's 1st Birthday Party- Part 1

We had Chloe's party yesterday. It went really great. We had about 5 kids there plus family. The house was decorated in pink and green- Chloe and Mommies favorites! Mommie spent about 5 hours making her birthday cake from scratch. It turned out pretty good.

Chloe had the best time at her party. She loved opening gifts and she really liked it when everyone was singing

Happy Birthday to her! She had the cutest look on her face.

Stay tuned for more pictures (of Chloe eating CAKE!) and several videos!

Happy Birthday Chloe!

Today is Chloe's 1st birthday! It hit me that she is now a toddler....made me a bit sad. It is so hard to believe that she isn't a newborn anymore. Everyone (and I do mean every single person we see-even strangers at Walmart) tells us how fast it is going to go. Today, I can see what they mean. It has gone so fast. However, in some ways it has seems like I have known her my whole life. It is the same with Ryan- I can't really remember what it was like to be me before I had him? Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!

We are having her party on Sunday afternoon. I attached the invitation that I made. I am also making the cake...we will see how that goes.

Cutest Video EVER!

Chloe has started saying I love you and kissing us. Here it is on tape. Man, I love this little girl!

Finally- An Update

We are finally settled in our new home here in Perry, GA. We LOVE it! I have been busy decorating and Ryan has been busy painting and doing odd jobs around the house. Here are a few pictures of the kitchen. I will post others later so check back if you are interested.

Ryan also started his new job over in Warner Robins. It is at a place called Timco. He recently graduated with a degree in Aviation Management. He seems to be really happy there so far and I am sure they are all going to love him as much as we do.

For those of you who don't know, we owned a house up in Atlanta where we were living. We had decided not to sell it but to just rent it out. We had it advertised for about 3 weeks and several people had called but noone had come to see it. Well, on the day we were loading the truck to come to Perry, we got a phone call from some people who were living in a hotel room. They had been transfered here with their job from Indianapolis and hadn't found the right place yet. (they had actually been in the hotel for almost 4 weeks) They came over about the time we were finishing loading the very big truck with too much of our stuff. (we have way too much stuff!)
Anyway, I digress.

The family comes over and come to find out they were Christians as well and had been praying to find the right home just as we had been praying for the right renters. They are in ministry and were so excited to find our house. They knew immediately that this was their new home!
We were able to get the deposit, rent and sign the lease right there in the shadow of the Budget Rental Truck! How great is our God! He never fails to impress me with his timing or his provision.

Speaking of moving- I want to say thanks to Julian and Chris who really helped us by loading that darn truck. I know it wasn't fun but you guys are such a blessing to us.

Many of you might not know that I am now officially a stay at home mom! I can not tell you how much I am enjoying this. I feel like I am doing what I am supposed to be doing with my life. Nurturing my baby girl, taking care of our home, and being as good of a wife and mother as I possibly can. I thought I might miss teaching, but at this point that is not the case. I used to absoulutely love that profession but the last few years have been utterly draining. It got to the point that I did nothing but paperwork and teach kids how to take the CRCT- a state mandated test that they all had to pass to go to the next grade. That is not why I chose to teach special ed. It was just not fun anymore.

However, taking care of Chloe is the most fun I have had in ages. She is such the cutie pie and has such a fun personality- much like her Dad I think. She is almost walking, she can climb up and down stairs, she tries to snap her fingers, she says "I love you", "Uh-Oh", and "Look". Look is her favorite word. She points at EVERYTHING and says "Look, Look, Look!" So cute. Her newest thing is giving puckered mouth kisses. I will attach a picture. She does this constantly. She loves Elmo and baby dolls. She also LOVES dogs. She tries to kiss my parents dog which he loves I am sure. Hugs are also one of her talents. She squeezes us tight and pats us on the back. As you can see I am so proud of her.

Yeah, the baby is moving too!

Chloe is quite the mobile little gal! She is still into everything and climbing up the walls and furniture. She's so funny too! Here are a couple of videos and pics for your enjoyment!

Moving, Moving, Moving....

I mentioned it in the last post but it is officially official. We close on our new house May 1st. We are moving on May 9th! We are so excited- as are Christi's parents. We bought a beautiful home in a new subdivision in Perry. It is on the smaller size but the perfect size for us to all live in for 3-5 year until we are ready to build our "real" home. :-)

Here are some pictures. Christi will post more when it is decorated.

This is the kitchen. The bright blank spot you see is actually the living room. Not sure what happened with that picture.

Changes are a coming fast!

It has been so long since I have written or posted anything. We have been so busy with things around here. Our big news is that Ryan got a job in Warner Robins at a place called Timco. It starts the week after he graduates (May 9th) We will be moving down to the town/county where Christi's parents live. We are all so excited. All this news means that we will be super busy for a while. We are in the process of looking for a house to buy down there are trying to get rid of our house up here. We think we are going to rent it out for a few years. We will keep you all updated on that front.

As for Chloe- My has she been changing! She is crawling EVERYWHERE! She pulls up on EVERYTHING! She put EVERYTHING she finds in her mouth!

Tonight she started taking steps while holding onto a table. It was pretty exciting. We have a video and I will post that tomorrow. She is getting so big. She is close to 20 pounds now. She is 9 months old! It is so hard to believe. She is growing so fast.

Her new favorite food is String Cheese! You would think that I was giving her chocolate or something. I will have to post some pics of that too. It's pretty funny!

Well, I am EXHAUSTED so I am off to bed. We have been painting and packing for days. Talk to you all later!