Terrible Teething

Things have been a bit off around the Evangelo household this week. Chloe is cutting her 2 top teeth and it has not been pretty- well, she is pretty and even the incoming teeth are pretty, it's just the ensuing pain and crying fits have not been pretty. She got her 2 bottom teeth several months ago and we never really had any issues during that time.

This time however, she has every symptom of teething in the books... swollen gums, lack of appetite, upset tummy, screaming fits, and just generally feeling poopy! Poor baby! We have given her baby tylenol, baby motrin, baby orajel, teething rings, and all natural teething tablets.
I am glad to say that they all seem to help. One of the teeth has cut through. We are just waiting on that one last straggler to come on out into the open.

We will be a much happier and better rested family once it does!

Chloe Loves to Swim

Ok, That's all we had to say!

Chloe's Party- Part 2

So, back to the party. Chloe had her first taste of cake. We don't let her have very much sugar so she was just entralled by the cake. She was so girly and dainty while she ate it. (see video) She would put just one finger into the icing and taste it. She did finally get a bit more involved with the cake but it took a while. Enjoy the pictures and videos.

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.