Chloe, 15months

Our sweet Chloe-Chlo-Chlo is 15months old!  Or at least she was a week ago; we're just observing the event today with a checkup to Dr. Bowman :)  Our Itty Bitty weighed in at 19lbs, 6.5oz.  I was shocked she hasn't hit 20lbs yet.  But Dr. Bowman was very happy with her weight.  Albeit at the very bottom, she is soundly on the weight charts now.  She was 30" long with an 18" head.  Dr. Bowman was very excited about her physical progress.  She's not worried at all that she's not actually walking yet, but she was very happy about her standing and pulling up and cruising along the chairs, woo-hoo!  Like her sister, she appears to be a wheezer.  Her ears looked great, her chest was clear, but alas she just has a bit of a wet, gunky wheeze and cough.  Sounds like someone else we know and love :) 

Chloe has eight teeth up front and three molars in the back.  Her fourth molar is on its way in and oh boy does it look painful!  It's all swollen and big and ouchy looking, poor baby.  The molars would explain the recent fussiness; Chloe has not enjoyed getting any of her eleven teeth.  When she's not busy with erupting teeth, she's a super sweet, laid back little one.  She's very observant, both Abby's preschool teacher and the doctor today commented on how aware she was.  She loves to laugh at her siblings.  She's a pretty good eater, loves to drink milk and smoothies, sleeps great - all night and three-ish hours in the afternoon.  She babbles a lot, but doesn't say any words on a consistent basis yet.  She points at everything with her one little crooked pointer finger.  She claps and blows kisses.  She can wave, but that's so a couple months ago, she's too cool for that anymore.  She loves to put things in and out, in and out, in and out.  She's into the fine details of everything.  She sucks her left thumb and is still very attached to her pink elephant.  Mommy's her favorite person in the whole world which I'm totally okay with :)  Her favorite foods are cheese, quesadillas, chicken, pureed veggies, applesauce.  She's got a dramatic flair to her; if you tell her no, she'll turn her head and pout and give you the most pitiful eyes ever.

I love you my sweetest littlest Love!

 

to compare:
Chloe at 15m: 19lbs, 6oz, 30" tall, 18" head
Abby at 15m:  20lbs, 5oz, 31" tall, 18 3/4" head

dreams

I don't often remember my dreams, but last night I did.  I dreamt that Chloe stood up and walked across the room, woo-hoo!  Since Ryan and I were running ahead of schedule this morning, I took a minute while he was eating his breakfast to ask him if he knew what dreams were.  We talked about dreams and how your mind pretends things while you sleep and sometimes you remember when you wake up.  So I told him that I had dreamt last night about Chloe walking.  He then told me that he had dreamt last night also.  He was at the tennis courts for the neighborhood Halloween party.  He was wearing his bat costume and then he started flying.  It was so great to listen to him talk about his dream. 

Anyways, it was just a really neat conversation.  I felt like we were actually talking, there was no agenda, no plan, no pulling teeth to get information, it just flowed naturally.  We were bonding, you know?!  So often I feel like I have to ask leading questions, and he usually gets silly or distracted and gives one word answers.  Which is fine, he is a six year old boy after all.  But, I don't know, this conversation was just special and really nice :)