sevigny stories

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Another non-planned event! We invited Cioci Kimmy, Uncle Jason and the girls over along with Auntie Lauren, Uncle Matt and Molly for a chicken wing feast! We figured it was the last weekend of summer before school started so why not get the cousins together for a fun dinner and playdate!

Yummy dinner!

Jason isn't too thrilled about this picture, but it's the only picture I have of Molly eating!

Maddie and Chloe playing.

Cioci Kimmy brought big cookies for the kiddos.. I'd like to

think they're excited about them perhaps?!

Reading time.

Friday, August 22, 2014

A Fresh New Look

Before

After. Looking fresh with a new haircut by 'the doctor who cuts my hair'.

TEN MONTHS

Miss Chloe has finally learned she has a voice! She is starting to coo and babble and it sometimes sounds like she is saying 'yeah yeah yeah'. I love listening to her talk to herself... I wish I could understand her and know what is going through that mind of hers. Her face still lights up the second she sees her big brother - she literally gets the biggest smile on her face and her eyes sparkle when she lays eyes on AJ. She loves it when he plays with her and when he tries to make her laugh. Hearing those two laugh together is just heart-melting. We're so lucky these two get along so well! I'm convinced Chlo-Chlo will be walking by her first birthday. She is pulling herself up on anything and everything and she will not sit still. The second I try to hold her, she is finding a way to climb up on my shoulder and out of my arms! She's holding onto the ottoman, the couch and/or the coffee table and scoots along to get from one place to the next. Girlfriend does not like to be in one spot - she's all over the place and I wouldn't have it any other way! It's super cute too when she goes to sit down from standing up and holding onto to whatever it is that she is holding onto, she literally holds on super tight, looks down at where she will be sitting and then slowly, ever so gently retreats from the standing up position to finally be sitting. She does it so carefully... I love it!! The army crawl is still her preferred method of getting around though. I have secretly spotted her up on her knees crawling around so I know she can do it, but I'm convinced she thinks she can get around faster with her army crawl so that's why she does it! Silly girl!! [I'm not sure if this is new this month or if she was doing it last month (mommy brain!) - probably last month., but...] She has figured out how to go from laying on her belly, to crawling, to sitting up, back to crawling and then back to sitting up. She can get herself in all different positions no matter where she is! She still only has her two bottom teeth, which makes trying new foods a little tough since she doesn't have very many teeth to chew and bite with. But nonetheless, she has tried blueberries, strawberries, pulled pork, scrambled eggs with cheese and her favorite is cheerios! We've opted for letting her munch on cheerios instead of the puffs and yogurt drops - with the way our little girl eats, we'd be broke from buying the puffs and drops! We've resorted to calling her 'our little porkchop'! Chloe still loves sucking on her two fingers on her left hand. We can tell when she is tired because the two fingers go in her mouth and she grabs the top of her shirt with her right hand and holds it up to her mouth as a comfort. It's like she assumes the position every time she is tired so we just know!

Happy ten months, Miss Chloe!

Our smiley little girl.

Who is more interested in toys than looking at the camera for Mommy.

Our little jedi!

That face!

Curious as to what is going on outside.

Toys are way more fun!

Playing with big brother's train set.

The little scrunched up nose. It's the best!

One of my absolute favorites. This picture sits on Mommy's desk at work!

Roller Coaster Fun!

It was a last minute decision (literally decided last night around 9/10pm) but we had a playdate with Xavier and Julie today! 'Auntie' Julie brought down X's swivel car and his awesome Step 2 roller coaster and the boys had a blast! Julie set up the roller coaster in front of the van, which I had parked at the top of the driveway to keep the boys from getting too close to the road, and the boys took turns going down on the coaster bike and they absolutely loved it! The boys also decided on their own it would be super cool to go down backwards on the coaster! Talk about heart attack for us mommas, but of course they had it under control and no accidents or flip overs occurred! The both shared pretty well and there was very minimal fighting about whose turn it was - so proud of them! As a special treat - we ordered lunch from the local pizza shop and had it delivered so the boys could get more play time in. After lunch, there was a hugfest between X and AJ - really it was more like 'let me pretend I'm hugging you, but I'm then gonna tackle you down on the couch'. Boys will be boys... oh boy!! Thank you 'Auntie' Julie and Xavier for coming down - we had such an awesome time!