Chloe Had a Ralph Lauren Audition.

Chloe was called in for a Ralph Lauren Audition for December 17th. She got dressed up in her pink polo cardigan and navy blue polo leggins and was ready for her picture to be taken. We got brought to a back room and this nice lady took a bunch of pictures of chloe while she got to play with stuffed animals. Its for a new polo ad so we will see if she gets called back. she looked pretty darn cute while they were taking her pictures. fingers crossed she gets picked..Then daddy took chloe to FAO Shwarz  to go see all the toys..they had lots of fun in the city. hoping to come back later this week to see the tree and get dinner. if the weather is nice..

chloe prepping for her picture...

chloe was ready for her picture to be taken

Chloe's first 1st Birthday Party with her Friends

Chloe had her first 1st birthday party on Sunday, December 16th. She invited all her friends over for brunch. We had pancakes and quiche and cranberry-cream cheese stuffed french toast and a yummy giant white cupcake cake and little mini ones covered in white whipped cream. Chloe had so much fun. She got to play and hang out and it was like a little mini daycare at our house.. This was the first time that chloe had any deserts besides fruit and she LOVED the white cake with whipped cream. Mommy didn't want to use real frosting for chloe's first time so that she didn't have too much sugar.. She has her party with her mommies side of the family on saturday the 22nd and then she gets to celebrate her actual birthday with the Harrington Clan. The she gets her last celebration with grandma bailey and family on the 26th. Lots of celebrating for Little Chloe. Cant believe she is going to be 1 year old. Lots to be thankful and grateful for this year.. Let the parties begin....

The Invitation...

Chloes Friends

The Party Dress.

Chloe and Molly Hanging out. They got to the party really early so we had  quality time with them.

Chloe and Her Friends

Chloe having Pancakes with Ava...

The Cake

Chloe ready to eat the cake

Chloe loving the cake....

One party down. 3 more to go...Little Party Girl

My Christmas Card Photo Shoot

So mommy really wanted a great picture for chloe's christmas card this year. She did lots of photo shoots in the morning before work because the light was better. She tried to lay down a nice white blanket for chloe to pose on but it has gotten a lot harder to take pictures now that chloe is much more mobile. We had lots of fun and put on different outfits and in the end we ended up using a lot of the pictures for the christmas card. It has been sent out to all of chloe's family and friends so they can have a copy too.. Merry Almost Christmas everyone..

The end Result......

Going to See Santa Claus

Chloe went to see Santa Claus for the first time on December 9th.. We went to the Burr House in Fairfield..There was arts and crafts, and a raffle and Mrs Claus making cookies in the kitchen. There was also a room were they had music and singing. Chloe just had so much fun. It was a really long line to wait for santa so mommy and daddy took turns taking chloe around to all the stuff going on.. It was cutting into nap time but Chloe did great. When it was time to go in to see santa she was pretty un-phased by the whole thing. She kind of game him a look like who is the man and why am I on his lap but she never cried and even gave us a little smile and then by the time she would have registered what was going on we were gone and on the way home.. We can't wait to see how she will be next year..Our little christmas baby..

chloe was getting tired waiting in line but she hung in there

Who is the man that mommy and daddy just made me sit with?

alright, he seems okay. i can smile a little..... 

Cutting Down the Christmas Tree

We recently went to Maple Tree Farm to cut down our christmas tree. It was a cold day and grey day but we made the best of it.. We bundled up little chloe and put a santa hat on her head and off we went through the hills to find the perfect tree. We had to make sure we found one that was tall and thin to fit into a specific space in our house, especially since we needed it tucked away so miss chloe wouldn't be able to grab the tree. After walking for a little while we found the perfect tree. Chloe approved even though she wanted a little tree for herself too. We got it home and put the lights on and then had fun decorating the tree as a family.. It looks perfect in our house and now we have the perfect winter ONE-derland house for christmas and chloe's birthday..

We are about to start the search for the perfect tree

we found it. 

Chloe wanted to touch it

Mom and Chloe

Chloe likes her little tree

chloe approves of daddys cutting skills

tree with lights. ornaments next

our winter ONE-derland is coming along nicely

Chloe is 11 months old

Chloe turned 11 months old on thanksgiving weekend. She was up at Nini and Poppy's house with her cousins...Grace made chloe's 11 month old sign for her and helped mommy take her pictures. Its getting really hard now cause chloe doesn't really like to sit still. Chloe has had a pretty active month. She went to london and had a lot of fun and had thanksgiving holiday. Chloe's top teeth have cut through and have been causing a little pain for her but she is as always so good about it..Chloe has been trying to walk a lot more now. She can take a few more steps but is still not that steady on her own yet. She loves to crawl around with her head down and charge like a bull. She doesn't look up and then bumps into things. She also loves to sing to her self. we will find her just humming to herself and talking all the time. She is so aware of whats going on around her and is understanding more and more. If I ask her to have some water or if she wants some she looks or grabs her water bottle. She also likes to fling her bottle in the floor if she doesn't want it. She is starting to want to feed herself and is always grabbing the spoon from us. Or she spits out the food we just fed her so she can feed it back to herself. pretty gross but at least she is trying to be independent. She is still sleeping great. Day light savings screwed us up for a little while but she got back on track pretty quickly. She is such a content and happy little baby.. she really just goes with the flow and adapts to whatever situation we are in. There are times she can get a little frustrated and we can see her little temper but overall she is the best baby in the world and mommy and daddy can't believe she is going to be 1 in a month.. 

chloe's 11 month photo shoot

chloe wants to color with her cousins

chloe and her buddy brendan

chloe and conner playing with the tunnel

chloe going through the tunnel

chloe trying to hide behind the couch

she didn't succeed

Chloe's First Thanksgiving

Chloe had a great first thanksgiving. We started the day at Papa Sal and Mimi's House. Chloe had so much fun playing with her cousins Sal and Isabella. She loved the turkey and mashed potatoes  that Mimi made and the stuffing that Judy made was amazing. Chloe isn't old enough yet for desert so she had Auntie Jen's applesauce which she loved so much.. After spending the day there we drove up to Massachusetts to spend 2 nights at Nini and Poppy's. We stopped at cousin kara's house for desert and chloe had round 2 of turkey and stuffing.. She got to see all her cousin and had so much fun. She was pretty tired from the London trip but she was such a trooper and after she had a little while to adjust to all the people she started playing and having fun with everyone. Chloe is really lucky to have so much family to love her..

chloe and izzy having a chat

chloe having fun with her cousins

chloe and daddy on thanksgiving

chloe and mommy on thanksgiving

chloe wearing isabella's hair clip

chloe posing for pictures

chloe trying to see whats above her

chloe's shocked face

look at those cheeks

chloe trying to walk

chloe and nini hanging out