Chloe's 1st Birthday

Chloe Marie Pels is now 1 years old!!!!!!! How is that possible????? Feels like just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital.

Saturday night we had her birthday party with our families. Isn't her outfit adorable????? Many thanks to my good friend, Christen for letting us borrow the skirt!!! The pictures below are very out of order but are still super cute!!!

Our best attempt at a family picture...

Nana and Papa John

Mimi, Topps, Aunt Missy and Uncle Kyle

Aunt Jenn

Uncle Robert

Opening gifts...

Soooo pretty!!!!

Silly big brother Owen and cousin Lauren

Kisses for Daddy

Yummy

Standing on her own and walking all by herself!!!!!!!



We love you Chloe Marie!!! Thank you for lighting up our lives with your sweet smile everyday!!!!! God blessed us so very much with you!!!!!!

Owen's class picture

Owen's Bible Bears class picture. He is 2nd from the left. SUCH A HAM but we LOVE him so much!!!!!!!!!!! Cannot believe he is old enough for a school picture already.

11 months old

Chloe Marie is 11 months old!!!!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!! How is my baby girl almost a 1 year old????!!!!!!!!

Here are some things our 11 month old is doing...

*Clapping her hands

*Shaking her head "no"

*Walking holding onto furniture

*Standing by herself ALL the time

*A professional at crawling

*Laughs at Mommy and Daddy, but really giggles at big brother Owen

*Eats any and everything

*Drinks out of a sippy cup

*Doesn't want anything to do with her bottle

*Still LOVES her paci

*Waves "hi" and "bye, bye"

*Still wears 9 month clothing

*Has blue/green eyes, LONG eyelashes and blonde hair

Is the cutest baby girl EVER!!!!! We love you Chlo-bird!!!!!!
Here is a pic of Owen at 11 months as well. He has gotten so big!
Thank you Lord for our wonderful children! They light up our lives!!!!!

Zoo School

Last Friday Owen and I went to Zoo School with Megan and Campbell. It was Radical Rhino day and the kiddos had a great time!!!!

Here is Owen at the start of class while the teacher is talking about an Armadillo ...

After a short lesson about an Armadillo and a Rhino...we were off to see the animals in the zoo...The pictures are somewhat out of order...

Owen and Mommy!!!!!!

Owen and Campbell checking out the animals
Owen feeding the giraffes

Owen trying to climb into the giraffe area to play with the giraffe's. Such a silly kid!
Checking out more animals with our buddies...

Such a cute pic!!! Owen and his turtle!!!

...and the real turtles...Owen kept saying, "hi turtles" and waving at them...

checking out the Rhino (Owen called him Trixie....the name of the dinosaur in Toy Story 3....SO FUNNY!!!)

Checking out the elephant fountain...

Our zoo school classmates (moms, strollers and all)

Snack time...
Owen did this all on his own and I just happened to get a picture of it.... LOL!
Fish...
Riding the fake horses because the real horse was eating while we were there...
The goat that we were supposed to feed ...
...but this is what Owen did instead...he walked over to the barn door and started telling me how strong he was and that he was going to open the door with his muscles. LOL!

Pic with the lion before lunch

Thanks for the invite Meg!!!!! We had such a great time and cannot wait to go again. Stay tuned for new zoo pic's in about a month.

Tracy Enoch Photography

If you are looking for a photographer for your kiddos or family...please please please check out Tracy Enoch Photography. Tracy and I used to work together at McKinney Boyd High School and Tracy is an absolutely fabulous person inside and out. She is an incredible photographer and you will be glad you chose her to take your pictures!!!!!

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Owen's first soccer practice

Below are some videos of practice. This first one is of the team dribbling the ball down the field.....Owen decided to ditch the ball and run all the way down the field. Soooo funny!

Found pic's

This picture of Greg and Chloe is from Christmas time but it is one of my favorite pictures! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!

Below are things I have made from ideas on Pintrest....my new favorite website. This first one was Ms. Letitia's Christmas gift from Owen. (Ms. Letitia is Owen's pre-school teacher).....it says..... "L" is for Ms. Letitia, a very special teacher.
In the hallway leading to the kids rooms....I made this to hang all of Owen's art work from pre-school and Sunday school. It was sooooooo easy and Owen LOVES it and after we get back from pre-school or Sunday school....he will march right over to his "art wall" as he calls it....and we hang up his new masterpieces.