One of Matt's newest nicknames for Chloe is "Noodle," AKA: "The Great Noodle." Chloe continues to be an incredible joy every day. She is so sweet and just lights up the room when she smiles. She's gotten really efficient at getting where she wants to go, so we have to be really careful with closing doors etc. If the bathroom door gets left open, she's there in no time and has her hand on the toilet bowl. We keep telling her how gross that is but she just thinks its funny. Noah is usually the culprit with the open door...now that he likes to wash his hands by himself, "No, ME DO IT!"
Chloe is still a great sleeper (most nights). There was a time recently that she started waking up again, but we realized it was because she was still hungry, so we've been filling her up with more table food during the day and that seems to have done the trick. She currently has an ear infection, so she had a couple of rough nights due to that...but last night was silent bliss from 8pm to 7am...so I think we're past that as well (huge sigh of relief).
Unlike Noah, Chloe usually fusses or talks abit before going to sleep. When it's naptime, if I don't time it just right, she'll sit up (I put her down on her back and she usually rolls over to her belly). She gets sort of stuck sitting up and ends up just leaning over on her blanket to sleep. She does it all the time. Amazing how flexible her little body is.
Most of the time Chloe's favorite person is her big brother. She absolutely adores him. Here she is giving him some kisses. Unfortunately, Chloe has a hard time controlling her strength...so she scratches him and even bites him (in an effort to kiss) semi-frequently. Noah takes it like a champ since he adores her right back.
This is so sweet. I was brushing Chloe's hair one night and had just handed her the brush (she loves to brush her own hair). Matt said that he's never even gotten to brush her hair yet (okay, so I hog that job), so he took her, and took the hairbrush out of her hand. You can see how much she likes it when you take something (especially her brush) out of her hand. I just think it's so sweet that Matt wanted to brush her hair...she's got him wrapped around her little finger.
Chloe is very inquisitive. This is her response to me telling her not to play with the albums on that shelf. "Please Mommy, I'll be gentle. Don't you trust this face??" She is actually very good at obeying already. When we tell her no she almost always stops, looks at us and tries again. The second time we say no, she almost always moves away to play with something else. She definitely has a stubborn streak in her though...cause if her heart is really set on something she will not budge.
Poor Chloe. Noah wanted a picture with her but she just wanted to nurse. Also of note in this picture is that little yellow ball in her hand. It's big enough that it doesn't fit in her mouth, but small enough for her to hold in one hand. It's her favorite toy. She'll hold it (or some other similar sized toy that will fit in one hand) all day if you let her. She'll crawl on it like it's a little pegleg...it's hysterical. She plays with it sometimes, but mostly, she just loves to hold it.
Chloe loves Atticus! We really do have to watch her when she's around other little ones cause she will pinch, scratch or bite hard!
I admit it. One of the things I love about having Chloe is dressing her up in cute outfits. I've been excited to put her in this jumper since I saw it (thank you Beth for the hand-me-downs!) She is so cute!
Chloe also loves to laugh, but mostly loves to play with her brother. She just started pulling herself up to standing this past weekend, so I'm sure that cruising and then walking is not far behind. Do you believe she is 11 months today?! In only 1 month she'll be getting her first bite of cake!
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