Chloe Birthday Videos

Birthday Girl

Our sweet little princess turned 1 on Sunday. Wow, where did the time go? We feel so blessed to have this sweet girl in our family. She makes us smile constantly. And of course, we couldn't let the day pass without celebrating with friends and a party!

On Saturday afternoon, we had a bunch of friends over to help us celebrate Chloe's special day. It's a tradition in our family to let the birthday child go to town on their own little cake or cupcake, and Chloe was no exception. The minute I pulled the candle out of that cupcake, she dove right in. The girl loves her chocolate!
It's safe to say that Chloe got very spoiled! Not only did Chloe's Nana fly clear across the country to be here for her birthday, but she also brought lots of presents! Along with the clothes, toys, and books from her other grandparents in the mail and friends at her party. Thanks everyone for spoiling my baby rotten!

I got super excited about Chloe's birthday party and went a little crazy. The theme for the party was The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I made circle fold out invitations that looked like the caterpillar from the book. They said, "We can hardly believe a year has passed. Our little caterpillar has grown so fast. Come join us for some food and fun. Little Chloe Nay is turning 1!" They turned out really cute, but of course I handed them all out before taking a picture. At the party, all of the kids that wanted to made their own butterfly party hat. Chloe wore hers for about 30 seconds before pulling it off and ripping it.


We also played pin the party hat on the caterpillar. Thank you Avery Dennison for the paper.

Instead of a cake, I made green cupcakes and set them out to look like a caterpillar's body.

What's a birthday without a banner? Like I said, I got excited and went a little nuts! For the food, we had apples, grapes, cheese, crackers, pineapple, yogurt, and mac n cheese. All of Chloe's favorites. Next to the food I made little tags that said "On Monday she ate through one apple, but she was still hungry" etc. I was really happy with how the party and decorations turned out. We had about 15 adults and 13 little kids crammed into our little apartment for an hour and a half. It was pure madness, but we loved it. Chloe loved watching the other kids and eating all of the yummy food. She was such a happy girl through the whole party.

I still can't believe that my baby is 1. She even looks bigger and has been acting older lately. We love this little sweetheart so much and can't wait to see what kind of adventures and discoveries will happen this next year.

Happy 2012!

HAPPY 2012!

We hope that all of you are enjoying the New Year so far.

I know that we sure had fun ringing it in.

Of course we started out our evening by getting all dressed up.

We couldn't go out without our tutu, beads, and tiara.

Then off to dinner with Mommy and Daddy. Boy, was I a sight to see.

Everyone in my path had to stop and smile.

After dinner, I started getting tired and grumpy, so it was off to bed for me.

As for Mommy and Daddy, they stayed up and watched the ball drop in Time Square on TV.

I think their heads hit the pillow at exactly 12:01 AM.

Hooray for a New Year and new adventures!

Christmas.....Georgia Style

Christmas this year was unlike any other. Mainly thanks to this sweet little cutie! Here she is in her new Christmas dress.

This year, we stayed here in Georgia and celebrated Christmas as our own little family. Even though Chloe had no idea what was going on, I think she could feel the excitement bursting out of me and Riley. We decided to open presents on Christmas Eve morning, mainly because we couldn't wait any longer, but also because we had 9AM church and 2 dinner arrangements on Christmas day.
After opening presents, Chloe was on stimulation overload! She was definitely ready for her blankey and bed. Riley and I went a little overboard on buying her presents, as well as the generosity of our family members. Point blank, Chloe is SPOILED!

Chloe was more excited about the contents of her stocking (yogurt bites and puffs) than she was with most of her presents. Every time we'd put a new present in front of her, she'd look at it, and then grab for her stocking. Silly girl!
We got a real tree this year, about 4 feet tall, and set it up on an end table. We thought that for sure Chloe would love the tree. Well, she didn't. She was actually kind of scared of it. When she first saw it at the lot, we let her touch it and ever since than, she did not like it. But the lights, that's another story. She loved looking at them.
Santa (AKA Riley) was very good to me this year. I guess he thinks I've been pretty nice, because he got me an IPad!!!!! We've been talking about getting one for a while, but decided that it was too expensive, so instead, we'd start an IPad fund and save up a little each week. Little did I know, Riley had already bought one and had it secretly hidden away in the closet. What a sneaky hubby! I was ecstatic when I opened it! Now, I gotta figure out how to use it.

Our ward had a really fun Christmas party, with a special guest appearance from Santa. I thought that Chloe would freak out being set on some strange dude's lap. But no, instead she just gave him here classic Chloe blank stare and tried to steal his jingle bells.
Our little family was invited over to Christmas dinner by 2 different friends. First he had dinner with our friends the Frei family at her aunts home in Atlanta. We ate a lot of yummy food and enjoyed every one's company. Chloe especially loved the company of Bella, the dog. She'd clap and giggle when it came close, and sat there and took it while the dog licked her face.
Next, we went to Riley's co-worker's home for our second dinner.They are such a fun couple, and just adore Chloe. They too have dogs that Chloe loved to play with. We are so grateful for both of these families, making us feel so loved and welcome on Christmas.

We hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed your time with family and friends as much as we did. I'm so grateful for the true meaning of Christmas, for my Savior who gave us the greatest gift of all. Happy Holidays Ya'll!