Bizzard 2011

We survived the Blizzard of 2011, although cabin fever is setting in fast. We have snow and lots of it! It wouldn't be so bad if it was warm out, but it's blustery out there. Where are you spring?!?

So we spent the day inside playing. This morning, I sorted through the baby clothes Chesney has outgrown (tear). I have one very packed tote of 0-6 months clothes for this little lady. Pictures flashed through my head as I put some of the clothes away. It's so hard to believe she was that small at one point.

Side-note: This is the cutest person with two teeth that I have ever seen!
I'm hoping for warmer days ahead so Chesney and I can get outside to take in some fresh air.

February

It's February already! February means Valentine's Day and Pink. My goal is to dress Chesney in Pink everyday through February 14. That shouldn't be too hard since she has lots of pink clothes. (We may have to sneak in some Green and Gold this Sunday for the Superbowl however!) Go Packers!
To start the month off, Chesney was dressed in pink down to her diaper. I love her face in the picture above. That is a true snap-shot of her personality.
My pretty pink princess. I just love this girl to pieces.

On another note, we are under a blizzard warning here. So Daddy worked from home today, and tomorrow Mommy's clinic is closed and Daddy is staying home again. That's like a weekend in the middle of your week.

Chesney Photos

We recently had some photos taken of Chesney, and I love them all. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She is just growing up way too fast!

10 Months Old

Ten months old, double digits (tear). You have made the last 10 months of our lives such joy! I just want to keep you this small because I love how cuddly and kissable you are.

(Pictures in the crib are now easily confused with nap time which brings on quick tears!)

Here is what you are up to at 10 months:

• Weight: around 20 pounds
  
• Length: 28 inches
  
• Clothes: You are wearing 6-12 months clothes.
• Shoes: You wear a size 2 or 3 shoe. You still rarely wear them. A cute pair of tights does the same trick!
• Diapers: Size 4 Pampers and cloth diapers when we I am home
• Food: You are pretty easy going in the eating department. This month you have been eating more Mommy and Daddy foods like spaghetti, lasagna, potato soup, chili, and chicken noodle soup...and you love them all. You still eat some pureed foods but we are trying to get you to eat bigger soft pieces, and you seem to be taking it very well. You ate a banana again today which makes me very happy because those are so soft and easy to eat! You tried mango this month and liked it. You eat two cubes of applesauce with your cereal at breakfast. You have no troubles picking food up and putting it in your mouth now. You nurse in the morning, and have a 4 oz bottle a couples times daily, almost always breastmilk. You usually only have one bottle of formula a day which is 6 oz at bedtime. You drink water with your meals, and you are pretty good at drinking out of a cup.
• Development: This month you learned lots of new things. You started crawling, climbing stairs, and pulling yourself to a stand. And you learned all of that in the past 2 weeks! And you are a speedy crawler now too. Now that you can move, you don't stay in one place for long. You have also learned to walk behind your zebra toy. Clapping is one of your favorite things to do now. If we sing to you or say clap you know just what to do. Music is one of your favorite things and it calms you so well. You can be crying, and we will start to sing and you will stop crying and clap. 
• Words: You also love to babble. No real words yet but you can tell you are really trying.
• Sleep: You still sleep great. You go to bed at about 7:15 every night and wake up between 6:15 and 6:45 am. You take a 1 to 2 hour nap in the morning and a 30 minute to one hour nap in the afternoon (sometimes two afternoon naps). You wake up on your knees or standing in your crib now. We have moved your crib down two levels in the past month, and you are now at the lowest level.
• Teeth: Your left lower central incisor came in this month.
• What I love about you: Your personality is so great and is more apparent all the time. You make the cutest faces and noises! We just can't get enough hugs and kisses from you.I pray you stay this sweet for the rest of your life! I can't even image how boring life was before you. We just love, loving you!!
  

Stairs

Chesney is learning new things fast...way too fast. She just started crawling, and she can already climb the stairs. She's getting pretty quick at it too. The only bad part is that she has no fear. She will slip down a stair, and we will catch her and she just laughs and climbs some more. She slid down a stair today and then started crawling across the stair like it was no big deal.
Milo (the cat) has been a big motivation for her stair climbing. He likes to lay at the landing or top of the stairs. Chesney squeals at the cat as she climbs towards him.

I just can't get enough of that sweet little face!

T is for Two...Teeth That Is

Chesney got her second tooth today. Her lower left central incisor has just popped through. And I think she has figured out how to use these things too because she will bite off pieces of food now. I'm just not looking forward to her biting people.
She's also getting quicker at crawling. She is still trying to figure out how to crawl and pull herself up from a crawling position but she loves to find her toys.
And she still loves to stand. She's telling daddy how it is. For some reason we can probably expect more of this in the future.

My First Day on the Job

Today was my first official Tuesday at home. And it turned out to be extra special because Chuck worked from home today (due to snowy conditions). So Chesney got to spend the day with both Mommy and Daddy. Hopefully she didn't pick up any of the "shop talk" that was going on in the office as Daddy was working.

But we sure had a lot of fun together. We did lots of playing and crawling. We made home-made chicken noodle soup for lunch, which Chesney had for the first time and loved! We shoveled the sidewalks together. We made dinner together. We did some laundry. And we took a bath in the jacuzzi tub.

I'm looking forward to many more days like this with my little girl.