Happy Belated Fourth of July!

Happy Belated Fourth of July! This was Chloe's first and she loved it!

We had an awesome 4th! We started the day with the parade. We really appreciated the short 2 block walk to the parade route since we're moving a little farther from downtown. Jake hates parades and hid for most of it. Chloe sat in her stroller and oooo'd and ahhhh'd at everything while Wyatt worked his toosh off getting all the candy he could. He also begged anyone with a water gun to get him. He ended up soaking wet and full of candy, just the way he likes it.

Then while Chloe napped Justin took the boys to a carnival in Palatine. It was the one where we were photographed last year and the picture ended up on the cover of a local paper. The used that same picture again this year on the cover to announce the palatine festival's 50th anniversary. I should scan those covers and put them on here.Then, we went to the Styers for the most delicious ribs eva! They really get the short end of the culinary stick in this friendship because we can't come close to Eric's skills. Frankly, we don't really have any skills.

Then we went to the high school here in town and watched the fireworks.Chloe loved them and was not a bit scared. I got some awesome video clips of her while she was watching them. I'll post them tomorrow.

A Chloe Playing Video Clip

Here's the little miss playing on Sunday morning.

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I love slow moving Sunday mornings.

Coco and Jojo

Missy and the boys were over and Chloe needed a bath so we just threw Joey in there with her. It was so cute. It is going to be just a short time until they're out of diapers and cribs so I'm glad I was able t save this moment in time. They are such good little buddies.

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The last picture is a video clip. Remember to pause the music on the blog.

Jake learned to ride his bike!

Exactly a week after Wyatt learned Jake has gotten it too.

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A couple years ago we told the boys that when Jake learned to swim and ride his bike then they could get a game cube (real video games). Last night we had to come through on that promise.

Happy Birthday to me!

Those 25 day of being younger than Justin are over and as of this past Wednesday I'm 36. The five of us went out to eat. It was a very nice birthday.

Chloe's Birthday Party

Despite a fever, Chloe ended up having very nice party. She loved her Dora Cake that was expertly crafted by Grandma Lynn:

She didn't seem to mind that the whole point of the pinata was to bash Dora in the face and body until her candy guts flew out. Justin worried that this would upset her. He is so sweetly protective of her. She seemed fine with it and was the first one to want some of that candy. She's a chocolate fanatic.She got so many cute clothes, accessories for her kitchen, the most adorable little pink table for her tea parties and for the food she makes in her kitchen, everything that her "babies" needed and a tricycle that converts to a bike. I hope I'm not forgetting anything.

Happy Belated Father's Day

Sorry this is so late, but here goes:

Happy Fathers' Day to Justin from

Jake:

Wyatt:

and Chloe

Happy Fathers' Day to my daddy:

and to Justin's daddy:

(I have the most precous picture of Justin and his dad when Justin was about 3, but I just can't find it.)

One more that is soooo cute!

Coming soon... pictures of Chloe's birthday party.

Yeah for Wyatt!!!!

Remember to pause the music at the bottom before watching Wyatt's big accomplishment.

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Two Year Check Up

Chloe is now...
22 pounds (3rd percentile)
32 1/4 inches (10th percentile)
47.3 cm head (50th percentile)

The doctor said to stop worry about getting enough calories into her. She's perfectly heathy (her iron levels looked great this time) and just naturally small. She's also meeting all of her developmental milestones and then some. She just amazes us! In the last couple weeks she's learned most of the colors. She knows, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and pink. Black, brown, white and grey are yet to come. She knows what letter and numbers are. She tries to count things by saying, "Six, six, six" while pointing to the objects. When she sees letters she says letter names. They aren't the ones she's looking at, but they are letters. She is talking like crazy. I'm going to try to get some of her chatter on tape.

Yesterday's included 3 shots. She was so upset and I felt terrible. It always feels so wrong to hold a kid down and let someone stab them in the leg. Her little legs are really sore now as well. Here she is feeling all sore and cruddy but looking so darn cute in those jammies. I just love these:
Here she is pretending to sleep. If I say, "Okay, go to sleep." She'll shut her eyes and do the most convincing fake sleeping I've ever seen. This makes me crack up and then she can't help it and laughs too.Here's all 3 today chillin' outside with some lemonade popsicles. These were made at the insistance of Wyatt who has conducted about 30 freezing experiments so far this summer. These were much better than the last one which could be called the "what happens when you put salt, pepper, water and toys in a cup and freeze it" experiment.

Happy Birthday Chloe Elizabeth Katerina Bucy

Our baby girl is two!

When you ask her anything about her birthday she says, "Two!" or "Cake."Here is Chloe at

6 months:

12 Months:

15 Months:

18 Months: So, how did we spend the big day?

After running around shopping we picked up the boys and headed to the pool. We've gone nearly every day since school gotout and Chloe loooooves it.

After a nap Chloe woke up and got her present. She loves her little kitchen set. Her brothers were more than happy to help her break it in.

Then we headed to the mall and ate at the Rainforest Cafe. This is Chloe's secdon visit and she loves all the animals. Today there was ChiChi the frog walking around as well so it was quite exciting when they sang her Happy Birthday.

Then we went to Build-a-Bear where Chloe got to make her own animal (this was Jake and Wyatt's present for her). She of course chose a dog and then picked the cutest little cheerleading costume for her. She inisted on carying the huge box all the way through the mall. I got some video of that because it was so funny.

I think the whole day was quite exciting for her because it took my until 10:30 to get her to sleep. What a day!