Chlo & Jos

Chloe attended her first birthday party for a friend of her own today, and it was a true experience for all of us! The party was for her friend Jack (from Nancy's house), but besides being friends with Jack, Chloe is beyond obsessed with Jack's older sister Josie. Chloe and Josie have been best friends at Nancy's house since Chloe first started going to Nancy's...so practically her whole life. Chloe emulates everything that Josie does, and it is a true joy for us to watch how she acts around Josie. I love seeing her hold onto Josie's hand and show her things that she's excited about. They even had to go to the bathroom together! Here are a couple pictures of the "bff" girls at the party...and in case you are curious about the title of the post, Josie calls Chloe "Chlo", so Chloe calls Josie "Jos". It's so funny...they even have their own little language!

More new pics

Here are some more new pictures of Chloe & Drew. Drew's favorite new activity is standing up holding on to the music table--it is amazing to us because Chloe was so much older when she first started being able to stand up by holding on to something. Drew absolutely loves to be able to stand and see more of what is going on--he gets so excited that he starts waving his arms and then falls down...but he is always more than eager to get back up again! Thanks to Nana for suggesting that we try standing him up! Also, he is loving his Stage 3 food--we have yet to find something that he won't eat!

Snow Days

Here are some pictures from the big ice storm that hit last week...after 36 hours without power and several days of dicey drives into and home from work, we finally had some real fun in the snow. Chloe experienced the joy of snow angels and rolling around in the snow. Oh, and of course the joy of throwing it! Especially on her brother...which you can tell from the new picture at the top of the blog! Brian took a few neat pictures of the ice that coated everything--it was pretty to look at for sure, but it became all too real for us when the whole neighborhood lost power due to a tree falling on the main line to the street. Luckily we only had to survive one night of "camping" in the family room, all huddled around the space heater that was running off the generator. Who would have thought we would need that again so soon after we bought it in September??? Well, it certainly is an adventure we won't forget anytime soon!

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