41 weeks Old

Chloe is now 41 weeks old. She definitely looks more like a little toddler than a little baby now.

Over Labor day weekend, we went to visit our families in SLC.

Our first stop was Aggie's house. As soon as we entered the play area in the basement, right away Chloe headed straight over to the toy section.

As you can see, Chloe is oblivious to the rest of us in the room and is busy playing with these new toys which actually will soon be hers.

Chloe is so happy to see all of these new toys.

Aggie was so happy to meet Chloe. She finally got to hold a little baby girl. Chloe also really enjoyed all the attention.

We left Aggie's house and went to Phil's parents' house. There, Chloe got to meet her other cousins, and of course had more toys to play with.

Chloe is not the youngest in the Johnson family. Sadie is the youngest of all babies.

Chloe got to play with all the toys in the toyroom all by herself the next day. Look at how happy Chloe is!

Once we arrived back home to CO, Chloe was not too happy about unpacking.

As soon as we got back from SLC, Chloe started to get up from a sitting position into a standing position without holding onto anything. Wow...

40 weeks Old!

Chloe is walking along furniture really well and crawling has become something of a second nature to her.

She is still taking two naps per day and sleeps about 11 hours at night. She drinks three, 8oz, bottles of formula in a day with some solids here and there.

Here is Chloe playing. We got this old toy from Phil's co-workers. Apparently that dentist's son who is 25 yo once played with this toy.

Chloe loves to stand by the sliding glass door and wait for the dogs to do their business. She loves to watch them as long as there are barriers. She is hesitant to play with them when they are freely out and about, but when they are both in their kennel, she loves to go over there and play.

She loves to roam around the entire house. Here, she is playing with the keyboard a little bit before she is off to find something else to play with.

Here is Chloe crawling over to say hi to the dogs.

Thank you for watching Chloe grow with us!!

39 weeks old!

Chloe always has been an early riser. If we get to sleep past 6:30am these days, then we are sleeping in! But, this week, Chloe has been sleeping until 8am and sometimes we'll even wake her up because she's sleeping past 8. She also has been taking much longer naps during the day. She must be growing.

At her 9 month check up, Chloe weighed in at 19lb 3oz (60%), length at 27.5in (50%), and had a head circumference of 44cm (50%). There were no vaccinations at this visit, just a little prick on her big toe to check her hemoglobin levels.

Chloe loves to smile, giggle, and touch people's faces. She is such a happy baby. She does like to scream a lot though, especially towards the late afternoon/night time as her way of communicating, which hurts our ears.

Chloe has now realized that the camera has bright flashes and so she closes her eyes like this as soon as she spots the camera. She just started to do it this week.

Here is a video clip from the Rockies game. You can see that she keeps closing her eyes in anticipation of the flash from the camera.



There is the smile that mommy was looking for...


Here she goes again with the closing of her eyes.

Chloe usually just stands and plays around this excer-saucer, but this week, she actually started to walk around it using the chair on wheels as a walker.




It was very hard to get her to even look at the camera for her nine month old picture. The flash must be really bright to her. She is so silly.


Happy 9 months, Chloe!!

38 weeks old!

Chloe still loves to crawl around everywhere, loves to stand and walk along furniture. We are now waiting for that day when she takes her first step.

Chloe loves to watch what the dogs are doing. Here is Gator begging for food and Chloe is watching intently.

Now, we can't put these pretty headbands on her for more than few seconds, because she takes them right off.

Here are some video clips of Chloe playing.

Here is Chloe's and one of her classic smiles! Love those squinty eyes!!!

Have we shown Chloe's new sleeping arrangement in the blog yet? This is where Chloe sleeps. This used to be our guest room. Can you spot Chloe? This is how we found her in the morning.

Here is the close up photo of Chloe. She has snuggled up next to Sleepy the dwarf. She sleeps very well in this room for about 11 to 12 hours. Once in awhile, we'll find her on the floor and not on the mattress. We got a good laugh in at this one.

I hope you have enjoyed the blog!

37 weeks old!

Developmentally, there isn't much change this week. Chloe still babbles by herself, crawls around everywhere, and has mastered standing by herself.

We tried Baby Einstein videos this week, and Chloe is glued to the screen while the video is on. I am still iffy about Chloe watching TV, but this was too cute seeing her watching this video. We turn it on when we need to eat dinner so that we don't have to scarf down our food.

This is Chloe and our neighbor friend, Blake. We all went out to eat together. Look at them sitting side by side at the table. So cute!

They are having fun eating their own food. Blake is two and a half months older than Chloe and she is showing Chloe how she can eat blueberries and pizza crust.

The next day, Blake came over for a play date. Look at them, they made a train!

Here is Chloe wondering how she can get to the other side of the gate.

Thanks for the visit!

36 weeks old!

Chloe is 36 weeks old and can now crawl very fast. She stands up very easily as long as she has something to push against.

She can also walk along sofa or other furniture.

Chloe's getting two more teeth on the upper arch, but they are not the central incisors. For some unknown reason she is getting her upper laterals before the centrals. She kind of looks like a vampire baby. :)

Chloe's new thing these days is squinting her eyes when she smiles. We don't know where she learned to do that.

Here is Chloe anxiously waiting for her food.

This is a short video clip of Chloe eating her solids.

Like a good girl, she always brushes her teeth after eating. But, she seems to want to chew on the bottom part of the brush more than she wants to brush.

After work on my late days, I have about 30 minutes to an hour to play with Chloe before she goes down for the night. This is what I look forward to the whole time I'm at work.

Stay tuned for more pictures and updates of Chloe's growth.

35 weeks old!

Chloe is now really cruising around. She has mastered crawling and standing while holding onto something. She walks with us when we hold her hands. She is growing up so fast.

She is enjoying the company of Halmunee and Halahbujee. She smiles all the time and blabs out her own language constantly.

She is also adjusting to her daycare really well. Her teacher says she is pretty clingy for the first 30 minutes and then she plays really well with other children. Right now she loves to touch people's faces and seems to relish being the center of attention.

Here is a short clip of Chloe playing on her own. She loves her new found mobility.

Chloe spotted her dad and is crawling over to say "hi"

If one of us is in the room with her, Chloe plays by herself really well. If we leave the room, then she crawls after us and whines.

Chloe is already 8 months old. This was a hard picture to take, because she wouldn't sit still. She wanted to crawl off of the chair.

We just got Chloe's 6 month photo from the photographer. Look at the rolls on her arm!

As always, thanks for visiting our blog.

34 weeks old!

Halmunee and Halahbujee have left us to go visit Aggie's family. For some reason, we didn't get many pictures taken this week to share with everyone. I apologize.

Chloe is crawling everywhere. Even though it is pretty hot these days, we put pants on Chloe to prevent rug burns. Are we too over protective?

Chloe also passes objects back and forth from one hand to the other. If there is something solid that Chloe can hold onto, then she stands up very easily.

We took Chloe swimming again. I think she loved it more this time than last time.

Here is our little swimming balerina.
Here is a short clip of Chloe crawling in the beginning of the week. By the end of the week, she was getting much quicker.

We needed a babysitter one day and Jeanette jumped on this opportunity to see Chloe. Thanks a bunch Jeanette!!!

I promise there will be more photos next week.

33 weeks old!

Guess what? Chloe is crawling!!! Chloe started to crawl forward.

Her new found mobility has made it hard for her to go down for her naps and nighttime sleep. She keeps wanting to move around.

Chloe got to hang out with Halmunee and Halahbujee a lot this week and she has really warmed up to them.

Here is Chloe hanging out with Halahbujee.

Here is Chloe hanging out with Halmunee at a swimming pool.

Thanks to Halmunee babysitting Chloe and Troy flying out from SLC, four of us got to play in a foursome "shamble" format tournament up at Fossil Trace Golf Course in Golden. Here are the boys ready to tee off on the first hole.

Here is me and the boys. This was the first time for me to play golf this year. It was so nice to be out on the golf course again.

Before Halmunee and Halahbujee flew out to SLC to see Aggie's family, we got to squeeze in a Rockies game. This time, Chloe made it on the jumbotron. A camera man was in our seated area and spotted Chloe.

Chloe sometimes makes these funny faces. Maybe this is the face that caught the camera man's attention.

We'll soon post some video's of Chloe crawling around the house. Thanks for visiting.

32 weeks old!

This week was a busy week for Chloe.

Chloe had her first 4th of July celebration and Halmunee and Halahbujee came into town to visit us as well.

Chloe also started to crawl backwards. Can we consider this as meeting the "crawling" milestone??? She crawls backwards and sits back on her bum. It is so cute!

This week, we also started finishing our basement. Tons of supplies were delivered from Home Depot and just after they were delivered huge storm clouds came over. We got them inside the garage just in time before rain came.

Chloe started to wave her hands. She does it during random times, so we don't think she knows what she is actually doing, but we still think it's so cute.

Our city (Lone Tree) puts together a 4th of July festival every year. This year is the first year that we attended the event, and we loved it. We got together with our neighbors and packed up some food, drinks, blankets, and chairs to celebrate.

Here is Chloe playing with her neighbor friend, Blake. They shared their slobber ridden toys together. How sweet!

Here is Chloe watching her first firework show. She was very intense about it as you can see! We were worried that Chloe might get scared by the noise from the fireworks, but she watched it very calmly and intently.

Here is Chloe hanging out with Halahbujee. She is still experiencing stranger anxiety, but slowly warmed up to him.

One of Chloe's favorite games to play is peek-a-boo with a cloth. Here is a short video clip of it.

Chloe plays with her toys half of the time, but the other half of the time, she just wants to chew on them. She must be getting another tooth???

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31 weeks and 7 months old!

Chloe is now 7 months old.
She loves to stand while holding onto something, and it's mostly us.
She is really starting to look like a big girl.

We have been taking Chloe's monthly photos sitting on this same chair, but we tried to have Chloe stand on it. We were very nervous, so we took the picture as fast as we could to prevent a big fall.

So what is new this week?

One new thing we've noticed is that Chloe gets really giggly right before bedtime.

We think she is sort of delirious due to being so tired, but it is so cute to hear her laugh and giggle.

Here is a video of her giggling after her last bottle of the day.

We bought this little kiddie pool, but it's being used right now inside the house as a play area/toy box. Phil blew it up one day and she just started to play with it and in it.

Chloe also had some friends visit this week, Troy and his daughter, Caroline. Caroline loved to play with Chloe and wanted to hold and carry her around everywhere. Chloe also got a new outfit, a pair of shoes, and a stuffed purple hippo from Caroline.

Here is Chloe playing with her new shoes. They seem too big right now, but they will fit perfectly when she starts walking in just few months. :)

Caroline and Chloe tried to take a nap together, but after an hour of struggle, Chloe finally ended up having to fall asleep on her own.

The next day, we got ready to go to the Denver Zoo. Chloe warmed up to Troy very quickly.

Chloe stopped to look at the giraffes. Can you see her mesmerized face? I guess she is wondering why are giraffes so tall...

Chloe makes this funniest "sour" face when we give her some of sour fruits. It is hilarious to watch.

Stay tuned for more pictures and video's of Chloe's life!