Chloe

12 Weeks

The Young Family Christmas

The day after Christmas we headed over to G-Kat and Papa’s house again for mom’s side of the family’s Christmas celebration!  It’s always great to get with family;  Callie loves when she gets to play with her cousin William…   and when she gets to play with her Uncle Alex! Chloe got lots of snuggle time with family Last year William and Callie had a great time playing on the piano, and this year was no exception! Love William in this picture, just wish his face was in focus!! Love this face too :) Vaughn and Alex Sweet!  William ran around giving everyone a hug after he opened up their present, super cute Alex and Christine   

William gave Callie these super cute face masks, I of course wanted to try them on! 

Kate and Me Jonna, Kate, Me and Christine with our masks Once the kids saw us playing with them, they of course had to get in on the action!The loved seeing themselves in the mirror My cute puppyNose kisses!I love this picture, William was “eating” like an elephant would!  Callie thought it was hilarious, and so did I We had so much fun getting together!  William is getting a little sister in March and we cannot wait to add another little one to the family- and Chloe will have a cousin her age!

Christmas Morning

Our Christmas started off bright and early, with a 6:30am alarm.  We were having DR & Kelsey and Nana & Big V over for 7:00am breakfast and presents but wanted to have a quick Santa and family moment before everyone arrived. 

It was very early….Had to get a picture of our tree, sorta.  We LOVED our tree this year, it was perfect in everyway, just hate this picture didn’t do it justice! Looks like Santa did in fact enjoy his goodies! The “pile”  The girls got a combined pile this year from Santa, from the looks of it, they were good girls!Chloe wasn’t the least bit excited about going down to see if Santa came, we had to move her from the crib to her swing, where she continued to sleep and wake occasionally to watch the action.   Callie on the other hand was super excited to see what Santa brought!  She checked it all outGo figure that she would love the Hello Kitty Band-Aids, she makes up boo boo’s so we have to put them on her now  Showing Daddy her new blocks! Chloe “and why am I out of my bed?!” Callie got some princess dress up shoes.  She has been wearing everyone's shoes lately so this was perfect!  Shortly after this, everyone showed up and we got to open gifts, and this is the aftermath, everyone got some amazing gifts! While we were cooking, the girl’s new kitchen was moved into the kitchen where Callie immediately assumed the position!  She has loved her new kitchen, every morning walking in saying “My kitchen!”  It has also been wonderful because she loves to help me cook, which sometimes isn’t very helpful.  so she gets to make her own dinner which she thinks is so great! Breakfast with Nana!I wanted a quick picture of Vaughn and me on Christmas morning, unfortunately it was taken a little to close, but it works… :)

By 10:00 everyone had packed up and was headed onto their various places to continue the celebration of the day!  We cleaned up what we could, and took a quick nap- we still had a long day ahead of us!

Christmas Night

After opening gifts with G-Kat and Papa, we headed over to the lodge to celebrate with the rest of the Rowland Clan! 

My cousin Andrea with her daughter Sydney, Grandma, Me and Chloe- sharing pictures and story of Christmas morning Callie was kept busy by Mary Clay Mac was all over the place having a blast, didn’t know she even liked Ginger Ale!  Coloring Station Matt and Vaughnatt and Va Happy Birthday to Papa!  Dad’s birthday is on Christmas, so we always have an angel food cake for him to celebrate Vaughn and Uncle Bob Russ and Kennedy weren’t feeling that great, so they posted up on the couch for the entire night :(Chloe was pooped, and took a long snoozeShe loves her cousins!And her G-KatTowards the end of the night while opening presents, she got really sleep and snuggled up with me.  She doesn’t snuggle much anymore, so I was eating it up!  I love when our family gets together, and were all already looking forward to our annual Rowland Beach Week!

For Santa

We left Santa his cookies, goldfish (Callie insisted) and milk on their new Cookies for Santa plate we made at the Mad Platter.  I like to think that Santa not only loved something other than cookies for his midnight treat, but also that we made him a special plate!   Callie was SO excited about Santa’s impending visit that as soon as we laid everything out, she said “NIGHT NIGHT!” and was off to sleep!  I’m LOVING this age right now, it’s so much fun to see the holidays through her eyes!