Clayton is such a busy little man. He is practically running now and is into everything. He took a little hiatus from eating fruits, but he's liking most fruits again now, especially blueberries and strawberries. He has recently become extremely attached to his blankie. If he drops it or doesn't remember where he put it, he starts saying "tss, tss, tss" really fast until we find it. It's really sweet, but I can already see the future meltdowns if for some reason it is forgotten or lost. I found it online, so I plan to order a few backups. Clayton's hearty laugh continues to light up our lives. He is all boy, totally fearless, loves figuring out how things work, opening and closing things, and especially enjoys using Mommy as a jungle gym and roughhousing it with Daddy. His big news is that he had surgery to open up his clogged tear duct on June 30th. It was a pretty terrifying day for all of us, but the procedure was very fast (20 minutes) and his eye looks amazing! The poor guy always looked like he was crying and often woke up with his eye sealed shut. We are so thrilled with the outcome thus far and hope the duct remains open and clear so that future procedures aren't necessary.
Chloe continues to be our happy, sassy, girly girl to the max princess. She isn't walking yet, but I imagine it will be in the next month or two. She crawls at warp speed though and really doesn't seem to have any issues with keeping up with her brother. Her top two teeth aren't quite in, but they are right there about to pop through. Chloe isn't attached to a specific thing at this point, but finds great comfort in sucking her arm. Poor girl gives herself hickies! She loves playing outdoors and especially loves her little swimming pool and sand and water table. At first Chloe seemed to treat sand as a delicacy, but I think she realizes now that it isn't quite as tasty as she once thought! She is a little birdie who eats anything and everything. I am so grateful that both of my children love good, healthy food...hopefully all of the hours I spent making their baby food paid off. She continues to melt our hearts with her perfect smile and genuine giggle.
Both Clayton and Chloe are struggling with sharing right now. Clayton always wants what Chloe has. Their game is she picks up a toy, he snatches it out of her hands, she screams, he runs off, Mommy intervenes by giving the toy back to Chloe and explaining to Clayton that he can't take toys from her, gives Clayton a different toy, he then throws a tantrum, all while Chloe watches. Tired yet?! And then press the "repeat" button over and over again and you have a look into a day in the Carlos Family home!
Here's some pictures that capture our little monkeys during the month of June...
Love when our best buddy Paige comes to visit us all the way from Texas because our whole group is back together!
Fun times with our family!
The four stages of a dunk...pros take notes!
Happy Father's Day Papa Louie!
Happy Father's Day Daddy and Papa Jim. We had a great day at Irvine Spectrum and a delicious dinner at P.F. Changs...Clayton and Chloe loved the food!
All clean and ready for bed.
Love our fun backyard and all the fun that Clayton and Chloe have in it!
The shoe bandit...the girl has a "taking shoes off" obsession!
While Clayton got his fourth haircut, Chloe got her FIRST! She got her mullet trimmed...she looks so stinkin' cute!
LOVE.
Another hopeless attempt to replace the pictures in Clay and Chloe's bedroom with updated pictures...Chloe wanted nothing to do with her cute hat! Clayton thought she was hysterical.
"Hurry up, Mommy!"
Mommy had a great art activity planned...Clayton and Chloe had other plans!
Fun in sun at the beach!
Photo op with our Papa Louie and Grammie on our way to meet baby Emery.
Silly Da Da joined his babes for a crib party!
Clayton all dressed up and ready for his poor tear duct to be unclogged!
You never would have known that our sweet little boy had surgery this very same morning...he was back to himself by the afternoon and ready to play at the park!
