18 Months So Very Big!

Clayton and Chloe are officially a year and half...so hard to believe and even harder to believe that there will be a new little peanut joining (and completing) our family in less than 5 months.
Clayton's News:
*He is 25 pounds and 32 3/4 inches inches tall (64th percentile).
*Clayton LOVES the park, choo choo trains (knows all the spots on our walks and drives where you can see the train), airplanes, cars, his blankie, his paci, Mickey Mouse, Sesame Street, Roxi, milk, pasta, goldfish, fruit cereal bars, bananas (or as he calls them, nanas), and riding the carousel.
*He says and repeats lots of words, but isn't quite ready to say the letters of the alphabet. He knows the letters A and B, but can't clearly say them yet.
*Clayton loves singing in the car, especially to "Little Red Caboose," "The Ants go Marching," "Patty Cake," "Itsy Bitsy Spider," and "I'm a Little Teacup." The second I turn on the CD, his arms start pumping and his legs start kicking.
*He loves kicking the soccer ball, especially at the park and can climb up or down just about anything.
*Clayton has a mouthful of teeth and seems to be handling teething better, which is wonderful.
*He is a super active, extremely busy, little boy who likes to be clean, likes things in order and in place, and really enjoys playing with anything and everything that's not a toy (stacking the food that's in the pantry, putting the salad dressings in a line on the floor, playing with the broom and yard stick in the hall closet, etc.!
*Clayton has become quite the helper--throws trash away, gives Chloe her doll, and his most intelligent trick yet is when he tries to take a toy from Chloe and I stop him, he goes and gets her a different toy, holds it out to her, which of course she then takes it, and then he takes the toy he wanted that she has now dropped. Brilliant!
*He is a lover, gives adorable open mouthed kisses and is our dream come true.

Chloe's News:
*She is 22 pounds and 30 3/4 inches (24th percentile).
*Chloe LOVES the park, sucking her fingers backwards, taking off her shoes and socks, taking any bow put in her hair, out, any and all food (there's nothing she doesn't like), Mickey and Minnie Mouse, riding the carousel, her picnic basket and purse, Mommy's hip, and Roxi.
*She is saying more and more words and tries just about anything you ask her to say. Chloe's mastered the word "up".
*Chloe loves singing in the car, especially to "Little Red Caboose," "The Ants go Marching," "Patty Cake," "Itsy Bitsy Spider," and "I'm a Little Teacup." The second I turn on the CD, her arms start pumping and his legs start kicking.
*She loves her singing teddy bear and can do the hand movements for "If You're Happy and You Know t" and "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes."
*Chloe has a mouthful of teeth too. She's starting to get her bottom molars, which are definitely causing her more pain than she's used to.
*She is a careful walker who is petite like her mommy. Chloe copies everything her brother does, throws the best tantrums especially when she gets frustrated, likes pushing her stroller, and likes to take everything out of the pantry.
*Chloe is a sweet baby girl who gives precious open mouth kisses, bear hugs you from behind to give you love and truly is our dream come true.

FallWonderful!

Clayton and Chloe are 18 months so big as of November 5th! October was a fun and full month for us. I'm finally feeling better and much more adjusted to working again. My tummy is getting big, but definitely not as big as Clayton and Chloe's pregnancy. Halloween was the highlight of the month. I've never been a fan of Halloween, until this year. Oh my gosh, we had so much fun! Clayton was a sheriff cowboy and Chloe was a bumblebee princess...they were so darling and they loved "playing dress up" in their costumes. Ryan thought Clayton's cowboy hat was a waste of a purchase, but Clay surprised us all by wearing it. We took the babes to the fall festival at Friends Christian Church in the afternoon. They had a blast riding the carousel and the ponies. Chloe's smile was priceless while riding the ponies...she was giddy. We then came home, ate a quick dinner, and started passing out candy. Clayton and Chloe quickly got the hang of it, often giving each child 2-3 pieces of candy. They had so much fun dumping the bowl of candy out, filling their own candy buckets, and then dumping them out. We took Clayton and Chloe trick or treating to a few houses in our neighborhood. They were so stinkin' cute, walking up to the door and holding their candy buckets out. Their smiles were infectious as they left each house. Once done trick or treating we came home and continued to pass out candy, which I think they enjoyed more than anything. Chloe, our petite little girl who loves everything food, figured out how to suck and bite her way through candy wrappers. All in all it was a beautiful night. Ryan and I sat on our front porch step in awe of our two perfectly adorable children, soaking up the moment that we will cherish forever. Here's some pictures from our month of fun...

Papa Jim bought Clayton a special toy to have at his house...a remote control Corvette just like Papa's. Clayton loves it and goes right to it when he gets to Papa's house.




We had our friends Aiden and River over for an afternoon play date and had so much fun!


We LOVE the pumpkin patch and had so much fun playing in the bounce houses and petting the animals.






Halloween trip to Disneyland to see all of the festive decorations and ride the rides of course!


Story time with Nonnie!


Helping Daddy carve pumpkins and then showing off their masterpieces.





All dressed up in their costumes--Clayton was a sheriff cowboy and Chloe a bumblebee princess.





Grammie met us at the Friends Christian Fall Festival for some pre trick or treating fun! Chloe LOVED riding the ponies. Daddy has promised to buy her one multiple times!





Trick or Treat! I now LOVE Halloween. I never really enjoyed the day until experiencing it this year with my fun little monkeys.