Aug 09

Chloe seems to change so much and so fast these days. She has really shot up in heigth. And she now runs around and has a ton of words. I am constantly suprised by all of the words she knows. She absolutely adores water. Lately we have been painting and playing with playdoh, she is a huge fan of anything that makes a mess (wait I think that defines all kids, ha/ha). And of course she is still a huge fan of the outdoors.

The First Picture: Chloe is visiting with my Cousin Stacie and her baby Max. Chloe was fascinated by Max. She enjoyed helping him with his pacifier, not sure how much help she was.
I think she was trying to stick his pacifier in, in this picture.

Below: Is a movie of Chloe dancing with her Dad. We spend a ton of time dancing around here. I keep trying to get some of it on video but, it is tough because she stops dancing most of the time if I tape it. She has some great moves.

VT Aug 09

Chloe and I ventured to VT this summer and had a great time. Chloe adored her time with her Cousins. She also helped train their new dog, Oscar, she is great at saying "sit" and "down." Doesn't matter to her if he is already lying down the command still seems appropriate, :). She loved their backyard pool. She was so tired that she increased her sleep by about 2 hrs each day. Here you see her playing on a lake beach with Joe and Bridget. She absolutey loved the beach. So maybe the move to Miami will be great for us :). I love the picture of Joe and Chloe sitting at the waters edge. We all worked as a team to make a huge pool and the picture is of the both of them sitting in their pool. It was great.

Here Chloe is getting a lift from her Auntie. She was a huge fan of their pool and of her Auntie.

AlbuquerqueJuly09

Ok so we all know I am not the greatest at remembering to take pictures. So until family sends pictures of the trip all I have are pictures of us playing at Joey's house on his construction equipment. The kids thought this was a blast. Chloe as it turns out loves, adores, really likes riding in a Bobcat (skidstear?). It was awesome. Not only did they get to dig holes in Uncle Joey's backyard (sorry Aunt Nga) but they also got to tear up his front yard. Joe now refers to Uncle Joey as Uncle Dirt Clod, how cute is that. He said he would never see dirt clods that big again.

The kids climbing around on the equipment before Uncle Joey was ready to tear the place up.

Bridget and Chloe checking out the joy stick (controller, heck not sure what you call the thing, one side drives the thing and the other joy stick makes the bucket move, I know this because Joey once made me break up a slab with the bobcat and then drive it down the street to get gas, oh the memories).

Below is the video of Joey giving Chloe a ride. You can hear Joe telling Joey not to do tricks with Chloe in the Bobcat, he wasn't so fond of that and was looking out for his little cousin.

The last video is of all the kids loading into the Digger with Joey. They dug a huge hole in his backyard with it and you would have thought it was Christmas they were so excited. It was truly a kids dream come true. Needless to say, Uncle Joey is a fan favorite in the Tosta family.

July09

Well July was a busy Month. The Miks came to visit as did Meg and Chloe and I went to Albuquerque twice. Here are a few pictures that I thought helped sum up the month. Above is a picture of Dylan and Chloe on the 4th of July. We are headed to a neighbors house for a BBQ. They are a German family so they were excited to test out Dylan's skills. They were not disappointed.

Had to include this picture. She just looks so cute. Chloe loves this floppy hat and her glasses so, when she had them on I had to get some pictures of her.

I think she was eating grapes here (yes they were cut in half). I just love how happy the small things in life make her. She is a happy kid.

Chloe is playing in the pool with Doug as Meg looks on. Chloe loved pulling her Dad's hat off and pooring water. For some reason she finds it hillarious to have water dumped on her head.

Another picture of her playing with Doug in the pool. They were both having a great time.

Chloe July 09 Miks Visit

On the final day of the Miks Visit (Uncle Jeff, Aunt Megan and Colleen) we took Chloe to a park. As per usual it took her about 1 minute to make a new friend and begin playing with her. I absolutely love that quality in Chloe, she is so wonderful about making friends with new kids.

Here Chloe is playing with her cousin Colleen on a wobbly board. chloe was a pretty big Colleen fan. She actually had a great time with all of the family. It was a great visit but way too short.

Here Doug is showing Chloe how to fly a plane. We were at an Aviation Museum and Chloe really did seem to like playing around there and seeing all of the planes. Maybe we have a future Aviator on our hands, who knows.

Here you can see Chloe's reaction to her Dad explaining Bernouli's Law, as you can see she is quite interested. Hummmmmm...

Chloe and Colleen checking out the Chloe sized plane.

School Days

Chloe started preschool this month. She goes three days for a few hours each day. She seems to like it and I think being as social as she is that it is great for her. This is Chloe on Day 1.

Chloe ready for school on Day 2.

Day 3

Day 4. Chloe playing around before she headed off to school.

June09-Swimming and Caitlin

This is just a shot of Chloe cruising around the house with her play cell phone, wearing mommies shoes and looking so dang cute I had to post the picture. Her nose is a little red due to a fall she took outside. She loves shoes. If she thinks there is any chance of getting outside she will start handing out shoes so that everyone can get going, she does usually give you a pair of your own shoes so that is handy.

This and two pictures down is Chloe on her way to her first Water Park adventure, boy did she have fun. She thinks water is the greatest thing, hummmm, I wonder who she takes after on this one (Bridget???)? She will now wear sunglasses so we try when possible to put them on her for outside play.

Here Chloe is playing with Caitlin. It started off with her water matt but Chloe quickly tired of that and so we filled the pool. Somehow she stole my chair and Caitlin and her had a great time pooring water on Chloe. Yes, they were both dumping water on her and she thought it was pretty funny. Once again, the kid loves water.

Chloe at the Water Park with her friend Hayden.

Chloe and Caitlin playing. It is so fun to watch them play and for some reason on this particular evening Chloe had a long tale to tell. She kept telling Caitlin the same story over and over with the same hand gestures and everything, if only we knew what she was trying to tell us. It involved quite a bit of jumping. hummm.