Crazy Book Lady

As a former elementary school teacher, I have thousands, yes, thousands of books. Since I'm at home with baby girl now, we decided that we shouldn't waste all those books by keeping them in storage. So my awesome husband bought me this huge bookcase from IKEA and put it together. We now have plenty of space for all of my books and the bottom two shelves have Chloe's books and toys. Hopefully she won't be able to reach much higher for a while.

Swimming

Summertime is almost over and we decided to take baby girl swimming. Basically we are huge cheapskates and didn't want to pay to go swimming for 20 minutes. So we waited until our ward pool party and got in for free. Baby girl did enjoy her 20 minutes of swimming. We think that she is super-cute in her outfit (hand-me-downs from one of Adam's co-workers.) Chloe didn't really like running in the sprinklers. She felt okay about sitting in the pool. She adored floating in an inner-tube. But after 20 minutes she was done so we went home and she immediately fell asleep.

Family Time

Adam's brother visited with his family. It was great to spend time with them and their cute kids.

Family Reunion

I was very proud of myself and actually took lots of pictures at our family reunion in Idaho. However, since this is my blog and I am very prejudiced, most of the pictures I have chosen to put on the blog are of my baby girl. Sure, my nieces and sole nephew are dang cute. But my baby is mine, and therefore the best. In this picture, my mom discovered it's easy to get into the tire swing with a baby, and not so easy to get out. I tried it. You need help with this thing.

When the family suggested that Hunter hold Chloe on the tiger, I almost had a heart attack. Don't worry, my brother is holding her as well. You can see his shoe at the bottom peeking out.

Who knew that camel humps can flop over? Also, way before we went to the zoo, my niece mentioned Chloe's birthmark is a big lump like a camel lump. Then a niece from Adam's side of the family said the same thing! I didn't realize it was that big.

Chloe is always sticking one leg out. Here she is with both out. Why? Maybe she is a gymnast or a ballerina at heart.

Sorry sis. But I love this picture.

My niece is the cutest. Is it mean that I think she is adorable when she is crying?

Grandpa is hilarious. Grandma just thinks he is odd.

One leg out. What did I tell you?