Cousins

Milo is so deliciously fat!!!! He wants one of whatever you are eating and he tells you! Michaela wanted to sit on Ellie's lap and cuddle with her and Momo and Milo really wanted Michaela's sippy. I think she did give him a taste but then she was like wait don't drink all my milk!! Ellie was really strong to hold Mic cause they are the same weight.

Bath Time

This is bath time in the Malcolm/Chord residence. Everyone comes to say hi or goodnight to Michaela and she loves it. The picture of Michaela is her doing what we call a "pretty mermaid". It's how I get her to rinse out her hair.

Grandad Taught Me To Say "Nemisis"

Catching Leaves

I call this photo "silver linings".

Isn't She adorable? I can see Rob in her but almost everyone says she is a minny me.

Today was a beautiful pre-spring day!!! Michaela and I went out in the front yard and she chalked up the sidewalk and then started catching leaves as they drifted on the little gusts of wind. She tried to gather them up in a pile but they kept blowing away and she would chase after them. The first picture of Michaela is her saying Oh No! as her leaves started floating away. We are very ready for warm weather! Life is getting very difficult being cooped up inside all the time.... who votes for an early summer?! I DO!!!

Pigtails and lazy days

Ooooh how cute Daddy and Baby being lazy lay-abouts together. So sweet. Look at Michaela's long pigtails!!! I was surprised at how long they were when I put them in.

Quiggley Kisses

Beautiful

All except this last picture (which I am not sure how that snuck in there but it's pretty so I kept it) feature my beautiful girl. Michaela is growing so fast. It is hard to keep track of all the growth sometimes.

Refresher Course

Before I put up Michaela's most recent and birthday photos I wanted to refresh everyone's memories on how absolutely ADORABLE she has been since birth. Its not like I have ever thought she was not cute but sometimes I look back at pictures and I am actually shocked at how little and precious she was! Literally shocked...is that weird for a mother? I think we forget how beautiful something is if we don't take time to refresh our outlook.
This is Michaela when she was about 7 months old. Look at how blue her eyes were then!
This is Michaela at 9 months with Indiana, Libby, Ellie and Leilany. Her hair was really filling in then.
And this is Michaela at 1 year she was dancing to Rob playing that Wii guitar game. as you might notice she is sort of picking her nose but in her defense she is only copying her father.
This is Michaela and her Daddy playing the piano at 16 months.This is Michaela at about17 months outside in a cute dress Momo got in Mexico.

Love to you all and a Merry Christmas too!

Hi again! its been too long. Lots has happened too! Most importantly Michaela's 2nd Birthday (of which I will be posting pictures soon). We had a blast but it was kinda spread out over the course of a week because we celebrated it according to quite a few different work schedules. next year I will be planning her party starting in October and i will be much more prepared for it.
We have also been testing the potty training waters so to speak... Mic is interested but I am just not up to taking her to the bathroom every 15 mins just yet. I guess its me who needs to be "trained".
Grammy and Gramps came to visit and Gramps ended up spending just under a week in the hospital but the time that they were here Michaela was following Grammy around shouting "Grumma, Grumma, Grumma!" it was really sweet.
Thanksgiving was great. Somehow Carrilyne got us invited to the Jynes house for dinner and it was totally Fantastic! No kidding I love my family's food too but the Jaynes had really, really yummy scrumptious food. I especially loved their yams, they were perfect. Thank you Jaynes for letting us come!!
My camera's been out of commission lately but I will be putting new batteries in soon and then I will try to be as good at taking cute and artsy pictures as Carrilyne, Just you wait and see. though knowing me it will be a long wait...just kidding I hope :).
love you all,
Chelsea

Ward Halloween Party

Last night was the ward Halloween party and it was so much fun! Rob was able to come which was wonderful and his costume was really cool!
We took Michaela around to the little kids games and she "won" a few prizes. She really loved the cake walk because she totally understands the walking around in a circle concept. This is her with her cupcake. Cute, Huh?

Carrilyne brought some costumes over and we picked this one because it totally went with Ellie's Princess Barbie costume. Michaela was Ellie's Pegasus!

This was our family Halloween portrait (I am a witch in case you can't tell).

Family Walks

These are some pics from the walks Rob takes me and Mic on. This particular walk was to the park by the high school which is totally fun and we saw a dog that was really cute and Michaela was really excited by it.

The flower pics are taken by Rob while we were having fun trying to get Michaela to say flower. We have been taking some really long walks lately especially at night and it has been so romantic ;).

( look at Mic's cute ponytail!)

The devil made me do it!

I have seen the future and it is scary!! Or maybe hilarious is the better word. Ellie spent a Sunday afternoon over at my mom's house with Michaela and I and let me say it was crazy.

Just look at my daughter's face, you can see the glee that her naughtiness has given her. Ellie said " I didn't do it, Taeya did it!". She might as well have said the devil made me do it with the expression on Michaela's face... she does look slightly possessed.

But back to my vision of the future. I can see Ellie and Michaela getting into all kinds of trouble and giving Rob small heart attacks daily. The hijinks's these girls will instigate have yet to be thought of but my guess is that Michaela will have plenty of Ideas and Ellie will be her willing accomplice.
I repeat just look at their faces. :) This is gonna be fun!