New Developments

There have been quite a few new developments with Chloe. She is 15 months now and we went to the doctor this past Monday for her check up. She weighs 20 pounds and is about 30 inches long. The check up went good and her doctor said she was perfect. My big concern was that Chloe wasn't really walking. She would hold on to everything and walk, but just not by herself. Her doctor said that it was nothing to worry about and that it was a sign of intelligence. He said she doesn't want to walk because she doesn't want to fall and hurt herself. I laughed a little and obviously agreed because Chloe is the smartest 15 month old in the world. :) The laugh was more because I think this is her doctor's go to answer. A few months ago my sister was talking to the doctor, the same one as Chloe, and she was talking to him about her son's anxiety. His answer was similar. Anxiety is a sign of high intelligence because he is thinking more into things than most 6 year olds. Obviously as a parent of course I like to hear that my daughter is smart, but I still think that is the doctor's go to answer. Just an answer to stop any worry.

So the next day was Valentine's day. We got the best Valentine's day gift. Chloe started walking on her own on Tuesday! Every Tuesday we go to my sister's house so Chloe can play with her cousin Allie for a few hours. When we were over there Chloe just started walking around. She would walk to get a ball or walk to a toy like she had been doing it forever. Ever since she hasn't stopped. She can't really stand from a sitting position yet without grabbing on to something for help, but she is getting close. As soon as you put her on her feet she is go go go....

So after that excitement we then discovered some new teeth. She has a tooth that has broken through at the top back of her mouth and then we can also see a few other teeth trying to poke through. When my mom was here Chloe had a runny nose and she said maybe Chloe was teething. I thought she was crazy, but now I think she was right.

Chloe also loves raisins now and she loves to have her snack at her own little table. It is really cute. We can just tell her to go to her table and she will go and sit at her chair. We have also been going to the park more often and she loves to go down the slides with her daddy. She goes down a slide climbs back up the stairs and picks a new slide to go down. She smiles the whole way down. When we are at home she has a new toy. We bought her a new chair for her room and it came in a big box. So the box is now Chloe's new play house. She has such an imagination!

Chloe sitting at her own table having a raisin snack.

Chloe's new playhouse

We had a baby doctor appointment this past week too. The heartbeat was great. When my doctor would try to get a reading for the heartbeat the baby would move around and kick so she couldn't get a reading, but it sounded good and she estimated it was about at 150. Zach said it was crazy because while I was laying there he was watching the baby move around and it was like an alien trying to get out of my body. He has felt it before, but I think the fact that I was laying down made it look even more like an alien. The other thing we found out was that the baby is NOT head down yet. The baby should be head down by 36 weeks so he has 2 more weeks to make the turn. I'm hoping that he down turn head down because I do not need to worry about that for the next 5 1/2 weeks!