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Summer 2007 We just cannot believe that one year has already flown by since Gotcha Day! In 2007, we gave Chloe as much love and attention as we could and took as many pictures of her as we could. Chloe saw a lot of her extended family in 2007. There was a snowbird visit from Grandpa Bob, one day per week at Grandma Sheri’s (known as Nana), one trip to Kentucky, one trip to Stuart, two trips to Disney, and many greats visits by family and friends to our home. Versace the cat is still at Nana’s, and all parties are content with that arrangement. Chloe started out the year liking many varieties of food, but has since gotten extremely picky. She isn’t a big eater and has declared herself a vegetarian by her refusal to eat meat. She does enjoy our Saturday morning bagel routine at Starbucks and Atlanta Bread in downtown St. Petersburg. She likes sesame bagels with veggie cream cheese and tries our hazelnut frappuccinos but fortunately isn’t crazy about them. She demands a sip, tries it, squenches up her eyebrows, and says “cold”. Her strong will applies to many areas other than food. She only wears white socks, will refuse certain pajamas or shoes, and demands to wear either her necklace that we intended for her to wear many years from now or many strands of pastel bead necklaces at the same time. Chloe’s learning ability is amazing and very cute. A month ago she spontaneously started counting street signs riding home from Nana’s house and made it to ten. She now quickly counts to ten and is working on getting to 20. She calls Michelle “Mama” and Neil “Dada”. She calls anything else that is large a Mama or Dada, and anything smaller is a Baby. She also likes to say the names Papa, Nana, and Nick. Her first and only sign language word was “more”, by saying the word and putting her little fingers together. We’re proud that she currently is saying “please” and “thank you”. Her vocabulary is currently at least 100 words, and she is starting to form little sentences. She loves to talk! She knows all her alphabet but doesn’t recite it by herself yet. Aunt Kiersten gave her a picture book for her first birthday, and that has helped her tremendously. She is especially good at identifying animals, foods, colors, and household items. Chloe’s first favorite color was green and we like to hear her say orange, which is “o gee.” She currently enjoys identifying as many circles as she can, saying “circle” and “round”. Her favorite pink item is still her blanket that she got in China. She calls it her “bee gee”. Our little baby who had very little hair on Gotcha Day has become a little girl who has already had three haircuts and loves to wear hair bows.

Gotcha Day January 11, 2007 Father’s Day Saturday morning bagels Visiting Uncle Nick at Stetson

Playroom fun


Baptism day with Godparents


Mother’s Day


Beach Beauty


First Time at Beach


Disney’s Boardwalk Hotel


4th of July in Kentucky


Deep Thoughts in Bikini 

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