Chloe turns 2!!!!!!!!!!!

The day has come and gone! It went as fast as I had dredded it to happen.
We had a party for little Miss Chloe on Saturday and she made out like a bandit with all the gifts. We had a wonderful time celebrating our little baby turning 2 and took advantage of showing everyone our new home.
As the day approached, Mike and I had talked about trying again, for the second time, taking away her "nukers" as she calls it when she turned 2. As I was dredding putting her to bed, I am laying with her and as she whined only for a brief minute or two, telling me to find the lost Nukers, I look in her eyes and I find myself in complete disbelief that my little baby is 2 AND going to bed like a big girl. As I lay there, I start to cry as we are looking into each others eyes, I try hard to hide the (good) tears, she points to my eye and says " Mommy, more water". I was absolutely amazed and cried even harder.
How in the world is it possible to love such a little human being as much as Mike and I love Chloe? I never really understood the feeling until the day Chloe was born. It truly is something that you have to experience first hand to know the feeling of the meaning of 100% unconditional love.
Happy Birthday Chloe! I love you with all of my heart!

We are all settled in!

At last, it's been almost 3 weeks and we are finally all settled in. We have been unpacked for about 2 weeks, but with all the final touches, it feels like our home now.
Chloe has been nothing but AMAZING with the move and I couldn't have asked for a smoother transition. The first couple of nights she asked if I would lay with her, and of course, she didn't have to twist my arm to have cuddle time with her.
She loves her new room along with her big girl bed. She plays in her room all by herself, all the time. It makes me very happy, but it reminds me that as she is approaching 2, she is going to want to play by herself more and more. Soon, she will be shutting the door and begging for me to leave her alone.
I just can't believe that in less then a week, my little girl is going to be 2 years old.
In the 2 years ( yes, I am going to be a bragging mom) she has learned her ABC's ( skippin out on L,M,N,O,P and just saying "mmnmnmop"), she counts to 11, sings Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, has a wonderful vocabulary and last but not least, she is mostly potty trained with accidents few and far between. I am so proud of her and am honored to call her my daughter.

In the midst of the move, we went to a prenatal appointment and set up an ultrasound for August 31st to find out the sex of the baby. All bets are being placed as it being a boy which would be a wonderful thing. Ultimately, a happy and healthy baby is what matters the most. I will be sure to post what we are having when the time comes.

Other then that, we are just adjusting to our new home and enjoying what comes along with it.
The pregnancy is going perfectly.. I have only gained 6 pounds so far which is a lot better then the 70 that I gained with Chloe... The only bad thing with this pregnancy is that I am no longer able to sleep in our bed. For some reason, it's the most uncomfortable place to sleep these days. I have been sleeping on our couch and wake up every morning with a sore neck and back pain. The couch is the lesser of two evils so I am going to take what I can get at this point. At least I am sleeping.....

Changes are happening in The Choat's house

It's official, we have been to our first prenatal appointment and have an ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. The due date as of right now is January 18, 2010.
There are so many feelings going on right now. It has seemed unreal that we are expecting a baby because I haven't been sick, and other then my growing ( once was) waistline, I have had no other symptoms of being pregnant.
Yesterday, on our way to the prenatal appointment, I started to cry as I was overwhelmed with emotions and how this will effect Chloe. I have heard that this feeling is very, very common and I find much relief in knowing I am not the only mom to worry about this. Chloe is my sidekick and she never leaves my side, which of course has it's pro's and con's. I think and know that with adding a little brother or sister, it will be adding to Chloe's life as opposed to taking away from her.
On the brighter side, we are so excited to have a new little baby to add to our family. Looking back at pictures of Chloe, it seems like just yesterday that she was born and we get to go through that all over again.

Mid-July to late July, we are moving into a duplex in Orono, MN. We couldn't be more thrilled and look forward to getting the heck outta the apartment. As much as I love Chanhassen, it is getting very busy and with having Chloe running around, we look forward to a more quiet, secluded area. Not to mention, going back to my home town. I went to Orono schools until I was in 7th grade, so I know the area very well.

The summer will be very busy, but it will be so exciting!!!!

Exciting changes!

Over Mother's Day weekend we found out that Chloe is going to be a BIG sister in January. We couldn't be more thrilled to be adding to our family.
I am so thrilled that not only do I get to experience pregnancy again, but that we get to share it with Chloe this time around.

Little miss innocent :)

Our beautiful girl