First steps

Little Chloe just took her first couple of steps. Just 2 steps between mummy & daddy. Very exciting.

One year old today

One year ago today our little Chloe was born; the year certainly has gone quickly. These 2 photo's are her when she was born, and her one year later.




She is starting to say basic mumble words like baba (buba), & it won't be long before she'll be standing by herself. You can see more photo's here on my Facebook page.

I'm looking forward to watch her grow up over the next 12 months.

Crawling

Little Chloe has been crawling for about 3 weeks now. She's learned how to crawl on her knees, pull herself up & lean on the table or sofa.

Everything has to go up off the floor and even out of her reach as she can and does grab anything and everything off the table.

The scary thing is she'll be walking before we know it.

Here are some photo's of her.










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Chloe in a high chair

This morning at church baby Chloe had her first experience in a high chair. We don't currently have a high chair at home, so it was interesting to see her in there. I managed to capture a couple of images on my phone. Here they are.










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Babysitting

Today I had to look after Chloe for the first time by myself. Jo went out to my sisters baby shower & left me to look after the baby.

She had shown me what to do & left some instructions, & I did my best. I gave Chloe some afternoon tea then played with her on the carpet, then gave her a bottle & put her down to bed. She slept for about a half hour, then woke up. Jo arrived home soon after.

I have to admit, while working can be a pain in the butt sometimes, I think the mothers do a fantastic job of being home all day every day looking after a child.

I'm sure it gets easier after a while when yo do it everyday.



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Six months today

It was this day six months ago on the 5th May that our baby girl, Chloe was born. It has been an interesting six months watching Chloe discover herself & the world around her.

She is now at the stage where she is very vocal; it could be a quiet room & then all of a sudden the silence is broken by a squeal or other similar baby sound.

She is also close to crawling; she moves backward on her back with her legs & it's only a matter of time before she learns how to push off on her front.

Here are a few photos that we took today.








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One of those moments

This morning during church I had an experience which was just priceless.

I had been holding Chloe during part of the music; she was getting a little heavy, so I passed her over to Jo who was sitting next to me.

All of a sudden I felt a tiny hand grab onto mine. I looked down & little Chloe had grabbed my hand, & held onto it for about 5 minutes.

Now, whether or not she had deliberately reached out for my hand I don't know, as she is only just 5 months old, but I still one of those moments to remember.



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Now we can go

A couple of weeks back I posted about the news of us having made the decision to move to New Zealand. While we are not ready to go just yet & have not set a date, there was one issue stopping from leaving Australia; Chloe had no passport.

We picked up a child's passport application from the post shop, filled it in, had Chloe's photo taken, found a witness to sign for us & submitted the application.

During this past week, we received a flyer in the post informing us that there was an item of registered post awaiting collection for Chloe Parker.

Jo went to the post shop the next day & picked up the parcel, which was of course Chloe's new passport.

There is a cute little photo of Chloe on the second page with all her official details. I wish I could post a copy of it, but as it is illegal to copy an official document you'll just have to take my word for it.

So now we can legally leave the country, but it does seem a bit weird that our daughter has her own passport, and it also makes the whole deal of us moving country seem more real & closer.



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Four months today

It seems so much longer than that. It was the 5th May this year that little Chloe was born. She seems to be growing up so fast.

I was looking at some earlier photo's of her & compared to now, she was tiny. The photo above was taken a couple of weeks ago. I would've liked to show you a more recent photo, but I haven't installed the software for the new camera onto the computer yet.

Chloe is singing a bit now, & she is even starting to laugh a little bit when tickled. I don't think she'll be too far off crawling, as she has already discovered how to push herself backward with her legs while lying on her back. Very funny when you're trying to change her nappy.

If you haven't seen the latest photo's, click here to view our online album, and stay tuned more more soon.



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Squeaks & Smiles

This morning Chloe was lying on the carpet with her play gym, which consists of hanging rattles, soft toys & lots of pretty colours.

All of a sudden she started making a few random squeaks & cute sounds. Jo & I & Graadie (my mum) sat down on the floor with her & started to talk to her & stimulating her with the toys.

We got a few more small squeaks & even a smile or 2 out of her. She's only 5 weeks old, but she seems to be a little bit responsive to us which is really cool. Up until now she just cries & looks around.

The battery in the camera is charging, so hopefully we will have some pics or even a short video clip soon.

It's exciting to see what she'll do next.

More Photos

Here is another picture of baby Chloe (click the image for a better view). She is now almost a month old. I have just added some more photos to the online photo album. You can view them here.

Let me know what you think below in the comments section.

At the moment she eats, sleeps & fills her nappies; all the things that newborns do; but it's all worth it because she's just beautiful.

Just visiting

At the beginning of the year Jo & I moved churches. After attending Subiaco Church for more than 15 years between us, we left there in January & started attending Metro Church. This move has been a good one & we are both very happy at our new church home.

We did promise our old church family at Subiaco that we'd visit every now & then though, as we still have some wonderful friends there. Of course now that we have our new baby Chloe, everyone was itching to see her for the first time as well.

So this morning we went along to Subi Church for the later (10:30am) service. As soon as we got there we were surrounded by old friends wanting to greet us & see baby Chloe. Poor Jo spend the majority of the service in the parents room feeding & settling the baby, but thankfully was able to see & hear the service on the monitors.

After the service, we were overwhelmed by more people wanting to catch up with us, which was really good, as we have not seen these people since Christmas. Overall it was an enjoyable morning.

Do you ever go somewhere you haven't been in a while & see old friends you haven't seen? It's always good to catch up with old friends. It can be a chance to reignite the old flame that can start to dim after a while.