14 months old

uncle mike came last weekend for halloween/jenn's birthday. had a nice visit albeit a rainy one. (and had a little costume reminiscence from the garage arsenal) chloe had some fun times walking around in the rain and going to the dog park to point and bark at the dogs. unfortunately, one of the days' walks was cut short because she grabbed a cactus in someone's yard with tiny little hairs that got everywhere & all over her hands/wrists/everything. definitely learned our lesson about letting her try to walk all the way to the park without the stroller. whoops! had a great birthday lunch with stan, kerry, mike, dave, chloe, elisabeth, and paula. super glad that i could have chocolate cake this year compared to last year! whee... chloe's new thing this week is to twirl her arms together like when you do "pat-a-cake" and the "roll it" part. she continues to be hilarious. she particularly enjoys giving mom very wet raspberries on her tummy and eating everything in sight. is a very sweet hugger and will occasionally give a kiss when prompted.