back to school already!

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whew! so much has happened in the last month! chloe has grown about an inch and is TALKING! it amazes me how many words she knows and constantly practices. my friend carrie told me once about how her son henry wakes up talking and i didn't believe her until now. chloe does the same thing! we leave books in her bed and hear her "reading" them and laughing in the morning. have spent a lot of time swimming at pap and gramma k's pool with the latest heatwave. and subsequently has become obsessed with the "pool page" in one of her picture books. she prefers to stare at it endlessly at naptime or bedtime and sometimes must snuggle with it once in the bed. she has also become attached to a baby doll that has been lying around. i think because she's seen baby cousin kyle and is now interested in all things baby. up to and including accosting random strangers and their babies at the park. she wants to hold them on her lap and hug them. most recently everything is "cute" including the grasshopper that lives in the yard, and noodles, and even the dirt. it's her way of saying she likes something. happily, she wasn't really phased at all by my going back to work and being with dad all day. she loves watching Dora and Elmo in the morning and is just a love with lots of hugs and kisses to spread around to all. she also loves the old phone that we gave her and likes to "talk" on it. mostly "hi" and "chloe" if you ask her who she's calling, she might say mama, daddy, or amy (the receptionist at my chiropractor). am looking forward to the potty training to officially begin and be over as she was dabbling with getting naked the moment she walks outside and then pooping in the dirt by the dining room window. NOT awesome. she totally loves helping whether it be emptying the dishwasher, watering the lawn, vacuuming, cleaning in general, and making cookies. she's such a big girl and i can't believe she's almost two. she just keeps getting better and better. here are some funny things that she's been saying lately:

bus and digger - current car obsession is seeing the city or school bus. we also saw a construction digger and now she associates them together.
pink! - in reference to her toenails that i paint as a bribe to trim her fingernails.
meek - means music
MAMA! - when i come home from work. priceless
um - when we ask her a question that she is thinking about. UM??? she's two!
pool - for obvious reasons
pie-papple = pineapple
bawberry = strawberry
booberry = blueberry
hah-hom = awesome
kiss it = whenever and wherever it hurts