Chloe is 6.5 months old. She went for her 6th month check-up earlier this week. She is 16.7 lbs and 26.25 inches. She is growing so fast that I am often afraid to blink. I don’t want to miss a moment of her life. I make her baby food and she loves it. She eats: oatmeal, squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, green beans, peas, apples, pears, banana, and blueberries. She also eats pieces of banana and Gerber puffs and yogurt melts. She will try mango and spinach soon. Chloe can sit up without support, she gets on her hands and knees and rocks, she can roll front to back and back to front, she scoots using her feet and head, and she babbles saying “dada, gaga, baba.” Chloe is a great sleeper, taking two-three naps per day and sleeping 11-12hrs per night. She is still teething but none have actually come through yet. She loves her dogs and her Daddy.
Work is okay. Stressful as usual but okay. We have had boys bringing guns to school and lots of girl fist-fights. There is a lot of new paperwork and more evaluations. Rules are ever increasing and children are never at fault according to our principal. She still threatens our jobs every staff meeting and curses worse than a truck-driver at us, parents and students. We are the unprofessional ones according to her.
Mike and I are doing well. We have been married almost 11 months. We have our ups and downs but we definitely love each other and our daughter. I find us craving time together and working hard to make each other happy. All couples go through trials and we seem to talk them out well.
Mike’s grandfather from NY died in February. We went to NY for the funeral and my parents were able to spend a few short days with Chloe. It was a quick trip but nice to see my parents and grandmother as well as Mike’s aunts and uncles. Chloe was excellent and everyone loved her.
We are christening Chloe in May. I am excited to have a service and mark a special occasion but worried about which relatives will actually make the trip to celebrate with us. I hate being disappointed by relatives (my mom mostly) but I know she will not come. It’s always something. My mother is selfish and I worry I will be like her so I try hard to remember to ask others how they are, to listen when they speak, to think of others before I act, etc.
My cousin Eric died a week ago. They think he died of a drug overdose. He was 28.
I think the snow days are finally done. It was in the 50’s today and supposed to be 50’s/60’s all this coming week. Hopefully spring is coming finally.
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