Give me a break!!!!

i know... it has been a little less than forever since the last time i posted. you see, we don't really have internet at our apartment. we just pick up our neighbors from time to time... so it is kind of hit and miss to if we are going to be able to get online or not. and lets just say it has been more miss for the past few months. we are trying our hardest to get our own internet but it just isn't in the cards right now... but for the moment we seem to be getting someones connection so i thought i'd try to fill you all in as best i can!so here goes.... Chloe is no longer a baby! she is a walking, talking, 1 year old! you all would be so surprised to see how big she is! we had a great birthday party for her. lots of family came to see us and help celebrate... aunt sissy, uncle matt, and camdyn, aunt shawna and ava, Great Gran, Uncle Danny, and lots of friends! it was so much fun! and Chloe loved it all. but i would have to say that her favorite part was the birthday cake!

she is walking like a pro and has been since the day she turned 1. she also has turned into a monkey! she climbs on EVERYTHING!!!!! you can't take your eyes off her or she is on the couch trying to climb onto the side table! what a nut! she also has a very nice vocabulary! i think some of she favorite words are baby, mommy (who could blame her), puppy, and daddy. but she says much more.... she also says eat, thank you, please, all done, ireland (which comes out pretty jumbled, but we know what she is saying), sweet, kisses, and other odds and ends but those are the regulars. so it is great to get to communicate with her!

Ireland is doing great as well. no big surprise there! she is getting smarter by the minute. she now knows how to count up to 6 objects. but she can count past 10 and can reconize all the numbers up to 12. she also can reconize a few letters... like a, b, c, i, l, m, o, s, t, and sometimes y (just kidding... that was me trying to be funny about the y... all the other letters are true).

ireland and chloe love to play outside as much as possible. chloe tries to keep up with ireland and it is pretty cute to watch! the pool at the apartments are about to open so we are all looking forward to that!

Mommy and Daddy have a military ball to go to on the 1st of june so Gramma Sherry, Gran, and Aunt Shawna are going to come to visit and help babysit! it is going to be a good time! it will be Gramma Sherry's first visit here so we are really looking forward to that!

other than that there isn't much else going on!
i will try to keep better updated... God willing. but just know if you haven't heard from us in awhile chances are it's not my fault! PROMISE!!!!