Birthdays last a long time at our house. We like to celebrate, celebrate, celebrate. And this year we had something great to celebrate. We had to make up for the fact that she probably did not have a celebration on her first birthday. We started celebrating her day at breakfast with pancakes. We put 2 candles in the pancakes and sang Happy Birthday to her. She loved blowing out the candles. Later that evening we had cake and ice cream at the house followed by opening presents. She seemed to have a great day. That weekend my family came up and we celebrated again. She got to blow out more candles and open more presents. Finally, Aunt Joy arranged for us to go to Medieval Times and celebrate the kids birthdays with a show. It was fantastic! Chloe was a little fussy before the show, but the minute the horses came out, she changed her attitude in a hurry. She was mesmerized by the show and sat relatively still for the entire 2 hours. I think we all had a great time.
Chloe continues to entertain us. She has learned to tell you how old she is. She can say something that sounds like two and holds up two fingers. It is so cute. I have tried to upload different videos, but the file size always seems to big. Here was one video I was able to upload. It is of Chloe practicing her me which was one of our homework words for speech.
Here are some pictures from her birthday.
Breakfast pancakes with candles
Opening presents
Playing with a bubble maker, one of her presents
Chloe and Caleb
I made a butterfly cake since her Chinese name means little butterfly
Grandma and the kids
Chloe with her smash cake (since she didn't get to have one at her first birthday)
Chloe and her cake
The kids playing with ipads
Medieval Times
Grandma and Caleb at Medieval Times
Chloe waving her flag
Chloe had her 2 year check up. She has really grown since she has been with us. We did find out that she had a urinary tract infection. I have been feeling kind of guilty about it. I was concerned months ago that she may have an infection. She has had some random fevers and her urine has had a strong odor. I talked with the doctor about it 3 months ago and he gave me a specimen container to collect a specimen. I never did. (That's what happens when your mother is a doctor.) I decided I we would collect one and take it to her 2 year check up. The urine dip in the office was clear, but the culture was positive for an infection. She had to take some antibiotics. She also had to have a kidney ultrasound to make sure there were no underlying problems. She was so scared she cried for the entire test. Thankfully everything came out ok. So now we are good and she is healthy.
