A Good Laugh

Bailey the Leprechun

Chloe Walks!!!!

Chloe is OBSESSED with the dogfood.  A habit I can't seem to get her to break.  So instead of trying to keep her from the dogfood I thought I would try to teach her to throw the dogfood in the trash rather than eat it.  I was sort of successful and managed to catch some of her first steps on video in the process.

A Beautiful Day for a Walk!

Happy Birthday Bailey!

Bailey turned 7 on Saturday. Can you believe we adopted her 7 years ago from a family who lived in a small trailer home off a dirt road in Northern Florida one week after we got married? She grew up to be quite the spoiled Princess. Here she is enjoying her birthday steak!

30 seconds later, it was inhaled!

Chad's Birthday

Chad turned 31 on March 5th! We celebrated with gifts, chicken parmesan and chocolate marble cake.

Ready for some Wii tennis?

Thanks Mom and Dad Wissmann.

Chloe singing Happy Birthday.

More Cake!

The goofballs making faces!

Chloe's Family Party

We had a family gathering in Maryland at Grandma and Grandpa Wissmann's House for Chloe's first birthday. This was Chloe's second party, which is probably unnecessary for a 1 year-old, but since we are now living within driving distance of our families we thought we would enjoy it while we can. Who knows when we will be close enough again to do that! Such is Navy life... Once you have children it becomes even harder to live away from family. We have this wonderful little girl that we want to share with our family and friends.

Many thanks to my Mom and Dad for hosting and providing a "great spread" for Chloe, and thanks so much to our aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and great-grandparents for attending and helping us celebrate. Thanks to Granny & Pop-pop Donnelly, Uncle Ryan and Cousin Paige for making the trip from NY and NJ to see us.

Unfortunately I did not get many photos of the evening. Chloe had caught my cold and was really not feeling up to all the new people and festivities, so my arms were tied all night in holding her. Here are a few for you to see.