Chelle's 2014 Thread (part 2)

Hi friends!
Well the first half of the year went by insanely quick and I don't see the second half slowing down any!!
Chloe is almost three months old now and I can't believe how fast she is growing and how each day flies by!

I've just started to be able to read after Chloe is in bed at night and it's wonderful! It's hard to pick which book should get my attention since all my books have been neglected for so long!

I hope everyone has been having a wonderful 2014! I'd like to try and pop around the threads again soon as I miss everyone!



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My Threads
Orange January/July
Booker Prize
1001 Books to Read Before I Die

Books Read in 2014
January
1) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling
2) Lehrter Station by David Downing
3) Allegiant by Veronica Roth

February
4) Dust by Patricia Cornwell
5) Masaryk Station by David Downing
6) The Giver by Lois Lowry
7) Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
8) Messenger by Lois Lowry
9) Son by Lois Lowry
10) The Killing Floor by Lee Child
11) Die Trying by Lee Child
12) Tripwire by Lee Child
13) Running Blind by Lee Child
14) Echo Burning by Lee Child

March
15) Without Fail by Lee Child
16) Persuader by Lee Child
17) The Enemy by Lee Child
18) One Shot by Lee Child
19) The Hard Way by Lee Child
20) Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child

April
21) Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
22) Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
23) 61 Hours by Lee Child

April 19 - May 3: No reading done. Five seasons of The Good Wife watched instead!

May
24) Worth Dying For by Lee Child
25) Expecting Better by Emily Oster
26) Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly
27) The Affair by Lee Child
28) A Wanted Man by Lee Child
29) Never Look Back by Lee Child

June
Newborn baby at home = no reading!

July
30) The King by JR Ward

August
31) Cress by Marissa Meyer
32) We Are Water by Wally Lamb
33) Pregnancy: The Ultimate Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide (Forgot to mark down in May)
34) The Long Way Home by Louise Penny

September
35) Mr Mercedes by Stephen King
36) Visions by Kelley Armstrong
37) The King of Lies by John Hart
38) Unlucky 13 by James Patterson

October
39) The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

November
40) The Fall of Giants by Ken Follett

December
41) Winter of the World by Ken Follett

Chloe is adorable, Chelle! Hooray for being able to squeeze in some reading time. I remember my child-raising years and I don't think I got much reading done but don't worry, that's the great thing about reading, the books will be there when you do finally get the time for them.

Hi Chelle, thanks for passing by my thread my dear. Chloe is gorgeous and really coming on, nice that you can get a bit of reading in now. Karen and I send love and hugs to you all.

She's adorable!

>1 ChelleBearss: Look at that cute little face! I'm dying!!

Hi Chelle I saw your name popping up on threads and thought I'd stop by to say congratulations! Chloe is precious. Don't worry about reading -- just keep posting baby pics and we'll all be happy :)

Beautiful girl! And yes, babies are even better than kittens for getting visitors...

Lovely pictures, Chelle! But I'm glad you are finally able to squeeze in a little reading time.

Hi Chelle! Beautiful photos at the top of your new thread. Chloe is adorable.
And I'm glad you're being able to read just a wee bit more these days.

So good to see you here, Chelle! Chloe is such a sweet little thing!

Posting two days in a row!! GASP!
I had to run into town today for an oil change and new tires so I left the wee one with her Daddy for a few hours. It went pretty smoothly for both of them, thankfully! While I was waiting for my car the shuttle dropped me off at the mall (dangerous! Always dangerous!)
I managed to not do too much damage (a new outfit for Chloe for $8, three new books totalling $6, dollarstore visit $2)
New books are:
For me: Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
For Chloe: The Biggest Bear Hunt by Jaqueline East
Waking Dragons by Jane Yolen

I LOVE the pictures in Waking Dragons! Chloe is at the stage that she loves colour and this book is short on words but big on colour! And for only $2!





3 Thanks Judy! I am totally impressed with Chloe's ability to sleep through the night. She is usually asleep by 830 and stays that way until the wee hours of the morning. I got a couple hours of reading in last night (and a bubble bath!) before bed. If this keeps up I might actually finish more than one book this month lol

4 Hi John! Hugs to you and Karen

5 Thanks Zoe! I agree but I might be biased

6 Thanks Nora! She is in the "making faces" stage and it's freaking adorable. I love seeing her make funny faces in her cradle in the morning and after naps. (Before the cranky stage sets in!)

7 Thanks Laura! I take about 20 pictures of her a day ... might be overdoing it but oh well! :)

8 HA Thanks Suz! Maybe if I post baby and kittens I'll get double the visitors?

9 Thanks Roni! After the first two months of no reading I was getting worried that my reading life had come to an end! She is getting to the stage now that she will sit quietly in my lap and let me read to her, which is wonderful! She loves the picture books that are full of colour

10 Thanks Ellen! We are making progress

11 Thanks Amber! She is sweet most of the time .... except when she is wailing like a banshee. She isn't so sweet then lol

Hi Chelle, I love the pictures in waking dragons, you will have a lovely time over the next few years my dear picking out all the lovely children's books. We are having a lovely time with Hannah and books, she likes to go to the book box and pick out a book that she wants read to her, luckily we kept quite a lot of books that we got for Rob and Amy and it is so nice to be able to read them to her, this year she will be old enough for the Christmas book that my two used to have read each and every Christmas, Alpaca Saves Christmas and also another favourite of ours, Can't you sleep little Bear.

How nice to see you back on LT, Chelle! Chloe is just beautiful — well done to you and Nate for that one. :-)

What a little sweetheart! Can't babies make the funniest faces? Love the Chloe/Mom pic hamming it up for the camera! I love. Using baby books especially when they're bargains. Hugs to Baby Chloe!

Oh, those *are* good illustrations! You have so much fun ahead of you reading to Chloe...

Book Delivery!! Book Delivery!! I love it when Mr Mailman brings me books!
I had gotten some gift cards for my birthday and pre-ordered some books that I wanted. The final book was just released and I got the delivery today!
For me:
Mr Mercedes by Stephen King
Visions by Kelley Armstrong
Unlucky 13 by James Patterson (only because I've read the whole series)

For Chloe:
Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan Ahlberg

I have to return two books that we got as gifts since I made the order:
On the Night you were born by Nancy Tillman
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson

I think I will purchase another Tillman book as I really love On the night you were born. Not sure what else I'll get yet.

Well Chloe and I went on our first book store outing today!! She did wonderful and just looked around in awe!


We traded in the two duplicate books that we had and exchanged them for Happy Hippo, Angry Duck and I Love You, Stinky Face

13 Hi John! Yes, I'm looking forward to reading with Chloe as she grows. She finally has started to sit quietly and calmly while I read her a book. She likes books with lots of colour so far.

14 Thanks Julia! We are quite fond of her and all her cuteness :)

15 Thanks Donna!! I refuse to spend $20 on a hardcover book for babies when they are just going to get goobered on and probably ripped. I'm a big fan of Chapters $2 book sales!

16 Hi Amber! Hopefully Chloe turns into as good a reader as Charlie!

Oh, Charlie and I love Each, Peach, Pear, Plum! The Allbergs are pretty amazing.

Sending you 'coast to coast' Happy New Thread wishes to you Chelle! Please give Chloe a hug for me.... she is sooooo sweet! I don't know what is a more enjoyable pastime - book buying/browsing or shopping/looking at baby clothes. Sounds like you found the perfect way to spend time while waiting for the car maintenance to be completed. ;-)

Well, Chloe is just beautiful!!! :) I love all of your thread topper pictures, but especially the middle one with you both making fish lips.

And the picture of her on her first trip to the book store is priceless! You'll have to save that one for the baby book. Hopefully, she'll share your love of reading. I wish I had a picture of me in a book store as a baby. :)

Happy new thread, Chelle. And of course I add more admiration of Chloe to the pile.

20 I agree Amber! That's the only book we have by the Allbergs right now. I thought I had a copy of The Jolly Postman but I can't seem to find it. It might be in my baby box or my sister might have kept it. Unfortunately my baby box went to our storage unit so I can't look through it right now :(

21 Extra hugs given Lori! Thanks!
I really love looking at baby clothes and books, but right now I enjoy the books more because the only store we have for baby clothes right now is Winners or Walmart. When we go back to London, Ontario to visit next month there is a brand new Carter's/OshKosh store that I am dying to visit!

22 Thanks Tina! I have Chloe's baby book up to date up to 2 months. In another week or two I'll start collecting the 3 months photos to add. The book store photo will make the cut for sure!

23 Thanks Micky! Chloe appreciates the admiration :)

Happy new thread, Chelle! So good to have you back.

>18 ChelleBearss: - Oh, my goodness! You're killing me with cuteness! :-)

>21 lkernagh: What an adorable little girl...so alert!
Congratulations!

Keep the Chloe photos coming Chelle, she is certainly something!

Have a great Sunday and it is great to see you back posting more. xx

Hi Chelle!
You and Chloe are having so much fun!!!! This is just the beginning of many, many happy years for all of you. Wishing you lots of happiness.
She is a sweetie, a sleeper - and looks like a potential reader! How did you get so lucky?

That picture of Chloe in the bookstore says so much. I think she's definitely going to be a book person and a future LTer!

"Get away from my lamb, dog!"


"Gramma says I look like a boy in my cargo pants :-("

25) Thanks Kerri, it's nice to have some time to be back!

26) Thanks Linda! We are very fond of her and all her cuteness!

27) Thanks Paul! I take a ton of photos every day so I suppose I could add a few on here :)

28) Thanks Cee! I'm happy to be back!
We feel very blessed! Not only to have a beautiful, happy, healthy baby but also to have a great sleeper! She only likes me to read to her when she is in a good mood. Once she starts to get a tad tired or cranky she will not sit to be read to. Hopefully when she gets older we will be able to read together before bed. Right now reading is a morning activity as that's when she is super happy and content!

29) Hi Donna! I can only hope that she will grow to love reading as much as her Mommy! With the amount of books on her shelf right now she will have every opportunity to become a reader! :)

Hi Chelle! Sorry, I've been M.I.A. over here. It is really nice seeing you posting around again. I love your photos of sweet Chloe. What a doll!

I hope to get to Cress, sometime next month. I intended to read that one, months ago.

Hugs!!

Hi Chelle, gorgeous photos of Chloe, nice to see you back on here and we can see hoe Chloe progresses, love and hugs to you all from Karen and I.

Keep those photos coming - she's beautiful!

Charlie was the same way with reading when he was tiny - he'd allow it when he was happy and well-rested, but bedtime reading wasn't really possible until he was a bit older. We eventually made bath time and evening feeding time into reading time: one of us would bath/feed when the other read aloud. It worked really well.

Great photos of Chloe, Chelle! What a treasure to have a great sleeper! My wife and I stumbled around for quite a while when our fitful ones were little.

Whoop whoop, finished a book! This reading thing is great when I can find the time to do it!

I finished We Are Water by Wally Lamb. It was a good book but it had some really deep and hard to read topics in it that I might not have been quite ready to read at only 13 weeks postpartum! (Incest, molestation, infant death, child abuse) Overall it was a good read and I've always enjoyed Wally Lamb's books. I think perhaps I will read book jackets for a while when picking out my next reads for a while though!

31) Thanks for the visit Mark! :) I enjoyed Cress as much as the other books. I should check and see when the next one is coming out.

32) Thanks John! Chloe is progressing way too fast in my eyes!

33) Thanks Amber! That sounds like a wonderful routine for Charlie! Unfortunately with Nate doing shift work it would only work for part of the time. Right now we are trying to alternate who gives her a bath and nighttime bottle when we can so that she doesn't turn into a Mommy suck. My best friend has a baby a couple months older than Chloe and no one else can soothe her at all. If she needs to go out the baby has a meltdown on poor dad. Thankfully Chloe hasn't started that nonsense yet and loves to be held by her Daddy!

34) Thanks Joe! I think she sleeps so well at night because she fights sleep all day long and just exhausts herself by bedtime.

Hi Chelle! Oh my goodness, Chloe is adorable - such a little sweetie! You have so much fun to look forward to. And she's a good sleeper, too - hurray for that!

I love seeing the baby books you're choosing. The illustrations in Waking Dragons are great.

More cuteness! How do you handle it? :)

I love the picture with the lamb especially. You are going to have a real job not spoiling her rotten, you know?

Well Amazon sucks! I got my copy of The Long Way Home yesterday and some smart person at Amazon shipping decided that it would be a great idea to put a novel and a container of baby bath soap in the same box without wrapping the soap in any sort of plastic wrap. Needless the box arrived soaked, the soap bottle empty and the novel ruined. It's all going back but thankfully the book is still readable so I can finish the long awaited book before I send it back! I'd have been really upset if I couldn't even read it after waiting for it to be released!!

Today is my two year wedding anniversary with Nate! I can't believe how fast time flies! It's been a great two years and as a present he challenged me to the ALS ice bucket challenge. Jerk LOL!!

36) Thanks Joanne! I am excited to see what the future brings with Chloe, but I'm in no hurry! She is already growing too fast!

37) Thanks Tina! She is currently laying on her play mat rolling all over and it's adorable! Cuteness overload for sure!

Happy second wedding anniversary Chelle my dear, love and hugs to you all from me and Karen.

Thanks John!!

Well I finished The Long Way Home. I actually stayed up past midnight to finish it and I'm sure feeling it today after a 4am feed for Chloe! Oy!
Book was awesome. Penny sure does know how to write a novel!

Morning Chelle! I have had the new Wally Lamb saved on audio, for a long time. I've seen very little LT activity about it, which is not always encouraging. Would you still recommend it? I LOVED his first 3.

>30 ChelleBearss: - Oh! Cute, cute, cute!

>38 ChelleBearss: - Happy belated anniversary!

Today Chloe is three months old! Holy crap, time is racing by! We went for a coffee and play date with a friend at our local farmer's market this morning and this afternoon will be relaxing with her Daddy. Nate is working tonight so it will be a quiet evening with my sleeping baby and my Stephen King book! Hope everyone is enjoying the start of their long weekend.

Morning Mark! I would recommend you read it and decide what you think. I gobbled it up but I wasn't sure how I felt about some of the content. Could be hormones affecting my judgement though. It's got some pretty strong subject matter that some wouldn't like. I love Wally Lamb and am happy I read it.

Thanks Kerri!!

Happy 2nd anniversary! Hard to believe.

Wishing you many more...

Oh, great, more Chloe pictures!!

Lots to celebrate on this thread! Love all the baby photos and great to see that you are still managing a few reads inbetween mother duties. I read quite a lot of airport thrillers and chick lit when I was a new Mum, the literary classics had to wait.

Great to see your photos of lovely Chloe, Chelle, and read your updates. I'm really happy that you're squeezing some reading in and a big BOO to Nate for the ice bucket challenge!!

Happy Sunday Everyone!
Today we are taking it easy. Chloe and I have been playing and relaxing together today while Nate sleeps for his nightshift. This afternoon we might meet some friends at the festival going on in our town and go to the petting zoo with our friends kids. Chloe is too small but I thought it would be nice to get out of the house for a bit. It's a little overcast today and I hope the rain holds off until tonight!

Thanks Cee! Nate had to work so we are thinking of taking Chloe on a day trip on his days off this week. Hopefully the weather holds up. It's quite dreary here today

Hi Roni! I may overload everyone with Chloe photos sometimes! I just can't help myself
Here is my new favourite!


Thanks Kerry! I don't see myself reading any literary fiction or classics for a while. I'm working on a Stephen King right now and I've got a James Patterson and a Kelley Armstrong waiting for me.

Thanks Cushla! I was actually surprised that we didn't get nominated for the ice bucket challenge sooner as my facebook has been packed with videos for weeks now!

Lovely photos! I particularly like that one with the lamb.

Hi Chelle! Love having you back! Chloe is a doll. I especially love little girls with their hair pinned up (>48 ChelleBearss:). So cute. Bummer about the wet, soapy book. Congrats on your second anniversary. Please post more pictures and don't sweat keeping up on our threads. : )

Chloe is such a doll! She looks so curious and alert, Chelle, I think she will keep both you and Nate on your toes.

YIKES on the Amazon shipping fiasco, happy anniversary - even if Nate has challenged you to an ALS ice bucket challenge - and is Chloe really three months already?! Wow! I shouldn't talk. I saw my great nephew this past weekend and was surprised to see him walking - while, running/racing everywhere really - and I love the words he has mastered so far. "Uh oh" is his favorite phrase, and he usually uses it in context!

Good for Nate! (although I hope he follows it up with a lovely real gift...) I've lost one family friend to ALS and two others are battling it right now; 75 years after Lou Gehrig's retirement speech and there is NO cure and only ONE drug that doesn't do much of anything. This is the first major influx of funds this "orphan" disease has had, so all power to it.

I love the look on Chloe's face in the bookstore -- such wide eyes; she is taking everything in!

49 Thanks Rhian! The lamb is the poor man's version of the teething toy Sophie the Giraffe. I refused to pay $25 for a squeaky toy but someone gave Chloe the lamb and she seems to like nibbling on it.

50 Thanks Kim! I love that Chloe has hair that I can pin up because unfortunately she is like her mommy and hates to wear head bands! She can only wear so much pink clothing and without she looks like a boy, like most babies do.

51 Thanks Judy! Yes, I think she is going to be a terror like her mommy was! My mom still tells stories of me as a child running down the sidewalk with just a diaper after I managed to get the front door open. Mom didn't much care to chase me with my infant sister in her arms!

52 I know Lori, time is just getting away from me already! Soon enough she will be talking, walking and taking over the house! lol

53 Hi Suz! Yes, ALS is terrible but not widely known. I was happy to make my donation and begrudgingly dumped the ice water on myself much to Nate's amusement!
No anniversary gift this year. A trip back home to Ontario next week is our gift to each other. We aren't big on celebrating but his mother sent us movie and dinner gift certificates to use when we visit and has offered to baby-sit! Score :)

Chelle, just LOVING all of your photos of Chloe. She is gorgeous! And she seems so grown up already! Wow!

Hi Friends! Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!! It's been a busy one here at Casa Bear as we leave for our trip to Ontario in a couple days so I've been mass cleaning and packing around taking care of the child! We are very much looking forward to our trip home though!

I finished a book as well, Stephen King's Mr Mercedes. As much as I did enjoy this it wasn't really a typical King book. Either he is trying something new or he is losing his creepy touch. It was an enjoyable book but not really what I expect to get when I buy a King book.

Thanks Nancy! I almost cried yesterday when I packed up all her clothes that she has grown out of. She is wearing a 6 month onesie today!! *sigh*

>48 ChelleBearss: - Adorable! No such thing Chloe photo overload!

I hope you're having a great trip!

Hi Chelle! Finally got a second to stop by for a visit only to see how much time has passed and how little Chloe has grown! Sooo beautiful too. Glad to see she's entered the wonderful world of books and it looks like she enjoyed it. My son mentioned to me the other day that he thinks the reason enjoys traveling and history so much is because of the Disney around the world books I subscribed to when he was little.
You just never know what sticks with little kids.
Continue the fun ride your on!

Hi Chelle, hope you and the family have a lovely Sunday my dear, love and hugs to you all and a special smooches for Chloe.

Popping in to check up on Mom and Daughter. : )

Stopping in to say hello! I have been super busy this summer and not on LT as much as normal. I am however keeping up with your pics on facebook. See you are all doing well and so happy for you, Nate and your beautiful little girl :)

HI Friends
Sorry I've been awol again. We got home from our wonderful vacation and Chloe and I have both gotten sick. Poor dear is dealing with her first cold as well as possible but she is also dealing with jet lag as there was a measly one hour difference and she hasn't adapted back yet. Which has meant mom and dad up with her in the night and since I'm sick I've been dragging my butt through each day. Hopefully by next week we will all be healthy again!

In my LT absence I've read:
36) Visions by Kelley Armstrong
37) The King of Lies by John Hart
38) Unlucky 13 by James Patterson

And I'm about to start The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling)

Hope everyone is well!!

Aww, feel better Chelle and Chloe!

Sending get better soon wishes to both you and adorable Chloe, Chelle!

Hope Mom and daughter are soon in the best of health!

Oh no! Sorry about the colds. I hope you're both feeling better soon!

Hope you are feeling better, Chelle. Pictures of Chloe here would probably make everyone feel better...

Ugh, sorry to hear about the cold! I've got my first one of this winter - in fact I think it's the first of the year as I don't recall one for last winter. I'm not enjoying feeling even more foggy headed than usual.

Hopefully you and Chloe will be feeling back to your best soon and she's not suffering too much.

Boo for colds. Hope you two are on the mend.

Hope you are both on the mend--and that you enjoy The Silkworm!

Hi Chelle! Sorry to hear about the cold. Boo! Hope it is history or about to be. I am sorry, the King book was a disappointment. He has been on a pretty good roll, these past few years.
Hope the week goes well. Give Dear Chloe a HUG from us!

Positive thoughts for your and Chloe's improving health, Chelle, and I hope you have a good time with The Silkworm. I enjoyed it.

Get well vibes to mother and (sorry) especially daughter.

Popping in to say Hi! Missing you (and your cute daughter!). Hope you are having fun.

How are you doing Chelle?? Congrats on reaching that wonderful 3 month milestone. Glad to hear that you are able to find some time for yourself and read. That must be a sanity saver, speaking from experience of course. ;)

PS - Hope you and Chloe feel better soon. Babes and colds are such a nasty business.

Aw, that last photo of Chloe is so sweet, her wee round cheeks look so kissable. I am all over my boys' cheeks- they squirm away now but I still get my fix :)

Popping in again to see if there are more pictures, or books....Hint, hint! (And see which I listed first?! I know the priorities.)

Hi Friends!!
Sorry I haven't been around at all ( I keep repeating myself ...) but life is hectic.
We have put our house up for sale and we are moving back home!! Nate is in the final stages of his application with the provincial police and he is leaving the military next month! I am so excited to be moving home.
Needless to say with our house up for sale and having a five month old I don't have much time for anything. I've been reading the same book for almost a month. I'm trying to work my way through Ken Follett's Century Trilogy as I bought the final book but they are each 1000 pages! I'm 2/3 through the first one.

Here are some of Chloe's latest photos! She is getting so big! Sitting up by herself, wanting to hold her own spoon and bottle and scootching her way across her mat and the dreaded teething monster hit this week!

Oh my gosh!!!! She is so stinking cute!! Gahh, I'm surprised you get ANY reading done with that cutey around.
Yay for moving back home. Will you be closer to family then? Sorry my brain is really bad but where would home be again?

Busy times for you Chelle but moving back home and closer to family and friends must be very exciting! It is amazing how quickly the little ones grow, isn't it? Chloe is as adorable as ever.

Woot! Big news, Chelle! So glad to hear you are excited and well. Chloe is a little sweetheart!

Oh, Chelle! That is indeed BIG news! Congrats - I am so happy for you! Chloe is GORGEOUS!

Hi Chelle, hope you are having a lovely Saturday my dear, the photo's of Chloe are gorgeous. Hope the house sale goes through ok and you get moved without any trauma. The photo of Nate and Chloe is absolutely lovely. Sending love and hugs to you all from Karen and I.

That is exciting news, Chelle. I personally liked your latest home, but am afraid I am not in the market for purchasing at present :)

Hey Chelle! Chloe is downright, without a question, ADORABLE!
Best of luck on the sale of your home and your move back home. I bet everyone is so happy to have all of you back on the mainland.
Good luck to the Dashing Daddy too regarding the final stages of his app.

Glad to hear you're moving back closer to your family. Being away is so tough.

Also look at that gorgeous husband and daughter of yours! :D

>78 ChelleBearss: Adorable! Good luck with the house-selling. Glad to hear you'll be moving back home, although, like Megan, I've also envied your current location. :-)

What a cutie!! Super happy for your big move. You are going to be a busy, busy woman. : )

I came here for a Chloe fix and find the good news that you are moving back home. I know you will miss your house and the beautiful surrounding landscape but it will be so helpful to be back with family. You will be super busy in the next few months. I wish you, Nate, and Chloe all the best in the transition, Chelle! Keep us posted. A bit of unsolicited advice -- you might want to read shorter books than the Follett series while all this is going on! Haha.

I was very glad for you when I read that you are moving back home. I am sure it's been a wonderful experience, living in Nova Scotia, but like Dorothy says "There's no place like home!" (I bet the grandparents are over the moon!)

And the busy, busy woman is not here. Hope you are catching some rest along the way! ; )

What a Christmas you'll have with Chloe there to celebrate. I predict the ribbons will be the biggest attraction for her.

Good news that Nate is joining the police service in lieu of the armed forces as I guess you'll have more time together.

Have a wonderful weekend. Chloe is delightful and I can see a glimmer of the Mum in her smiling visage in >78 ChelleBearss:

Hi Friends!!

We are all moved in here in Ontario! Our furniture arrived today and we have most of our day to day boxes unpacked and our little apartment space set up. Most of our stuff is in storage until we get our house in the spring.
Chloe was an angel on the trip home and relatively good since, even though she is just as tired as her mom and dad!
Family Christmas parties start tomorrow and lots of stuff to do before Christmas arrives!

Hope you all are having a happy holiday season and wish you all a Merry Christmas in case I can't make it to your threads before Christmas.

Chloe is such a star!! What a cute shiny happy face. *with pigtails*
:)

Very cute photo. I'm glad to hear that you're getting settled in. Hope you have a fabulous time with your family :).

Beautiful photo, Chelle! Wishing you all a very merry Christmas back home with family and friends. A joyous new year too!

Happy Sunday, Chelle! Glad to see you are back in Ontario, safe & sound. I LOVE the family photo. I can not get enough of Chloe. She is such a happy baby.

So happy that you've arrived safely!

So happy for you, Chelle! And the photo is just so sweet - I love how you and Nate are in light colors and Chloe is in dark. Wishing you the happiest of Christmas seasons.

Ah, wonderful, Chelle. What a great photo of the three of you. Have a great holiday season!

Wow! All moved home to Ontario already, Chelle. How lovely that you will be settled in before Christmas. Chloe is a little doll … love the pic!

Thanks for checking in, Chelle! What a lovely family photo! Glad to hear the move is done.

Hi Chelle, glad the move went ok and you are settled until you get your house in the spring. The photo of you all is fabulous and Chloe is growing so fast. Have a very Merry Christmas my dear and I hope you all get lovely gifts.

Gorgeous family photo, Chelle. Glad you're back home and settled(ish). Have a fabulous Christmas!

Lovely family picture and great to hear that you are back in Ontario. Have a wonderful Christmas.

Beautiful family pics, Chelle! Glad to hear the move went smoothly. Here's to a wonderful Christmas and relaxing holidays for you and the family as you guys adjust to life in Ontario. :)

What a wonderful family photo, Chelle and congratulations on a successful move in the crazy lead up to the holidays!

Merry, merry Christmas, Chelle. Enjoy!


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Chelle, special Christmas wishes for you and Nate on your first Christmas as parents! It's Chrismas Eve's eve, and so I am starting the rounds of wishing my 75er friends the merriest of Christmases or whatever the solstice celebration of their choice is.

Merry Christmas, Chelle! I hope you, Nate and Chloe have a lovely first Christmas together.

Hi Chelle, just posting to wish you, Nate and Chloe a very Merry Christmas and have a fabulous day my dear from John and Karen, love and hugs on this first Christmas as parents.

Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family!

Happy Christmas to you and Nate and that adorable little Chloe, Chelle!

From our family to yours!

Merry Christmas friends!!

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful winter! Ontario is having rain and green grass for Christmas but we are with family so we really have everything we need!

Blessings for a wonderful 2015!!

Stopping by to wish you and your loved ones a happy holiday season and all the best in 2015!

Oh, I love that red nose!

Wishing you a wonderful first threesome Christmas

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

Have a wonderful day, Chelle, with your lovely family. Hugs to baby Chloe. I LOVE the photos you have been posting. She is such a doll and a happy one at that.

Merry Christmas Chelle, I hope you and yours have a wonderful day.

Merry Christmas, Chelle, to you and Nate and Chloe. All the best for a wonderful 2015.

Happy Holidays, Chelle!

Hi Chelle, just a quick post to wish you, Nate and Chloe a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year my dear and have an enjoyable reading year in 2015. xx

Chelle,



Happy New Year from your friend in Kuala Lumpur

Happy, happy New Year, Chelle! I love the pictures of your darling daughter.

Happy New Year, Chelle! May it be filled with fabulous!

Chelle! Love the picture of your family. Good luck with all the boxes and have fun in Ontario. Hope to see you around. : )

Happy New Year friends!!
I hope everyone has a wonderful 2015 and hope there is some wonderful reading ahead for you!

I don't plan on having a 2015 thread as I could barely keep up in 2014 and things have gotten even busier for me.
I'll be popping around your threads to say hello and you can always find me (And Chloe) on instagram and facebook

Cheers to a wonderful 2015!!
XO
Chelle

I'll miss you around the 2015 threads!

I will miss you too! And your darling daughter. And your books. Fell free to hijack my thread to say Hi! Happy New Year. : )

Chelle, wishing you all the best for 2015!

Thanks for letting us know, Chelle. We completely understand, but you will be missed. Feel free to hijack my thread any time if you feel the need to share pics of Chloe!

Chloe makes the cutest little reindeer ever. Move over, Rudolph!I will try to find you on FB, a place I like to lurk on to see what my cousins are up to. Best wishes for a wonderful new year!