18 Month Check Up

I'm a little late in posting this but better late than never! Overall, Chloe is a beautiful, happy, healthy girl.  Her head is 17 1/2" (which has been small since birth), she is 21 pounds and 4 oz, and is 31 1/2" long.  The doctor is a little concerned about Chloe's weight. Up until this point she had stayed in the same percentile - her growth progressing appropriately.  This time, Chloe dropped in percentile with her weight.  We've started giving her 2 bottles of Pediasure a day -I feel like I'm buying formula again! $10 for a six pack! Shane's Blue Moon costs less than Chloe's Pediasure!  But that's ok -whatever it takes to keep our girl healthy & happy!

Easter x2!

We had our first Easter at Nana's house last weekend.  Chloe had to model Nana's pretties!

"Yook Bob Bob dwess!"

Mom & Bob 

Rocky wrestling with Eli, Seth & Liam

Bath time with "Ee-wy" in Kary's big tub

At Big Papa's house - Chloe wearing Noah's hat

Easter egg hunt today at Poppa's church

What's inside?

Happy Easter with my girl!

Chloe & her "Buddy"

Family Pictures!

Chloe loved playing in this little car! "Bye Bye, See ya Mama!"

Cousin fun on the 4 wheeler!

Surprise Birthday Party Tonight!

Chloe is going to miss Aidden's birthday party this Saturday, so we gave a surprise party tonight!

His favorite meal - Sesame Chicken, homemade rice krispie treats, "Just Dance 2" Wii game & pirate birthday banner!

Chloe & Daisy

"Mo Peez!"

My big girl! "Bush teeth mama"

Catering by the Henderson's (& Chloe too!)

Ben E. Keith donated food & beverages to the THEA Foundation Awards Ceremony. THEA is a great organization created to advocate the importance of the arts in the development of youth (their mission statement). Scholarships were given to Junior & Senior high school students for their art projects on the theme, amazing butterflies.  Here are a few pictures of Shane's food!

Brie Cheese with a Strawberry Balsamic Sauce

(Left) Maytag Bleu Cheese with White Wine Poached Apples

(Right) Boursin Cheese with Pickled Tomatoes

Cheese Display

(Top) Chicken Salad Sliders

(Bottom) Ham & Leek Biscuits with Five Pepper Jelly

Mini Hot Dogs with Homemade Ketchup, Mustard & Relish

A few of the assorted desserts (the butterfly cookies were made by a THEA volunteer)

Food table

No more Watee!

It's been an exciting week! The picture above is Chloe & Laney playing with the sand & water table.

We LOVE Daisy!

We were visiting Rob in the hospital on Wednesday. Chloe saw a fountain & pointed out the "water" thus...no more watee! My girl is so big!

The other great thing about this week is Chloe learned to hug! I mean really hug! She wraps her arms around your neck & squeezes! It was the most wonderful thing ever!

Did I mention we love Daisy?

My big girl! She loves to do more than "swing" on her swing set!

Another cute thing Chloe says lately...she grabs Shane's bald head with both hands & says, "Oh no! What happened?" It's the funniest, sweetest thing ever!

Chloe loves her Buddy...Buddy hates the bright light of the camera!

For my friend Kelly Brown!

Kelly is married to my good friend Annie.  Kelly's new book, "The Obed" will be on sale this month.  I can't wait to get my own, personal signed copy! I'm so proud of you!

The Obed: A Climber’s Guide to the Wild and Scenic

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We are proud to announce our next guidebook The Obed: A Climber’s Guide to the Wild and Scenic, by Kelly Brown. The book will be available for pre-purchase here at Greener Grass Publishing sometime in April, and available for sale everywhere around the end of May, 2011. This book has been in the works for a long time, and we think that it is our most stunning yet! The guide features photographs from Knoxville local Mark A. Large, who has really put in the extra work in order to make this thing sing with action, as well as many others. Kelly Brown, a long-time local and developer, has done an amazing job of sharing his love for the magical climbing area known as Obed, and we can’t wait to share it with you.

The Obed: A Climber’s Guide to the Wild and Scenic fully describes the sport climbing, trad climbing, and bouldering found at the confluences of the Obed River and Clear Creek. It does so with descriptions of every route or problem, color photos of the routes, tons of topo maps, recommended routes lists, pages of history and contributor essays, tick lists, and tons of action photos to get you psyched.

To read Kelly Brown’s story about the Obed in the March edition of Deadpoint Magazine, click here.

Check back at GreenerGrassPublishing.com for more updates about the release date as that information becomes available, or follow us on Facebook!