Wednesday, July 28, 2010

July Update



Wow - April, huh? My last post was about three months ago. How time flies! Summer is in full swing here, even though the last couple of days have been rainy and cooler than normal. We picked four huge bowls of apricots off our tree on Sunday, and spent about an hour washing and cutting and freezing them. Now I have 14 Ziplocs of frozen apricots in my freezer, and I must figure out what to do with them. I can't plan to eat them too fast over the winter, because I already found out that too many at one time makes the eyes turn yellowish-orange. LOL! Apricot recipes, here I come!

Zoe is growing so fast.. she will be 15 months old on August 1, and will have her 15 month check up on Tuesday. We'll find out how much she weighs and how tall she is at that appointment. It's always fun for me to find out how much she's growing. She has consistently stayed in the 10th percentile for weight and 25th percentile for height, so I'm not expecting this check up to be much different. LOL. Because her pediatrician is completely booked for the next three weeks, and has 100 people on his waitlist (that's literally what the lady told me!), I scheduled her for another doctor. She has been to this other office once before, when she had a reaction to the antibiotics she was on for what turned out to be a non-existent ear infection. The nice doctor at this other office told me to take her off the antibiotic, and her rash went away right away! (Wow, that was a mouthful - "went away right away!") Anyways, Zoe has been walking for 5 months now, she has 9 teeth including some of her molars, she signs "please," "more," and "thank you," and she has a vocabulary of "daddy," "mama," "doggy" (everything is a doggy right now!), "please," and basic gibberish. She is starting to mimic more of what we say, and it won't be long now before we start having conversations. :) She is learning what it means when Mama says "no" to certain things around the house... and she is just a bundle of fun at all times! We are so blessed to have her in our lives!

What blessings God pours out upon His children, and we are so grateful for each new day to spend learning about Him and His purpose for our lives. What an honor to bring Him glory in all we do. May this day find you and yours rejoicing in His constant and faithful love to you, and may all the blessings of God be upon you!

Friday, April 16, 2010

Zoe :)

Two more weeks and she'll be one year old! :)

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Playtime!

Here is Zoe, being just as cute as a button, falling into and tearing down the blanket covering her playpen. Okay, I know she's technically supposed to be taking a nap, but once she discovered she could do this....... well, bye-bye nap time! :) lol

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Monday, March 8, 2010

Zoe is a Walker! :)

Big day! Zoe took her first "official" steps!!!!! Yay! She is growing so fast, even as she gets over croup and RSV. She's 10 months old, and just as cute as can be! LOL

Friday, February 26, 2010

Zoe Pics





Hello all! My baby is going to be 10 months old on Monday, so I thought I'd better post some pictures of her while she's still in her 9th month. :)

Zoe's Walking Toy from Grandma and Grandpa

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Today

Today the sun is shining bright.
Today the windows bring in light.
Today it's high my sights
Are set.

Well, anyway, it's not a very good poem, but I am trying to get some cleaning done and enjoy this beautiful spring-like weather we are having. The sun streaming in the windows does good for the soul... couldn't help but peek outside and see if the trees are beginning to bud. Lots of organizing and throwing stuff away from a winter of "put that aside until later." It is so nice to begin to see the fruits of my labor as the house is looking a little bit cleaner than it was this morning. :)

Guess I should get back to work. *wink

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Almost 9 months old...



Wow! A reminder from my mom made me look at the last post date - Dec 14!! Sheesh - that's like 6 weeks ago! Well, a lot has happened in that time - the holidays and Christmas break, some time off of work for David, a family trip to San Francisco, the start of my last semester, and of course - Zoe-oe-oe. :)
She will be 9 months old on Monday, already! She is scooting herself all around the floor, pulling herself up to standing, and has just started standing herself without support (not for long, but still!). She claps her hands and smiles, dances and bounces to music (especially techno), jibbers and babbles and laughs at herself, loves to play Peek-a-Boo, and lights up Daddy's world when he comes home. She loves sitting with us and playing in our laps; she hates it when we walk out of the room or leave her in her crib for naptime. She's sleeping at night pretty well - this last week, she has been sleeping 9 or 10 hour stretches again. We'll get her 9 month check up on Monday, and see how much she weighs and how tall she is. She has been having teething pains since she was almost 3 months old, but no teeth have broken through yet. She sucks on her fingers a lot, though. We are also waiting for some nice dark curly hair to sprout out on her head - still lots of "peach fuzz" up there right now. lol. Zoe is so precious, indeed, and we are blessed to be enjoying her.
We welcomed a new niece into the family on Monday (Jan 25). Little Kenzie is soooo precious. We went last night to officially meet her (man! did Zoe look HUGE compared to the tiny baby!). Such preciousness these little babies are!
Hopefully, I'll be posting on here more often, so check back again soon. :)