Zoe is 7 months old

As of yesterday, our little bundle of joy is 7 months old. She is absolutely adorable - officially crawling, making more effort at her sounds, and smiling all the time. :)

School is almost over - just another oh, two weeks or so. I think my last final goes away (it's online) on the 17th, so I am almost there. Then just four more months in the spring, and I'll have my associates. Just a piece of paper, I know. lol :) :)

David is in the kitchen right now making himself some dinner, and Zoe is crawling around on the floor here next to me - starting to fuss like she's almost ready for bedtime, so I'd better scoot and give her some food. :) Thought I'd post a couple pictures, too. Hope you enjoy!

Of Croup and Colds...

So little Zoe has croup this week. :( She is coughing and sounds pretty wheezy, but this is her fourth day and she is starting to get better. David and I have colds, and we will be getting better any day now. At least we all got sick at the same time, so we can be done and over soon. :) :)

Zoe is 6 Months Old!

Zoe is now 6 months old (as of yesterday!). She is the most adorable baby EVER! :) She has started pushing herself over from her back onto her tummy. She stuffs her whole hand into her mouth, and I think she is teething again, too. She laughs a lot and just adores her daddy!! She sits up when propped by her Boppy pillow, and she is finding interest in toys and stuffed animals. She sleeps through the night - usually an 8-10 hour stretch, then feeds once, and sleeps another 2-4 hours, for a total of 12 or so hours. We love our little girl so much!

We "celebrated" Zoe's half birthday after church yesterday with my parents. We went to Village Inn and ate breakfast, while Zoe slept in her car seat. LOL :) Yesterday was also our nephew's 4th birthday, so we went to his party yesterday afternoon. Then we had dinner with David's dad and stepmom and his sister and her family at Outback - it was my first time there - and dinner was good. :)

It is November and plans are underway for our Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Can you believe it?! Winter is right around the corner! The snow last week and the warmer weather this week prove we are in Albuquerque. :) If you don't like the weather one day, wait around and see what it's like the next day. LOL

Here are some current pictures of Zoe. Enjoy!

Our Pagosa Springs trip

We had a nice trip to Pagosa Springs this last weekend with a couple sets of friends. I thought I'd post some pictures, but I can't really put all of them up, because I took over 300 pictures. I won't even post 100 of them, I promise, as I did on my facebook. :)

Zoe did pretty well this trip, but she didn't sleep as good as she does here at home. The weather was beautiful up in Pagosa - sunshine and 60 degrees every day. We stopped a lot on the way and on the way back to sightsee and to eat. All in all, it was a good trip.

Here are the pictures. Enjoy!

Been a While....

Hello all!

I was looking at a friend's blog, and realized it's been almost a month since I posted on my own. Sorry, folks! Guess when I can't post pictures, my motivation to keep up goes down, too. (Like that play on words?) :) Well, I won't be posting pictures for a while, anyways, since I lost my camera yesterday in the pumpkin patch. A search this morning (while observing beautiful balloons blowing over Corrales) didn't lead to the missing camera, so we did lose all of Zoe's first Balloon Fiesta pictures. :( Sad times! Maybe I'll talk David into buying me a new camera for an early Christmas present! :) lol

Zoe is growing well. She is almost 5 1/2 months old, and weighs 13 lbs. She has started eating baby food - she likes applesauce, peaches, and green beans. Next week, we'll start her on carrots and peas. She "talks" a lot with us, and smiles almost all the time. She doesn't care for time in her playpen; she'd rather be sitting with Mommy or Daddy, and tummy time usually turns into crying time. :( She hasn't rolled over yet, but is getting really close. :) She usually sleeps from 7:00pm until 3:30am, then a quick eat, and goes back to sleep until 6:55am (that's when our sprinklers automatically come on in the backyard). She usually stays awake until around 9:00am, when she takes a 1-2 hour nap (depending on the day). Sometimes she takes a nap in the afternoon, and most days she doesn't. :)

Speaking of a happy baby, she is actually crying her eyes out in her playpen now, so I guess I'd better go get her!

Catch up with you again soon!

The first couple pictures.... more to follow!

This picture is from our trip to Santa Fe on Labor Day. Isn't Zoe adorable?!

This was taken in El Paso this last weekend... more to follow!

Catching Up

We have been busy in the last few weeks... I was talking to my mom yesterday, and she mentioned there have not been any new blog posts in a while (hint!). So I thought I'd post an update (minus the pictures - still haven't figured that one out yet!).

We are doing okay. :) I think I have strep throat this week, but David is healthy, and so far, Zoe is doing really good. Right now, she's waking up from a nap in her swing. She is growing so much! She's almost 4 1/2 months old, and goes for her checkup next Tuesday. We'll see at that appointment how much she weighs. She has started to hold things in her hands, and is just beginning to realize things can go in her mouth! :) She loves to laugh, and smiles all the time. I have a video clip of her yesterday, which I will post when I figure out how to get it off my camera onto David's Mac. :)

School is going fine. Lots of homework, though! David starts seminary classes at our church next Tuesday. He is super excited about that! He's going to have a busy year, but he loves to stay busy (otherwise, if he sits still, he falls asleep! lol).

We are really enjoying our new house. It is amazing - we haven't bought new furniture, and with how well it fits in here, I'm amazed we fit it all in the other place!! The Lord has graciously provided tenants for both sides of our duplex (one of the families is Christian, too!). David is busy finishing up getting both sides ready.

Ut oh! Zoe has started crying (I moved her to tummy time in her playpen). Guess I better go save her! :) :)