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. :)

Today

Zoe is now officially not only crawling, but pulling herself up to standing using certain large and sturdy objects. Her favorites are the boxes we have out ready to be wrapped for Christmas presents. She pulls herself up and then looks around for us to notice her standing. :) She loves crawling, and is getting faster and better every day. Her favorite things to play with are not, as one might think, the fun and colorful rattles and noisy toys. Alas, her favorites are cell phones and television remotes! When David found Zoe's spit up in his work iPhone, we figured it was time to start saying no to these most precious of toys. We are also starting the "no" phase for certain un-kid-friendly things around the house, such as the Christmas tree, the dining room blinds, and the cords to my laptop and other electronic devices. Currently, Zoe just crawled from the living room to her new favorite perch under the dining room table. She had her first booboo today when she hit her head on the table leg. A quick hug and kiss from Mommy and a few apple cinnamon Puffs made the pain diminish very quickly. :) She is happily occupied under the table looking up at me while I type this post. She laughs a lot and is starting to respond to us calling her name. All in all, she is turning into quite the social butterfly.

Here are a couple of pictures from this past weekend. Enjoy!

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!