First Month in the New Year

Zoey has had a wonderful first January.  She's got 2 teeth, has learned to pull herself up to standing, and just yesterday Shawn told me that she even got up and stood all by herself for a brief moment!

Unfortunately she also recently got bronchiolitis and a double ear infection.  She's been on breathing treatments and antibiotics, but that doesn't get her down.  She's always very upbeat and happy.

Zoey is thoroughly enjoying all the toys and books she got for Christmas.  She'll sit in our laps and look at her stories with us.  Yesterday I bought her some wood blocks.  Her she is improving Daddy's design.

We're looking forward to the rest of 2010 with our little girl!

These booties were made for walkin...

Last weekend Zoey learned how to pull herself up to standing!  Jeez, we haven't fully prepared the house for crawling yet, now we have to make sure there's nothing she can pull.  She's been grabbing things off the top of the coffee table and playing with the kitchen chairs!  I finally got her some cool shoes recommended by Miss Chris at Serendipity:

Zoey's getting better grip with these on while playing on the hardwood floors.  Walking, here we come!

We've got crawling!

This evening Shawn and I witnessed Zoey crawl on her hands and knees for several iterations to go pet Anubis (our Siamese cat)!  It was unbearably cute because she was in full fleece PJs and was trying to get across our hard-wood floors.  Her knees kept sliding so she had this tiny shuffle of a crawl!

Oh and I learned that the tooth that's "erupting" is her bottom left central incisor. 

She's literally growing right before our eyes!

Christmas & New Year's!!!

Zoey's first Christmas was amazing.  She spent lots of time with mommy, daddy, and much of her extended family.  Now that she's crawling and sitting up better, she enjoyed all the attention and opening her many, many presents.  She especially liked all the bows and playing with Copper (her Nana and Granddad's dog).

After Christmas we let her wear her cat costume as pajamas.  She loves her new toys.

She had so much fun visiting with her daddy's extended family this weekend. 

What a great holiday break.  We watched Zoey learn so many new things.  When on all fours, she extends her legs so she looks like she's about to do a push-up.  She's trying to clap but always needs a partner to make sound.  If you hold out your hand to her, she'll slap it.  If she tries by herself, she usually has her left palm open but her right hand in a fist.  We think she'll get it soon.  She seems to also do a flapping sort of wave to someone she wants to hail.  Daddy noticed her bottom left tooth is coming in!  Zoey is also very talkative.  Sometimes she'll even sing a little song to herself ... I can't describe it, but it's funny!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We may need another holiday break just to recuperate!

The Amazing Zoey!

This past weekend, our little Zoey has figured out how to "army" crawl.  Is that the technical term?  I asked people at my company's Christmas party what they called it.  I heard "infantry crawl", "military crawl", etc.  Now she's getting into places and things I didn't think she'd be getting into so soon.  We're going to have to baby-proof the house some more.

On Sunday we bought Zoey her first Christmas presents and her very own real Christmas tree.  At first she really wanted to touch the branches ... but when we did, she didn't like how pointy they were ... then she would forget and reach out to touch it again.

 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Zoey's getting ready for Christmas!  We're so excited about the upcoming holiday season. 

"Who needs Santa when I have Grandma?"

6 Months

At 6 months old, Zoey is experimenting with getting up on all fours.  Crawling can't be too far away.  Too bad she can only figure out how to go backwards ...

 

 

Our little girl is also exploring the world of solid food.  She's a great eater, just like her dad ... except for the fact that she will actually eat her peas!  Here she is looking like she has a massive hang-over from too many apple-tinis.

She is 16 lbs. and 9 oz., putting her in the 75th percentile.  Zoey can indicate who she wants to cuddle with, but there's no guarantee she won't change her mind immediately.  Her words include "da-da-da" and "ga-ga-ga" plus lots of excited screaming and exclamations. 

We're looking forward to celebrating her first Christmas soon.  Hopefully we can get a tree this weekend.  Happy Holidays, everyone!