If You're Happy And You Know It

Twee!

We put the Christmas Tree up last weekend.  Zoe likes the lights and the ornaments hung up there just to tease her.  She did try pulling up on the tree but now just enjoys it.  Last year Grandma MJ gave Zoe a small tree.  It's so neat to set up a tree that is Zoe's.  When she first saw it lit, she got excited and started laughing.  I repeated "Tree" to her several times.  She's been calling it a Twee.   I finally got a new camera to replace my old one that was 4 years old with a broken LCD. I'm sure you will be happy to see all the fun pictures I've taken with the camera. Enjoy!

This last one is very large but I wanted to show off how great the camera is at accurately capturing her eye color.

Zoe's Christmas List

For those of you wanting Zoe Christmas ideas, here you go! Laugh & Learn Learning Home Playset

Fisher-Price Learning Kitchen  Little People: Animal Sounds Farm Baby Stella Doll Radio Flyer Wagon Playskool Clipo Table Little People: Lil Movers School Bus Little Tikes Swing Along Castle

Any Wooden puzzles with chunky pieces- Melissa & Doug is a great brand Footed Pajamas size 24 months.  (Zoe is already growing out of her 18 month pjs!)

Socks in size 18 month

Books: Gymboree 365 Activities You and Your Toddler Will Love: Fun Ideas for Your Toddler's Growing Mind!

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Googly Boogly

Zoe is pulling up all the time and beginning to cruise now. She's into everything! Grandma Mary, Aunt Sharon and Aunt Leah came to visit last weekend. Aunt Sharon was eating some breakfast and she had 3 little beggers wanting a piece. Zoe also mimics almost everything she sees. In this picture Grandma Mary and Aunt Sharon were raising thier arms so Zoe joined. Thanksgiving Day was wonderful but the only pictures I have to show for it are these below. Zoe and Breanna were playing together for over an hour. They were playing on the couch going back and forth and laughing the entire time. We also were able to visit Baylie, Nathan, and Soni over Thanksgiving weekend. Zoe always enjoys spending time with baby Baylie Finally, enjoy the following video. Zoe will often start doing her "Googly Boogly" noises when she's happy. We don't know what it means but it's funny!

Wordless Wednesday

13 months

At her 12 month doctor appointment recently, Zoe weighed 20 lbs 15 oz (60%) and was 31 inches long (94%). Perfectly heathy in every way! She's crawling like a champ and pulling up all the time. I'm still not used to setting her down next to me and her disappearing around the corner chasing after Bella. She has this strange habit of carrying a sock around with her and chewing on it occassionally. Sometimes this means she pulls a sock off her feet to do this and other times she pulls a clean sock out of the laundry pile. She'll even crawl around with the sock from room to room. Here's some video of her crawling last time that Grandma Mary was here: And I wanted to share this pic of Zoe and Mommy. She fell asleep in my lap for the first time in months. She's getting so big! We went to the Pumpkin Patch when Grandma Mary was here also and we got a ton of great pictures... And finally, we'd like to wish Grandma Mary a very happy Birthday! We miss you and hope to see you again soon!

Texas Birthday Party

Zoe has been busy lately! We all went down to Texas for Aunt Leah's wedding. It was a lovely ceremony in the backyard at Grandma and Grandpa's house. During the ceremony and for most of the reception, Zoe was doing this... The day after the wedding, Aunt Sharon threw a Texas birthday party for her. It was jungle themed with a very cute Monkey cake. And animal masks that we all wore... And of course Zoe got to taste her first cake and icing! She also enjoyed opening and playing with the gifts: And finally, she enjoyed quality time with family. Thanks Aunt Sharon for such a great Texas party! Stay tuned for the Oklahoma party and a crawling update!