Smooshy face!

Dear Zoe, just this week, you have started to do the funniest new thing....you take your bath toys and squeeze them REAL hard and make a face like a wrestler- squinty eyes, clenched jaw and teeth showing. Dad and I laugh and laugh and you know you are being hilarious, so you do it again and again. I have no idea where you learned it from!

Better luck this time!

Dear Zoe, yesterday was not our best day. In the morning, you took a spill and fell on your face. Then a we were leaving for lunch, I realized I locked my keys in the house! We hung out at Starbucks (and you were so well behaved!!) until Dad came to our rescue. Today is a new day and it will be much better!!

Crock Crystal

Dear Zoe, Nana and Da came to visit this weekend and you had so much fun with them. You showed them all your tricks - crawling, clapping, and waving bye bye.

They brought you a very special friend, a Teddy bear named Crock Crystal. He was your daddy's when he was a little boy. Nana took him to the spa to get all cleaned up for you and you and Crock are becoming fast friends!!

xoxo, the mama

Swings with Cole

Dear Zoe, Today we went to the park with your friend Cole. We went on the swings and down the slide. Cole showed you his latest dance moves and you thought he was hilarious!

xoxo, the mama

Modeling

Dear Zoe, mom broke out her sewing machine and has been working on some new outfits for you. You were so kind to model one for me today...

xoxo, the mama

It's a bird, it's a plane...

It's super Zoe!!

Dear Zoe, your new favorite thing to do is fly through the air with mom and dad. You spread out your little arms and laugh and scream. After we are done, instead of saying "again!", you just scooch yourself back into position and start flapping!!



Wheeeee!

xoxo, the mama

9 Months Old!

Dear Zoe,
Happy 9 month birthday!  Dad made you a very special treat for your birthday breakfast - blueberry pancakes!  You ate two whole pancakes and loved them.  We had your 9 month appointment this week - you are now 18lbs 14oz and 30 inches long- which puts you in the 50th percentile for weight and you are still off the charts for height.  In fact, you are now the height of the average 14 month old....which explains why all your pants are floods on you!   You are losing some of your baby fat though - when I look back at some pictures from a few months ago, your cheeks were MUCH chubbier!

This month, you hit a lot of new milestones-

• You are crawling ALL over the place.  Your favorite places to go are anywhere that mama is at and the bookshelves...look out!
• All four of your front teeth are coming in.
• You are eating 3 meals a day!  Favorite foods are blueberries and bananas. 
• You are waving and clapping on command.  Everytime we are in the store or on the train, you wave at all the other people like you are on a parade float. 
• You have so much to say!  You are definitely most talkative in the mornings, where you tell us all about your dreams and what you want to do today (all subject to my own interpretation, of course).
• Even though you are not quite pulling yourself up, you can go from crawling to sitting upright, so Dad lowered your crib this weekend!
• You are quite the copy cat - if Dad or I blow raspberries, you do it too.  If we make a yelling noise, you do it too.  It is so fun seeing your mind work.
• Your memory is also developing.  I can't take something (my phone) away and hide it under the pillow anymore and have you forget, you go after it now!

9 months and SO happy!

Not so happy to share your chair/the spotlight with your dog friend though!

This may be my new favorite picture, so cute!

Ick, ma, no kisses!

Let's watch you grow...

This has been the BEST 9 months of my life.  You are the funniest and most charming little girl I have ever met, thanks for making Dad and I so happy!!

xoxo, the mama