March Photo Challenge Day 1-3

Ok so here is Day 1-3:

Day 1: Up

Day 2: Fruit. I am more of a veggie person so this is how I get my fruit.
Day 3: Neighborhood. This is our neighborhood park.

15 Months

Now that Zoey is a year old I won't be doing the monthly updates. I am going to try to stick with every 3 months then when she hits 2 I will probably just do once a year. Mostly because I get busy and forget! I am already a couple weeks late on her 15 month stats. So here's what she's up to:

• She's 21 pounds and around 30 inches tall
• She's mostly in size 12 month clothing
  
• She is walking all over the place and I love it!
• She still talks all the time and likes to meow whenever she sees the cat.
• She loves bath time. I think we will have to get a pool this summer because once she sees a tub she starts trying to take her clothes off and tries to climb in.
  
• She has 14 teeth and counting! She thinks it's funny to bite Mommy & Daddy and it hurts! If you say ouch she just cracks up and tries to do it again.
  

We just got back home after being away for 5 weeks. Zoey & I had fun with Grandma and G Pop but we are happy to be in our own house with Josh. Zoey loves all her grandparents but she started following her G Pop around the house and would get mad at him if he didn't pick her up. Zoey will miss all the special Grandparent time but we will be back in OK soon enough. We are expecting our niece to be here any day and my best friend will be having her baby boy soon too!

Josh and I just booked our first baby free vacation. I am excited but I don't know how I am going to do away from Zoey. I have never been away from her overnight so it will be interesting! I know she will be in good hands though :-)

A couple blogs I read did the monthly photo challenge. I have decided to do March but we will see how long that lasts! I have the pictures but the camera is in the car so I will try to post the first 5 days tonight.

Walking Girl!

It seems Zoey has finally decided she is ready to walk. Everyday she progresses a little bit towards doing it all the time and without help. Right now, we just set her up and she takes off! She walks on her knees mostly right now but I bet she's full blown walking soon!! I am so happy she finally wanted to. At Zoey's last doctor appt she told us that if Zoe wasn't walking by 15 months she would have to see a specialist. Leave it to Zoey to wait until the last minute because she will be 15 monhs a week from Friday!
Here are some pics we had fun taking! We took them for Josh's Valentine's Day present from Zoey & me. He hasn't seen them all so these are only the ones he has seen! I will post the rest later :-)

One Year Old!

So I am a little late on the birthday post but if you're a mom you will understand! We have been super busy the past few weeks. Her birthday & Thanksgiving have come and gone and soon Christmas will be here!
Zoeybug you are a year old!! This year has just flown by. You are still the happiest little girl I know & I love you more and more everyday. Here are a few things you are up to:

• You are talking even more. You now say touchdown & throw up your arms. You also learned to say peek-a-boo!
• You want to play patty cake every time we change your diaper.
• You point at everything and say "what's that??"
• You're not walking but today you were standing on your own a lot.
• You don't like to be fed by anyone but yourself.
• You are off formula & drink regular milk out of sippy cups. You are also off baby food completely. We usually give you whatever we are having.

We had a small birthday party for Zoey in Oklahoma. It was mainly family and a few close friends. I didn't want to overwhelm her with a bunch of people. She had a lot of fun playing in her ball pit with her friends though.

I am excited for Christmas this year. Last year Zoey was only a month old so this year she will actually be unwrapping her gifts. She is definitely my daughter. She loves the lights and the decorations. She points and says "What's that??" or "Aww!" We already have her big Santa gift and her stocking stuffed. We didn't get too carried away since she just had a birthday and to be honest, Christmas is more than just presents. For the most part, it will be nice to be with all of our family again too.

Only one more month til Zoey is ONE!

Holy cow, where did the time go? Zoebug you are starting to look like a toddler more & more everyday. I can't believe next month we will be having your first birthday party. Here are some of the things you are up doing now:

• You now have 7 teeth and possibly an 8th about to break through.
• You can stand on your own for little bits at a time and also take a few steps before you get excited and fall over
  
• You are a talker! You point and say "was tha" (what's that?) ALL the time.
  
• You are drinking out of sippy cups like a pro.
  
• You are Mickey's biggest fan(or Cici according to you). We watch an episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse every morning so you can dance to the Hot Dog song.
• You LOVE when daddy plays his guitar. You dance & sometimes sing along.

This time last year Josh & I were impatiently waiting for her to get here. I was huge & uncomfortable. It's crazy how much changes in a year.

More Zoey Updates

Zoey had her 9 month check up on Friday. Yes, I know, she is 10 months old but we were not here and it took us a couple weeks to get her into the doctor. She had a great check up. She hasn't gained any weight this month but she grew almost 2 inches! She jumped from the 50th percentile to the 75th to 90th! Her big head is still in the 75th to 90th percentile and her weight is in the 25th. She is probably going to be tall like her Daddy :-)
Now that that's out of the way here are some Zoey pictures:Zoey, mom & I took Jeff out for lunch on his birthday last week.
She loves to point at everything now
Buddies :-) They are waiting for Josh to get home from work.
I love this little girl! I can't believe we will soon be celebrating her first birthday.

10 months old!!!

I can't believe you are 10 months old already, Zoey! This year has gone by way too fast for me. You are still changing each month. Every new thing you do becomes my favorite thing. Here are some of the things that you are up to:

• Still crawling like a pro. You have stood a couple times on your own but only for a few seconds.
• You talk a lot! You say a bunch of things: ma ma, da da, uh oh, Eeyi!(Eli), hi, bye, cat, & dog.
• You love giving kisses. We just have to say "Give me a kiss" and you pucker up. This really is my favorite thing.
• You have 4 teeth and 2 about to break through.

I can't believe Zoey's birthday is 2 months away. I have an idea how I want to do her party but I need to start planning soon. We have decided to just have a family party this year since it'll probably be our only year to do so. Hopefully that will make it a little easier on me too :-)