Half a Year Old!

Zoebug, you are growing up way too fast. You are now 6 months old!! You are doing so much and you are learning new things every day.

• You weigh 15 lbs even
  
• You've started enjoying tummy time.
• You can stand while holding on to something. Pulling up is not far off, I have a feeling.
  
• Your favorite food is sweet potatoes. I can't feed you fast enough when you eat them.
• When on your tummy you scoot backwards, it's the cutest thing!
• You are wearing size 6 month & 6-9 month clothes and 9 month sleepers because your legs are long. You are going to be tall like your Daddy.
• You get really excited when any of the animals come near you. Rocky lets you pull on his fur, his ears & poke him in the eye.
  

Easter & Mother's Day

So much is going on that I feel like I need to be updating more than once a month. Since Zoey turned 5 months she had her first Easter & I had my first Mother's Day. Josh flew in for both holidays so that was great!

Zoey in her cute Easter dress

Playing with all her new goodies she got for Easter

Easter Sunday Zoey went to her first church service. She slept through most of it. As the speaker was praying at the end of the service, Zoey decided she wanted to help out & started talking so Josh took her out to the lobby.
Zoey also went to her first baseball game. We went to the Owasso/Bartlesville game last week. She just looked around at everything. Josh joined a softball league so I think Zoey will like to go watch him play.

At the Owasso/Bartlesville game

Me and my baby girl on Mother's Day

I couldn't have asked for a better Mother's Day. Bell flew Josh home, which the originally weren't going to. Then, as a bonus, he got Monday off so he got to stay an extra day. We celebrated with my family on Saturday & his family on Sunday. Monday Josh let me sleep in & woke me up with breakfast in bed :-) We then went to Tulsa for lunch at The Brook then he took me to Vintage Pearl to pick out a necklace. I got one that has a moon with the saying "I love you to the moon and back" and Zoey's name on it.
Zoey is doing so much! She has such a big personality already. She is the happiest baby I have ever seen. We started just laying her down because naps were becoming a battle. She falls asleep within 10 minutes & sleeps longer than if we rocked her! It is great! She takes 3-4 hour & a half naps now! Here's some other things she is up to:

• She says "ma ma" all the time now. I love hearing her talk.
• She tries to imitate us when we blow raspberries at her. It is the cutest thing.
• She is starting to be leary of strangers. She's fine as long as mom or dad are nearby though.
• Once she sees you are ok, she is a big flirt. She talks and gets so excited if you talk to her.
• She sticks her feet in her mouth all the time.
  
• She just started sitting up on her own this morning.
  
• We're working on crawling, she just hasn't figured out how to move her arms.
  
• She loves Jack & Rocky. She gets excited when they are near & puts out her hands to grab them when they walk by.
• Everything goes in her mouth. If it's in her hands it goes straight to the mouth and she grabs for everything.
• She now eats cereal in the morning & a fruit or veggie at night. Right now it's apples. She loves them!

I'm sure there's a lot more but I figure this is a long enough post for now.

5 months

Zoey turned 5 months old yesterday. It seems like these month birthdays are coming faster & faster. She is changing so much each week. Josh is away on a business trip & he says she has changed a lot since he's been gone.
Here's what she's been up to:

• She rolls from front to back. She also rolls from back to side but she hates being on her tummy so it might take awhile for her to completely roll back to front.
  
• She eats 6 oz each feeding
• She is now eating cereal at night so she sleeps better during the night.
  
• She only wakes up once in the night around 4 am then sleeps til about 8 am with 2 big naps during the day & 1 0r 2 small naps
• She grabs everything! Faces, glasses, toys, animals, etc...
• She weighs 14 lbs 4 oz. She wears size 3-6 months & 6 months clothes & size 2 diapers. She is getting so big!!

Josh has been in Yuma, AZ for 2 weeks for a business trip. He is flying home for Easter and Zoey & I are both excited to see him. She had an ear & respiratory infection over the weekend. She was really fussy but everytime we skyped with Josh she got very excited. After this weekend he has to go back to Yuma for 3-4 weeks. He has to miss my first Mother's Day so if anyone wants to fly him home for me for Mother's Day that would be ok with me! :-)
She is definitely a Daddy's girl!

4 Months Old & Belly Laughs

So I'm a little late with Zoey's 4 month post but when you have a baby, a blog post is low on the priority list! Zoey turned 4 months old last Saturday. Her are some stuff that she is up to:

• laughing all the time. We have a very laid back, happy baby :-)
• She has just started rolling from her tummy to her back. I think she started doing it because she hates tummy time!
• She can almost sit up by herself but still needs something behind her for when she falls back
  
• She weighs between 12-13 lbs. We'll find out for sure on Monday though.
• She wears 3-6 months & 6 months size clothes depending on the brand.
  
• She eats about 5 1/2 oz every 3-4 hours
• She usually only wakes up around 5 am to eat then goes back to sleep until 8:30.
• She looks more & more like Josh everyday. She has my eyes but everything else is Josh! Well we both have brown hair so I think I will claim the hair too :-)
  

We go to the doctor on Monday to get 4 month shots & to talk about starting Zoey on cereal.
Zoey also experienced her first car wreck last week. We were stopped at the stop light in front of the high school with a truck stopped behind us. An older lady was talking on her cell phone & not paying attention & ran right into the truck which then hit us. I am just thankful that truck was there otherwise it could have been a lot worse. Everyone in our car was ok. I don't think Zoey was even sore but she was falling asleep so it scared her but she calmed down once I got her out of her car seat. I am thankful my parents were with me!
On a happier note, Zoey is laughing or smiling all the time. Here's a video of Josh getting her to laugh while having the hiccups. She really gets going around the :44 mark if you don't want to watch the whole thing.

Day 6, 7 & 8!

Wow, I really fell behind! So here we go...

Day 6: A picture of a person you'd love to change places with for a day:So they aren't people but they have a pretty easy life! They lay around a lot or just play outside without any cares!

Day 7: A picture of your most treasured item:So, again, she's not an "item" but she is more important to me than any materialistic thing.

Day 8: A picture that makes you laugh:
If you can't tell, our animals are very spoiled!

Day 5 Photo Challenge

Day 5: A picture of a favorite memoryThis is the moment I met my daughter. I told everyone there would be no posting photos of me right after labor but this is my favorite memory so I thought I'd make an exception. This was extra special because I had an infection & spiked a fever during labor so Zoey was put in the NICU & I didn't get to see her for 24 hours after I delivered. Right after they cleaned her I got to hold her for maybe a minute then they whisked her away from me. That was the hardest 24 hours. Josh got to see her so I made him take the camera & bring back tons of pictures of her. Anyway, this is my favorite memory because even though she's only been here 3 1/2 months I can't imagine my life without her.

Day 4 Photo Challenge/More Zoey pictures

Day 4: A picture of your favorite night
This is a picture of July 19, 2008. This is the night Josh proposed :-) I picked this night because this is when our life together as a family started. I love him so much & so happy he picked me to be his wife. He really is my best friend!
Ok, so here are a couple pictures of Z that wouldn't load yesterdayWorking on sitting up! Excuse the mess behind her. If you have a baby you understand how sometimes you just don't have time to clean.We have a very happy baby :-)She looks so much like her daddy!