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 :-)

9 Months Old

I can't believe you are already 9 months old, Zoebug! Pretty soon you will be a year old. I don't know if I'm ready for that! I have already started planning the party because it will be here before I know it.
You are doing so much & still changing everyday. Here are a few of those things:

• You are crawling everywhere and pulling up on everything. Keeping up with you is like a workout itself.
• You give kisses if someone leans in to kiss you and sometimes you just want a kiss :-) I love your slobbery baby kisses :)
• You are in LOVE with Jack & Rocky. You like to follow him everywhere. If one just walks by you start giggling. Rocky likes you too because you give him some of your food sometimes.
  
• Your new words are daw for dog and ca for cat. Daddy also taught you to say hi & wave. You still say ma ma, bye bye, and your favorite- da da :-)

After 5 1/2 months, Josh will be home from Yuma for good. He was supposed to be there until September 2nd but they will be finished a week earlier. I am so excited to be back together as a family. Zoey definitely misses her Daddy, she talks about him all the time :-)

8 months old

Zoey Grace, you are growing up way too fast for me but I love seeing your personality develop more everyday! You are definitely a little ornery but still a happy, laid back baby :-) Here are a few things you are doing these days:

• You are talking constantly. Mostly cute baby chatter but you do throw in "da da" & "ma ma" You are waving bye bye too.
  
• You LOVE to dance when daddy whistles or music is on. It is the cutest thing, you are a dancer like your momma :-)
• I think you miss Rocky & Jack because when that ASPCA commercial comes on, no matter what you're doing you stop to watch it.
  
• You're almost crawling. You rock back & forth, go backwards, or do this inchworm thing to go forward. She rather stand than crawl right now.
  
• You still only have one tooth but your second is about to break through.
  
• You are like your momma. Your favorite food right now is mac n cheese!
• You are an amazing napper! You get 3 hour and a half naps & go to bed at 9 PM and wake up around 7:30 AM.
  

We love you so much Zoebug! If you wanted to slow down on the growing up, though, that'd be ok with us ;-)

7 Months Old/Father's Day

I think it's kind of cool that Josh celebrated his first Father's Day exactly 7 months from when he became a Dad. She is doing so much since last month.

• She now rolls back to tummy & tummy to back
• She can go from sitting up to the crawling position. I bet she is crawling pretty soon :-)
• She had a tooth break through. Let me tell you, a teething baby isn't fun at all. She's fine during the day but at night she wakes up every couple hours crying. Usually we can put some gel on her gums , give her a binky & she goes back to sleep
• She's talking and laughing all the time. She says "ma ma" constantly which makes me smile every time :-) We're working on "da da." She has said it once or twice but never around Josh.

Since this is Josh's first Father's Day I thought I'd include some Josh/Zoey pics. He is such an awesome Dad. We are both so lucky to have him. He provides so much for our little family.First time holding his little girl.

She loves him so much!
Also, I have a pretty awesome Dad too! Happy Father's Day, Daddy!! We love you!