Hadley turns 1

Sunday morning is my morning to sleep in, so Todd gets up with Zoe and has breakfast and watches the food network. When I made my debut, they, the "food network," were featuring pancakes and I decided they looked good. I quickly threw some pancake mix together and we all enjoyed some yummy blueberry pancakes. As you can tell, Zoe really loved them! After naps, we got the pleasure of going to one of my best friends daughter's 1st birthdays!!!

Elizabeth gave Zoe a "Birthday" plate for her first birthday, so we returned the gift by getting Hadley one. Hadley didn't quite get to enjoy it till Zoe had inhaled a ton of "smokies," but I think she liked it.
I can also say, she loved her cake!!!
The funniest thing about the cake was the little surprise that came for Elizabeth on Monday. She said Hadley had a very pink poop!!!! She worked her way through it and finally realized it was the icing that Hadley had eaten tons of on Sunday!

On a side note, Zoe had her 18 month appointment Monday afternoon. New stats:

weight: 21.8 ounces (15%)

length: 33 1/8 inches (90%)

Head: 36 3/4 inches (<3%)>

She is a tall and lean kid!!

Chocolate Pretzel

Todd got me a couple of treats last night to finish off the long week. Zoe just happen to find those this afternoon and started munching away. After convincing her to eat dinner, take a bath and then put on some pj's, she got to finish it up! She loved it!!

November

So November came and went very quickly for us. I was finishing up orientation for work and we had a number of family members that came to visit us. We spent a lot of time prepping for Thanksgiving and then it was over. These are a couple pics of Todd and Zoe mowing the yard: Then Zoe spent some time vacuuming:

And then, we made the bird. It was a beautiful bird in my eyes, and it was really good:

Update

I don't have any new pictures that are worth looking at because Zoe has figured out that she can see herself on the camera after a picture is taken. She pretty much sees the camera and comes running at you to see the new picture. So instead of new pictures, I'm just going to tell you about her and what she's up to.


Zoe is now saying: Mama and Dada


She knows what a dog, sheep, cow and cat say.


We are working on verbalizing Hi and Bye. She pretty much has Hi down and then just says "B," for bye.


She knows where her nose, teeth and toes are and we almost have our tummy down.


She signs the words: please, help, eat, drink, more and brush teeth.


She had her first ear infection 2 weeks ago and did really well with that. She was sleeping great, but kept running fevers. We finished some antibiotics and she is, "good as new!"

I will try and get some pictures here in the next couple of days!

Happy Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!

For Halloween, Zoe started her day out in a little outfit that the "Wenecks," of Fairfield sent us. She looked super cute! We then changed her into our Tinkerbell costume to meet her good friends at the Zoo!!! This was her first time at the Zoo and she absolutely loved it. Everything said, "BAAAAA," at first and then she'd look at the animal and realize that wasn't quite the right sound.

Some how we didn't manage to get a great picture of her in it, but she did look super cute!! Our friends dressed up as a snow pea and a lady bug. They looked super cute too!
These are the mommies and babies!

And then last but not least, Us!!

Happy Halloween!

Zoe's New Post

As a early "thirty," birthday present, Zoe and I got Todd a leather chair for him to relax in. He loves it, but has found that he has to share it. Zoe loves sitting in it and chatting with whom ever may be on the phone, it's really cute!!!

Hair Cut

So we finally gave in and got Zoe a hair cut. We've been debating it for months, and Todd finally said, "I think it's time."

Zoe did fairly well but wasn't that interested in staying in the car for an extended period of time, so I held her. I ended up holding her for pretty much all of it, but no worries, "Patty" still did a fabulous job!!