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Monday, July 20, 2009

Some new shoes and lucky jeans

Well, today was Zoey's lucky day. I pulled out some Levi's that my mom had bought a while back in hopes that they would now fit Zoey. They are still a tad big, but fit well enough to start using them. Then I put some new pink shoes on that Zoey had gotten for her B-day from her cousins. She was lookin' good :) Then, we made our usual attempt to try and get Zoey interested in standing. Up until now, she will stand but kind of slowly makes her way to sitting again. She is able but not willing. But today, she stood for a very long time....still didn't really get excited no matter how big I jumped or hollered but it was an improvement. So....we have made a baby step. I know, I know, everyone's thinking how old she is and how she can't walk, but she's her own person. After so much standing I gave her a cheese stick for a treat and took a picture, what a cute little face :) On a further note for celebration, Zoey can say many words. She says, Mama, Dada, nose, bye bye, baby, doggie, tickle tickle, stop, and many more but those are her regulars. She can also sign for food and "all done" (the signs took a long time to teach whew). Anyways, we LOVE Zoey!


Monday, July 13, 2009

Zoey and her creative mind

Well, I have officially determined that my daughter is creative! When Zoey is playing by herself she comes up with all sorts of fun games. I love to sit back and watch. Sometimes she takes the bucket full of bath letters and throws them all over the place. Then one by one she makes sure they all get put back in. Note: this only happens when she plays by herself. If I'm trying to get her to pick them up, no luck. Yesterday was really cute. I found her playing with one of her new toys from her birthday. It's a tree with a hole in the top for balls to roll down and it plays music. There must not have been any balls around but with the usual mess we have going on, Zoey found plenty of substitutes. I watched her for a long time while she tried to stuff as many things as physically possible into the hole at the top. In the end, though you can't see everything, she managed to get a large flower headband, a babydoll bottle, a spoon, a nightgown, and she really tried hard to get her bloomers in to (they fell off :) I think she did a pretty good job. She was consentrating so hard on getting everything in. I guess it shows she has patience too. Creativity and patience, I'll take it!

This picture makes me laugh, smile, even get teary eyed. They grow up too fast!

Friday, July 3, 2009

Zoey's 1st Birthday!!!

I can't believe a year ago this is what was going on?!? She has changed so much but one thing has always stayed the same.....baby Zoey has been the CUTEST and BEST baby since the moment she came to this earth. We love her so much. Seeing this picture makes me miss my itty bitty baby girl, but boy do I enjoy the fun, silly and oh did I mention adorable little girl she has become. I love ZOEY!!!
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We had so much fun at Zoey's birthday party. We had it at Papa's lot (the Olsen family gathering place) and papa was so nice to get out the water toys. The kids loved it and the weather was perfect! Zoey especially loved the water, she was so excited the whole time she was playing in it. I can't believe our little girl is one! Time goes by so fast. The pictures are out of order, sorry!



Zoey after her party. She sure knows how to party :)



Playing with all the gifts she received. My cousins daughter Maya on the right.


Opening her Birthday Build-a-Bear


Yummy cake. She finally dove in!



She started out a little hesitant to get messy.



A little creeped out by the 40+ people singing to her




Her birthday cake (rachel, you inspired me, sorry if I copied :)




A bunch of the kids on the slide.




The cupcakes for the kids. I made 60 I believe with my moms help. They were good!



Zoey LOVING the water.



Zoey with her Birthday Bear



The day before we went and got Zoey her first teddy bear. This is her giving hugs.




Zoey kissing the heart before putting in the bear. (I guess her kisses are licks :)













Thursday, June 25, 2009

Zoey's 1st Pigtails

Zoey's hair is very slow in growth :) But, we have passed another great milestone and can now put it in pigtails!! Eventhough they are hardly visible when looking at her face, they are still there and so cute! I love the little girl my baby is growing up to be :)



Tuesday, June 16, 2009

My sister is the best babysitter!


A couple weekends ago we were in UT before our camping trip. Our anniversary was coming up and we wanted to take the opportunity to go to the temple together. My sister Brittany wanted to take pictures of Zoey for her little photography thing she was doing so she watched her while we went to the Provo temple. A couple days ago I got an email with some of the pictures she took and boy did we make the right choice on a babysitter :) I got a photography session in with it too! These pictures are adorable and my sister is very talented. Thank you Britt!!

I love her cute little profile!

She loves th swings










This one is just so cute to me









Oh the cute little bum!


One of my favorites!



This one is my favorite, thank you so much Britt!









Saturday, June 13, 2009

Camping Trip

This past week we went camping in Colorado with Andrews family. There were about 32 people there and we had lots of fun. Yummy dinners, dutch oven donuts, hiking eagle peak (we turned around with Zoey when it started to snow), fishing on the lake, cobbler, horse shoes, lots of rain, and a bumpy ride to camp were just a few of the many things we did. Zoey was amazing; she was a trooper and can now officially sleep through anything. We had a lot of fun with all of our family members that came.

On the ridge to eagle peak. This is shortly before it started snowing.
We were up pretty high though.

On the hike.


It was a beautiful area.


Andrew made Zoey her own fire so we could be warm.


Zoey likes to laugh when other people are laughing.
She starts cracking up; it's pretty cute.



Just one happy girl!





Thursday, June 4, 2009

Can a feather hurt you?

We have some very comfortable couches that are down. So, on occasion a few feathers will work their way out. Zoey, unfortunately, likes to eat them when she finds them. Most of the time I catch her and get it out of her mouth, but I'm sure I've missed a few.... The last two days Zoey has had a stuffy nose and that's it...no other symptoms of being sick, just runny nose. This morning as I put her in the bath to clear out her nose a feather!!! came out!!! pointy end up!!! Somehow a feather got either into her nose or down her throat and back up out her nose. Either way, it was really funny. I didn't take a picture because it was covered in snot, but I'm beginning to wonder if the feather was the cause of her stuffy, runny nose. It hasn't cleared up yet, but maybe it caused a little infection that now can heal since the parasite has been removed. Sorry if that grossed anyone out!