Happy Forty-Four Week Birthday, my little princess ...

It occurred to me this morning that Zoey is only eight weeks away from being a year old. That's just amazing. So, the pic I'm sharing today is of a very happy little baby girl this morning ... wide awake in her crib! You heard me right, last night was Zoey's second night in her crib - in her room! I've put it off for quite some time ... even since our company left a good month ago and Annicka returned to her room. I had ordered a "safe" bumper - since daddy was worried about her arms and legs getting through the crib slots. I put it on the other day and got her monitor all set up too. So, thursday night daddy put her in her crib to sleep ... imagine my disappointment when I realized he did this while I wasn't home - so there's no pics from that first night! The best I could do was to get some from her second night (which I didn't) and morning. So, here's the best of the bunch (the flash was pretty blinding, so I got some funny results).

Happy Ten Month Birthday, my little princess ...

Just another simple indoor shoot again - the weather has been wet which is not so good for sitting babies on the ground! In fact, I don't think I'm going to be able to get the "Christmas" pics of the kids done this week, as I had planned - for the same reason! argh! I was looking forward to doing them with my dad again, while him and my mom are here, but it's not looking like it's gonna happen! Oh well right, so long as they get done soon!

Anyway, back to the subject of this post - Zoey! As Zoey does more and more I have a harder time remembering everything to put on here ... let's see, Zoey can:

*wave - she's a pro now, but it's on her terms
*sit up - for quite a while now too, and I can just sit her down to play now
*scoot - that's a newer one, she gets into everything now
*get up into crawling position - again, she's done it for a while and keeps getting
better at it! She loves to get up and then rocking (forward/backward), super cute!
*eat solids - well, she's improving, but it's still a very small amount
*be loud - Zoey loves to use her voice (sometimes), it's funny

There's more and I'll likely start remembering as soon as I publish this post - that's what usually happens! I'll probably be updating this post several times! ... but, let's not delay the fun part - the pics!!! Just got a few, but she's looking cute as ever in one of her new outfits!

Happy Forty-Three Week Birthday, my little princess ...

Happy Forty-Two Week Birthday, my little princess ...

I had to put this outfit on her today - as it's all 3-6mos and I'm not sure how
much longer I'll be able to get away with it ... her legs suddenly seem
to be growing and I think she may start outgrowing her little pants!

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE that she sits up now?
It takes photo shoots to a whole new level - and just
in time for Christmas pics of all four of the kids ...
perfect timing Zoey, thank you so much!

seriously - could she be any cuter?
(I know, I'm quite biased)

I love her happiness!

I was trying to get her to wave - she'd only do a little
one for me, but it was perfect for a pic!

... and she finally toppled over and turned back immediately
to pose for mama - lol!

Happy Forty-One Week Birthday, my little princess ...

look at the pretty little princess!


so, I'm a day late! yesterday was a morning full of errands and then an afternoon full of going through stuff in Zoey's room (I'm taking a bunch of stuff to a fund raising yard sale this week) and trying to make progress toward it being "done"! Then at 5pm I started working on stuff for the vendor hair, I was doing clips and bows, and didn't stop till nearly midnight! (of course, there was a dinner break, a Jericho to bed break, a Liam to bed break, and a shower break - but I did get several done!)

Zoey keeps progressing at Zoey pace, which to me doesn't seem too far behind any of my other kiddos! She is now easily getting up on all fours. It's really cute when she gets up and then does that "rocking" thing, she's yet to try to move her hands or legs while up ... but she has made some attempts at a low crawl these past couple days - so she's definitely trying!

The baby food thing is still the same and I still don't do it every day. Soon we'll be working with an occupational therapist who will give me exercises to do with her to strengthen those facial muscles. The pediatrician said that from a caloric stand point, there's nothing to worry about; but that we should keep working on it, of course.

Zoey had her 9month check up on friday! She was 17lbs. 7.9oz and 26.6" long! She still seems tiny to me, but she's absolutely growing! She's still wearing 3-6mos pants and some shirts too! She's still transitioning into the 6-9/6-12mos sizes! All her jammies are 6-9 and one piece outfits too! Size three diapers are still a bit big on her, but the two's seem small! I finally put some shoes on her, to see what size she wears (I never really put shoes on her) and she is a size 3 - in fact, the pair I put on her she had a little room still!

While we were at the clinic, Zoey got a flu shot and I got the flu mist ... and today I have a runny nose and sound congested - lovely! Annicka's been complaining of a soar throat and the cough she's had forever now sounds like a bark - I'm thinking I'm gonna need to take her in! Lots of yuck going around, I hate this time of year - for that reason!

I had completely forgotten about daylight savings time. I was awoken by Annicka shouting at me to "please get down stairs and help daddy, Zoey is puking everywhere". I can't figure out why she throws up more often with him, but this is the second day in a row! She had gone at least a week and then threw up with me the other night. It's so random. The doc said we can back off the zantac if we pay attention, but I'm wondering if that's a good idea or not. Anyway, so I came down and started a bath for Zoey and noticed the clock said 10:30am - WOW, I really slept in! She was all clean and dressed, I took my thyroid pill, got some water, and made oatmeal for Jericho - before sitting down here at the computer ... where I noticed the clock said 9:53am! WHAT??? That's when it hit me, oh yah - daylight savings!

Either way I slept almost 9 hours and woke up with a headache. It was not good sleep. Jericho was in our bed when I finally made it that way (after crafting together, Annicka and I watched New Moon - per her request) and I sent him back to his bed. I'm not sure if he ever got there though. I remember being awoken to look at a beautiful rendition of a turkey and at 5am he was telling me something? He finally crashed out and got a couple hours sleep ... in our bed with me - lol! I don't know what it is with him and his night time adventures!

So here we are on a Sunday morning. Being lazy, as we always are (we haven't done church in months, I'm sad to say). I'm hoping to be able to do some crafting again! Also I need to work on Zoey's room some more - not to mention the other kids' rooms, oh my, those are scary!

Hope everyone is having a fantabulous Sunday and wishing everyone - including us - a fantastic week!