What Are We Up To Lately?

Zoey is 5 months old!

She's perfect and amazing and wonderfully funny.

She's beautiful and smart.

She's just like Ava and not. She's ZOEY!

Zoey is grabbing food from me now. She wants to eat so badly. I have been able to keep the food from her so far, until one night I needed a banana for some leg cramps and she snagged it from me and wouldn't let go! She chowed down on it for a little while until she got tired and wanted to go to bed. She is sleeping well now and doesn't fight it as often. She will often play until her head starts to droop and without a peep, she's asleep! Funny girl. She's easy going. It's a very nice change from having a high needs baby first. I'm glad I had Zoey second so that I was expecting a firecracker like Ava and got a cool breeze in Zoey. :)

Zoey is a very chill baby.

Sister Love

Spending time with Daddy at Tiber Dam

Ava's 3rd birthday/pool party was a hit. Zoey swam for the first time! She loved it! Ava swam for the first time without help.

Since its summer we've been trying to get outside more and play in the water (or mud). On days like this though, rainy-hot-cloudy-wet, cloud dough (8 cups flour to 1 cup baby oil... easy!) will suffice. As I write this, we're going on 2 hours of constant play with/in his bin and she's having SO much fun!

Hammy is 8 months old

And Mommy got a new cut and color. A nice change. When I was coloring it (myself - and messed it up, and had to get it fixed at the hairdresser) Ava came over to me and asked what I was doing. I said, "Coloring my hair." And she cried, "Oh NO! You're not going to be a mommy anymore!" She was really upset. I told her I'll always be her mommy, no matter what color my hair is. We had a nice snuggle and then everything was better. Zoey didn't bat an eyelash. To her, I'm sure, I still smell the same, and that's all that matters to my little nursling.

We'll be moving soon due to the basement flood. The damage it did is unsalvageable and the landlord will need to do something about it (which likely means moving the house onto a new foundation... which means move for us.) Updates on that soon enough. First we have to find a place. I'm not looking forward to moving again. Do what you have to do, though, I guess.