Growing too big too fast.

Zoey is growing way too fast and it's crazy to think that in 6 weeks it will be her 1st Birthday!!! This Mommy is SO not ready for her to be that big yet! Zoey officially gets into everything now! She crawls everywhere now and can walk if she is holding on to something or someone's hands. She has learned to get what she wants and it's usually something she isn't suppose to have. If you gave her a choice of one of her toys or an electrical cord. She'd choose the cord. She is always exploring the house to see what she can get herself into next.

This is what I found after I walked back into our bathroom from changing the laundry over. I was out of the room for maybe 2 mins. She's giving me this "I'm not doing anything wrong Mom?" Look. This morning I looked over at her while we where in the living room and she had crawled her way to the front door and found a mini American Flag that was in the plant and she had the flag above her head just waving it.  It was too cute to really yell at her about. We have that problem a lot, she's just too cute but likes to get into everything. You would think that the girl has no toys, but our living room and her room would tell you different! She FINALLY has some teeth. They were just taking their time coming in, but 4 of them came in all at once. We had a rough couple of days about 3 weeks ago with them hurting her at night a lot, but with teething tablets, oragel, and extra Mommy and Daddy loving, we made it through.

You can see her 2 top teeth in this picture. Mommy was cleaning her room I put her and all her stuffed animals in her bed  to play. See, you can tell by the amount of stuffed animals that she has toys. Here are a few other pics of what she's been up to lately.

 This picture is an example of why you should listen to your Mommy and that she knows best. Zoey thought she didn't need to take her 2nd nap of the day and this was what happen because of it. She had already finished her dinner and was waiting for us to get done eating and she fell asleep. It was too cute not to take a picture of!!

 Learning to move and get where she wants all by herself. She will crawl to where she wants and then pull herself up. Hold on to what she wants and then bend down and crawl down to the next place she wants to go.

                                             Showing her KU Jayhawk Spirit!!! Rockchalk!!!

 Snuggles with Daddy are the best! Daddy will say, "You're just my little baby." And she will repeat ba-by back to him. They also rub noses and he has got her saying mmmmm.... and shaking her head back and forth giving Daddy eskimo kisses.

                                                                     Mommy and Zoey

 She loves to stand up in the tub and play with her toys like that. Her favorite is throwing the soap bottle into the tub and playing with the Duck faucet.

She had a purple bow on to complete her outfit, but she noticed it was there and took it off. We got her these super cute Baby Nike's on Clearance a couple of weeks ago and I could not resist! I could not get her to smile for anything. I think she thought that she looked too much like a K-State fan and didn't want to smile about that! LOL She looked super cute though.

Crazy Summer

This has been a crazy couple of months. It's been so long since I've posted an update on my blog. Life has just been crazy. We are still in the process of getting situated into our house and getting it the way we want. We have Zoey's room, our bedroom and our bathroom completed so far. It's been a slow process, but we are getting there and it's starting to feel more like home. Zoey's been growing like a weed! She has gone from looking like a baby to looking like a toddler in no time. She thinks she is SO big and has started pulling herself up on EVERYTHING. Which means there has been alot of bumps and bruises for Zoey. She wants to stand all day long and sometimes when you try to put her on the floor to sit, so arches her back letting you know she just wants to stand. She is way too independent already.

                                                     Standing up in her new big girl crib

                                                            So big in her rocking chair

                                                                    Getting into trouble

                                                                   Look, how big I am!

She's getting too big, too fast for Mommy! She will be a year old before we know it! I love her to death and she is seriously the best thing that has ever happen to me! I've learned alot through being a Mom and think she has made me a better person.

Catch up of the Last Month

I can't believe that it's almost been a month since I've blogged. We've been busy over the last month with, getting the news that in July we are moving houses, packing, helping Ryan's parents new house ready for them to move into, lake visits, family visits and Zoey changing so much. First off was Memorial Day Weekend. Ryan and I met up with some friends and borrowed a friend's pontoon boat and enjoyed a day at the lake. Zoey stayed with Ryan's parents since it was a holiday weekend and didn't want her out on the lake with all of the crazies that holiday weekends bring. She doesn't get to see them as much as she use to since Mommy became a stay at home Mom, so I know she had more fun with them. It was a nice and relaxing day and made us decide that we want a pontoon boat now.

I feel like every month is just flying by when it comes to Zoey. I feel like I was just saying she was 6 months old and come Sunday, (Father's Day) she will be 7 months old. She has decided that she is just too big for bottles and that she is done with them. I had bought a couple of different sippy cups and I found one that has handles on it and a multi stage cup and she took right to it. I had originally bought them to start giving her water and apple juice since I knew it would be hot this summer and wanted to keep her hydrated. One night she just refused her bottle so I put her formula in the sippy cup and she took it. Later at her middle of the night feeding she again refused to take the bottle and wanted the sippy cup. So we have gotten rid of the bottles and gone straight to only sippy cups. If only we could be this lucky for her to start potty training when were ready. I know that I'm not that lucky!!!!
 She has also been rolling over like crazy. She has started rolling over to her tummy in bed and wakes up in a completely different spot then where I put her to sleep in. Yesterday she has refused to nap after a busy weekend and put her legs over her play yard. I think she is telling me that she is ready for her new bed! We are getting her a big girl convertible crib when we move. We will have more room than we do now and she will have a bigger room, also she is outgrowing her current bed. Here's a few recent pictures of  Zoey.

                     First Big Girl Birthday Party and jumping in the Bouncy House with Mommy

                                She LOVED the sugar free Popsicles that Mommy made for her!

                                                                 Sippy Cups only now

                                 Daddy had fun after we finished presents for Zoey's Grandpas

                 Mommy's Big Girl. I think she looks alot like me in this picture when I was a baby.

                                                      Pillow Fight with Mommy and Zoey!

 We found out at the end of May that Ryan's Parents found a new house and we will be moving in to their current house. They have been wanting to downsize and we need more room now that we have added kids to our lives! I told Ryan that I'm packing us up ONE more time and this it! I'm done packing and moving us! We have moved 5 different times since we have been together and I'm ready to stay somewhere for a while. This move is a work in progress so we have alot to do. We have been helping Ryan's parents clean out their current place and help getting the new place move in ready. I have trying to pack our place a little at a time, because I know that the end of the month is getting closer and closer. We are excited and know that all of the hard work will be worth it.
Last but not least, this last weekend Zoey's Grandpa and Nana were in town to spend the weekend with us. It was a nice break from a busy last month. We went to a Japanese steakhouse on Friday night where they cook in front of you and Zoey loved watching the guy cook in front of us. Her eyes got all big when he lit the big fire to start cooking and she was hooked watching him. She decided to start reaching for my plate for the first time and Mommy got soup all down her jeans! Ryan and I knew this day was coming soon, just didn't know how soon she would start reaching for our plates. On Saturday we woke up and got stuff ready to go the lake on the pontoon boat we had borrowed before. It was Zoey's first time on the boat and she seemed to enjoy it. The water was a little cold and when we tried to put Zoey in, she didn't like it so much. After the boat ride we went back to my Dad's hotel and went to the indoor pool. Zoey loved that! It again was her first time in a pool and kicked and giggled and had a ball. I'm sure she was wondering why Mommy and Daddy were in the big bath tub with her, but she enjoyed it. We all grilled steaks for dinner and then played games on the Wii. On Sunday morning we were celebrating Father's Day early with a Brunch at Gaston's. There was so much good food and each were stuffed to the brim by the time we left. It was a great weekend and we took tons of pictures!

Sami the Seal

As a Mom, if there's one thing that I've learned is that when your baby is hurting, it hurts your heart to know that they aren't feeling well. You would do anything to make them feel better and make the hurt go away. Zoey has been sick for about 2 and a half weeks. It first started as a cough that happened every once in a while, then one morning she woke up and was watching Cat in the Hat on t.v. like she does every morning when she's waking up, and she started coughing every 5 mins. I decided that was enough of that and took her to the Dr. to get checked out. He said that it was just Croup and couldn't give her everything for it because she was so young. Great! Not exactly what you want to hear as a Mom when someone says they can;t help your baby girl feeling better. He said that it would have to run its course and would get better after 10 days. So about 5 days later she wakes up and she is all congested and can't breathe through her nose and sounds worse and of course the cough is still there. I decide to take her back to the Dr. to get her checked out again. This time her 6 month birthday was just 2 days away and he said she could take Dimetapp for the cough and congestion and it should get better in time. Also that if she started wheezing or running a fever to come back in. Zoey has always had a temperature of about 97 degrees and that is normal for her. That was on Monday and by Thursday Ryan noticed that Zoey had some wheezing in her chest. Not what you really want to hear. The Dr. was already closed for the day so on Friday morning I took her in to the Dr. again, for the 3rd time now. He listened to her and she sounded horrible with wheezing in her right side of her chest. She was also burning up and running a temperature of 99.7. My baby was just getting worse and I just wanted her to get feeling better. I was then given 3 prescriptions for her and a new friend that's coming to live at our house for the next year.  One was an antibiotic, and the other 2 were for her breathing treatments that we are now having to do every day for the next year. Sami the Seal is the name of her breathing machine because its in the shape of a seal. I don't care what you call it, kids don't like the thing! We have to give her a breathing treatment twice a day for the next year and then every time she is wheezing and congested every 2 to 4 hours. Try getting a 6 month old baby to sit still for 10 mins. every time for a treatment, not any easy task!!! It has taken both Ryan and I both to accomplish this task each time. Ryan holds her and her breathing machine to her mouth and I sing and dance and distract her from getting upset and moving the mask away. It has not been a fun task and we've only being doing it, for 2 days. Being so congested has made Zoey not able to eat her bottle, yet has no problem with her baby food. This weekend it has been so bad, that we've had to give her pedialyte to drink so she is still getting some liquids in her, especially since she has been running a fever all weekend. The only good thing about her not feeling well has been that she has been very cuddly and letting us hold her and not want to get down and go everywhere.

1st Mother's Day

While I find out that I was pregnant with Zoey on Friday of Mother's Day weekend last year, this was my first real Mother's Day. Zoey woke us and the entire campsite up bright and early and we decided to pack up and leave a little earlier than we expected.  We packed everything up and headed to breakfast and then headed back into Mountain Home. We got home and Zoey was asleep so we let her sleep and began unpacking the car and do laundry of our pillow cases and camping clothes. I had then decided that I wanted to relax for the afternoon since after all, it was my day. So we showered and I went and out some appetizers from Chili's and we watched Netflix, eat and hung out for a couple of hours. After that it was time to head to Ryan's parents house for Mother's Day and we exchanged gifts and hung out, took pictures and ate dinner over there. By the time we left it was about 8pm and we had a fussy baby that wasn't feeling very well so we all went home and headed to bed for the night. I had a great Mother's Day because I got to spend it with my little princess.

                          She played so hard in her jumparoo that she fell asleep! She was even snoring!

                            Yes, I'm a silly Mom that makes silly faces and dances around and sings stupid songs!                         But she loves it so I will continue to look dumb! LOL  

                           The charm bracelet that Zoey and Ryan got for me for Mother's Day!

Zoey's 1st Camping Trip

One of Ryan's favorite things to do is go camping. Over the years I have learned to enjoy it also. It is so peaceful and nice to disconnect from everything and everyone for a couple of days and just spend time together. So many parents think that they can't do the things that they love to do once they have kids and Ryan and I were determined from Day 1 of being pregnant to not let that happen. We can take Zoey along with us and still do the things that we enjoy. First case in point of that was for our anniversary this year. We decided to go to Springfield so we could use some of gift certificates that we had and go out to our favorite place to eat, Texas Roadhouse. We had a blast that day with Zoey and it made our anniversary that much better to be able to include her. We couldn't wait to take her camping and I told Ryan that was what I wanted to do for Mother's Day. She had a great time on her first trip. It did take some extra planning on my part to pack for her and I did forget a few things for our trip, but luckily nothing we couldn't live without. Her favorite part of the trip was being by the water by the camp site. She loves to be outdoors so we knew that wouldn't be an issue. She looked so cute all cuddled up in the tent between Mommy and Daddy.

                                                              Such a happy little girl!

 She just woke up and Daddy had to take a picture of her 1st morning waking up from camping.

                               Staring at the water and couldn't get her attention to take her picture.

This is my favorite picture of us to date! She was in the middle of talking, if you can tell! Too cute. On Sunday, Mother's Day she decided to wake up the entire campsite. She woke up talking and making all kinds of loud noises and woke them up. It was happy noises, but still we were embarrassed a little bit. We decided that it was time to pack up and head home after a nice weekend.

Full Time Stay at Home Mom

Well, I've officially become a stay at home mom and I love it! I never thought that I would and always thought that I would get bored, but really that's so hard to do. For anyone that says you'd get bored, hasn't tried it. I've learned that I'm a better stay at home mom than stay at home wife. Zoey gets better taken care of than my house does. I've always been one that has to be in the right mood to clean and that hasn't changed one bit!! Zoey loves to be on the go and makes me laugh, because I was the same way growing up. It's been so cool just to see the things that she does and doesn't like or do that are just like Ryan and I.  She loves to be outdoors, sleeps just like Ryan and looks more like him than me. She loves to be on the go, hates to be ignored, has to have a pillow and blanket to sleep with every night, and since developing her voice loves to be heard. She also has started to want to do everything herself and she's only 6months old! I thought that wouldn't happen til she was a little bit older, but I guess not. She can hold her own bottle, but only when she wants to. She has started to grab the spoon when I feed her dinner and has started eating baby Mum-Mums and is so proud that she can do it herself. They have helped her develop getting her fingers in her mouth more and actually getting them in her mouth instead of her eyes or nose. She is just such a joy to have in our lives. It's so hard to be upset when she's around and we get offers everywhere we go to take her if we decide we don't want her. LOL I worked way to hard for that little girl to let anyone have her!!! Zoey sleeps through the night and only wakes up once at about 5am to have a bottle and then sleeps til about 7:30am. She LOVES the t.v. and will turn her head in any direction to try and find the t.v. if there is one on in the room.
  I went and got her a baby pool the other day and was so excited to see how she would react. She loves the water at bath time so we were hoping that she would enjoy it. Luckily, she did and she was too cute in her swim suit. Daddy wasn't to happy about her 1st swim suit being a 2 piece, but it covers her little tummy and works just fine. Once he saw her in it, he loved it. Here are some pics of her and her pool:

                                                             Too Cute in her swim suit!

We had fun and Ryan played with her in her pool the next day and she still enjoyed it. I'm excited to celebrate my 1st Mothers Day this weekend with my little princess! We are going camping for the weekend so it should be a great weekend!