Our nine month old

Friday marked Zoe's nine month milestone and she did it with some official business. After a bit of shopping with mom (mom and dad needed a few tops, Zoe some toys more appropriate for her maturity), she had her nine month dr's appointment. We're happy to report that the Dr. had little to comment about...which for him means that she's doing great. Of course, he opened by asking us if we had any complaints and I laughed, suggesting that had he asked a week earlier he might have gotten a different answer, but no, things are great. After last weekend's apparent boob strike, Zoe has gone in almost the complete opposite direction. It seems that now her favorite nourishment is a good breastfeed. And, our little power eater has developed a bit of an attitude toward the spoon. Now, dinner time lasts quite a bit longer since she literally refuses to take new bites while she's got anything of her last bite left in her mouth. Which, with finely chopped chicken on the menu can mean long pauses between each bite. At first, we were completely baffled because it seemed like she'd traded one kind of feeding strike for another, but we soon started picking up on the fact that with a chug of water and a good pause to help her get the bites down she's ready for more. Whatever, kiddo. Whatever. :)

But really, who can complain? She's still a hoot and we're still in love. I guess we'll keep her ;)




Oh, back to the Dr's office: she weighed in at nearly 19lbs (50%) and measured nearly 29" (75%) and her head's still huge @ 46 cm (75%) which is too bad because she's already retired a couple of really cute cold weather hats!

Saturday started out cool and foggy and had the makings of a nice mellow day. The sun came out when I took Zoe to Central Market to pick up our free pumpkin (I can't resist pumpkins - had she not been with me, I would have come home with many!) and I took the opportunity to snap some shots of her looking sweet in a sea of orange. Don't you think the world needs more pumpkins?



Sunday was a beautiful fall day - clear and bright - and when Nana and Pepere called to see if they could come up to take bug to the park, we thought that sounded lovely. So, up they came and off they went, taking Zoe to the swings and slides at the community center at the end of our street. Dave had some time to watch his football in peace while I took a quick jaunt into town to pick up some more yarn for my knitting project.

I love the fall when the days grow shorter and the air a bit cooler. And life right now is moving so fast and yet so slow and easy at the same time. I mean, never before has my world felt so small and so new at the same time. Kind of like our little nine month old.