That last part is *now* easy to say since, well, Zoe and I aren't sick anymore. She's about done her antibiotics for her ear infection (which seems to be gone - yay!) and I stopped puking on Monday. Yep. I was hit with a nasty stomach bug that just about kicked my butt. Fever and everything. This, mind you, on top of Zoe's ear infection which was just starting to clear up, although its companion, fussiness, hadn't. Poor Dave had me out of commission and Zoe out of sorts all day Monday and most of Tuesday. The days are a blur, and it took until Thursday for me to be back to 100% - just in time for food! ;)
T-day was a nice, mellow affair. Read: relatively tiny :) All of Dave's fam were out in Florida, taking Disney and the rest of the attractions by storm, (hope a great time was had by all!); Greg, Amy, Nick and Tim stayed home to eat some Maine turkey (sorry we missed your call!), so it was just the three of us, my folks, my cousin Keith and Chris and Erin who rolled in for their second T-day meal of the day (talk about gobble gobble! ;).
Zoe had a fantastic time entertaining all of her fans, er guests, showing them how to tear down cup a good cup tower and how she can do chin-ups on the kitchen stools.
Sitting in on a speaker-phone call with Aunt Pauline & Uncle Skip
Showing Nana her favorite book - it has pictures of babies in it!
She's a busy gal. So busy that she apparently didn't have time for her afternoon nap. Oh well, what are the holidays for if not a party?
Dinner was yummy - Dave did another bang-up job on the turkey and other T-day vittles, of course and our guests' contributions helped make it a feast. It took a while for me to sit and eat, since bug and the turkey went down at the same time, but I made up for lost time....and continue to do so :)
After a wakeful evening (she was up again ~11, ~3 and then again ~7), mom & dad, Dave, me and Zoe all dressed and headed out to breakfast (who was going to cook?!) at our favorite local diner, Leena's. Good grub.
Back at home, Nana and Pepere obliged my plea to hang with Zoe so that Dave and I could get the much-needed fall clean-up done outside. Zoe proceeded to bore them during her three hour nap, but I was thrilled to get the yard into a less-depressing state.
Saturday was good for hanging and usual Saturday stuff before we headed over to our friend, Deb's house for a post T-day 'Tur-duck-en' (that's a de-boned chicken stuffed inside a de-boned duck stuffed inside a de-boned turkey!) It was a lovely evening. Especially since Zoe did her best to make Dave and I look like good parents. We heard lots of "she's such a good baby!" while secretly, actually, Dave and I thought she was kind of fussy! Heh. We know. We're running out of good baby karma. We'll be screwed with #2...
Today was good and mellow. Zoe had another wakeful evening - she's been TIRED and HUNGRY this weekend - did she know that's how holiday weekends are supposed to go? So somehow things worked out for us to all sleep in a little. After a bit of morning play, Zoe went down for a nap so I hit the yard to finish up with the piles (and piles) of leaves I'd raked in on Friday (overall, four *filled* green bins' worth) while Dave manned the monitor. It was a great finish to the long weekend. Zoe was in a great mood, exploring the kitchen and back 'extra' room.
Following in dad's footsteps?
She really gets around now and definitely wants to be both where the action is and where something's new. She actually calls out for Da or Ma before heading in our direction which is just awesome. We're continually getting peeks of little kid-ness this is both exciting and heartbreaking. So much fun.
Oh! and I almost forgot! Not only did Zoe power through her dinner - which included chicken again (she'd been boycotting the texture so we've been missing its extra staying power over the past few nights) - but she actually made the sign for 'more'. HOW AMAZING IS THAT??? She even clapped for herself (another new trick) each time I was hooting and hollering all through dinner, celebrating. The neighbors must have wondered what Dave put in the leftovers ;)
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So glad to hear that you're feeling better! Congrats on the communication!!
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