Reflecting upon the trials of tumbling
A couple of bonks on the head (one small bruise, a couple of small scrapes), a nick on the nose and a scratch under her eye (note to self: gotta get those nails...) and our girl, in her endless desire to explore, seems to have taken on a tom-boyish persona lately. Poor kid must be destined to take after her mom and her dad. Aside from wrapping her and the house and daycare in bubble wrap (yeah, like that wouldn't get us hauled in), what do you do? I guess it's all par for the course.
On the bright side, however, one could argue that all these war wounds are evidence of Zoe's working really hard to get grown up already. After all that wondering we did about when she'd finally get mobile, I'm now wondering how much longer we have until she's tearing around the house on her own two feet! The past week has seen lots of practicing of 'no hands' standing. Eek! And despite my previous comments, she's actually pretty good at it! The crouching and bending down to pick things up combined with reaching up to get at things are really quite routine. It's amazing to watch and realize that only a year ago she was this sweet and tiny lump in our arms nearly 24-7. I miss those days!!!! But these are fun, too ;)
Sporting some cute hand-me-down duds
Cornering poor Buddha
What? me? torturing Buddha? nah!
Goofy floor fun with mom
With a girl on the go, we get those snuggles when and where we can...
Making sure mom doesn't miss any spots
I can't recall if we mentioned this already, but she's sprouted both her left and right top front laterals...and nothing in between. Yet. I swear I can see the white shadow peaking through at least one of those two middle fronts, but I've been clamoring about teething for what, the past 6 months? so I know I have no credibility. Anyhoo, we're pining nonetheless since more teeth might encourage more eating that involves actual chewing. Our girl, like her mom, is apparently a texture freak. Aside from her Os (which she craves like crack) and her banana and cheese pieces (which she'll eat about 75% of the time), there's little we've introduced that she'll gum and swallow. And there are unnamed little cousins and play pals out there asking for full meals off their parents' plates so we know this is not an unreasonable idea! Oh well, I guess bug will be eating lots of yogurt and soup in college...
In other Zoe news, we had a great, long weekend. Zoe even took Friday off to hang with Nana and Pepere St. Pierre at home. She heard they were coming up and had to oblige ;) Sounds like they had a great time. Apparently Zoe played her socks off - so much so that she passed out in Nana's lap before even hitting the crib for her afternoon nap. Which leads me to ask: why do babies do these special things for people who AREN'T their parents? Hmm?
Saturday and Sunday were pretty mellow - so mellow I don't quite recall what we did! But Monday was lovely - bright and sunny - and COLD! and a great time to see the Alonzos 4 for a nice visit. Uncle Brian, Auntie Tammy, and cousins Hannah and Cameron stopped by on their way home from a trip to Bellingham to offer a happy belated b-day to bug.
Zoe had fun with her cousins - giving Cameron the ins and outs of her 'busy zoo' and hanging with Hannah in the big chair. I can't believe how much those kids have grown - it was only yesterday that we were visiting them at Zoe's age! Crazy. But I guess the sweet side of that bitter was recognizing Zoe's fascination with her older, neato cousins. I had some myself and can attest to the fact that eventually, you do catch up and get to join the big kids club.
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We expect a knock from CPS soon.
Zoë is tippy.
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