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Zoe is now 3 years old.


That is simply amazing.

And pretty damned wonderful.

We kicked off her fourth year a couple of days early with a bit of family fun, and of course, food.




Little sis, Nana, Grandma Leona and Grandpa Derrel


Do you take yours with pepperoni?


The bug theme continues...


Center of attention...a little too much attention...

but she shall overcome for cake. My girl.

There were great gifts, too:

Car



Books and Ball



Love


Happy Birthday to you, my sweet little girl.

movin' on

So, I was just reviewing pictures from the past three weeks and found that I really didn't take any great pix from Christmas.

Here's the two best shots:



Missing are good shots of Maggie (well, her face, even) and the family cookie-making on the eve.

There's a few cute ones from the Christmas aftermath, so I've added some here:



But I'm resolving to start posting from fodder that's a bit more current. Say, New Year's? ;)

Ah heck, here's the couple I got from the festivities at the Alonzo's four:



So OK, that ended up a little better than I thought it would but now, I'm movin' on...

St. Pierre Xmas/Anniversary (still catching up)

The weekend before Christmas just so happened to fall on my folks' 40th wedding anniversary, so we WA-contingency of the St. Pierre family convened to celebrate. The girls had a great time getting in some practice with the gift opening ;)


checking out the tree with Nana


wanting in on the action


building letters and names with Uncle Chris & Auntie Erin


sweet girls




breaking for some gnosh before the real party begins...


thus it starts


sweet look of gratitude


M on the move (yes, that's how she gets around)

It was a great gathering. Congrats mom and dad! And thanks for everything!

portraits by Zoe

More headless Nana :)


Closer...


Yeah!


working on composition


getting distracted :)

Domestic diva

I wonder what she'll wear when I ask her to do the windows? ;)

(I know it's mostly obscured by hair, but look at that face! where has my baby gone?! sniff!)

A grand day out (and in)

A few weeks before Christmas, Nana and Pepere spent the day with the girls so that Dave and I could catch a bit of kid-free time. The day was well-spent by everyone, I think.

While I was downtown hitting the shops with Becky, Dave was at Greenlake watching for birds with Tim and Deb, and the girls were tearing it up at home. Nana and Pepere, of course, got some shots of the action...


Ace of emptying



playing ballerina

And Zoe even got a few shots of her own!!

(photos by: Zoe M. Alonzo)

A huge and belated thanks to my folks for the down time and to Maggie for proving to us once and for all that she's cool with bedtime at home without me!