Mothers Day

We celebrated Mothers Day mostly on Saturday this year. Daddy, Mama and Zoe went to the park for a little play time and picnic. I actually love our park we go to, it is such a big park with lots of green grass everywhere, lots of trails, a creek and big playground. We had a blast here as we always do. I love to see Zoe running around care free. As many of you remember we live in a condo complex with nothing but pavement all around us, booooo.

After the park we went home for nap time. Once we woke Zoe up from her nap, we were off to do a little shopping for much needed clothes for this Mama. I went to New York & Company, can you say S-C-O-R-E!! Everything in the store was half off. I left with two shirts, a pair of shorts, a pair of capri pants and a dress for....drum roll please.....$56.00. I was ecstatic!!

After shopping, Bryan said I could choose anywhere I wanted to eat. If you know me, you know my absolute favorite thing to do in the Summer is sit outside for my meals. So, I chose of all places, Mellow Mushroom, a pizza joint right by our house. They have fabulous pizza and terrific greek salads.....my mouth is watering as I type this but the best part is they have a huge patio outside. It was kind of cool on this particular night though so we ate quickly.

Sunday we went to church and then came home and just relaxed for the rest of the day. Bryan cleaned the house, cooked dinner, gave Zoe a bath, changed diapers all day. It was wonderful, to just have a day off. I got a lot of snuggle time though with my baby girl and I completely loved every minute of it. My days of snuggle time with Zoe are numbered, I am aware of this, so I am eating up every minute I can with her.

We didn't go to Alabama this year for Mothers Day to see Bryan's Mom nor my Mom. We had been at both parents houses 3 weekends in a row prior to Mothers Day. We were at my Parents for two weekends in a row and then Bryan's parents the actual weekend before Mothers Day. April and May are busy for us because my Mothers birthday and Bryan's Dads Birthday are back to back at the end of April, first of May.

Here are some pictures of our sweet baby girl from Mothers Day. Her Daddy and her planted Basil and sweet peppers on this day too.

I am very, very blessed to have such an amazing family and support system.

To My Zoe,

You are my heart and soul little girl. You have taught me so much and continue to teach me every day. Your heart is pure and your sweetness is consuming. I love you with all my heart and I want you to know how special I feel not only on Mothers Day but everyday that I get to be your Mommy. I will always love you toot toot and I will always, always be here for you.

Love,
Mommy

P.S. - Looks like Mommy forgot to download the amazing pictures of us from Church. I will post those soon.

Let me count the ways

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I've been playing

I am really starting to get into this camera business. I've taken a very general class so far on how to use my DSLR but I have many more to go. I've been playing with my pictures on a website called Picnik (free services of course). I haven't upgraded to any premium websites yet until I learn about contrast, temperature, sharpening, lighting, color, etc. I am going to post a few pictures that I have played with mostly for me to see how they look but also maybe you photo taking professionals will help a sister out, some advice. I am like a sponge right now, ready and willing to absorb any information I can!!

I promise I will do my Mothers Day post as well as a 21 month old post for Zoe soon.

Oh Boy....it's that time!

So I said the word "shoot" the other night in front of Zoe. Let's just say it is her new favorite word....WOOPS!! She ran around the house all night saying shoot Mommy shoot!! Guess it's that time, note to self, watch what I say!! I have a little repeater on my hands. Hope all of you have a fabulous weekend and such a blessed Mothers Day. I plan to do a Mothers Day post either late Saturday night or Sunday. Until then ta ta friends!!

Some things I want to remember

Time is just flying by and there are so many wonderful things happening with Zoe right now that I would like to document.

Zoe, you had your first swim lesson on April 17, 2010. At first you were scared to get in the water but you soon warmed up to the idea and had a blast "splashing" in the water.

You are so talkative right now, it is so stinkin cute. You are saying a little of your ABC's. You say A, B, C, D but X and Z are your favorites to say. You haven't quiet figured out the letters in between yet. You can count to 10 almost, with a little help and you are only 20 months!! You are repeating everything right now and starting to make small sentences. Some of your favorites words/sentences are:

Mommy Work
Daddy Work
Wiggles
My bankie
Boo Boo
Uh Oh
Shoes
Mommy's shoes
Zoe
Mama
Daddy
Book
Shoes
Elmo
Ball
My Baby
Music
My toothbrush
Me Me
Pop
Paw Paw
Nana
Scott
Be-ah but it is Bayla (our cat)
Cochie but it is Kaiser (our cat)
Outside
Baby
Baby Sit
Tea
My wagon
You can name lots of animals and their sounds

You are just talking up a storm. I love it, it's so cute.
Your little personality is starting to come to life. You love for me to hold you, no complaints by me what so ever. You love for me to tickle your arms and legs, you want let anyone touch your feet!! You love for me to make you laugh. You love to play in your kitchen and make tea. You want Mommy to drink "tea" with you all the time. You love for us to read you books. You are constantly bringing us books to read you. I hope you get this trait from me, I love to read and I hope you will to. You love to run in the nude. You hate for us to put your clothes on after a bath. I love to see your little naked butt running all over the house. You are just precious. You love brushing your teeth although you aren't very good at it yet. You were fascinated for a while with learning how to dress yourself, not so much anymore. You love to "pee pee potty" although you rarely go pee pee in the potty. We are working with you slowly and daycare has started working with you as well. We are still not pushing you but starting to slowly get you transitioned. I will secretly be a little sad to see diaper stage go....what am I crazy.....not one bit, just another sign that you are getting older. You have the best smile. I love to make you smile. I love when I get you out of your crib in the mornings and I am holding you and you pat my back, nothing beats this moment. I pat your back when I hold you and now you do the same for me. You still stink at eating. I still worry because you are just so skinny. I try to keep reminding myself not to worry, you are just little, I was little when I was your age but I still worry. You won't eat vegtables so we now puree green beans and carrots mostly and then put them in the spaghetti or whatever we are eating. You loved bananas for a while but now I think you are getting tired of them. Oh well, it is a constant guessing game with you. I know one day out of the blue your appetite is going to take off but until then the worry and battle to get you to eat remains. You are so smart baby girl. You are growing and changing so much everyday. We are having the time of our lives learning from you and loving you with every ounce of our heart and souls. You are God's gift to your Daddy and I and we treasure you. We can't wait to watch you grow some more into the beautiful little girl we know you will be. We love you to eternity and back baby girl.

XOXOXOXO
Mommy & Daddy

We had a "boo boo" at school

When I got to school to pick up Zoe on Friday the first thing her teacher said was "DON'T FREAK OUT"....ok, this is probably not the best way to start a conversation!! Zoe had fallen while running in the classroom and busted her lip. I was totally fine, no freaking out here. I know things like this are going to happen. Does it make me sad that I wasn't there to console her when she fell, VERY MUCH SO but I know she was in good hands. Her teacher put ice on her lip and gave her lots of TLC, I'm sure she ate the extra attention up!!

3 post in one day!!

Just wanted to include some 20 months photos of baby girl, oh okay, A LOT of 20 month photos but hey, who's counting when you have such cuteness to look at!! There are a few pictures of her Daddy and her, she and I and some of her Me Me and Pop (my parents). I love how they have just land for days for this girl to play on. I enjoyed spending time with my parents this past weekend and I think Zoe did too!!