Papa is here! For Good this time!

Papa John has officially moved to Wilmington to be with his beloved Zoe Pearl! And Zoe is sooooo happy about that! As soon as she wakes up in the morning she says, "Papa..." and wants to go see him right away. As soon as we pull in the driveway she is asking for him again. She runs right by us when she enters a room and goes directly to Papa! He is always more than happy to stop whatever he is doing and play with his "Pearly Poo". Gotta love a love like that! Thanks Papa for being such a wonderful grandfather to our Zoe!

The Best Daddy Ever!

We all know that Keith is a good Daddy. This is not news to us. But what I love to hear is when other people notice this. We were out this afternoon running errands and getting pizza (and Zoe had no nap today!). In both places Daddy took it upon himself to engage and entertain Zoe the entire time. He often does this when we are all out and it definitely helps keep our busy toddler distracted and allows me to get things done. I see Moms and Grandmas everywhere point him out and amongst themselves talk about what a good Daddy he is. This evening, someone actually came up to him and told him as much! She said she wished Dads were more like him back when she had children. I know a few Dads that are like him these days, but they are definitely few and far between. I hope these girls (our current and future one) always realize what a great Daddy they have!

Jam Session

Daddy and Zoe love to jam on his guitar. Usually he sticks to U2 songs, but lately he has thrown in a few Barney tunes for an instant crowd pleaser. Recently she has begun singing with him. Sometimes they just improvise and make up their own songs as seen here. This is the soon to be famous, "Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala!!!!!!!".

Agawam Reunion

One of my best friends from high school (actually all the way back to middle school!) came to visit with her baby this weekend. It was so great! And it was especially good for Zoe to get used to having another baby around. She had some baby company in the back seat, baby company during meal times, and baby company during play time - most of which she has never had before! She loved the company, but was not too keen on the having to share part - especially the having to share attention from Daddy! I guess we'll have to work on that soon! I love seeing the babies of people I love! It is the sweetest thing seeing friends you have known forever being Mommies (and great ones at that!). We even got lucky enough to get a surprise visit from another good friend of ours from high school one night! Here's to good friends and may Zoe be blessed with many throughout her life!

Zoe shares the love with Charlie!

Pumpkin Patch '09!

Mommy and Daddy took Zoe to the same pumpkin patch that we did last year and picked out some pumpkins. Zoe was really good at saying "pumpkin patch", too! The family pic looks a lot different this year cuz Zoe is so much bigger (and so is Mommy - we are due in a month with baby number two!)

This is big girl Zoe at exactly 19 months!

This is baby Zoe last year at exactly 7 months!

Today at the Pumpkin Patch

This was Zoe's first time at the pumpkin patch when she was old enough to understand a lot of what was going on. She could identify a pumpkin and say it and also realize that she had pumpkins on her socks. She loved the pumpkin ice cream she tried and especially loved playing with her friends Tully, Tripp, Mia, and Tate (though Tully was the one that got a little action in the haystack!) She picked out a baby pumpkin and chose an apple to eat on the way home too. She was even able to tell gramma about her trip when we got home (in one word Zoe sentences, of course) . Yay for fall weather in North Carolina - it is rare!

Happy Anniversary

We went to Myrtle Beach overnight for our 3rd anniversary and had a great time!

Even though we were only there for less than twenty four hours together, we did so much!

Daddy even won Zoe her first carnival prize with his big muscles (at least that's the story he's going with!)

The next day Daddy and Zoe went home and Gramma came to keep Mommy company for one more night. I had never been away from Zoe overnight, but it was well worth it for everyone! I got to relax for a whole 24 hours and Zoe got to be thoroughly entertained by her favorite "Na-Na" (Daddy)!

Yay for family vacation! We'll have to do it again soon!