Licking the Wind

Whenever Zoe cries now, we usually can get her to stop by letting the wind blow on her face. It worked at the beach today. It also works in the car- I just roll the windows down, let the wind blow in her hair, and she calms right down. By the way, this is one of my favorite outfits on her!

Birth Mark

This is Gramma feeding Zoe at the beach today. Her little heart birth mark matches her hat! The doctor says it's the kind that will get bigger till she's about 4 and then go away. It just gives us more of her to love right now!

Baby girl

Sometimes she's just cute and I don't need a reason to take a picture!

Doggie Daycare

The dogs have been pretty good about Zoe. Our mellow girl Maggie just likes to look at her and lays outside the nursery whenever I am feeding Zoe. We often need to sheild Zoe from Boston's (the big rambunctious dog) huge wagging tail as he runs past her when she's in the swing or sitting in her little rocking chair. He also likes to lick her feet and smell her diaper...I guess those things are harmless enough - though kind of weird! The first time we brought Zoe home and she cried, Boston would bark and Maggie would whine, but they soon got used to it. Overall, they really don't pay that much attention to her, though I think the dogs know she is special. When she was only a few weeks old, she was sleeping in her bassinet and everyone else was in the living room. We heard a really weird cry and I ran to the room. The dogs ran with me and we found Zoe literally choking on her spit up. We were all very freaked out so it took a while for us to realize that the animals knew right away that something was wrong - before we did. The had heard her cry a million times and never cared until that moment when she needed help. It's nice to know we've got some extra help in the baby protection department!

Little Dolly

I love all the cute dresses they have for little girls. I'm so excited that they have bright colors to choose now, and not just pastel pink. Though, she does look awfully cute in pink , too! The shoes are actually socks that look like shoes - my absolute favorite baby accessory!

Sittin' Pretty

Zoe is really loving sitting and is learning to hold herself upright. She can do it if we hold her hands and let her pull herself up. Sometimes she'll just sit in a lap and look around for a long time. She loves it!

Daddy's 1st Bath

Daddy gave a bath to Zoe tonight all by himself (well, almost:) for the first time. Of course Zoe loved it! Keith has the "fun daddy time" down, now it's great to have him help out more with the "caretaking" part of babyhood - it's a nice break for Momma and Zoe gets special time in the process!