Basket rides

I pushed Zoey around the bedroom in the laundry basket while Taylor was taking a bath tonight.  When I took Zoey out of the basket and gave her one of Taylor's barbies to play with, she put the barbie in the basket and started pushing it around! So cute!  When Taylor got out of the bath, Taylor wanted to go for a ride in the basket, so the girls climbed in and away we went!

Zoey is 10 months old

I am so far behind on my blog!  To kind of catch you up; the girls spent a week and a half in Houston with my parents while I went out of town for work and our babysitter was on vacation.  Have to admit the first week was a blast going on dates every night with Nathan, but after a week, Nathan and I were missing the girls so bad we could hardly stand it.

Zoey now has two teeth, is crawling all over the place and loves to stand up. She is trying to pull her up on everything and we believe she will be walking in no time. Zoey turns 10 months old today.  Zoey still adores Taylor and follows her around - the best she can. Taylor is such a great big sister and plays with Zoey all the time.

This has been a crazy month for us.  Nathan started a new job at his old company today and I went part-time at my company. I will be working on an as needed basis. This will allow me to spend more time with the girls and allow us to go do things during the day. Lots of changes this month - but all good so far!

Zoey is 9 months old and going through lots of changes!

Zoey turned 9 months old last Friday. We had her 9 month check up on Monday and she has only gained 3 ounces since her 6 month check up. I can't believe it! You can tell that she has slowed down in her growing, but she is still in the 97th percentile. She is almost 30 inches long! 

I was working at the kitchen table yesterday morning and noticed Zoey crawling toward one of her toys. I was so excited I started screaming and scared her to death. She flipped over with this look of panic on her face and was about to burst into tears, but I got her before she started crying.  Taylor was so proud of her that she was finally crawling. Poor Zoey, Taylor is now moving all of Zoeys toys just far enough away from Zoey that she has to crawl to them now. Zoey doesn't seem to mind, she adores her sister and would do anything Taylor wanted her to.

Zoey crawled over to the couch yesterday and grabbed the camera strap (camera was sitting on the couch). She pulled just hard enough to bring the camera down on her face. Thankfully she turned her head and the camera hit the side of her face. She has a small bruise above her right eye. She only cried for a moment and then was over it. She is pretty tough! It was one of those slow motion events where you see it happening and can't get there fast enough. I was going to take her to the doctor, but she doesn't seem to have anything wrong with her except for the small bruise.

I also noticed yesterday that Zoey is getting her first tooth! Her front bottom right tooth has broken through the skin finally! She has been chewing on her fingers more than usual, but she has been drooling and chewing on things for months, so we didn't think anything of it.

Nathan was playing with the girls on the floor last night and put Zoey down on all fours to try to get her to crawl. She pushed herself up into a sitting position instead! Holy cow! She crawled for the first time, cut a tooth and sat herself up all for the first time yesterday. Big day for Zoey!!!

VBS 2011

This year our church had VBS at night for families.  Nathan and I were family group leaders (Family Artorius) with 12 people in our family. Taylor and Zoey both attended VBS and had a blast. Our VBS this year was Paul and the Underground Church in Rome. They created a market place for us to attend shops, we went to see Paul in Prison and we attended an underground church.  Taylor got to go through the same things with the preschool VBS.  Zoey hung out in the nursery and talked with her boy-friends Asa and Thomas Cates.  We had an amazing family this week and learned alot. I'm sad it is over and loved every minute of it.

Look how cute Zoey is as a Roman!

Taylor with Paul and the guard (Brutus) in prison - sorry it is blurry

Zoey in the nursery

Taylor and Piper with their wreaths

Zoey with Asa and Thomas at dinner before VBS

Taylor in Extollo singing

Nathan in the metal shop with our family

Taylor in the preschool market place at the food shop having a snack

Nathan and our family in the market place

Nathan (in the yellow shirt) with our family playing Olympic games

Zoey in the nursery with her gold bracelet

Nathan and the girls in our family group area (he had already taken most of our area apart)

Taste of Dallas

First DART train ride!

Ready for our first train ride down to Fair Park

Zoey loves her first DART train ride

Pretty neat train ride

Yes, that is a penguin. He was just cruising around the exhibit hall at The Taste of Dallas.

Feeding a goat at The Taste of Dallas.

How cute is that baby pig!?!

My girls and me waiting for the train after The Taste of Dallas

My sweet girls

I just love them so much! They are such precious little angels and God has blessed us with them. The girls are such good sports and let me dress them alike. My parents just got back from Greece where they picked up these gorgeous dresses for the girls.  Taylor is such a great big sister and loves helping with Zoey. Zoey is growing up so fast and is trying her best to crawl.

Zoeys first movie..............Cars 2

Zoey went to see her first movie at the theatre last Saturday. We took the girls to see Cars 2 at Studio Movie Grill. Zoey did great watching the movie and hanging out. She did throw my lunch on the floor, but I got to eat half of it before she did that.