Wednesday, October 29, 2008

11 months and still growing







Another month just flew by - we're getting ready for a big milestone birthday here in the next month....
When we're not sleeping we like to stand and walk - we're not so much into sitting anymore :)

Grapes, grapes and grapes...

Thanks for participating in the poll. I'm behind on my updates!!! Here's some grape juice pics- we usually have water in our sippy cup so Zoe was surprised to taste something different. A friend gave us some grapes so we made some grape juice - ahh the smell of fresh picked grapes.


Sunday, October 19, 2008

A new look

I was ready for something different on the blog - so I tried a new layout. Also, check out the poll to the left - trying to figure out how often to update this blog.

It's Autumn Time...












Zoe's doing great - here's a short update. Last time I weighed and measured her - a few weeks back she was 27 1/2 in long and around 17 1/2 pounds. She has two teeth on the bottom and one on the top and the other top one is going to be coming in anytime. She's constantly discovering and doing new things. This past week she started hugging things - it's the cutest thing in the world. She's also started pointing to things alot. And walking everywhere with help. Still no interest in crawling - we like to scoot around sitting down.

Saturday we took a drive up to Laurel Mountains and took a hike through the woods out to the rocks to look at the leaves changing. I love this time of year. Zoe loved the hike, the leaves and fresh air. God's beautiful creation continues to amaze me - all the intricate details of nature alone speaks of an amazing God who loves us so much He created this beautiful Earth for our enjoyment.
Enjoy fall!!! Get some hot apple cider, bake a pie, carve some pumpkins, make a fire in the fireplace - do something different!

Belly Laugh...

Ignore mommy's voice on the video - somehow Zoe was laughing :)

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

The Grand Finale of the zoo pics!







We liked the fishy's



Monday, October 13, 2008

Looking at the kangaroo...


I'll try to get the rest of the zoo pics up in the next day or so. We've been busy around here making applesauce and apple butter and still have more apples! So I think we'll make some more and try to make some caramel apple jam. It's apples everywhere - here.

Mommy and Zoe looking at sea lions




Sunday, October 12, 2008

More pics from the zoo











Polar Bears...




Where's Zoe???


Thursday, October 9, 2008

Say Cheese


Elephants...


There were two baby elephants at the zoo - they were too cute.

Pittsburgh Zoo




Well, we went to the zoo today - it was a beautiful, sunny day. Zoe had fun although she enjoyed watching the people more than the animals I think. It was like, "Zoe look at the big giraffe!" Zoe: "No, thanks I'd rather stare at Susie next to me or the bolts in the fencing." Oh well - next year she will definitely be more into it. Here's a few pics. More to follow in the next several days....
Here's the rhino...and Zoe's face after looking at the rhino.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Out for a walk....



then we got sleepy. Tomorrow we're off to the Pittsburgh Zoo.

A little pumpkin...



We went to get pumpkins and corn stalks to decorate for fall and the nice lady gave Zoe a pumpkin for her size!

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Fall Time...

We went to Schramms farm with Katie for the Fall Festival. We walked through the corn mazes, picked pumpkins, bought apples to make applesauce and took lots of pictures!






















































Daddy, Mommy and Zoe...




We'll miss you Cleo...