A Day in the Park and 13 Month Update

Yesterday we went to Pioneer Park in Stillwater to meet some friends for a picnic lunch. We didn't tell Zoey who we were meeting--it was a surprise. She was so happy that it was her old daycare friend Sean. The thing that amazing me about Sean and Zoey are that they just always seem to pick up where they left off. They play shy for maybe a minute and then just start telling jokes and stories that only they understand. It turns out that they both love sitting in the purple chairs below--so it was a perfect match. I love this picture. We didn't know where they were and found that they were telling each other stories in these chairs. (A totally candid shot--I snuck up on them.)

The rest of our Saturday we spent at home, playing out in the backyard and the screen porch. Tyler and Zoey made rainbows with the garden hose.Zander sat and watched. Look at his excitement!

Zander does enjoy hanging out on the porch with me. He climbs all over and plays with his toys.

Zoey took her camera out tonight and took some pictures.

She wanted one of her pictures on the blog--isn't it lovely?

Zoey wanted to tell a bedtime story to Zander before we put him to bed. She is a fabulous story teller. Below is the video. The quality isn't great (we need to get a bigger memory card)
but the sound is good.

In other news. . .here is a quick update on what Zander is all about at 13 months 2 weeks:

• Zander is on the brink of walking. . .he took 2.5 steps on his own tonight.
  
• Zander is learning and using baby sign. He can sign 'thank you', 'milk/drink', 'please', 'more'.
  
• He can say a version of "Thank You", "Bye, bye", "Dada", "Mama."
• He sampled peanut butter yesterday and did fine with it.
• He is still the most smily content baby I know of (just like her big sister was at that age!)