Today Zoey and I took a Girl's Road Trip to Rochester to visit some good friends. On the way down Zoey napped and I sang along to my i-Pod. We arrived at the Derr's house a little after 11am. Zoey slept the whole way--good thing. She didn't nap again until we drove home! She was happy all afternoon. Aiden and Zoey became quick friends and they entertained each other all afternoon. Zoey laughed at Aiden quite a bit. (Kiera was a little sick and tired--so we let her get her rest. I hope she is feeling better!) When we left the Derr's house we stopped by the Ostman's home to welcome into the world their newest bundle of joy, James--who is 6 days old. He was just a peanut--all of about 5 lbs. Congratulations Carrie and Mark!

Then we came home to an empty house and went on with our routine, that is, until Daddy called and said that David and Jen were coming home with him to watch movies! How did Zoey get so lucky to see everybody in one day? It is almost 9 o'clock and Zoey is still going strong. She is really enjoying all the attention. Hope everyone is having a great weekend! We sure are.

When Zoey returned from Rochester she was a happy girl--all rested and ready for company this evening. She was in for a surprise.

Here is Zoey with her Godmother Lisa and her son Aiden.

Godfather David and Jen came over to watch movies!

Zoey stayed up until the wee hours of the night (Well, that is 9pm in a baby's world) visiting and showing off for David and Jen.

Zoey likes to dance

What a fun age this is turning out to be. Tonight as I played with Zoey on the floor, I started repeating the "Da-Da-Da" sounds over and over again, selfishly trying to get her to say "Dada" before she says "Mama."

Zoey was already in a highly energetic mood, boggying on the floor, rolling over (both ways now...have we mentioned she can complete a 360 degree roll?), and testing the range of her happy screams. As I made my 'da-da' sounds, she started shaking her head back and forth. As I looked at her whole body, she was shifting her bottom back and forth opposite her head. Each time I said, "da-da-da" she'd shake herself back and forth with a big 4 toothed grin (did we mention her top two teeth are sprouting? Gesh, she's starting to outpace the blog!).

She was dancing. She danced as I sang 'da-da-da' for quite a while this evening.

Sigh...

Our little bean keeps spouting. . .

So, Zoey continues to grow and find something new each day. She has discovered that her feet and the socks upon them are fun to play with. We have also seen two new teeth popping out. (For those of you keeping track--that makes 4 teeth so far--two on bottom and two on top.)
Zoey spent some time at Grandma and Grandpa Livingston's house yesterday, while we went out to the movies. She was very happy and showed off all her new skills.



Zoey is learning how to charm her way out of nap time.

Hey! I'm not tired. . .really!