6 Months Old!

Well, Zoey has had a great first 6 months of life. She is happy, healthy, and so much fun to be with. She had her doctor's appointment yesterday. Here are her stats:
Height: 2'2.5" (80%)
Weight: 17 lbs. 2 oz. (75%)
Head Circumference: 44 cm (94%)
As Dr. Norquist went through all the milestones to check and see how Zoey is doing, she growled and growled. We are very used to that at home. When he asked whether she babbles at all, he stopped mid-question and said, "Well, she growls a lot. I'm going to put that in her chart." So it is official, she can growl with the best of them. She ended the appointment with 4 shots. (Not the way I wanted to end it--but, once again, she was a trooper.)

She is eating and enjoying sweet potatotes, bananas, oatmeal, and rice cereal. I think green beans will be next.

Deck the Halls--it is time for the holidays!

Zoey helped decorate the house today for the holiday season. We put up our tree and set out some of our decorations. As we were enjoying some play time on the floor this evening, I happened to look at Zoey's big grin and--I bet you can guess what I noticed--two NEW teeth. That makes 6 folks. Someone tell her to stop growing, please.

After helping to deck the halls, Zoey went to play at Chloe's house for a while. It is a lot of fun to watch babies play together.

Thanksgiving Part 2

Zoey's first taste of sweet potatoes was not met with much enthusiasum, but she did eat them.

Zoey needed a nap after her big Thanksgiving feast.

Zoey played with Auntie Tammy quite a bit during the day--but was too tuckered out to play the hilarious game of Balderdash with the family that evening.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
A year ago today Tyler and I were sitting at the Thanksgiving table with his family and Tammy said, "Can you believe it? Next year at this time we'll have a 6 month old baby at Thanksgiving." That was the moment that Tyler and I realized that we were really having a baby. Now it has been that year and we are so thankful to have her and can't wait to bring her to her first thanksgiving meal, where she will be trying some sweet potatoes for the first time.

Zoey is feeling better. On Tuesday night, we weren't sure what was going on with her. Tyler called me at school (I had to work late because of parent-teacher conferences) and said that Zoey wouldn't stop screaming. So I came home as soon as I could and sure enough, she just wasn't herself. It sounded like she was in pain. So we decided to have Tyler take her to Urgent Care to get her check out. Diagnosis: crying baby. What we did get was peace of mind, though. We were sure then it wasn't an ear infection. Zoey went to daycare the next day and had a nice normal day--good naps, good eating, and her very first craft. She came home and we had a nice normal evening. She slept through the night again, which hadn't been happening for the last 4-5 nights. And now she is napping. All is right with the world--of course until she learns a new trick. We have resigned ourselves to remember that nothing will ever really be normal again.

We are going over to Grandma and Grandpa Livingston's home today to celebrate Thanksgiving. Tomorrow Zoey and I are hoping to start decorating the house for Christmas. I think she will really enjoy the lights on the tree. Then on Saturday we drive up to Brooten, MN to celebrate Thanksgiving again with my family. Lots of Turkey!

Gobble Gobble!
Love,
Judy, Tyler, and Zoey

Isn't this cute?

Zoey is beginning to sit without support. (I swear she isn't leaning on my leg at all.)

Of course, after about 30 seconds of sitting by herself, she starts the decline to the floor.