As American Idol judge, Randy Jackson would say. “Dawg, we got a hot one today!” It has been a hot weekend, and we’ve spent most of it trying to keep Zoe cool while having a ton of fun! Saturday was the grand opening of the carousel at Brookfield Zoo and we knew we couldn’t allow […]

Read More May 29, 2006

At six months and one day old, Zoe continues to change day after day. Now that she can sit up, her entire perspective of her world has changed. A routine shopping trip is a brand new adventure for Zoe. Being allowed to sit in the cart in an upright position has shown Zoe a rainbow […]

Read More May 23, 2006

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Read More May 22, 2006

There are different types of eaters. There’s the eater that picks gently at the food on her plate, pushing the peas around not really getting much to her mouth. There’s the eater that will only eat foods that are familiar, unwilling to try new tastes or textures. There’s the fine eater that knows good food […]

Read More May 20, 2006

Zoe has been sleeping on her stomach for a few weeks now. We always put her down on her back, but by the time we bend over to give her a kiss goodnight, she’s flipped over. At first I was terribly concerned, but the pediatrician said it was fine. Each morning when I go in […]

Read More May 17, 2006

Today was my first Mother’s Day! Several years ago, on one of those family vacations, my parents took Michael and I to the town where the first Mother’s Day was celebrated. (Not too far up the road was the town where the first Father’s Day was celebrated a few years later!) I actually remember the […]

Read More May 14, 2006

Yea!! Another milestone for my Z-girl has been reached! Today, for the first time ever Zoe…drum roll please…stayed sitting up by herself!!!! It’s amazing, what this girl can do! We were playing with her toys on the floor and she was sitting with the support of my hands. I slowly removed them and Zoe stayed […]

Read More May 10, 2006

We have introduced the world of REAL food to Zoe!! You can’t really call the gooey mess of rice cereal real, but the delicious sweet potatoes you can call real! We are doing the whole food thing very Marthaesque and making all of Zoe’s food. At least for the time being. We want to do […]

Read More May 8, 2006

We’ve been busy this past week, but have been having a lot of fun. Last Friday, Zoe and I spent the day in Elgin and my mom was able to feed Zoe cereal for the first time. It was a riot, very messy. My folks didn’t have a high chair, mainly because Mike and I […]

Read More May 7, 2006

This one is totally non-Zoe related and even goes back a week or two, but it is damn funny, so I thought I’d share. It was a sunny morning, an early morning, like 7:00 . Zak had left for work and I was barely awake listening to Zoe start to wake up over the monitor. […]

Read More May 3, 2006