This past weekend Zak was at a swim meet, so Zoe and I went out to Elgin.  We went to a pumpkin patch so Zoe could get her first pumpkin.  She was fairly indifferent with the whole experience and didn’t really seem to think that all the big orange balls were anything to get too […]

Read More September 24, 2006

Zoe has accomplished a new milestone. She can now wave. And it is hilarious! Most babies that I am aware of wave by, flapping their hands up and down, but not Zoe. Her wave resembles a hyperactive queen. She cups her hand around an imaginary egg and wildly shakes her whole arms left and right […]

Read More September 24, 2006

Since the weather is starting to get quite a bit cooler, my parents bought Zoe super cozy, soft, warm pajamas. They’re the one-piece kind with the footies and the long zipper. They are a bit big, so they’ll last for most of the winter. The first night she wore them she woke up after being […]

Read More September 20, 2006

For four years now, Zak and I have gone apple picking at Jonamac Orchard in Malta, Illinois and this year was Zoe’s first time ever apple picking. The forecast called for severe storms and large hail in the afternoon, but Zak wouldn’t let that stop him from having fun on one of his few days […]

Read More September 18, 2006

You know it’s a bad week when you have two incidents that involve calls to local emergency services. Zoe and I had done a week worth of grocery shopping and made a quick stop at Trader Joe’s to pick up a few last items. As we were leaving the store I pulled out our umbrella […]

Read More September 14, 2006

Zoe and I started a swim and gym class on Wednesday mornings and the local YMCA and boy are we having a blast. There are about seven other kids in the class and most are a bit older than Zoe and are walking, but Zoe fits right in. We start each class with 30 minutes […]

Read More September 13, 2006

Wow, motherhood is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me, and it just keeps getting better.  Zoe now says “Mom Mom” all the time.  From the moment she wakes to the time we place her head on the mattress she is saying “Mom Mom.”  She first uttered it on my birthday, believe […]

Read More September 7, 2006

If you remember the May 17th entry, you may recall that Zoe slept on her tummy with her rear way up in the air.  So many months have passed by and she is still sleeping like that!!  Every night, when she gets her good night kisses from us we find her all snuggled up with […]

Read More September 4, 2006