Dear Zoe, You turned one year old today. For the past week or so I’ve been constantly remembering what I was doing one year ago. Dad and I had worked so hard to be prepared for your arrival into our lives. We set up your room, we read lots of books, we took classes, we […]

Read More November 23, 2006

What an amazing day we just day! Zoe turned one!!! My baby is one year old. One. She has an age that doesn’t have to be told in months. She is one. Zoe is one, as of today. Wow. It was a day that could not be described as anything but perfect. My mom came […]

Read More November 22, 2006

As I was baking chocolate cupcakes for Zoe’s first birthday tomorrow, I realized that for the foreseeable future, November 21 will be devoted to baking for her birthday. Yum!

Read More November 21, 2006

At 10:00 each night Zak and I go into Zoe’s room to kiss her goodnight before we head off to bed. She usually stirs a bit when we open her door and we are pretty convinced she now expects us about 10:00 and waked up on her own to wait for us. The other night […]

Read More November 20, 2006

Yesterday the three of us trooped on down to Michigan Avenue for the “Lighting of the Magnificent Mile” and other holiday festivities. It was a cold day, so Zak and I bundled up, and then we dressed Zoe like we were sending her to Antarctica for a month to fend for herself. As we walked […]

Read More November 19, 2006

One of Zoe’s favorite tricks is to give high five. She is really good and immediately raising her hand, fingers spread out, up above her head when we say, “Give me five!” With her birthday just around the corner, I asked her many, many times today how many more days until her birthday. Then I’d […]

Read More November 17, 2006

Zoe has become an expert in sharing. Zak and I never would have described sharing as a quality that Zoe processes, but she is a changing munchkin! She so seriously and affectionately will hold a toy or food or paper or anything up and proudly hand it off to a bystander. I hosted book club […]

Read More November 14, 2006

Zoe has reached another one of those huge milestones. She has taken her first independent steps! Yea!!! I am so ridiculously proud of her. She is just growing up so quickly! Here is how it all happened. Zak and I have known that Zoe has been ready to walk for weeks now. She glides along […]

Read More November 12, 2006

Zoe had a fabulous first Halloween. She was the most darling pineapple you have ever seen and she loved it! In July we were eating a fresh pineapple and Zak cut the top off and we pretended to place it on Zoe’s head. Zak joked that she could be a pineapple and I immediately knew […]

Read More November 2, 2006