Daddy got a new J.O.B!

We are very excited here in the Roberts household, Derek got a new job.  He starts his new job with Rexel Electric on Friday and will now have weekends off.  This is so exciting we can now go on some family adventures.  I believe I have most weekends booked for the next year.  Camping and going to Chicago are big ones as well as getting to drive down to Georgia to visit family.

Danger Zoë

My baby girl is fearless!  She is now pulling her self up and attempting to stand on her own.  Derek and I are like jungle gyms to her, she will pull her self up then attempt to launch herself over us.  She is very difficult to hang onto as she is alway reaching for something.  Her crawling skill have gotten really good, she is so quite I can not hear her glide across the room.  I am a little worried she will be climbing up furniture and jumping off soon.

A day at the park

Today was another nice day.  It only got into the low 90's instead of 100 like it has been.  This humid heat makes being outside in the summer misarable, sure makes me miss Oregon summers.

After work today Zoë and I played in the yard for a while then walked up to the park.  She had a great time swinging.  Then we played in the grass for a while.  I had envisioned her taking a nap and me reading, not quite sure what made me think that would happen.  So instead she tried to eat my book and then she tried to eat my leg then my face.  She did deciede to take a nap on the walk back home.

My beautiful daughter is very long, and I am alway having trouble finding PJ's for her.  So I deciede to cut the feet off of her PJ's, and now they are a perfect fit.  She hates to have anything on her feet anyways.

We are still waiting on her teeth to arrive.  There is no sign of their arrival either.

First hike at Mammoth Cave as a Family

We finally had a not so flippin hot day!  So we took advatage and spent it at Mammath Cave National Park.

Living in the now.

When Zoë was a newborn I could not wait until she was more interactive and crawling.  Now I kinda miss little bitty Zoë.  It was so easy to change her diaper with out her rolling over and over and over.  We are having so much fun with her now I don't want to think about future Zoë, exept when I see Tweens then I just hope she jumps right over that.

Ba Ba Ba Ba

Zoë says "BaBaBaBa" most of the day now.  If she is not saying it she is moving her mouth like she is saying it.  This is very serious when she is making this noise but if you make the noise back it is the funniest thing in the world.

She has been for a while now moving her mouth like she is chewing something.  We started the Puffs which she loves and it is so much fun watching her try and get them in her mouth.  She is good at picking them up but not good at getting her thumb and index finger to her mouth first she goes pinky first.

We started using the big bath this week.  We could have started using it a while ago but I needed to give it a good scrub and I thought it would be difficult to bath her in it.  It is actually easier and she loves it.

 

 

What a fast week that was.

Zoë had a photo shoot on Wednesday and we should have the pictures back by the end of this week.  I can not wait to see them.  We did the shoot at Lost River Cave, so she got to play in the dirt which she loved.

On Friday night we went out to dinner for our friend/neighbor Harry Potter's Birthday.  So since he is Tripp's dad Zoë got to hang out with her boyfriend.  I am sad I did not snap any photo's.

Saturday afternoon we went to Clay's Graduation party before we headed down to Georgia.  The drive down was the quickest we have done in a while.  I guess since it was not winter or Christmas Eve Eve it makes it a little faster.  Zoë did good on the drive she slept most of the time and really wanted out of the car the last 15 minutes.  It was pretty much the same scenario on the drive back.

We got to hang out with the family and every one got to see Zoë crawl.  Derek and I went out that night to a concert in Chattanooga and also to one of my favorite places "Hair of the Dog Pub".