11 Months Old!

I am so impressed with how quickly my baby girl will learn new things.  She is really funny and is very outgoing.  Climbing, dancing and seeing how loud she can get are her favorite things to do.  She is getting really close to walking just in the last week she seems to be more interested in it.  She has been able to take about 2 steps at a time for the last month.

This week at Daycare she did not cry when I dropped her off and it made me so happy, but at the same time I was kinda sad.  She even reached out for one of her teachers which is way different then a few weeks ago when she would have a death grip on me as soon as we walked into the classroom.

We went to see the Doc last week since she had had a running nose for about a month and a cough with a fever.  I went back and forth on taking her and then she twice last Wednesday coughed so hard she vomited I decided I better get her check to be safe.  We went saw the Doc and he checked her and said "every thing looks okay" but he wanted to have her blood tested and chest X-rayed.  My poor child has veins like me in that they are very hard to find.  They tried her right arm first and she watched the needle go in and was doing so good, until she had to wiggle the needle to find the vein.  Then they did the other arm and were able to get enough blood.  She was pretty mad by this point and so holding her down for the X-ray was no fun either.  All was good nothing was wrong with her, which is great but man if I did not feel so horrible for putting her through all that.  While there she weighed in at 19 lbs., 31 inches tall, and 45 cm head.

Zoë is so much fun right now I love playing with her.   She waves to strangers every where we go and loves to see new things.

I can't believe it has been a year since I was begging her to come out of my belly so I could meet her.

They were so tired of photos

10 Months!

Well we have been a little busy around here so this blog has been very neglected.  We did not have a 9 month check up due to a change in insurance so we had a 10 month check up.  Z is 29 and 3/4 inches tall which is in the 95% she weighs 18 lbs. and 14 oz. which is in the 10-25% this one has me worried but the doc says she is fine.  Her giant heed comes in at 45 cm which is in the 95%.

She is really loving going to daycare twice a week, I love getting her daily report sheet from them.  She has been doing a lot better letting other people besides her mama hold and play with her.  Her teacher told me she goes to the refrigerator every day and plays with the picture of our family, and never even touches the other babies family photos.  They have to keep the door closed in her classroom specifically because Zoë always tries to escape.  On some days they go to the classroom next door and play with the kids who are 2 years old, and this is Zoë's favorite.  It was fun to get her school photos done for the first time yesterday, but unfun to already have to deal with crazy mom's.

We have a Dancing Queen on our hands she absolutely loves to dance!  The other day while eating dinner Blu came in the kitchen to get a drink of water and Zoë started to dance to the beat of Blu lapping up water.  She also loves to sing and tries so hard to sing all her ABC's.  Some of her favorite songs are:

Home by Edward Sharp and The Magnetic Zeros
Tighten Up by The Black Keys
Hey Me, Hey Mama by Ray LaMontagne
Party Rock Anthem by LMAFO


...and anything with a banjo

We are getting very close to her walking she takes a couple steps here and there, and she gets so excited about it.  She also loves to give kisses to every one and thing.  It is so funny she opens her mouth wide and just pretty much bits my lips to give me a kiss.

There are now five teeth in her mouth 3 on top and two on the bottom.  Some nights she does so well and sleeps from 8pm until 4am nurses and then goes back to sleep until 6:45.  Other nights she is up every 2 hours, a lot of it is she has been sick more since she started Daycare so she has trouble when she is congested.

We are getting really excited for her first B-day and starting whole milk!

Hanging out with her buddy Tripp

(Not) Working with Zoë