5 Month Old, Zoe

I can't believe our baby girl is 5 months old. She is growing entirely too fast for her mama. I don't know if everyone feels this way about their second, but I wouldn't mind if she slowed down a little bit. I love the stage that she is right now, and she is more and more fun everyday. We adore our little fireball!

 

Starting with 3

Ok, I know I missed months 1 and 2, but why not start with 3? I thought this idea was really cute, so I decided to give it a whirl. I wanted a way to capture Zoe each month, and I think this is perfect. She is changing so so much each week/month, and it's hard to remember what she was like just a few short months ago.

It's funny how different things are with Zoe. With Evan I was always so eager for him to reach the next milestone, the next step, and he tried my patience taking his sweet time doing things his own way. Not much has changed. :)

I want Zoe to be my baby forever.

I think she has other plans.

She may be one to prove me wrong too, but she seems a little bit more eager than her big brother was. She is very strong, has quite a bit of height on her side, and the physical tasks seem to come a bit easier to her. She is also a very smiley little girl. It is so easy to get her smiling and cooing at us.

All of us, Evan included, are enjoying her more and more every day. Evan prefers that Zoe be awake at all times (watching him, of course) so much so that he has even gotten into trouble a time or two for trying to physically open her eyes himself. She doesn't like that too much, but she is usually very tolerant of him messing with her.

Here is a highlight of our 3 month old, Zoe!

Let's Try This Again

Ok. So I'm not a very good blogger, it's just a fact. I don't think about updating it, I get annoyed trying to make it look pretty, and by looking at it you wouldn't even know I was expecting a second child, much less already had one; but nonetheless I'm going to give this a go...AGAIN. That being said, I have a lot to catch up on to get to a place where I can move forward and try keep up.

For starters, we were blessed with our sweet Zoe Elizabeth on October 26. She has been such an awesome addition to our family, and two months in I can't imagine our world without her. Evan has adored her from the start, and not much has changed. I know it won't always be like that, so I'm definitely enjoying his love for her while I can.

Day One.                                                                      Still crazy about her.

Evan continues to be such a joy and a little stinker all at the same time. He is at such a fun stage and is constantly saying things that make us laugh. I have posted a video that really highlights who Evan is right now. So silly.




Zoe is a growing girl. We just had her two month check up on the 5th, a little late, and she is a healthy baby. For those of you that don't know, we spent 10 days in December in the NICU at Texas Children's with Zoe. She had a bacterial blood infection that she had to receive intravenous antibiotics for. No fun. Fast forward to today and she is one happy, smiley, cooing baby. She actually gave us her first "real" smile in the hospital once she started feeling better. At 10 weeks she was 11 lbs 4 oz (50%) and 24 1/4 in long  (95%). She is one tall girl!

 

I'm hoping to be able to keep up this year and highlight the changes, adventures, and excitements that we have to share in 2012.