Happy Birthday, Mommy!

This week Mommy had a birthday!

Zoe and Mommy got on video chat with Grammie and Grandad

along with Aunt Lisa, Lillian, and Sophia!

Zoe stood at the table while Mommy opened some presents.

Mommy loved that Zoe gave her

a big smile each time they unwrapped a present together.

Then Zoe gave Mommy the ultimate birthday gift and took a two-hour nap!

Zoe and her Horsey on the rocking chair

As you saw last week, Zoe has discovered the joys of riding on things.

She loves riding on Daddy's shoulders and now she takes some time each

day to practice riding her polar bear.  

Thanks, Uncle Doug and Aunt Laurie!

Every morning while Daddy gets ready for work, Zoe plays in the kitchen.

Daddy does his best to keep her entertained and struck gold when he left

the Tupperware cabinet open and Zoe crawled over to investigate.

Look at all these shapes and colors!

I know it's in here somewhere...

Jackpot

Now Zoe has a new place to hang out each day and Daddy is happy she's not playing

with the stove or dish washer.

Speaking of the dish washer...the one pictured above has been replaced.

Bling

Mommy and Daddy routinely take Zoe grocery shopping and she loves seeing 

all the fun stuff you can buy.

Here is a picture of Daddy being silly.

Zoe loves to read and now routinely pulls down her favorite book,

"Peek-A-Boo Forrest" to read by herself!

Who is always on the prowl?

..Crinkle Crinkle...

PEEK-A-BOO!  IT'S THE OWL!

Mommy is getting to know the (two-legged) residents of our neighborhood 

who stop her on her walk to introduce themselves.

They see Mommy and Zoe on their daily walk and commend 

both Mommy and Zoe for spending so much time outside.

The other benefit is that they then introduce Mommy and Zoe to their 

four-legged cohabitants.

Mommy petting Sierra.

This is Sparrow.

Our biggest surprise is how much Zoe loves flowers.

Zoe wants to stop to touch each one...but we live in 

SoCal and Mommy would rather WALK during their walk together.

Still, there's always time to stop here and there...

This one is as big as Zoe's hat!

Bliss

After we get back and have a bath it's getting close to bed time.

Zoe has figured out how to 'act cute' (as if she could act any other way)

and loves tossing her head back and forth and batting her long eyelashes at us.

 

Zoe also loves mugging for the camera.

We love it, too.

Mommy and Zoe love trying on all the different outfits we've been given.

This one is called, "Ladybugs."

Mommy sent Daddy this pic with the caption:  "Trouble with a capital T"
Daddy had a minor heart attack.

This was the (unsuccessful) start to Operation Yogurt.

That's okay, Daddy hates Yogurt, too.

That's about everything from here!

Our little Monkey hopes to see you all soon!