almost easter

move it legs!

sweet one

it's not what you think! (it's an organic teething biscuit)

my new zebra, which whinnies, and papa calls a horse, and mommy can't stop calling a giraffe

my milk belly

tongue has its own agenda

glee

i (mommy) get to see this face all the time!

super cheek

i think of all the things i want to write in here, while i'm nursing her, or driving in the car, or falling to sleep. i forget once i sit down finally at the computer. eric is giving her a bath right now. he does that most nights and then i put the munch to sleep, if i'm lucky, then MAYBE we have a few free moments (which works out to be an hour or so actually) before we (mostly eric) make ourselves go to bed.

the munch has had a runny nose lately, most likely due to teething. i think she's getting the upper teeth. she continues, however, to be the most mellow and wonderfully behaved baby in the world. she definitely has a temper that flares once in a while, like when i am joking around with her when she really wants to get out of the high chair or something.

she is 8 months old and cannot crawl although she recently started doing the army crawl. that's what i've heard it called in books and such. when eric saw her do it (he was the first one which was cool) he said "she's crawling along the floor military style!" he didn't know it was actually called the army crawl. it was funny, to us, people who don't get out much anymore.

ACTUALLY, we were brave(?) and left the house on a whim last night at 7pm (zoey's normal bedtime) to go bowling with papa, uncle jason and cousin kohle. zoey was so excited she kicked her legs and waved her arms, while holding a perma-smile and looking at ever single thing in site with great intent. intent to walk toward no doubt, as she has taken a huge liking to holding out fingers and being walked across the floor. she takes big purposeful steps. it's hilarious and cool. she hasn't pulled herself up on anything by herself yet, except her toy bin (about 1 foot off the floor) which she gets grabs onto with super strength with both hands, while still on her belly. sometimes she tips it over.

a usual comment in out house is "sit down in the tub and play" from eric. or "no standing in the tub". i also tend to say "not for zoey" a bit right now. we've put a few electrical outlet covers in, and are thinking of table corners more. the army crawl isn't very popular yet, but she gets around by rolling and going backwards on her belly. most of the time she unintentionally gets places. i think she may be my mini me.

eric is giggling uncontrollably right now, so i must go see what fun zoey is having in the tub!