Saturday, August 30, 2008

hermit island, maine

4 on top, 4 on bottom


doesn't mind the dirt


nice bums


tickle tickle


crazy caterpillar


godparent hands on belly


not afraid


poser


rawrrrrr!


i didn't teach her to drive like this


papa scott


twinkling eyes at fort baldwin


hee hee


angel feet


lifesaving baby gear


love


bookworm


hmmmm


smirker


pre-first ever kayak trip


the most charming


maybe a pit will contain her


nope


she is fearless and loves water


our trip to hermit island in maine lasted one week. we camped in tents, and ate camp pancakes, and other yums at a picnic table, and swam in the ocean a lot. it was heavenly. we were cramped in the tent, with a queen air mattress and a pack n' play, but it worked somehow. summer lovin.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

august

ti ti and me


pre-walking balancing


handsome henry

doesn't henry look debonair in this photo? henry and his parents live 2 minutes from us, too far to walk, very short to drive to. we like to hang with them often. it's nice to have someone to call up at 3pm when the energy is running low to say, want to come over? we're bored! it's really nice to FINALLY know someone who i like, who lives close enough to come over for 1/2 and hour (although it always turns into a couple more than that) and not feel like driving was more than the playing time. henry and zoey are at different stages, as he's 20 months old and she's 13 months old. sometimes henry is too excited for zoey, which is funny since zoey tried to shake her zebra to the ground the other day with a look of pure power on her face, and sometimes zoey is too slow for henry. henry's mom laura and i get along smashingly though.

so, i'm still trying to get video of zoey walking on here. in fact, since she is up (again), i downloaded some video of her a minute ago, but of course the program was "not responding" and i ended it, then the camera battery ran out, and i can't find the cord, so the battery is charging on the wall. GRRRRRR so, i try!

zoey really likes books lately, which is cool, because i like them too, at least children's books. cousin kohle gave her some more cool board books, including "we're going on a bear hunt" which she really likes. she also has a great fondness for boynton books, especially "snuggle puppy" and "barnyard dance" which were both given to us by old dear friends. i find it funny, because i used to love boynton (sally boynton) paraphernalia in the 80's. sweet.

isn't it strange that we (well most people i've talked to) tend to "hate" people who have things easier than we? i read blayne's blog tonight and she said makili (who is two weeks older than zo) sleeps from 8pm-6am and takes a 2 hour nap every day. son of a b*&#. that's really good though. i'm very happy for them. it's all about jealousy. like when i was pregnant, and nauseated for 8 months. that's about 240 days. two hundred and forty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i was very jealous of the happy preggos walking about in euphoric physical bliss. however, i'm happy they were happy, and i know it could always be worse. it all evens out.

ramble ramble ramble

loveable


isn't she? one good thing about having a baby who is bald longer, or at all, is that you can put sunblock on their heads so they don't have to wear hats or look like biker chicks. cute though. this was taken at eric's mom's camper at a nearby ocean beach we love to go to. funny how rhode island is basically a series of inlets, according to most people, but it still takes 45 minutes for us to get to the ocean.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

adventures in eating




the color in the last picture is not off...her eyebrow really was green. since these pictures were taken, i've realized what made better finger foods. particularly, tofutti cream cheese is NOT a finger food. of course, tofu and avocado seem like they would be good for grabbing, and i'm sure they make it into the mouths of some early eaters without major massacre.

Friday, August 15, 2008

zoey's first birthday party 7-12-08

aunty beth walked zoey around (this is before zoey could walk without the mental security of someone else's finger) forever. zoey LOVED it!


nice balloon


she didn't even put it in her mouth!


instead she studied it's molecular structure


birthday friends and sweet presents


uncle joe is a fun guy!


she DID have a good time, she just was busy inspecting her world


we forgot a knife! so eric cut it with a paper plate folded up


cake!


after this, she started eating the plate


romeo, isaiah, kirpal and luca made an awesome teepee fort thing


WHAT is that!?


menfolk


cousin kennedy loves zoey


pretty patterns


tia christen brought the cool cake


always time to sit with avo


slide of fun pile up


but she wouldn't eat cake...


what a brute! really she's just patting lightly. jonathan is a sweet soul


cousin kohle, forever loving zoey and in her face



zoey's first birthday party was a blast. friends came from nh even, and some tented in our yard and stayed with us. lots of people who love zoey came to hang out and bravely eat our vegan foods...until papa came and cooked some meatitarian fare. zoey was very busy and had fun being walked around by people. we're lucky to have so many great friends and family in our lives.