early november

silly face

a while ago we hung out at the park. she climbed halfway up these stairs, then turned around. i couldn't tell if it was from boredom or exhaustion. i suspect boredom.

tutu!

jonathan's birthday Nov 2, 2008

at first she was afraid of this horse, because it moves its nose and makes horse noises!

a real girl doesn't let a dress get in the way of hanging with a pal

yee ha!

bruiser

pretty

yes, i'm starting from the beginning of where i stopped blogging due to vacation (thanksgiving in florida) and family colds that seemed to last FOREVER! so, on november 2, we went to my friend justine's house for her son jonathan's first birthday. you may remember jonathan from pictures here and there. zoey and he have had a sordid relationship from the start when he was still in that sack-of-flour stage and she patted him on the face with great interest. the other day we went to lunch together and the played with each other's hands and almost hugged...so that's good. the birthday party was a blast as jp has a wonderful playroom with lots of fun toys, and his parents put on a lovely spread of food and fun. balloons were a big hit with zoey of course.

memories, like the corners of my fuzzy mind

i know zoey's changed a lot in a year, but i had to check out last years posts around christmas anyways. look at this cuteness.

http://babybirdzoey.blogspot.com/2008/01/christmas-2007.html

i'm sure you're all sick of seeing zoey's monkey butt when you open the blog. i'm sorry! she's been sick since we got back from florida, and eric had a cold, and christmas preparations have been done! also, my computer port that the power cord goes into is broken so i have to hold it just so to keep the screen from changing constantly from power save mode, to regular mode so i haven't been on it as much. ggrrrrrrr.

hopefully i'll get back in the swing soon. if nothing else, i'll have lots and lots to post after christmas.

happy snowdays.
anna

halloween 08

yes, i'm still catching up with october good grief charlie brown!

love

blue eyes show up in the tub

the following are from a trip we took to the audubon society with cousin kohle, who loves zoey so much. sometimes it's hard to see the love until i look at it in still pictures later, because kohle is so active i spend half the time saying "get out of her face!!!!" and "let her be!!!!" but how sweet he is.

inspired by an old friend

as i sat here, a minute ago, reading some poetry and looking at some gorgeous photographs of a non-parent old friend of mine, i thought how far i am from the place where he still is. although he has changed and grown, he still resides in a single artist's world, whereas i, a person with a solitary goal of being stain free when i choose my outfit for the day, just cleaned up a zoey-puked-on blanket, and nursed her back to sleep.

oh good, i just found more a.b.c. dinner on my shoulder.

i feel like doogie howser.