Sunday, September 27, 2009

zoey says

zoey just rode eric around the room. he was on his hands and knees of course. then she climbed on the couch and says, "on your belly daddy, on your belly" eric laid down on his back and said, "you want to ride on my belly? ok, come here." and zoey said, "ok. i will ride on your belly daddy, and you will crawl."


lately i explain something and she listens, then says, "ok" afterwards and truly understands. i find that amazing and realize i'm lucky to have a cooperative kid.


we were at the grocery store the other day and, to almost every person we went by, especially older women, zoey said, "she won't take the bananas" or "she won't take them mommy" or "no mine!". she said this when we were 10 feet from the bananas and not intending on even buying them. actually, the people weren't even touching or looking at the bananas!


we were listening to the song from the winnie the pooh movie "lullaby for bees" i said, "he's singing about putting bees to sleep." and zoey said, "talk about it more mommy." i didn't have a dissertation ready so i just repeated myself. when she does this with other things i have to repeat myself asks about 9 times before she is satisfied. i'm pretty sure she's memorizing it for later use...or just wanting to understand what i said.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

i just put a new post below the happy birthday pop post. check it out. it posted after the HBP post because it was started at an earlier date.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Happy Birthday Pop


i love you pop
hope you had a great birthday today

Thursday, September 17, 2009

a new jersey wedding - eric's cousin nick and his wife christine

playing "sleep" when we first got to the hotel
SHE WILL NEVER SLEEP ON PURPOSE


kohle and the flower girl (sorry i've forgotten her name)


kohle and zoey


yes, that IS kohle swooping down like a vampire!
catching this was awesome luck - kohle was actually running from behind zoey and jumped in front of her and yelled. she loved it.


funny light


shane, dad and eric during the cocktail hour


dancing. zoey started dancing while they were setting up the dancefloor, before anyone else was in the reception room. she continued dancing until 11:30pm when we carried her out while she cried and said she didn't want to go!


papa dance


dinga, grandma, daddy and zoey in the middle of course


wheeeeee


the cousins
andrea and alexa


grandma and zoey


i love kohle;s face in this one



rock out baby


dosey doe


a morning read


she finally fell asleep after 3 hours on the road (a 5 hour trip)


cloud mountain







like i said, it was a five hour drive home...but it was worth it. it was such a great wedding/party. thanks and congratulations nick and christine!

jp (roger william's park / providence childrens' museum)

after the contemplation (see following photos, or most other photos of zoey) she actually is caught in a big smile!


always smiling at his mommy


smiling - contemplating the mirrors on the inside of the carousel (not that jonathan isn't smart as a whip, he just doesn't show the constant observation with his facial expressions as much as zoey does.



love this picture


i'm so tall i have to look under the fence


"jonathan! zoey! look at me!"
i don't know why i thought they'd be magically smiling or looking less like, "what!? i'm trying to look at a horse here!"


aw mom

PROVIDENCE CHILDRENS MUSEUM

this shrimp was vibrant red! i couldn't capture it's true beauty


eric the engineer's favorite part


zoey's favorite part - the water room!


busy


they're both so busy, they don't really have a relationship like they used to (remember their first date?) but they like to talk about each other when they're not together. funny toddlers.


busy bees


smiling at momma again :)


WATER! ARGH~


diorama


totally hot


big truck thingy


playing diner


we've been hanging out with jonathan a lot lately. and his mama justine, which is nice. we're finally in a somewhat coinciding nap schedule with the kids and it's prime out-and-about weather lately. as i mentioned in the captions, the two don't really interact much because they're always so busy learning, playing, screaming i want! at least zoey is lately. today they kissed goodbye and it was very cute, and i wish i got a picture of them. by the way, jonathan will be 2 in early november.

Monday, September 14, 2009

another pretty nh visit

heritage farms pancake house and petting farm (again)



fuzzy bunneh


i don't know why i love to take pictures, and look at pictures, of goats


sweet little meet sweet little



hard at work with luca


'sup


the kids...kirpal romeo isaiah sohani luca sophia zoey

this reminds me of lots of pictures of me as a kid, squinting and looking puzzled...
it's just how i look okay!?


ahhhhhhh


lake winnipesaukee







goodnight gorilla...