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Easter Village Photos

Easter Photos

Some cute videos

Zatanna's first Birthday Party

Here are some pics we took at Z's birthday party on March 6th. We had a bunch of people over and Zatanna loved all the attention and gifts.

One Year Already!

In a few short hours, my baby will be officially one year old. I can't believe how fast this year has gone. It seems like it was yesterday that I was laying on the couch waiting out contractions.
Zatanna continues to amaze me everyday and shows me what life is really about. This isn't going to be a long post because my brain just keeps repeating the same thing "one year already" plus I am getting tear eyed thinking back on all the awesome moments this year has brought to my life which makes it difficult to see the screen.
 I just wanted to say how much I love my beautiful daughter. I cherish every second of the memories this past year has brought me andI look forward to all the ones to come.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZATANNA!!!

 Silly Girl!

Z eating breakfast

Z update

Last week, Zatanna turned 11 months. Next month is the first birthday party. I just cannot believe how fast the time has gone.
Here are some updates...

• She has such a good vocabulary for 11 months. She says momma, dada, all gone (for peekaboo not food), whats that (we get this constantly especially in stores), wow and roar. She loves to roar at everything which makes me think when we saw the ultrasound and thought she was a dinosaur, we may have been partially correct :)
•  She loves mcd's french fries and will grab the bag if you come in the door with it. This was an issue when we got breakfast and no french fries but the pancakes won her over. Most meat she will spit out but anything bread like she will eat.
• She can drink from a regular cup as long as I hold it for her otherwise she will want to swing it around and dump it out. 
• oh and she takes the teething guards off her crib...

That is all I have time for right now but here are some pics...

Just because she looked so cute

Drummin

Holidays

I finally got around to posting the holiday pictures. I was dreading adding all those photos one by one until I found out you can link it to photobucket and set it as a slide show. Love it!!

Z had a great holiday season, she got so many fun toys and she got to chew on all the wrapping paper and most of the clothes she received.

We stayed home all day christmas day and anyone who wanted could come over. We had both sets of parents, the brothers and a soon to be sis in law.It was a very fun day and we had a great time.

As for New Year, Z was asleep. She fussed a minute before midnight and then feel right back to sleep until 1230 after which her and I were up until 3am.

She has grown so much in the last few weeks. She says hello and bye, mama and daddy, NO (which iwas the one we didn't want her to learn) and a few others. One morning as I was leaving for work I told her goodbye and she said bye bye and I said you are such a big girl to which she replied "yeah". Too cute! As for no, the first time she said that my mother said "your mom has not been paying any attention to you tonight has she" and clear as day my daughter says "no" I fell down laughing...I just couldn't believe it. Apparently, now she says it to the electrical cords...I love how she decided it is them that is bad and not that she should stay away from them.

As for food, she is eating lots of table food. Recently, I find she doesn't want the baby food she just wants whatever I am having so I try to have at least something on my plate she can eat.

My mind is blanking now so that is all for now. I am sure I will think of a million things I could have added on my way to bed but they will just have to wait.

Christmas Pics

Gift Wrapping

So, tonight I told Z since she woke up at 8pm that she had to help mommy wrap gifts....what was mommy thinking! It started out good I gave her a bow to play with and that seemed to be working and then I brought out some ribbon...after that she was all grabby and I thought her and the cat (Tater Tot) were going to come to fisticuffs. They were actually playing tug of war with the ribbon, it was hysterical. I was going to get the video camera and I noticed Z getting a little too close to the kitty who (hasn't so far but protecting her ribbon) looked like she would definitely invoke the warning nip...which would not have turned out good for Tatie so I stopped the game and tried to get Z involved in another bow.

From there it only spiraled downward. Whatever I gave her she was much more interested in the stuff she couldn't have plastic bags & scissors and she always wanted the bow attached to a present. So we wrapped three gifts and when she pulled a bunch of wrapping paper off the roll and smashed her face in it I decided to give up for a while. (It was still pretty cute too watch, though) I did save the paper she ripped off for one of her gifts since she will never know it doesn't look like it should.

Baby's 1st Christmas outfit from Great Gma & Gpa Penny

These start with the ones that turned out blurry and work it to the good ones. The third one is my favorite.

Dinner or Playtime?...

9 mo appt

oops...I was supposed to update this after her appt on Monday. Here are stats

weight: 18 lbs 9oz

height: 28 inches (they originally measured wrong and the nurse said she was 25 but the doctor said it is not likely that she shrunk since she last saw her and I know I haven't tightened any straps...)

The doctor said she looks great and to keep doing what we are doing. She wants us to work more on the sippy cup to have her weaned from the bottle by 1 year and to up the amount of table foods avoiding choc, honey and too much sugar and salt but beyond that if she will tolerate it she can have it. I need to go buy a bunch of fruit and veggies to a) eat more fruit & veggies and b) have something to share that is healthy. Hopefully by Christmas she will be able to steal whatever is on my plate. She got one shot, her last Hepatitis, it was super quick but still sad to watch.

On another front last night, she decided to wake up at 12:30 and was not going back to bed..She alternated between screaming if we were trying to hold her still and playing when we just went fine do whatever you want until we got our resolve back. Finally @ 330amI held her in the glider and she fussed a bit and quickly fell asleep yay we love the glider although someone needs to stop the squeals...

She is starting to stand so well that you have to be super diligent because right when you think it is fine to sit her down for a minute and walk away she decides she will stand up on something and then fall back to sit down....as you can expect I have had a few heart attacks on this front.She also picks some of the most unsteady things to use as walkers...the diaper bag, her high chair, etc.

Anyway, I am excited for her to walk and I am sure it will be sometime soon since when you put her down there is no sitting it is right to firmly grasping your hand and standing, then forward a few steps. Maybe I should have asked for baby gates for my house for Christmas, along with all the other safety stuff out there.

random photos

Here are some random baby photos that I thought were pretty cute. Tomorrow is Zatanna's 9 month doctors appt so stats tomorrow. Apparently there is only two types of shots this time. They are due between 9-12 months if they want to wait I am ok.

I don't really know what to say about her progress she changes so quickly one day you look at her and just marvel at how much she knows and does.

She is standing up on everything, especially the bedroom mirror which scares me since it isn't hooked to anything which will be remedied shortly. I don't need the problems that foreshadows.

She picks up new sounds every day. She even does a specific baby word that means "I am not happy and here is your warning" similar to a rattlesnake only it sounds nothing like that :) It is more of a "niy, niy, niy" sound.

She can eat puffs and cinnamon maple crunchies all day long. She is not a fan of the cheddar ones but will eat them if nothing else is available. She still thinks that anything I eat should be shared. Unfortunately I eat a lot of chocolate and she cannot have that for 3 more months.

Diaper change has become more and more difficult. I am trying to learn to change her while she is still in motion but right now it is a lot of Zatanna stay!...no don't...here hold these...ugh!! It takes a few more minutes than it used to.

Anyway, she is doing good!

Oh, I found the neatest thing at Babies R Us. It is a Stove guard. It looks like an upside down sneeze guard for a buffet but it keeps babies from being able to reach up and touch anything on the stove. They have so much baby protection stuff it is awesome.

I went because a little girl I know was gnawing on her crib and when I lifted her up she had paint chips on her cheek...not cool!! so now we have the teething rails on.

Lastly, tooth number 4 is present and accounted for!!

Some Baby Pics

Here are some pics of Z kneeling in her crib. She was pretty close to standing although she kept dropping to her knees. Shortly after these pics were taken I lowered the crib mattress so we don't wake up to her trying to jump out of it.

She was trying to get the camera during these pics which explains the arrrgh face she has going on in the first pic.

The last pic is her in her bear footie pj's they were a little too snug to begin with and since she just graduated to 9 month(or 12m since I can't find anything between a 6-9 and a 12m) this was one of two times she got to wear that outfit.

Zatanna weighed in at 18.4 lbs at my mom's house. I am not sure how tall she is. We have her 9 month appt Dec 17th so we will find out the latest and greatest stats then.

As to foods, I am going to get some 3rd foods when I am out friday to see if she takes to them. She is definitely into people food and is constantly smacking her lips like she needs to eat any food she sees. I let her try a taste of the pizza sauce on my pizza a few weeks back (on Papa Johns customer appreciation day). After she tried it, she made a lunge for my slice which was still rather warm so I caught her just in time but that at least gives an example of her belief that all food should be shared. :)

Tomorrow is Z's first Thanksgiving! Nothing big just us, my parents and brother. I wonder if she will be happy sitting with the guys or if she will want to help in the kitchen....probably a little of both.