Next Step.......Crawling

On Mother's Day Zoey surprised us and started the army crawl. The next weekend at Grandma & Grandpa Harnly's she began her full crawling skills. She is constantly on the move so we have to keep our eyes on her. Everytime I tell her 'no' about pulling on something she starts crying. Oh how it breaks my heart, but I know it's part of parenting. Thankfully we had to baby gates up since she was a couple of weeks old. I bought her some baby leg warmers. It helps keep her knees protected. We noticed the other day that her shirt was super dirty....time to scrub the floors! I guess that's our cleaning radar! Monday is her 9 month checkup. Actually TODAY she is 9 months old. I can't believe it. Before we know it her 1st birthday will be here.

Since it's summertime we've been deciding on which "bigger" toys are suited for her. We bought a blow up pool with an awning. Swing. And I'm looking at wagons. Too many choices and toys!

More Activities

It seems we've sorta been on the go. Weekends that we planned to be home, something comes up. We love getting out of the house and exploring with Zoey. This past weekend we went to Skye's (Chris nephew) baseball games in Lincoln. After the game on Sunday we went to the horse races. Dan and a bunch of friends were there. Zoey saw horses for the first time. Again the silent observer. On Saturday Zoey woke up at her normal time 6:30, and by 7:30 she decided she needed another cat nap. She loves this pillow we have. She'll curl up on it and konk out. This particular day she drooled all over the pillow. I think that is a characteristic she got from me.

A few weekends ago, Chris' parent's stopped by to see us. We sat outside and Zoey sat in her new swing. She loves her swing. But you have to make sure and constantly keep her moving. The first picture Grandpa Harnly was talking about her piggies. Her toes are just the most adorable thing. They are little stubbies. She's into waving and clapping. And occasionally we can get her to laugh out of control.

1st Trip to the Zoo

We made our first trip to Henry Doorly Zoo this spring. There was a Friday where it was 85 degrees, so we stole daddy from work and headed out to see the animals.

Zoey was very quiet and observant. Daddy loved pointing things out to her. Our favorite was the penguins.

We didn't hit everything and plan to make several trips back this summer.

The zoo was testing out the new Skyfari. Not sure I'll be riding on it anytime soon. A little too open and high for me right now. My palms are sweating just thinking about it!

Updates

I can't believe it's been over a month since I've posted anything. At this age she is changing so fast. So I'll do my best today to catch everyone up. Last month April was I think a pretty normal month. Zoey really loves anything with music. She has bongos, maracas and a music table. We usually have music or videos playing in the background. Not sure what her favorite genre is yet though.

She has also become a fan of newspapers and magazines. If she's crabby, give her a magazine and she's perfectly content. Grandpa Harnly taught her this. We've been steering away from the newspapers after the first go around turned her hands black!