Late summer we started taking Zoey to parks to play. This is a good age since they don't have a ton for little kids to go on. I so wish our neighborhood would build a park. We've hit a couple here in Gretna. Here she is taking a go on the space shuttle!
Sitting on the swings with Daddy.
She LOVES the slide. At this park they have little gravel, which is nicer than the sticks. She just laughs hysterically when I run around her.
Seems like the months have just flown by. In September we decided to purchase a play kitchen for Zoey. After much research we found this one. It comes complete with a grill. She loves playing with it. We bought some the Veggies made by Melissa & Doug and LOVE them. A little more expensive, but well worth it. We couldn't wait until Christmas. We felt she was just at that stage where she needed more interactive toys.
We are blessed to have our friends Kory & Kim Mikos a block away from us. They often stop by with their kids Calan and Kenna. Zoey loves to play with them. Chris went to school with Kory since they were very little, so it's very special that our kids are now growing up together.
Zoey has a favorite drawer in the kitchen. It is filled with all the paper napkins, plates, cups, etc. She digs the whole thing out and leaves it there for me to pick up. She was into the plastic wrap, aluminum foil and sandwich bags. It was too much for me so I moved those. The breaking point was when she unraveled the aluminum foil. That stuff is impossible to re-roll!
These came in the wrong order........oh well. August was a hot month. Not sure what we were doing this day, but Zoey obviously played hard. Had to take a snooze.
I love taking pictures of her when she's so smiley.
We went to the Wine & Balloon festival in Elkhorn. It was too windy for the balloons to go off and Zoey only wanted to sit in the stroller for so long. We met up with our friends Shannon, Bary, Katie and Gus. Here is Miss Katie sitting with Zoey. Maybe next year it will be more kid friendly! We seem to make the best of it even when we are chasing her around!
We went out to Trainer, IA to my friend Shelly's parents farm to pick corn. Zoey LOVES corn. She was eating it straight off the cob. We picked, cleaned, cut and froze so much corn. It was awesome.
This picture is super dorky, but anyone who knows me knows how I like to dress up! I had my overall shorts on, wife beater tanktop, braids and cowboy hat. We had so much fun!
We had Zoey's 1 year photos taken in Lincoln by Sarah Pfeiffer Photography. We went to the Haymarket. It was a quick session and good thing because her attention span is not very long!
She got a cozy coupe from Grandma & Grandpa Harnly for her birthday so we took it with us. Her little hairs were blowing in the cold breeze. It was a chilly morning!
This of course is my favorite. My friend Amy made Zoey a tutu. I had the headband made and just happened to find chucks to match! What a stylin little girl. I hope one day she will fall in love with this picture as I did.
I know it's been months since I've blogged. This little girl keeps me going. Recently I had several people say they keep looking for updates, so I guess there are a few who actually read this. Zoey's birthday was August 26th. The Saturday before we had a small party with family and a few friends. She had a rockstar theme. The photo above is my niece Kennedy holding Zoey wearing her sunglasses. What a hoot! I dug out some old photos of Kennedy the other day and Zoey and her look alot alike!
Yes, we gave her cake! Chris was really close on hand so she didn't eat the frosting. Not too much sugar! She was remarkably really clean, she didn't stuff it in her face.
I got Zoey a Rock Star hat. Grandma Coon had to retrofit it so she could wear it. We got some quick shots with it at least.
Chris and I waited until her actual birthday to give her gift from us. It was a spankin new Red wagon. Fitted out with an awning, cooler and drink holders for.......well.........adults. She likes to take her monkey that Micaela gave her for a ride. Chris took the day off and we went to the Children's Museum because the weather was rainy. She had so much fun. We were supposed to have her 1 year pictures taken, but because of the weather we found something else to do.
Here it is! Chris and I (with the help of my mother) made Zoey's cake. I decided to go all out and do it in fondant. What was I thinking! The cake was my mom's secret from scratch recipe with raspberry filling. This was so much fun!
