Long overdue update :)

It has been far too long since I last blogged! Zoe is getting so big and she is so much fun! We have been potty training and so far it is going really well. Last night she mentioned to Cory that she had to go poop. I thought she was with him but it turns out that she was in the backyard pooping on the grass. She came back in and had poop on her hands and legs and told me that she had pooped on the grass. Gross!! Hopefully this will be the only grass situation we have!

Zoe is talking really well and she loves to read stories and sing songs. Almost every day she takes all of her stories from one room to another so she can read them. They usually get shuffled up on my bed and then get lugged downstairs to the couch and finally back to Zoe's room at bedtime. It makes me laugh to see her going back and forth moving all her stories. We are talking over 30 stories that are moved around on a daily basis. She likes to read them to her baby doll while sitting on her dolly's bed.

If you don't already know I am pregnant with my second child. The baby is due 10/14/10 but I've asked my Doctor to induce me on 10/10/10 because it would make a fun birth date. My Doctor agreed to induce me where it is so close to my due date. So unless I have the baby early I will be welcoming daughter #2 on October 10th. I am excited and nervous to welcome new baby. Hopefully things will go as smoothly as having a new baby can go. All name suggestions are welcome!

We just got back from a family reunion at Hat Creek Hereford Ranch in Hat Creek California. We had a really nice time and got to relax a lot. Everyone was camping but I knew I couldn't do it seeing as I am 7 months pregnant. Luckily Cory's brother and his family live pretty close to the campground and they were kind enough to let us sleep at their home while they camped. I cannot describe how wonderful it was to go to their home each night and have a cozy bed to sleep in, toilets that don't require a trek, and nice clean showers.

Grandma and Grandpa have a Golf Cart that we got to ride around a little. Zoe called it Grandpa's "digger" and we would go on a daily (at least) drive to find critters. There were lots of squirrels and birds in the campground and cows near the entrance. We really enjoyed our critter trips!!

Around the camp there was a lot of dirt/sand ...and luckily Grandma thought ahead to bring shovels and buckets for the kids to play with. Zoe loved playing in the dirt and called it "making sandcastles" and never wanted to stop playing. I have never seen my child dirtier than she was making sandcastles each day. But she was having so much fun so I didn't mind her dirtiness.One night we rented out the local movie theater and watched "Despicable Me" which was so much fun! This was the first movie Zoe has seen in the theater and she did surprisingly well. She loved the movie and was good through the whole thing. We loved visiting with Cory's family and relaxing for a whole week. Below are some pictures of our fun trip!


Zoe loving on the Digger!
Swinging with cousin Ashley
Our family
Swinging is so fun!
Sprinklers!!!

Thankfully this is the only bear we saw!
Super wet and happy!

Thank you Easter Bunny!

We hope everyone had a really nice Easter. We had a really great day! Zoe loved Easter and had so much fun playing with her Easter Basket.
The Easter Bunny brought Zoe a new swim suit with a rash guard top and flip flops for our upcoming trip to Hawaii. She got a fun pink ball that hopefully the dog won't be able to ruin. It's a hard plastic ball that bounces pretty good. The dog has killed all other balls this poor child has had. She got some candies, a new coloring book, and some markers.
Zoe had an Easter Egg hunt in our living room with her cousins Cora and Pamela. Zoe didn't get it at first so Pamela got off to a good start. But then Zoe realized that the eggs were fun to get. Then she realized that the eggs had treats in them!! She had so much fun.
After the Easter adventures we had a really tasty brunch at my sisters house. We had such a fun day and were happy to get to spend it with my sister and her family. Although we were a little jealous that we had to miss out on the fun Petersen festivities. We hope you all had a fantastic holiday!

Happy #2 Zoe!!

Zoe is 2!! I can't believe my baby is such a big girl! I don't even feel like I can call her the baby anymore. I should start calling her my big girl. We celebrated her Birthday yesterday and it was so much fun! We went to a really great indoor swimming pool at Murray Park. The pool has a pretty big water slide that they let take little kids down with you. She just loved the slide and her expression is the best when you watch her coming to the bottom. So much fun! The pool also has a lazy river and a little kiddie playground that has a slide and lots of water squirting everywhere. It was such a great way to celebrate!

After the pool we came back home for gifts and cake and ice cream. Zoe got some serious loot!! a Buckin' bronco, baby doll, stroller for baby doll, dog in a bag, crochet wiener dog, crochet Lucius look-a-like dog, and much much more!! We are so thankful to have such fun friends and want to thank everyone for coming!

I bought Zoe a book about Birthdays and in the book is a cake with candles on it. So we always pretend to blow out the candles when we get to that page. She loves to do it for pretend..but when I walked towards her with a cupcake with 2 lit candles she was terrified! Pammy and I blew the candles out and Zoe was much happier. She had watched me decorate the cupcakes and the whole time she was saying "Zoe cupcake". So she was pretty thrilled to finally get to eat a cupcake. I made the cupcakes so fun!! They were rainbow and let me just say..they tasted delicious!!

Happy Birthday Zoe!

Ho! Ho! Ho!

After talking about Santa for months Zoe still cried when she sat on his lap.

The mall has a Choo Choo train that goes around the stores and we saw it when while waiting for Santa. We finally found it and turns out it cost $3.00 per person and I only had $2.00 in cash. Well the train guy decided that we could all ride for the $2.00 :)

Cory thinks they wanted the train to look full and fun so they would get more customers. Lucky us!!

Carousel fun..Zoe was on a Reindeer first but decided she wanted to be on the Dragon instead. Who can blame her the Dragon is pretty cool.

Christmas Eve she just opened her Christmas jammies..they have Owls on them.

Christmas morning..just what she wanted..a potty! Trying it out for the first time. I guess we'll have to teach her that the pants come down when using the potty.

Christmas is lots of work! A girl gets tired..time for a rest.

Rest over..back to work opening her Christmas Stocking!

Zoe got a shopping cart with "real" food (aka empty boxes with pictures on them)to put in it. She also got a baby doll that she likes to cart around the house. The Baby doll is by far the favorite present this year.

Zoe lucked out and got one of the most desired gifts this year a Zhu Zhu pet hamsters!! It's really cute and runs around all crazy. I'm sure the dog will eat it within the week.

Zoe finally gave up on opening gifts and decided to play with her baby doll. Daddy was given the task of opening the rest of her gifts. Spoons..just what she needed :)

Family Christmas picture..Cory wasn't feeling so well in this first picture. Don't worry..we have our Christmas cracker hats on so I'm sure he'll be feeling better in no time.

Excellent..Cory is back to being his usual holly jolly self.

Such a fun Christmas!


Sledding the day after Christmas! So much fun :)





Hope you all had a great Christmas and wishing you a supreme New Year!

Halloween Happiness!

This October has been loads of fun!! We went to a pumpkin patch, Cornbelly's, Grandma and Grandpa's house in California, and we Trick-or-Treated!! Whew..what a month!

Here are lots of fun pictures from our adventures..


Pumpkin Patch


Cornbelly's!!!


Visiting Granparents


Halloween Pics