Wednesday, April 21, 2010

7 months



Zoe is now 7 months old.  Her 6th month was full of many firsts.  The first was the move to her crib.  I dreaded this move for many reasons, one of which was that I knew the transition would cause 3 bad nights of sleep. I was pleasantly surprised...the first night I was up once to give her a pacifer and that was it.  The 2nd and 3rd night up a couple of times.  (I let her cry for 10 minutes on the 3rd night and she now sleeps in her crib from 8 till I get her at 7:30.)  This move was good for all of us. As we all sleep better now...and to think that I thought she needed us.



I gave up on rice cereal and started introducing vegetables this month.  She didn't take to them immediately, but I've had better luck.  She's tried, peas, green beans, carrots, sweet potatoes and bananas. 




Zoe takes 5 feedings per day, with the last "dream feed" at 10:00 pm.  We wake her up for it, and plan to drop it in her 7th month.  :) 

She is falling into a more predictable nap schedule with a short one around Strollerfit time and then her long nap around 12:30.  Unfortuntely this nap gets interruped when it's time to pick the kids up from school.  She takes her last nap of the day around 4:30.



Zoe has become a consistent sitter.  I still put pillows or her boppy behind her in case she falls, but she is doing great.  She transfers toys from one hand to another and loves to bang them together.  She still likes to babble and squeal.  She has a tickle spot under her arms.


Zoe took her first vacation this month.  She was the best behaved during the car ride and a real trooper.

Zoe got sick for the first time as well this month.  Runny nose and terrible cough.  Doctor thinks it's allergies!  (probably from her first vacation)


Zoe is a happy and content baby!




 




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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

The Amusement Park

After Zilker park, the kids wanted to know what other fabulous things we had planned. hmmm...


We checked into the hotel and the kids loved the room. We searched for something fun to do! Luckily the kids just thought we were going to dinner because the little amusement park had closed down. We then headed to play putt putt, but when we got there it had closed down as well. Nice! Our luck was about to turn. As we headed to dinner we spotted an amusement park...I rode some of the scariest rides of my life. The kids were so excited!!

My rule with rides has always been, don't ride them if it's not a permanent park. I really must have been out of my mind.




Texas Tornado
















This one was TERRIBLE. The scariest ride I've ever been on. I'm afraid of heights and don't like roller coasters that I feel like I'm going to fall out of. Yes, I have a smile on my face, but not sure why. Leila kept saying ohhhhh....I thought she was going to be sick...I thought I was going to be sick.







On to San Antonio

After Waco we had originally planned to stay in Austin, but decided to head on to San Antonio to stay with our friends.  We set out to hike enchanted rock, but by the time we got there, they had closed the park because it was filled to capacity.  So, we headed back to Fredricksburg for some German food, stopped in some shops and walked around the National Museum of the Pacific War (just where every kid wants to go)  :)




We had a great time in San Antonio and were so glad we changed our plans!

Once we left San Antonio we headed to Austin.  We made our first stop at Zilker park.  The kids had a great time at the Nature and Science Center looking at animals, digging for dino bones and running around.

Digging for Dino bones



Zoe hanging out! 

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Monday, April 5, 2010

Baylor

Our next stop was at Baylor.  The kids had a great time running around the campus and checking everything out.



Great Swing!

Acting silly



Not so sure he should be hanging on this.




Sunday, April 4, 2010

Easter

Here are the pictures from Easter Morning. The Easter Bunny left some nice baskets.



Checking out their goodies!




Getting Ready for Church










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