Zoe Staying warm

While the kids were having fun in the snow...Zoe was staying warm and looking on while I made dinner.  (dinner didn't turn out so well...I guess I should have been concentrating on cooking not taking pictures)

Friday Morning...

School was delayed and then later cancelled.  Leila must be the only child on earth that was so sad and disappointed that she couldn't go to school.  She kept on and on until I finally told her that school wouldn't be much fun because everyone would be at home.  I told her that her teacher was probably at home snuggled up by the fire.  (I think that made her feel better)

We made 3 trips out in the snow on Friday!  I don't like wet mess, (but who does) so I had my system down. Take off all junk by the door on a towel, transfer to the dryer, kids upstairs to change.  It seemed to work pretty well! 

More snow Friday morning! 

Poor tree/bush broke in half. 

We took cookie cutters outside in the snow.  My mom saved these cookie cutters from when I was a child.  :)

Kermit the Frog

Lots of snoopy

Playing in the snow can be hard and sad

They are coming after me!

Hot pursuit

Happy Valentines Day!

Hope your Valentines is filled with lots of love and chocolate!!

After School Snow...

The snow kept coming all day long.  Giant fluffy snow!!

The kids had a great time getting to play in the snow at school and at home!

StrollerFit Warriors

Since school was in session, I decided not to call off StrollerFit classes.  I packed Zoe up and we headed out! I didn't anticipate the large amount of slush and wet in the parking lot! 

Here is my little StrollerFit warrior outside of Stonebriar snoozing away!  I had to get a picture.

Here are the other ladies and their kids that got out and walked 5 miles in the snow to StrollerFit!  :)  These are my kind of women!! Thanks!

Snow

We woke up Thursday morning to a yard full of snow and more coming down.  What a fun surprise as the news guys were saying that it would not be puffy snow!  The kids were thrilled and I was thrilled that they would still be able to go to school AND that there would be plenty of snow for us to play in when they got home.

Beautiful!

Thursday snow

Ready for school!

Zoe, ready to head out to StrollerFit in the snow!

Hats

Leila and I hanging out at Holden's soccer game!

5 months old

As I say each month, Zoe an I are having lots of fun.  She is getting more an more animated.  She gets so excited, makes fun noises and gives huge smiles.  My favorite grin is when she starts smiling and then her forehead moves up with recognition and excitement!

After Zoe's 4 month check, I told the doctor that she was not close to rolling over.  Well, she showed me the day after her doctors appointment by rolling from her tummy to her back 3 times.  She showed off one more time last month and now no more rolling.  She is pretty content on her back.  :)  Adnan did tell me she rolled from back to tummy a few days ago, but I have yet to see it.

 Zoe is still eating every 3 hours or so.  She is still following the eat, play, sleep schedule during the day.  Her naps are not very long and I have a feeling she is moving toward more of a 3 nap schedule.   Adnan is still doing her bottle feeding between 10 and 11.  We are starting to work on pulling that time back so her bedtime matches the big kids. 

She is still sleeping in our room and has become quite a little night owl, crying during the night.  I don't get up to feed her, but she does want her pacifier. 

Zoe still likes her bouncy seat and her play gym.  We put her in the ultrasaucer and she likes it all of 5 minutes.  She still naps some in her swing, but we are trying to get her to nap in her pack n play.  She likes to grab and play with her toys.  Her favorite toy is her crumply book.

first time in the ultra saucer
Zoe has found her feet and her hands this month.  It is hysterical to see her examining her hands!

showing off her bottle holding skills - she only gets 1 per day, so this is pretty good!
Zoe likes:
laying on her back
being on her tummy
her changing table
her bouncy seat
grabbing her toes
looking at her hands
her playgym
her pacifier
talking to herself
going places
grabbing her toys
smiling
grinning
sitting in her swing
being swaddled
having conversations
knawing on her pacifer
squealing
Leila and Holden
any toy that squeaks

Leila and Holden are still enjoying their little sister.  They love to play with her first thing in the morning, kiss her (while I'm feeding her) and make her smile.  The love to ohhh and awhh at her when she is sleeping, which always makes me say, "don't wake her up."  Glad they love her! 

StrollerFit update:

Zoe is doing great at StrollerFit.  She usually falls asleep as soon as class starts and then wakes up during abs.  She is really content and let's me do my thing.  She does keep me in check though once she is hungry.  :)

International Night

We celebrated International night at Holden's Montessori a couple of weeks ago.
  All the classrooms focus on different countries and we got to sample food from those countries.  It is always a fun and educational night. 

The kids with our neighbors.