Not a good thing....

I need to become a morning person. I have gone through a period where I did a great job being a good morning person. That has long passed. I hate mornings. I always have. Just ask my parents! Now I need to change this.

This morning Toby was eating breakfast and I was feeding Zoe her breakfast when all of a sudden Toby showed me a picture of a lady. He told me he wanted her to be his mommy. He wants his daddy and that lady to be his mom. WOW! That is just not what I wanted to hear! Maybe I shouldn't be so grumpy in the mornings, or maybe I should just stay in bed like Brian until I am awake and happy. I guess getting up with the kids isn't good enough, they want you to be happy like them.

I have lots of work to do to get there. And need lots of prayer to get there.

This was NOT a good way to start my day but here goes.......

new tricks

Indiana Grandpa showed Toby how he gargles the last time we were visiting. Well Toby tried to do this and got it pretty fast! He loves his new trick!!

Now this is an old trick, just perfected now! Some of you may remember Zoe's crawl. I called it the gimpy crawl, my dad called it the handicapped crawl. (I feel like both aren't really the most encouraging things!! ha ha!) Well yesterday she was crawling and I had to do a double take because she was crawling NORMAL!! take a look.

Unca Josh here you go

Unca Josh, this is for you! Hope we can see you soon and you can see her in person! (sorry for the wobbly camera shot!)

And Zoe is....

WALKING!!! She doesn't always do it but this morning she has been doing it more and more and going further! I think it's happening!

Zoe is 1

Well it has happened. Zoe had her birthday! A year ago we welcomed little Zoe into the world and into our family. She has grown so much over the past year and she loves her big brother Toby a lot! She wants to do anything and everything he does. As some of you know she was blessed with crazy hair that always brought attention wherever we were, everyone loved it! unfortunately, it is now lying down, but she is still as cute as ever! She has been walking around using furniture and along walls for quite awhile now, but she hasn't walked along yet. We are very excited to see what this next year of her life brings as she continues to grow and learn.

Here are some of her 1 year pictures:

Here are some pictures from her birthday party:

Happy Birthday Zoe! We love you and are so glad you are apart of our family!

melts my heart

I was washing the dishes this morning and heard Zoe squealing and laughing. I stopped to see what was going on. Toby was 'getting' her like I do sometimes! I love when they play together!! This melts my heart!

She's coming to you soon mom & dad:)