What a little booger!!

You'll never guess what Zaylee did to me last night! One clue....teeth! Okay, so she's had her two little teeth for about a month now and she's a biter! She always will come up and bite my leg, my arm, my shoulder, and even my nose. Well, last night before bedtime, she tried a new place to bite. I won't go into details, but I bet you can guess (hint: I am still nursing at nighttimes). OUCH!! So, of course, I chastised her and because it was WAY past her bedtime at that point (we had had a busy night with meetings and babysitting) she just freaked out and started screaming and then, yep you guessed it, bit me again!! Leaving teeth marks both times!! She was going for the third time when I decided that was way enough! She ended up with a bottle before bed and seemed fine with that. This may have been her last straw....she was being weaned anyway, but she may have just finished it for herself!!

As for the picture, Zaylee has learned the "all gone" pose. She doesn't say anything beside "OOHH" when things are gone but she has the arm motion down great! It's so funny to watch. It's times like these that make you forgive for the times above. (The picture is not the best--she can do it a lot cuter--but its the best I could get her to do on demand in the morning when really all she wanted to do was get down to play.)

Zaylee is 11 months!!

Oh my goodness how time flies!! I can't believe that this time last year I only had one month to go. Man was my belly sticking out then! (Unfortunately, I still have a little bit of that chubb left, URGH!!) This month has been busy for Zaylee. She got her first 2 teeth, learned how to walk, figured out how to stand up by herself in the middle of the room (without something to help her), went geocaching for the first time, and is finally down to waking up only once and sometimes twice a night! (I really wish that I could add potty-trained at this point but I know that that is a LONG shot--and no, I haven't been trying to, I am just sick of the diapers already!) =)

Here's a couple of pictures of her today to stick with tradition of a monthly photo. I didn't really get any good shots but here is a couple that I took. The first one is by the ivy and lilac trees in our backyard and the second is her riding in our neighbors barbie car. She loved being pushed around and getting to steer the car herself--it didn't work very well, but she sured tried!

She's a walker!

After a month of practicing, she finally getting it down pretty darn good. Check it out for yourself.

Going down the slide

Zaylee has liked going down the slide since she first went at Easter but we got this video a few weeks ago that I thought I'd share.

Zaylee the mischievous monkey

Zaylee loves climbing into things, onto things, and even under things when she can. She's a handful!! =) Just look at the face! The last pic is just cuz it's cute!

Surprise!

I finally did it! I cut my hair! I was able to cut enough off to donate to locks of love and because my hair is so thick I was able to do two strands to donate. Pretty cool huh! =) So I didn't take any before pictures but here is the after (as well as a picture to show how much I cut off).

Tyler's Farewell

We went down to LaVerkin again this weekend for Tyler's farewell. It was a great weekend. Tyler did such a great job on his talk in church!! I was very impressed with him and think that he will make a GREAT missionary. Listening to him and just being there made me start thinking of my own mission. What a great opportunity it is to serve. After we got home last night I got an email from a friend in Ireland that gave me an update on one of the girl's I helped to teach and baptize while I was there. What a great blessing to hear how well she is doing! This is such an amazing gospel....how lucky we are to have it in our lives.

While in Southern Utah we had a lot of fun watching the Farmer's Day parade, we went to Aryn's dance recital (which she did a great job at and Zaylee had a blast watching), and just had fun with family. Unfortunately, I didn't get any family pictures but I did get this cute one of Zaylee before we left for church on Sunday.

10 Months Old

I can't believe how fast she is growing! Zaylee just keeps getting bigger and brighter everyday. She is finally getting her first tooth (nothing to show by camera yet but you can feel the tooth breaking through), she is taking a few steps (only four at a time and it's a quick, quick, fall kinda walk but still), getting into everything, and finally, she LIKES people!! =) It's such a happy occasion! We took her to Alex's end of the year social for his doctorate program and she was the life of the party. She was letting a ton of different people hold her, smiling at everyone, and just putting on an overall show. It was fun. Speaking of which...I want to quickly tell everyone that they awarded scholarships for next year to 3 of the audiology students based on academic and clinical performance and Alex was awarded 1 of the top scholarships! YEA for him!! Back to Zaylee...at the party there was a huge dog (a mix between a German shepard and something else) that Zaylee loved playing with. She went right up to him and starting 'attacking' him. He was really good with her though and even let her tug his hair. Afterwards we went to a classmates house so they could work on a presentation and they have two little dogs (terriers) that loved licking Zaylee's face. She handled it really well and just kept pushing them away from her. Eventually she was sick of it and picked up a cd case and held it in front of her face to block the tongues! =) She's a smarty! I don't know her weight or her height but it seems she's getting bigger everyday. Enjoy the pics. (P.S. the pics of her in the car was when we were stopped yard selling--I promise when we took off she was in her car seat!! But if you have a sec click on the 1st pic of her in the car, her expression is GREAT!)

Zaylee and her Fisher Price Walker

I just had to show you how big Zaylee is getting! I stood her up next to the walker today just to see how she would do and well, see for yourself! In this particular shot that we got she had a Cheerio in her hand that she refused to let go of so it was a little bit more shaky for her than the previous goes. Before this she was crusing around the house with me only acting as the steering wheel. It was a blast! I hope you enjoy!

Tupperware cupboard

"Well, I found it...and can get into it!!" The only cupboard we have child-proofed so far is the cleaners cupboard so Zaylee was exploring today and found the cupboard where our bowls are. I provided her with the spoon but even before that was included in the picture she was having fun just pounding away at them!

Also, just a little note of her mischievous ways...Alex bought a bag of peanut M&M's today and had them on the living room table. Well, we were in making dinner and Zaylee had gone to the living room to play with her toys. She was being ultra quiet so I went in to check on her and she was standing up at the table watching "Deal or No Deal" with one hand in the bag of M&M's and the other up at her mouth about to put another one in. Yes, I did say another one. By the time I got there she had sucked off all of the chocolate and was working on gumming the peanuts of hopefully just the first one she had gotten! I guess we'll get to determine a little earlier than I had planned on if she has a nut allergy or not! Let's hope NOT! =)