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! =)

Horses

Zaylee and I went on a walk to deliever primary cd's today and stopped by a lady's house in our ward who trains and shows horses. Well, she let me and Zaylee go into the barn and pet the horses and play with her dog. At first Zaylee was absolutely freaked out by the horses but when the lady started to feed them their horse cookies, Zaylee couldn't get enough of them. She didn't dare to touch them but was totally awed by them. Every time I would turn around she would try to get me to move out of her way so she could see them. She was bouncing in my arms and slapping my shoulder. She loved them! As for the dog, when we were leaving the barn she kept talking to her ("kiki! kiki!," "uh, uh"--you know just the normal baby language stuff) and then she finally got brave enough to let me set her down by the doggy while she petted her. It was a blast! I wish I would've had my camera!

More Easter Weekend Pics

9 Months old and Easter weekend

It was a busy week! We went down to LaVerkin and spent the week with family and had a blast. We had an afternoon playing at the park, Alex's brother went through the temple, and we were able to have an easter egg hunt with the family. Unfortunately, Zaylee got sick so we didn't end up doing nearly the amount of pictures that I was planning on but I did get a few. It was a huge bummer that she ended up getting sick but she seems to be feeling better now so at least we are grateful for that!

Also, she had her 9 month visit on St. Patty's day so I wanted to update you with her stats. She is 17.2 lbs (22%tile), 26.8 in (25%) and I think the nurse measured her head wrong but if not, her head circ. is 16.5 in (5%). The doctor said she looks like she is doing really good! She still doesn't have any teeth and he said it looks like she has a couple more months before they will poke through...but still, I'm okay with that! =) I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we do!

Havin' fun!

8 Months Old!

I'm 8 months old today!! I don't know how much I weigh or how tall I am but I'm growing as big as can be! I still don't have any teeth but mommy is okay with that! =) The shots above are just a few shots from me playing around the house today. I hope you like them!

If you didn't notice Zaylee has a nice red bump on the side of her head. Not only did she turn 8 months today but she rolled herself right off the bed for the first time. I caught her before she hit the floor but not before she hit the side of her head of the nightstand. It was very, very sad. But luckily not too much damage was done....just a little bump and a sad girl for about 5 minutes. She is a quick forgiver though and we still had fun for the rest of the day. We love you all!!

On the move!!

I just had to post these new pictures. Zaylee has been crawling now since the 3rd of February and she's getting into all sorts of trouble. She crawls to the nearest thing that she can pull herself up to and then walks along it to get to the next object that she wants to transfer over to so she can find trouble there. In the first picture she had worked her way across the coffee table, to the t.v., and finally landed at the movie stand pulling all the movies off. I picked her up, moved her far away, and so then she crawled over to the bookshelf to try to get Alex's books. I had put the car seat in front of it trying to keep her away but she just worked her way around that until she could reach up to get the books. She's a smart little girl!

More Snow!!!

The pictures of the snow are just for you Andrew and Sammy!! Wish you were here to play in it with us! =) The picture of Zaylee....well it's just cause it's cute! (Please excuse her funny looking hairdo...that's my fault not hers....I'm not much into doing baby girl hair...I know, I'm a slacker mom!)

7 Months Today!!

So instead of a picture of Zaylee today you get to see what her 7 month birthday present from the doctor was! At the doctors office yesterday we found out that she has her first ear infection. The doctor almost didn't catch it at first because there was a lot of wax blocking his view but after a few minutes he said that he just didn't feel okay with letting her go without pulling the wax out and looking behind it. Luckily he did! He said she has a really bad ear infection and he decided he needed to take a double look just to make sure it wasn't going to burst because it looked so bad. So, he said, "no wonder she hasn't been feeling good!" and gave her an antibotic and some pain medication. He said she also has the cold/congestion junk that has been going around but she'll just have to fight that one off on her own. She hates the antibiotic and does everything she possibly can to spit it out--including gargling when I do get it back to the back of her throat and then spitting to make sure it gets more on me and her clothes than in her mouth. She's such a little smarty pants! =)

One other quick sidenote, we also found out that she weighs exactly 16 pounds. We didn't find out her height or percentiles but I'm sure it's pretty much around the same as 6 months.