Zoe's 8 months

Got one good one in before this ...

I took the sticker off...plus she has a bit of a cold. See, she does cry!

Zoe turned 8 months earlier this month! This little lady is on the go! She either wants to be crawling and pulling herself up onto everything or being held...and its starting to need to be being held by mommy. She is eating three puree meals a day now, around 15 oz total! She is still nursing well. 

Sleeping hasn't been the same since 6 months. The regression lives on! Since we have been home from MI, we have let her learn to go to sleep on her own at night. We thought that would help when she woke up during the night, but hasn't yet. We haven't gone hard core with her though because she keeps getting these colds from school and now we have one of stefan's colleagues from Germany staying here this week for a course. One day...for now trying to just enjoy the nighttime snuggles. 

She gets lots of fun nicknames! ZoZo, Zo, Zoebean, Zozee, ZoJo to name the main ones. Her tempermant is still pretty chill and go with the flow although she is starting to assert herself more. The best thing that has started happening is she follows Gavin around crawling after him. They both laugh non-stop. The best! The little glimpses of them starting to be able to play together is too great, and is going okay so far with the toy sharing for the most part. 

Lots of fun around home for the month before we head back to the Midwest for the holidays. Tis the season and I love it! Enjoy everyone!

Family photo from daycare Winter Wonder land event

Gavin's mask he made at daycare event...kind of creepy, haha!

Sunday afternoon activity - gingerbread cookies! Gavin's idea after reading about the Gingerbread man nursery rhyme.

Proud of his decorating, or maybe he just discovered the icing tasted really good so he put on as much as he could.

The final product

The trip to get the gingerbread cookie supplies - first time riding together in the Target cart. Gavin thought this was the bee's knees.

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