Some Things That I Love

ABOUT ZOEY
-The way she says "whoa" or "ooh" or "ahh" when she sees something cool or is surprised by a near fall or something of the sort. It is so adorable in her little voice and body.
-She makes a little "pbht" sound (like blowing raspberries) when she makes a little mess-up like misses her footing or bumps into something. She also does it when she starts to get upset or frustrated.
-She is talking all the time now, not English, just her own language that consists of a lot of "lillerliller" type sounds with her tongue on her teeth.
-When we play "gonna getcha" (one of her favorite games) she runs away for a couple of steps, but inevitably turns around and runs toward the chaser while giggling every time!
- She has loved sneezing ever since she was a tiny baby. She used to get this huge grin after every one when she very first learned to control her smiles. Now those grins have turned into giggles. Sometimes her laughing in between sneezes will actually stop the next one from coming.

MOVIES
-About Time
-7 Pounds
-Slumdog Millionaire
-The Holiday
-The Family Stone
-The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

BOOKS
-Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search For Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia. By Elizabeth Gilbert
-Tao Te Ching. Translated by Stephen Mitchell
-The Gospel According to Jesus. By Stephen Mitchell

ABOUT LIFE
-Running through the sprinklers, especially at midnight
-The feeling of the grass on my toes, or the cement, or soft carpet anything really. I like being barefoot.
-School and learning
-Teeter totters
-Soft skin
-Waterfalls
-The soothing sound of my bedroom fan
-Ice cream sandwiches
-laughing
-Seeing other people's talents
-Seeing couples that are truly happy

Bird Watching

Zoey and I went to the Tracy Aviary this Tuesday. We got in for just a dollar with my Seven Peaks Pass of all Passes. It's not a very big place; nothing compared to the zoo, but we spent 2 hours there. Zoey was so enthralled by all the birds. She would climb out of her stroller, stand by the fence, point, and yell at almost every bird. She really got a good look at every one. Well, the ones that she could find. I had a hard time pointing out some of the owls that were camouflaged with the trees.

She cried every time we would walk away from one exhibit to see the next. She was just so sad to leave every bird. I thought it was kinda funny.

I tried to get some pictures, but my hands were always too full, so none of them turned out. Anyway, We really had a blast! Zoey had worn herself out by the end and feel asleep in the car. I can't wait to go back.

June Updates

Hola, just in case you were wondering..

ZOEY Is doing great. Last month she learned to do a somersault (with a little push to get over her head because her legs aren't quite long enough). She used to say some things in sign language, but has lost interest in that lately. She doesn't really wave very much anyhow either. I guess that's just old news to her. She really loves trucks right now. She spends a good amount of the day standing at our patio door watching for them to drive by. She points and says "ck" or "duh". Even if she just hears one drive by, she always points toward a window or in the direction of the road to make sure we know that she didn't miss it.

TANNER has been really busy at work trying to move their servers to their own office. At least from what I understand. I wouldn't know, but apparently that is no small task. We would like to take a vacation sometime for much needed break. 

I am challenging myself to drink 100 oz of water every day for a month. I've heard that water is good for you. Ha. Maybe I will turn into superwoman if do this. Who knows?!

I don't remember if I mentioned this already, but I've also been trying to learn Spanish. I'm just teaching myself with the help of the app and website called duolingo. I'm really enjoying it. But I wish I had someone to practice with me. There are these little spanish boys that live a couple houses down. Zoey loves to go visit them, their grandpa, and little dog when they are playing outside. It is fun to be able to start to understand some of the things that they say in Spanish. Maybe one day I will be able to communicate to the grandpa who doesn't speak a lick of English.

My little garden is pretty successful so far. I counted 14 tomatoes growing the other day. Everything else has been flowering too. I think a see a couple of bell peppers babies coming in and some green beans too!  I'm pretty excited about it coming along. I have pulled maybe five tiny little Weeds the entire time we've had this garden. Because it's right next to my house, it is so easy to take care of it and remember to water it. We've even had neighbors say stuff to us about how good it looks and how much better it seems to be doing than their gardens. If you look close, you can see alot of the tomatoes.

Adiós! 

Jump!

*this was written in may*

Out of nowhere today, Zoey just crouched down and have her best shot at a really big jump. She, of course, didn't make it off the ground. It caught Tanner and I off guard it was so funny. She kept doing it for the rest of the night. We got a little video, but these attempts were not near as big as the first one. That girl cracks me up. I have no idea where she got the idea (or learned how) to just spontaneously start jumping. I still smile when I think about it.

Hogle Zoo

Zoey's first experience at the zoo was today. I'm really glad we went. She was tired from a day of no naps, so she just looked around quietly the whole time we were there. She did try to copy my elephant noise with her lips when we saw them; and she would snack her lips when she wanted a snack. But other than that, she was quiet.

It was cool to see the baby elephant nursing. The peacock gave us a nice little show too. There were a ton of kids on every statue, so we didn't feel the need to get poses there. They have a new exhibit opening in a couple of weeks. It's going to be like an African safari. We hear that some of the animals are going to be able roam around together. We want to go back to see it later in the year.