Thursday, December 8, 2011

"Day 8" of 25 Days of Christmas

Today we did absolutely nothing..nata..zip except eat, read, play, and watched TV. I needed to clean my dirty house because it's piled up since I haven't been able to stand very much...but I put it off yet another day. Since I want at least one picture for my 25 days of Christmas..here is a pic of Sleeping Beauty! Oh wait..no, that's just Zoee snoozing. But isn't she a beauty?? I think she looks like my Dad here. I sent it to him by text and told him she looks like him and he said oh..she's wonderfully fantastic then! LOL Sounds like Dad, huh?

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

"Day 7" of 25 Days of Christmas

We attended our play date of Jolly Jumping at the Jumping Party. Zoee loves this place..but they really need some major upkeep. She always has a ton of fun with her friends.

Afterwards we went to Chick-fil-A and had some lunch and played some more. Zoee got her finger smashed in the door and this couple sitting right beside her didn't even get up from eating to help her. I heard her screaming and ran over there (gimpy and all in my boot) and there they sat..just watching her. Thankfully she didn't hurt it very bad..it was caught in the door just good enough to be a little painful..but not bad. It was a day of injuries because my friend that was with us went to pull her chair out and her finger got caught between the chair seat and the metal part and it ripped her fingernail up (right in the middle)..man..it looked really horrible and her vagel response kicked in cause she was so sweaty and I thought she was going to pass out right there. She was bleeding all over the place and it was just not a great experience at Chick-fil-A that day for us.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

"Day 6" of 25 Days of Christmas

Today I received an email from my friend, Katlyn. Apparently she knows Gimble the Elf cause Zoee's email ended up in her inbox. She forwarded it to me (HA HA) this is what it says:


Dear Zoee


Happy Christmas to you!

Santa has asked me to send you this letter by email. Here is the link:

Click here to collect your post from Santa!

Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Gimble
Head Postmaster Elf
North Pole Post Office

(We have such great friends...Katlyn actually did all of this and sent it..too adorable!!)

Zoee is 33 Months Old

Zoee is
Months Old!

I cannot believe how fast this year has just flown. She is officially 2 years and 9 months old. We have already started thinking about her 3rd birthday. HA HA I just can't believe how much she has grown this year, either. She still weighs the same. 37 pounds and is over 3 feet tall. She is talking sooo much and sometimes too much. She is definitely a social butterfly (like her Mama)..well, Mike is pretty social, as well, so she picks up on a lot of it. She has been making tons of friends and has a few "special" ones that we hang out with during the week. I love that she's learning to make friends and share. It's so hard not having a sibling (something I hope that we can give her soon). Lord knows she needs one..cause poor Gizmo has about had it with all the pestering..LOL She gives him heck..and I can't believe he just sits and takes it. He's very protective of her, too. Zoee has been singing a lot lately. She is learning more songs and has a great voice already. I'm wondering if she is going to be musically inclined. I'm musically inclined and Mike's art inclined..so I'm thinking she's going to be very whimsical and artsy in some sense or another. She loves to dance and asks me about every other day if she can go to dance class. We are planning on starting her in classes after the New Year. She loves to play with her ponies, Barbies, still loves to read, and is more into playing dress up and delves into her play kitchen a lot. She is not much into TV anymore. She still likes to watch the Disney shows but is more about watching movies now. I guess cause her attention span has broadened..ha ha! She's quite the active lil' socialite. She's potty trained completely which was a big accomplishment for her. She even wipes and washes her hands all by herself...EXTREMELY independent. Won't let me help at all now, which makes me a little sad..cause she's growing up way too fast. But she still enjoys snuggling. :) Her favorite word these days is "NO". She says "Don't NO me. " Meaning don't tell her "No". It's hard not to laugh sometimes..cause we have to stand our ground and punish her for things she does wrong..but sometimes they are just so funny. She's extremely dramatic. She doesn't throw too many fits..mainly just when she is overly tired. She's growing out of her toddler bed..cause I've caught her on the floor a few times this past week. We are going to be switching her to a twin size very very soon. We just love her so much! She's so charismatic and sweet. She's very helpful when asked to do something. She loves loves loves her Grammy and PaPaw and asks for them daily. She also loves her Aunt JJ (Jillery Joy) and Ethan. We just spend our days going on play dates, spending time together..learning and having fun. I'm trying to soak every minute of it up!

Monday, December 5, 2011

"Day 5" of 25 Days of Christmas

This morning Zoee awoke and I gave her some cereal. When I told her to hurry and eat so we could go outside..she was confused..because she knows it's cold outside. I told her God had sent us snow and she was thrilled. This was her face of astonishment..ha ha! We went outside and frolicked in it for only a couple of minutes cause it was bone chilly. If I could find her winter coat..she would of stayed out there longer. I can't seem to find it anywhere..:( It was soo cute, too! But even though she only ran around for a few minutes..she loved every minute of it and I love that you can see the sheer joy on her face!







Sunday, December 4, 2011

"Day 4" of 25 Days of Christmas

Our Christmas photos turned out so awesome! Happy Holidays!










Ethan's 2nd Birthday

Ethan's 2nd Birthday party was held on December 4th..his actual birthday this year. He's growing so fast and is just a cute lil' stinker. He had a Cars themed birthday and we had a great time. I was sooo mad at myself because I took so many pictures at the birthday and then on the way home..I guess I hit the wrong button on my camera and erased everything. I was soo mad cause I didn't realize it until I went to upload them that they were missing. So I will have to wait to post more when Jillery gets her CD of the girl who took the other pictures. Here is one of them I stole from them and it's adorable!! He's a BIG BOY now! :)


Saturday, December 3, 2011

"Day 3" of 25 Days of Christmas





We went and enjoyed the City of Odessa's Parade of Lights. It was a lot of fun but really cold. Zoee loves the bands and the lil' kids dressed up..along with the fun characters. What a great holiday tradition we have started!

Friday, December 2, 2011

"Day 2" of 25 Days of Christmas

It's the most wonderful time of the year!! I love love love the holidays..especially Christmas. It is truly the best time of the year. As most know, I love to decorate..so here are some of my decorations this year. Our lil' family had a wonderful time doing it together.



Gingerbread Tree..I've added to it for several years now..and it keeps getting cuter and cuter!
Zoee's Christmas tree..it has adorable ornaments on it from Hello Kitty, Minnie & Mickey Mouse, and purses!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

"Day 1" of 25 Days of Christmas






I decided to do a 25 days of Christmas posting everyday up until Christmas with all of our fun holiday festivities and pictures.

So here it is the 1st day of December so we will start it off by our visit to Santa! Zoee absolutely adores the "BIG MAN". We went to Miss Cayce's again this year to visit him and she loved it. He is so great with her and she sat on his lap, he asked her what she wanted for Christmas, he hugged her, and told her to grab a candy cane out of his bag and to make sure she is good! (No guarantees..hee hee!) Well, her being her Daddy's kiddo grabbed about 4 of them out of the bag to take..ha ha! That is something Mike would do. I just snickered and he laughed out loud real big. And she waved goodbye..so precious..just makes my heart melt!