Zoes 11 month picture:

Here is a video of Zoe doing some signing... Not perfect, but she's on the right track:

Forgot to mention... Zoe got her 1st pair of shoes. Here are a few pics...

Man... where do I begin... It's been almost a month since my last post, and Zoe is a completely different baby than a month ago.

She is almost 11 months old! I'll post her 11 month picture on April 22nd (3 days from now)

The past month has been crazy. Zoe had her baptism on Easter Sunday (April 8th). Mom and Steve came to Tucson to attend. Zoe loves Grandma and had a great time with her. In fact Grandma is the only person so far that we've been able to leave Zoe with and not have her cry for us. The ceremony was held outdoors and it was a beautiful day. She did a great job, she didn't cry at all when the minister took her to perform the baptism. She just kind of looked at the minister as if to say... "who are you?" During the baptism, Kia cried (only a little). Here is a picture of the baptism... unfortunately, we didn't get many good pics:


Some other things Zoe has done this month...
She is able to walk about 3 to 5 steps. If she has her balance, she can get to 5, otherwise, she gets about 2 or 3 before collapsing in our arms and giggling.

She is eating more and more solid foods: Cheerios, Chicken, Asparagus (that's right, you read correctly), bread (her favorite), and she actually ate some baby food green beans the other day. Normally, when confronted with green beans or peas, she will take 1 bite and gag, and then lose trust in whomever is doing the feeding. But she tore through an entire container of green beans!

She is starting to crawl on all fours, although she still prefers the army crawl.

She is learning some actual sign language. Today she gave us the sign for "finished" when she was done with her dinner. She is also using "more" to indicate she wants more food. It's funny, she'll do a bunch of other things with her hands that look like signs, but aren't. As if she has her own secret baby sign language.

She is still around 21.5 pounds. And still has the same bottom 4 teeth, in fact they're big enough to warrant brushing, so we've been brushing her teeth. She is great at it too! She opens her mouth and let's us brush away with no fighting or whining.

She is doing more and more baby talk... Like having full on baby conversations with her toys. She loves talking to this toy clown puppet:


We taught her to shake her head. If we shake our head and say "side to side" she'll do it and it's the cutest thing. It's very subtle.

If we're having a conversation between the two of us and laugh, she will hear us laughing and laugh along with us.

Grandma taught her to blow kisses. It's very cute... Grandma blows a kiss and holds her palm out, and Zoe will lean in and kiss her palm.

She's conquered climbing our staircase. It's hard work, but she is a determined climber:


When we take her for walks around the lake she'll be in her stroller just yapping away, pointing and yelling at dogs that pass by...

She's invited to 1st birthday party in May

She took her 1st plane ride alone w/ mom for Ginas BabyShower

She Notices and points out individual objects in books and turns pages

She loves to leaf through Kias gossip magazines. She'll look at the pictures and then turn the page, or just rip the page out.

Sometimes if she tumbles or falls down or bumps her head she'll give out this incredibly cute, fake cry that just can't be ignored. This picture is NOT the cute fake cry, but a cry of a different sort:


Well... i'm sure there are many things i'm forgetting, but I think this is enough for now.

We'll be going to California for her 1st birthday! Can't wait.