"made for Zooey with love"

Zooey has been spending much of her time playing on this

beautiful quilt that was specially made for her 

by my friend Karen

 

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Thank you so much, Karen

for such a lovely gift!

"Brush-a, brush-a, brush-a"**

 Now that she's eating solids, Zooey has

started brushing her teeth

 

**title taken from "Grease"

Great-grandma and Zooey

Happy six months, Zooey!

 

Carmel

(clockwise, from top left: Karen, Jennie, Sandra, Julie)

Jennie's friends from high school met up with their families in Carmel, CA, for a few days...the last time we all met was at our wedding (you may recognize some of the kids as our ringboy and flower girls) 

 

The kids - three new additions since the wedding!

(the husbands were there too, really!)

Kathryn, Karen's youngest daughter (in the foreground), 

'borrowed' my iphone and took several snapshots of herself 

with various kids in the background....so cute!

At Mission Ranch Inn for brunch (owned by Clint Eastwood, 

there are real sheep on the property!)

We also visited the Monterey Aquarium, an amazing place!

Their jellyfish exhibits were especially impressive!

We had such a wonderful time - thanks to Julie M. and family for hosting us, and we hope to meet again in another three years!

Visiting NorCal

Okay, we've recovered from Olympics' addiction/hangover. Time to catch up on posts...

We got a chance to visit Chuck's family in August.

Zooey finally got a chance to meet cousin Lucie...

 ...and also catch up with Sophie and Ellen

Zooey also met her Grandaunt and Uncle Sangmu for the first time:

First taste of banana--yum!

"You can pick your friends..."

Wise words from SNL (Saturday Night Live):

"You can pick your friends,

You can pick your nose,

But you can't pick your friend's nose!!!"

CLEARLY, this does not apply to one's child...

Z proudly shows off a gem ready to be picked

 

After harvest by brave mom, Z tries to eat the...uh...fruits of her labor...

ewwwwwwwww!!

 

yum yum yum!

Zooey's been eating solids for about a week, 

some rice cereal as well as some fruit.

She seems to enjoy it all, so far, but clearly has inherited 

her mother's carnivorous tendencies.....

Z: "Forget the cereal, feed me the sausages!!"

 

:-)

First kiss :)

We spent several days in Carmel, CA, with Jennie's closest 

friends from high school (more pics to come).  

Julie M's youngest son Jasper (Her oldest, Kai, 

was one of the ring bearers at our wedding) was super 

sweet to Zooey and would pat the couch when he wanted 

her to sit there next to him.  

This time, he had an ulterior motive~!!! 

<3 <3 <3

[note the "daddy's girl" bib Z is wearing, placed on her by daddy, 

who thought he had at least a FEW more years before 

needing a shotgun - clearly Jasper is not intimidated!!!]