Up and down, over and under...always busy Z

Zooey in action!

Videos from the past month:

new game for Z, workout for mom

her "stage" where she always heads to dance

first carousel ride at South Coast Plaza

Frauelein Z!

Thank you to Lauren emo for sending the dirndl all the way from Berlin!

the many faces of z

remember this face?

(June 7, 2013)

Me and my horse

Remember this video from last October?

Well, she still loves it! 

For the past couple of weeks, Zooey has

been climbing on and off by herself

Zooey loves dogs!

Where's Zooey?

Where's Zooey?  Can you spot her?

"Peek-a-boo!" 

long time no see....

Hello to all of Zooey's fans

and so sorry for the long absence from this blog.

Life with Zooey has been super busy - it feels like in the past month, 

all of a sudden, she is no longer a baby but a little girl, or in

daddy's words "it's like she's a real person now!"

Some updates:

*She is now running around. Her balance is still a little shaky,

which leads to many falls, but luckily she rarely cries

*She loves to dance, stomping her feet and tilting her head to the side

*She loves to climb on top of everything and crawl
into the tiniest of spaces
*She loves playing peek-a-boo
*She gives great hugs and kisses (usually juicy, open-mouthed ones!)
*She loves being outside and smelling all the flowers, pulling grass out
*BUBBLES! 

*She is very strong and tries to lift heavy objects, eg. she 

dragged at 15lb bag of rice around the kitchen (she is 23lb)

*She LOVES dogs

*She is still nursing but also eats pretty well, 

liking a variety of food including mediterranean, 

mexican, korean, even spicy food.
*She will put her dirty diapers in the diaper can, her laundry
in the laundry basket

*She is very social, saying hi to everyone, especially little kids

*She is VERY vocal, loves to sing and talk. 

VOCABULARY (words she will say)

Zooey = "Zoe"

Joann = "Joe"

Daddy = "dada"

Mommy = "dada" 

(occasionally she throws me a bone and says "umma" )

emo = "eee-mo"
elmo = "ay-mo"
book = "boo"
ball = "bah"

bubbles = "bubboo"

apple = "appoo"

banana = "nana"

car = "cah"

dog = "gog"

violin = "ninee"

do (as in 'do-re-mi') = "doh"
(when you sing "do" on a given pitch, she will reply by 
singing "doh", on a different pitch)

hi = "hi"

hello = "hello"

bye-bye = "ba-bye"

baby = "bebee"

more = "moh"
what's this? = "wassis?"

no = "NO" or "nnnnnnno" depending on her mood

yes = "yesh", sometimes "doh"

'da-wat-da' (we're here!) = "dah-da"

'da-haet-da' (all done!) = "dahh-da" (there IS a difference)

'gah-ja' (let's go!) = "gah-ja"

I'm sure there are more I can't think of right now.  

She is also signing some words and understands quite a bit, 

so it is a lot of fun having 'conversations' with her.

more pics/videos tomorrow!