"show me the money!"

At the one-year dol (birthday), it is Korean tradition 

to place the birthday girl/boy in front of various items

 as a predictor for the future (e.g. piece of string for life longevity, 

pen for future scholar, golf club for the next Tiger Woods, etc).  

After reaching her 8-month birthday, we decided to have Zooey 

start practicing.  I'm not sure what Sophie the giraffe or the 

monitor represent, but you can see what Z's going for!!!

A day in the life of Z...

Playing with mommy

Pulling on mommy's hair

 Getting in trouble for pulling mommy's hair

Eating (at) the dinner table

:)

Why don't they make these for grownups?

Cruising!

Zooey is impatient to start walking and has been 

practicing standing and cruising lately

 

She even uses mommy's hair to pull herself up to standing....

oh, the sacrifices a mother makes!

Bad hair twins

getting ready for bed with Julie emo, comparing bad hair days  :p

Zooey wins!

More Sleeping Twins Pics

 Remember these pictures ?

Zooey is 8 months old!

Zooey Mugging for Camera!

 I don't know if y'all remember that scene from E.T. when our favorite alien is trying hide in plain sight amongst all his friends... 

Adventures In Mealtime!

Well, Zooey is eating more(kind of)--her bowl is emptied, but you can see the results!

"What?..What? This is how I eat--deal with it!"

Daddy's sense of fashion

Daddy proudly added the orange ring to Zooey's hair to make her 'pretty' - 

Z does NOT look amused.  At least the orange in her hair 

brings out the orange in her bib....

I heart DAD!

Zooey, the yogini

Sad to say, Z's yoga skills are better than mine :(  - jennie

Zooey still does not crawl forward - not content with staying on her knees, 

she tries to get up on her toes.  When she wants to reach/grab things in front of her, she instead rolls from side to side, diagonally, until she reaches her goal, or swivels around and goes backwards.  We think she's planning on skipping the forward crawl and go right to walking/running.

Z and friends

 Z with her two car buddies

 telling her buddies a story...

Zooey Yang, basso profundo

Zooey has been exploring her vocal range and has 

decided she likes her low notes (or maybe she is possessed???)

Hello!

Zooey started waving last week and loves greeting people!

Last weekend, we drove down to Newport Beach and walked

along the pier.  We pulled out Z's sunglasses, which she immediately pulled off (apparently she only likes mommy's sunglasses),

so Chuck decided to show her what they looked like on...

[Ed. note: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! no wonder she didn't want them on!]

Gymboree class

We signed Zooey up for Gymboree classes and have attended

two so far.  So far, she seems to love meeting the other babies and gets very 

excited in the class - she's usually the most hyper one, 

full of smiles with each new song and activity.  It's a little hard to take

pictures/videos as I have to participate with her, but here are a few!

BUBBLES!!

Life is so unfair..

Zooey has been practicing her whining skills lately, something we 

had hoped to avoid until her teenage years (HA!!!!)

Chuck Jr or Jennie Jr?

Jennie has noted some family resemblances while Z is sleeping...

...until Chuck found other similarities as well!

Finally! New Posts!!

Zooey got a gift from Julie Eemo's friend:

I guess she likes it!!

Mommy also decided Zooey needed a costume for her first Halloween!

 I'm not sure she is too happy about it 

heehee! mommy's funny