Dear Zoe...

Dear Zoe Kate,

Who told you that you were allowed to grow up so quickly? You must be growing up at least twice as quickly as Joshua, who also grew up more quickly than instructed. Specifically, who told you that you were allowed to get your first tooth already? Please slow down, little girl. You have your whole life to do all these things, but only a few moments to be a little baby. Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

Love,

Mommy

It's true, folks. She has her first tooth through and her second is right behind it. Fortunately, she teeths like Joshua - without a lot of fuss. You can't really see the first one yet but take my word for it, I'm nursing, and it's there. She has also eaten (and loved) oatmeal, applesauce, prunes (as a result of the oatmeal) and pears (they were in the jar with the prunes). That hasn't slowed her down on the milk any, though. She can hold her own bottle and will fight to keep it if I try to take it away. She rolls every which way, scoots and turns in circles, loves the exersaucer, and grabs everything within reach. Yesterday, she slept in a crib for the first time (we just got one) and seems to really like it. She hasn't spent the night there yet since it is next to Joshua's room and she still wakes up at night; however, I have the feeling that she will be spending the night there before long. I will miss her living in our closet! I will not miss nursing at 3am.

By the way, we are repainting the kitchen and installing a tile backsplash. Here's the tile. The paint color is hiding under there somewhere.

When I say we, I mean mostly Craig and Joshua. Craig had a visit from the hair fairy... picture removed by Craig....much to embarrassing for it to be posted on the Intraweb.

Bye bye green for which we have no touch up paint. The new paint color is called Savannah Red, so I was obviously drawn to it since Savannah holds a special place in my heart as the location of our 14 day courtship and subsequent engagement. I couldn't have asked for or imagined a more perfect husband and family. Hopefully my Savannah Red kitchen will remind me of that every day!! That, and it matches our other paint colors way better.

Here it is after primer (that big wall has been primed twice... the first color was too orangey)

what a mess!!