Mover and a Shaker

Here is a glimpse of why I've had my hands full lately:

Owen is fully mobile. This video is a couple weeks old and he is much faster now. He's not using his knees yet, but he propels himself with his toes and man, can that kid move. He can maneuver from the living room to the kitchen in less than a minute, stopping only to play with the heating vent and the door stops. He's also figured out how to get from his and Zoe's room into the bathroom. Basically he gets into everything so I have to hover around him at all times. Especially since Zoe is used to being able to leave small toys, food, and other choke-ables anywhere she wants. We're working on that.

Here is the other reason:

Zoe has decided that Owen is a great toy. She is constantly poking at, pinching, pushing, pulling, and rolling on him. How fun! So I rarely let them out of my sight. Rarely.....

{to be continued}

Planes, Planes, and More Planes!

After 3 flights and 9 hours, Zoe and I arrived safe and sound in Wisconsin to visit my sister and her family. Her kids are the only cousins Zoe has close to her age on my side and they had never met so we decided it was about time to change that. Anyway, back to the planes. Zoe was an angel all day long. She even fell asleep in my arms for about 30 minutes. She never complained about being confined. Two out of three of the flights we had an entire row to ourselves, and on the other flight we had what seemed to be the only open seat on the whole plane located right next to us. The only low point of the day was when Zoe kicked me really hard in the eye as I reached over her to get something. Oh well.

Zoe loves being with her cousins and she is adapting to being in a new, much noisier house. Life with 4 and 6-year-old boys is much different than we're used to. My sister and I have been watching tons of chick flicks and working on some sewing and home improvement projects she has. Never a dull moment around here. The best news is that Zoe has been eating a lot more than she normally does and today she asked to (and actually did) eat a banana! I thought I'd have to get my smelling salts out. Then I remembered I didn't have any.

Anyway, I know this is kind of boring, but we're having a great time and I will add pictures later. And more updates about our trip after I get home. If anyone sees James wandering aimlessly around the grocery store, please direct him to the milk.