hitchcock? or maybe she's just got a double chin

this was my feeble attempt at a hitchcock profile, just for aunt marmie. she does look strikingly like him though.

the flash of an older face

in true aunt lori fashion, zoe made sure to have her eyes shut during the only picture i could take of her in her dress yesterday. i'm teasing lori, but darn it if she didnt close her eyes the second i took the picture. oh well.

this morning, we woke up at 5:45, after another 5 1/2 hours of uninterrupted sleep. this is the third morning to have nearly 6 hours, from around midnight to around 6. this is an exciting development, and we'll keep you posted. so, after a lovely feeding, the girl fell asleep, and i started doing the dishes. she woke up again around 8, hungry, but in a very sweet mood. so, like the good mother i am, instead of feeding her, i took pictures. what can i say, my devotion knows no bounds.

i was very pleased with the outcome of the pictures, since i got, not one, but TWO pictures of her smiling. and one picture of a face she will grow into. it was a little poignant to see such an old expression on that face, but at least she'll be really cute as she gets older. so, enough of my ramblings, here's the pictures. i know it's been a couple of days, and i'm surprised the lynch mob hasn't come after me for my delay. just kidding... but you know who you are. :)

no hobbit feet here!

those toes are curled up like little fingers... thank God she doesn't have my short wide feet.



my favorite pair of her pj's.... the matching pants are covered in a print with eggs, bowls, mixers, flour, etc on them. she's my little cupcake!

yesterday into today

getting ready to go to Auntie Lolo's (hehe) house to watch Pride and Prejudice
Poppa holding her while she squirmed
Watching the sun set with Zoe last night
Watching the moon set with Zoe this morning
and the sunrise through the bottles

feeling under the weather...

the title gives the major reason i haven't posted in a few days. this weekend has found me very tired, and not quite exhausted, but pushing it. i'm not sure why i'm feeling so run down, but i don't like it. i slept until 1:30 this afternoon, and i'm so tired right now.... and it's not even 10:30 yet. maybe it's the late nights catching up with me, maybe.
but enough about my tiredness, you all came here to see the baby. who is back to eating on a more normal schedule, after 4 days of eating frantically every 2 hours. she's been sleeping a lot yesterday and today, something she did 2 weeks ago, after a similar eating binge. the only thing spencer and i have figured is that she was going through another growth spurt, since she was clingy, hungry all the time, and fairly cranky. at her last growth spurt, she gained 11 ounces and grew 1 1/2 inches, so we're curious to see what she grew this time. on with the show though.

in lieu of your regularly scheduled programming...

i was going to post a bunch of pictures, but since i got maybe 5 hours of sleep last night, i'll leave you with a few. i am trying to get some good video of her from my camera, and then i'll post that too. but probably not this weekend. here's the stinker, who at this moment is still awake, after getting up around 7pm, and not wanting to sleep in her bed.

a few more pics of miss chunky cheeks

the life of riley

eating, sleeping, getting cuddled and occasionally having to lay on her stomach. what a life. i love the expressions she has on her face in the first 4 photos... so cute!

the photos from today!

over the hill and through the woods....

...to grandmothers house we went! today was zoe's first big trip. we went to ellen and greg's house for dinner and watching a movie. well, sort of. i planned on watching jane eyre with lori and ellen, and spencer planned on sitting around. i'm not sure what zoe planned on doing, most likely, eating and sleeping. right now, lori is holding zoe in ellen's comfy green rocker, and we're waiting to watch jane eyre. so, in the meantime, here is a bit of zoe's day.

first things first, she had a bath... a real bath! her umbilical cord stump finally came off, just in time for her big day. so, she got in her blue bathtub, got all soaped up, made sure to pee in the bathwater, and thoroughly enjoyed herself.
we tried on a new outfit, some overalls with a newborn shirt. and, while the newborn shirts used to fit, today, we graduated to 3-6mo. size. her torso is very long, but her little legs are so short. and oh so cute and chunky.
after i got showered and dressed, spencer and i loaded up the car with the moses basket, her diaper bag, my pump and bottles of milk. oh. and zoe. the ride to dahlonega was not too eventful, zoe slept the whole time, and i knitted in the back seat next to her. she slept for 2 hours after we arrived, and woke up to eat, get a diaper change, and a few photo ops.
so, that's zoe's day. i'll post photos separately, since i have so many of them.

the day in pictures

*yawn* why does mom make me do this stuff first thing in the morning? i would so much rather get pampered and snuggled instead of this "toy" nonsense.
well..... i am looking pretty cute, so i guess i can do this play thing for a few minutes, to keep mom quiet. (there's a mirror on the other side of the orange circle)
oh yeah, flexing the cuteness!
hmmmm.... a fish. and now i'm on my stomach. what ever can this mean?
fish? so last year. i'm all about turning to the other side now.
good grief. i need to work out more. this is killing me!
oh yeah, feel the burn... one more rep, and then i'm done.
alright mom. enough is enough. i turned my head over, now pick me up and feed me!
i don't see a bottle anywhere near my mouth. what seems to be the hold up?
promises, promises. until i get breakfast, i'm not smiling, no matter how many times you're promising to feed me.
oh yeah. that's more like it. this is the face of a happy girl.


commentary by catherine. cuteness by zoë
and the bib in the last pic says "give peas a chance".... spencer's mom got it for zoe, since spencer is severely allergic to peas.... gotta love a mother's sense of humor.