Zoe's First Word

I am counting "Hi" as Zoe's first official word. She has said "Mama and Dada," but I don't know if she made the connection, or just was mimicking us when she was first saying these few words. With "Hi" she knew what it meant, and waves as well, melts my heart. She has been saying it for a while, and loves to say "Hi" mostly to other kids.

Another thing she likes doing now is showing us her tongue. At first, Ty was wondering why I taught her to stick out her tongue. But we were just doing body parts and that was the one that stuck! It is the first thing that she wants to show me in the morning, haha! She also likes turning on anything electronic. The cd player, or the direct TV brain at my parents. The other day she finally found out the cd player opens with a certain button, oh that just blew her mind! She also likes to clap and sing "Popcorn popping on the Apricot Tree" she does the little popcorn actions with her hands.

Her most favorite thing is being outside with the dogs. Guss is mostly scared of her, but Coal loves to get her with kisses. We have been working on planting a garden in some raised boxes, so we were outside and we finally decided to let Zoe just crawl around in the dirt. Of course she found the one tiny little spot that was muddy, but we just let her keep playing she loved it so much.

For the most part she is very cautious, I am counting this as a blessing. Don't get me wrong, she is very curious and gets into everything, but at least cautious. She doesn't have much an interest in walking, she will just stand there for a second unsupported and then just slowly sit. We are not rushing her though, she is already tough to keep up with.

We are looking forward to lots of weekend getaways this summer with her. Camping, hiking, swimming, I know she will love it all!