Serious Bed Head

Okay, I found the cord, so here we go!

Yesterday morning Ziva woke up with the CRAZIEST hair we have seen yet! Above is the side view, and below is the full effect...
Vince put a little bit of gel in it before we went to school so she could sport her wild bed head all day. It was quite the conversation piece, as you can imagine! :)

Wearing Grandma and Grandpa's Valentine's Day shirt...love you Grandma and Grandpa!

Doesn't she look just like her daddy in this one? She loves playing in our bed, but she's started having almost as much fun playing in her crib too.

Pictures soon

I was all ready to finally post some new pictures after way too long, and now I can't find the cord to download the pictures, so it will have to wait a little bit longer. But, so as not to disappoint, here are a few of Ziva's "favorites" to entertain you:

Food: Cheerios (hands down!!)
Place to play: Mom and Dad's bed
Parent: Daddy (this doesn't hurt my feelings...I'm sure my turn will come)
Book: "Let's Celebrate God's Blessings on Thanksgiving"
Toy: This one changes so often it's hard to say, but some top competitors are pots and pans, blocks, and anything she's not supposed to have
Chore: Unloading the dishwasher
Bath game: Splashing
Song: The Alphabet Song
School activity: Stealing the other babies' pacifiers
New skill: clapping

Okay, I'm off to search some more for the cord....hopefully I'll have some pictures up soon!

Social Butterfly

We thought these were funny...Ziva was crawling around on the bar while we were talking on the phone, and she grabbed an apple and started taking bites.

Last week we had a little SuperBowl party, and our friends Mike and Brooke came with their daughter Eden. Ziva LOVES babies, and whenever she sees one, she attacks! It's a loving, bear-hug kind of attack, but it usually scares the other baby involved. And now that she's tottering around, she also likes to use those other babies as a support, and it can get pretty funny. She did it yesterday at the park to a complete stranger, but I didn't have my camera. However, we got a great little video of Ziva loving on Eden....

Little Steps

Okay, I've been hesitant to say it because I didn't know when it's technically true, but Ziva is definitely walking, and has been for several days now. I guess I've been waiting for her to just take off and walk long distances all the time, and that's when we could say "she's walking," but I'm beginning to see it doesn't work that way. (First time mom, right?) She takes several steps at a time, and can finally stand on her own without pulling up, but she doesn't do that very often yet. She still crawls more than she walks, but she is definitely taking little steps. We hope you enoy the video!

Day at the Park #2

Ziva's sliding with Daddy

Ready...

Set....(look at that big smile!)

GO! (The blurriness means we're going so fast!)

Ziva really liked the swing. There was a "big girl" swinging next to her and she seemed to like that. She thinks she's one of them, after all.

Day at the Park #1

It's January 22, and today it was a sunny 71 degrees outside, so we headed to the park after school for a fun time out. We took Ziva's walker (or whatever it's called) and let her roam free. She was hilarious about the grass though...she did NOT like the brown crispy grass at all and refused to put her hands on it. What a little princess.

We had a hard time getting Ziva to look at the camera, but that's because she was looking at....

....the ducks!

For some reason I only know how to post 5 pictures at a time, so our day at the park will have to be in two installments.

Sick and Snuggly

Last week Ziva was sick with a cold/fever/runny nose so she ended up staying home most of the week with either me or Vince, so we got lots of sweet snuggly time which is out of the ordinary. Even though she was sick she was still her usual cheerful self most of the time, and we got some cute happy pictures. So close....almost walking!

Those two poor fingers that Ziva sucks have gotten drier and drier, and no amount of lotion will help since she sucks it off so quickly. And now with the cold dry air, one of her fingers got a big crack down the middle of it. It looks painful, but doesn't seem to bother her. Since she sucks bandaids off too, I had to get creative. We put ointment on, then a bandaid, and then covered it all up with her doggy mittens. Everyone wins that way!

Helping out.....she just loves laundry!

We're working on more table foods...she's getting there.