David's Birthday Party

The shirt says it all...(got that shopping in Solvang)

David, the little boy across the street, recently turned 13 and he loves to skateboard, so his birthday was at Rob Dyrdek's Safe Spot, Skate Spot in LA. I went with Wendy and Zoe came along too. She got to play in the park and color on the park bench while David and his friends skated.

Pigtails and More!

Pigtails

Giving Baby a kiss...

Zoe's first lunch box (bag)

Zoe's hair is now long enough for pigtails! I am so excited because I love them! I found rubberbands that Zoe can't pull out most of the time. She looks so grown up with them, Daddy said to take them out because it made her look like a big girl :(. First signs of a toddler, instead of our little precious BABY.

Holy cow! We bought her her first lunch box (well...bag). It was too cute to pass up and she loves it. It has become part of the routine leaving in the morning and when we pick her up from the sitter, she gets it and holds it all the way to the car.

Camping in August

Zoe loves cottage cheese!

Zoe's first frozen banana (without chocolate)...great for teething!

Playing in the water...

Oooooo...water.

Family photo by the waterfall

Okay, okay, okay! I have not blogged in a while...LONG while. Sorry! It has been a VERY busy month and Zoe is definitely one thing that made it so busy. We wouldn't change it for the world!

Before we went back to school we planned a camping trip to Convict Lake. Unfortunately, on the way there, Shaun and our neighbors, got in a pretty serious accident and their big truck and trailer were pretty messed up. The truck was able to be fixed, but the trailer was totaled. So much for that trip!

Instead we went to Buelton (Solvang). We were supposed to go camping for five days, but we only went to Buelton for 2 nights, August 12th-14th. Zoe saw the ostrich farm, minature horses farm, the mission in Solvang, hiked to a waterfall, went shopping :), and was able to go swimming at the campground. Not to mention, play at the park. She loves swings and wasn't too sure about the slides, but I have no doubt that she'll learn to love them. When she went swimming this time, she actually surprised us because she put her face in the water without us prompting her to. Yikes! It scared me a bit (she seemed a bit shocked too), but we just cheered and she giggled and tried it again. She is such a great camper, but doesn't like to sleep much during the day, for fear she will miss some of the action. At night we had a group of individuals who must not camp very often because they definitely did not know the camping courtesy rules (quiet time at 10). 1 am, we woke to groups of people laughing sooooooo loud. Groups meaning 20-30 people!!! I found myself marching over to their area and explaining (not so nicely) that it was 1 am and I had a baby sleeping. I told them if they woke her, they were going to take care of her. As I finished, a man said, "Chill out." I lost it and reminded them of the time. Let's just say, we were able to sleep after that :). Don't mess with mommies!

It was a good time and a nice getaway before the school year. Right before we left, we heard that we got our jobs back, so that was a nice relief. Since then, it has been non-stop.