First Days Back to Delana's

I think Zuri and Blakely missed each other.

Summer Update

I know I haven't blogged in a while. It is almost impossible when Zuri is awake; and when she napped I napped. So here are a few pictures of Zuri over the summer. She finally got to where she loved the pool and trusted her swimmies to hold her up. I had so much fun with her this summer. I was really sad to leave her on Monday to go back to work. She is talking up a storm. She can say the following words really good: bubble, Papa, circle, mama, daddy, bye, hey, see, please (cease), thank you (chank chu), Addison, purple, up, in, Tink (Tinkerbelle), stairs, Reese, and a few more I just can't think of. I am amazed how much she is talking and how easily she is picking it up. I don't have a baby any more, she is a big girl. I love her so much.

Zuri and Teko (her new cat)

Tara had a stray cat wander up. It was very sweet...and pregnant. Tara was blessed with 6 adorable orange tabby's. After a lot of persuassion from Tara to me and me to Tyler we agreed to get Zuri a cat. She loves this animal. She surely knows it is her cat. If she sees someone holding it she wants it, if you are petting it she pushes your hand away so she can love on it. She carries it around everywhere, and what is great is he lets her. He goes limp and lets her take him everywhere, almost like he's saying "I give up."
We named him Teko. My friend Kelly and her daughter Ana were brainstorming names off of Dora (since that is what Zuri is into now) and they said Teko, that sounded like a good cat name, so it stuck...but we were watching Handy Manny and they said Teko...so I'm not really sure what show it's off of, but Zuri likes them both...oh well.
Now Tyler and I just have to remember we have another 'baby' around for a while. Neither one of us are die hard animal fans so we aren't thrilled to death about the cat, but it really makes Zuri happy and she loves animals so it is definitely work it.

Side note...Zuri now calls Reese (aka Ceese) it is so sweet to hear her call her and then say 'good girl'

A Day at the Zoo

We went to the zoo today with Christy and Nolan, some of our good friends. Zuri and Nolan always love seeing each other, their faces light up, it is the cutest thing. Zuri was so much fun this zoo trip. She was really into seeing the animals. She would look, point, and say 'see'. She always wanted to make sure I was looking as well. She thought the orangutans were hilarious. I was a little worried about her wanting to get in and out of her stroller, but she did so well. She climbed out to look at the animals and then climbed back in when I told her we needed to go see the next animal.
This age is so much fun. I look forward each day to what she is going to do next. Hopefully our next zoo trip will be with daddy so he can see her get excited as well.

Trouble Trouble

Today we went to the park with Addison. These two girls love hanging out with each other. I can only imagine the trouble they are going to get into when they grow up. We are truely blessed to live beside some of Zuri's cousins. I am glad that Zuri will have Addison to grow up with, play, with, and have sleepovers with. It was so funny to watch them hold hands, they were actually talking to each other, I just wish I knew what they were saying.

Bahamas 2010

Crazy Girl

Wow, Zuri was so full of energy tonight. I was cooking dinner and I turned around to see her climbing in the towel drawer. She thought it was hilarious. She even layed down in the drawer.
Then while at dinner she was making the funniest faces. She couldn't even hold the face for long because she was laughing so hard. Here are just a few pictures of my crazy girl. She certainly keeps me laughing.