Monday, October 26, 2009
Nana Time...
Nana, Papa, and Brett came to visit in September, and Zoey falls in love with Nana everytime she comes..
Monday, October 19, 2009
Preschool Peer Pressure....
Anyone that knows our Zoey, or has seen her for more than 30 seconds, knows that she is a thumb sucker, has been since utero! And it was always the left thumb.. for whatever reason. She even has a rash on her left thumb because it is so frequently in her mouth. I feared a thumb sucker before having a kid, mostly do to the horror stories of kid's teeth after they sucked their thumbs for so long. But what is a mom to do... I can't take away her thumb.. and besides it a pretty cute thing to see a little girl sucking her thumb...
But like it or not Zoey is a thumb sucker...
Enter Preschool..
Zoey has been in preschool for almost two months. She loves school and often doesn't want to leave when we pick her up! When Zoey does get home from school she plays, she snacks, and then bedtime.. a typical day. Then last week she starts wanting a pacifier. She has done this before, but always plays with it and then puts it down ultimately preferring her thumb to the 'paci'.
Not last week.
Zoey wanted her 'paci' and wouldn't back down until she had a 'paci' in hand and mouth. So when it came to bedtime, she didn't have one, until she saw it on the dresser. I handed it to her, and figured it would go to the 'paci' dumping ground like all other paci's to date(behind her crib, after she had played with them enough to satisfy her interest).
Not this night.
About ten minutes after putting her down she screamed! I went in to check on her and low and behold the now beloved 'paci' had fallen to the floor. I handed it back and she went straight to sleep...
The next day I brought one to preschool, fearing that the same thing would happen at nap time and Zoey wouldn't sleep and wake up the other kids. When I spoke to the teacher, she said, "All the other kids have one at nap time."
PEER PRESSURE! Zoey has succumb to the peer pressure of preschool of a pacifier! Now I have to remember to find all the pacifiers in the house, and take them with us wherever we go! Nothing is worse than a 18 month breakdown in the middle of Target! I know I have seen them happen.
So now we are a pacifier family.... What's next jumping off the playground equipment, cause all the cool kids are doing it??
But like it or not Zoey is a thumb sucker...
Enter Preschool..
Zoey has been in preschool for almost two months. She loves school and often doesn't want to leave when we pick her up! When Zoey does get home from school she plays, she snacks, and then bedtime.. a typical day. Then last week she starts wanting a pacifier. She has done this before, but always plays with it and then puts it down ultimately preferring her thumb to the 'paci'.
Not last week.
Zoey wanted her 'paci' and wouldn't back down until she had a 'paci' in hand and mouth. So when it came to bedtime, she didn't have one, until she saw it on the dresser. I handed it to her, and figured it would go to the 'paci' dumping ground like all other paci's to date(behind her crib, after she had played with them enough to satisfy her interest).
Not this night.
About ten minutes after putting her down she screamed! I went in to check on her and low and behold the now beloved 'paci' had fallen to the floor. I handed it back and she went straight to sleep...
The next day I brought one to preschool, fearing that the same thing would happen at nap time and Zoey wouldn't sleep and wake up the other kids. When I spoke to the teacher, she said, "All the other kids have one at nap time."
PEER PRESSURE! Zoey has succumb to the peer pressure of preschool of a pacifier! Now I have to remember to find all the pacifiers in the house, and take them with us wherever we go! Nothing is worse than a 18 month breakdown in the middle of Target! I know I have seen them happen.
So now we are a pacifier family.... What's next jumping off the playground equipment, cause all the cool kids are doing it??
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Pig Tails...
I have been waiting and waiting to get Zoey's hair like this....
because let's be honest there is nothing cuter than a little girl with pig tails!
because let's be honest there is nothing cuter than a little girl with pig tails!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
17 Months...
Someone reminded me that I hadn't updated with Zoey's 17 month page.. I was surprised anyone read it..
Here's our girl at 17 months...
Zoey can...
- say a ton of phrases like.. 'oh no' 'i know' 'love you' 'thank you'
- repeat most words we say to her.. or at least try
- say everyone in the family's names
- sign a bunch of words.. new ones- halloween, candy, cracker, cookie
- say two syllable words
- run faster and faster
- climb...
- say her abc's (repeating after me)
- do the hand motions to a lot of songs
- tries to sing the songs
- recognize a ton of new objects from books and life.. she knew the sky the other day
- understand most commands like 'go get me...'
Zoey likes...
- playing
- reading books
- eating - carbs! lots and lots of carbs and mcdonalds.. go figure!
- milk
- being a ham and the center of attention
- singing songs
- doing buckles (car seat and high chair)
- playing outside
Zoey doesn't like...
- not getting her way
- going to sleep.. she has recently boycotted naps.
- getting dirty
- getting stuff on her hands
Here's our girl at 17 months...
Zoey can...
- say a ton of phrases like.. 'oh no' 'i know' 'love you' 'thank you'
- repeat most words we say to her.. or at least try
- say everyone in the family's names
- sign a bunch of words.. new ones- halloween, candy, cracker, cookie
- say two syllable words
- run faster and faster
- climb...
- say her abc's (repeating after me)
- do the hand motions to a lot of songs
- tries to sing the songs
- recognize a ton of new objects from books and life.. she knew the sky the other day
- understand most commands like 'go get me...'
Zoey likes...
- playing
- reading books
- eating - carbs! lots and lots of carbs and mcdonalds.. go figure!
- milk
- being a ham and the center of attention
- singing songs
- doing buckles (car seat and high chair)
- playing outside
Zoey doesn't like...
- not getting her way
- going to sleep.. she has recently boycotted naps.
- getting dirty
- getting stuff on her hands
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Oh the places we have gone...
September has been a CRAZY month for the Mattes household. We have put 3000 miles on my car in that span of time going to Gainesville TWICE, Missippi, Tampa, Orlando TWICE, Richmond and finally home! We even had a family visit in there as well! So.. needless to say we are exhausted! but had a TON of fun...
Gainesville - Gary surprised me with tickets to University of Florida football! We bought two separate games, so he went to the first game and met Darrin in G-ville. Then the next weekend we went to the FL v. Tennessee game! We enjoyed an awesome game and got to meet up with Kurt! After we met up with Brett in Tallahassee for a couple of hours! All-in-all definitely worth all the hours in the car!
Mississippi - Gary once again surprised me with tickets to KENNY CHESNEY! so we drove to Biloxi, Mississippi for the concert which was amazing! We were sooo close to Kenny! It was AWESOME!
Tampa/New Port Richey/Orlando - This was insane.. but the things you do for CHEAP flights! Last week we drove to NPR to drop off Zoey with Papa, Nana, and Abuela for the weekend, so that we could DRIVE to Orlando to take a flight to Richmond!
Richmond, Virginia - Gary's cousin Becky got married this past weekend to Mike Iaconelli! SO we went up for the wedding! It was awesome! We got to see family we hadn't seen since our wedding, and thanks to Josh and Courtney got to stay there for FREE! We had a blast! and returned on Sunday!
The 'beautiful' bride, Mike- well sort of, gary and I
Mike, Mom and I
Gary and I
Like I said, CRAZY MONTH! but we are soo thankfull that we have been able to have fun and see family!
Gainesville - Gary surprised me with tickets to University of Florida football! We bought two separate games, so he went to the first game and met Darrin in G-ville. Then the next weekend we went to the FL v. Tennessee game! We enjoyed an awesome game and got to meet up with Kurt! After we met up with Brett in Tallahassee for a couple of hours! All-in-all definitely worth all the hours in the car!
Mississippi - Gary once again surprised me with tickets to KENNY CHESNEY! so we drove to Biloxi, Mississippi for the concert which was amazing! We were sooo close to Kenny! It was AWESOME!
Tampa/New Port Richey/Orlando - This was insane.. but the things you do for CHEAP flights! Last week we drove to NPR to drop off Zoey with Papa, Nana, and Abuela for the weekend, so that we could DRIVE to Orlando to take a flight to Richmond!
Richmond, Virginia - Gary's cousin Becky got married this past weekend to Mike Iaconelli! SO we went up for the wedding! It was awesome! We got to see family we hadn't seen since our wedding, and thanks to Josh and Courtney got to stay there for FREE! We had a blast! and returned on Sunday!
The 'beautiful' bride, Mike- well sort of, gary and I
Mike, Mom and I
Gary and I
Like I said, CRAZY MONTH! but we are soo thankfull that we have been able to have fun and see family!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Upgrades!
The Mattes household has been getting some upgrades recently...
Thanks to Zoey and Moutain Dew we had to get a new laptop...
So Zoey got the old one... upgrade for her!
Our friends the Kintner's were cleaning out their house and gave Zoey this cool doll house that we use for storage right now.. Zoey loves tearing the books off the shelf. Zoey also got a new chair in her room...
Last, but certainly not least, I got a Dyson! It is amazing! It picks up sooo much dog hair its amazing! It almost disturbs me how much it picks up, because that means that used to be on my floor without my knowledge... needless to say a HUGE upgrade from our old one!
Thanks to Zoey and Moutain Dew we had to get a new laptop...
So Zoey got the old one... upgrade for her!
Our friends the Kintner's were cleaning out their house and gave Zoey this cool doll house that we use for storage right now.. Zoey loves tearing the books off the shelf. Zoey also got a new chair in her room...
Last, but certainly not least, I got a Dyson! It is amazing! It picks up sooo much dog hair its amazing! It almost disturbs me how much it picks up, because that means that used to be on my floor without my knowledge... needless to say a HUGE upgrade from our old one!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Blocks!
Before I left for training in August, I bought Zoey a big bag of blocks! She/We love playing with them.. it has definitely brought back a little kid in us...
Most of the time Zoey is either dumping them all of the floor or we are stuffing them into her clothes... which of course makes us laugh and bugs her!
Belly full of blocks!
Cyrus is a HUGE fan of the blocks... since they get chucked at him on a daily basis!
Fun for the whole family!
My castle, built with EVERY block in the bag!
You have to love a toy that can produce these kind of faces!
Most of the time Zoey is either dumping them all of the floor or we are stuffing them into her clothes... which of course makes us laugh and bugs her!
Belly full of blocks!
Cyrus is a HUGE fan of the blocks... since they get chucked at him on a daily basis!
Fun for the whole family!
My castle, built with EVERY block in the bag!
You have to love a toy that can produce these kind of faces!
Monday, September 14, 2009
Gone fishin'
Gary's cousin Becky is marrying Mike Iaconelli in a couple of weeks... he is a professional 'angler' (I had to use the proper terminology) and they were fishing right outside of Montgomery this weekend, so Zoey and I went with Grandma and Pop-pop to visit them for a little while.
Mike with his big catches! He was in second place after that day!
Zoey was more interested in the ice bucket! She is obsessed with ice...
Zoey and I, Mike, Becky, Grandma and Pop-pop in front of the truck and boat!
It was so fun to see them again (we hadn't seen them since our wedding in 2006) and have a new experience of seeing a bassmasters tournament. All in all a fun weekend! Can't wait to see them again in a couple of weeks!
Zoey has discovered the joy of eating food whole, she doesn't want it in small bites anymore!
Crazy Hair!
For daycare we have to put Zoey's hair up so that it doesn't get covered in food and yuck, so this is the result when we take it out..
Poor girl.. pictures last forever!
Poor girl.. pictures last forever!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Horn on the bus...
I apologize for my horrible camera job and singing...
But since Zoey has been as school for all of 8 days she has started singing more and doing the motions to songs... Her words are also better, you can actually understand some of them, and she is saying a million more words than before! She can say everyone's name in our family, including the aunts/uncles/cousins... Kimber is the only one we still haven't gotten anywhere close to.. but we are working on it. She is pointing out objects, more than just ball or dog. She is obsessed with babies and points out any kid as a baby! It really is incredible to see all that she can say and do now.. our baby is no longer a baby!
But since Zoey has been as school for all of 8 days she has started singing more and doing the motions to songs... Her words are also better, you can actually understand some of them, and she is saying a million more words than before! She can say everyone's name in our family, including the aunts/uncles/cousins... Kimber is the only one we still haven't gotten anywhere close to.. but we are working on it. She is pointing out objects, more than just ball or dog. She is obsessed with babies and points out any kid as a baby! It really is incredible to see all that she can say and do now.. our baby is no longer a baby!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
1st Day of School
Zoey is in "mini" school 5 days a week, while I work at home...
She is already adapted and loving her school.. and they love her. Everyday they comment on how much she smiles and how happy she is. Today was the first day she didn't cry when I left her. But then when I pick her up she immediately smiles and says "ooohhh!" It's definitely the best part of my day!
She is already adapted and loving her school.. and they love her. Everyday they comment on how much she smiles and how happy she is. Today was the first day she didn't cry when I left her. But then when I pick her up she immediately smiles and says "ooohhh!" It's definitely the best part of my day!
Friday, August 28, 2009
16 Months!
Zoey is 16 months old... where did my baby go??
Zoey can...
- sign please
- say more, open, play, ok, no no, 'op' - stop
- run
Zoey likes..
- playing - blocks, books, 'cooking', throwing anything
- eating - fish sticks, GRAPES!, fruit, graham crackers, chicken nuggets
- trying to do it herself
- going to school
- baths
- pushing buttons on anything!
Zoey doesn't like...
- us taking things away from her
- saying bye-bye to mommy - She definitely became a mom's girl while I was away
- being told no
You might be a redneck if....
you strap your child to a chair with a belt...
We were visiting friends for Kathy and Gary's (Zoey's Grandma and Pop-pop) 40th Anniversary party, and realized we didn't have a chair that zoey could sit it and still eat with everyone... so we improvised.... Congrats on 40 years!
We were visiting friends for Kathy and Gary's (Zoey's Grandma and Pop-pop) 40th Anniversary party, and realized we didn't have a chair that zoey could sit it and still eat with everyone... so we improvised.... Congrats on 40 years!
Monday, August 24, 2009
My New Life...
Today marks the beginning of something that I have been dreaming about since I graduated college. I am working from home... (angels singing)! This is truly the BEST job EVER! This is my new 'office'...
I am working for Florida Virtual School as a Driver's Ed Teacher, so while I am not working in a traditional sense, I still have a lot to do throughout the day.. I just get to set my own schedule!
So today for instance..
I woke up, got Zoey ready and took her to 'school' (yes, zoey is still in school throughout the day.. have you ever tried working with a 16 month old running around.. and not to mention its good for her to get out..), went to wal-mart, worked, did yoga (part of the new life), ate lunch, worked, and now I am blogging.. and going to get zoey! Its awesome! I love it.. and I hope this continues!
I am working for Florida Virtual School as a Driver's Ed Teacher, so while I am not working in a traditional sense, I still have a lot to do throughout the day.. I just get to set my own schedule!
So today for instance..
I woke up, got Zoey ready and took her to 'school' (yes, zoey is still in school throughout the day.. have you ever tried working with a 16 month old running around.. and not to mention its good for her to get out..), went to wal-mart, worked, did yoga (part of the new life), ate lunch, worked, and now I am blogging.. and going to get zoey! Its awesome! I love it.. and I hope this continues!
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