HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZOEY CLAIRE

Happy Birthday Zoey! We have had such a good day today. Joe and I both took the day off from work. We went to the mall to finish some Christmas shopping and just hang out together. Zoey had her first taste of Chick-Fil-A and enjoyed it. Then we headed to a Christmas party. I can't believe one year ago today our precious baby girl was born. What a joy it is to parent this little one and watch her grow. We love you so much Zoey!

Life's A Gingerbread Party

We celebrated Zoey's first birthday on Saturday with a Gingerbread Party. We had 5 babies, 9 adults, and one cake lovin' birthday girl! She took out half the cake in one swipe! She got some adorable clothes and new big girl toys which she is really enjoying. Unfortunately, we are home today because she has double ear infections. At least we made it a whole year before getting an ear infection. I'm praying she will be all better by Friday to celebrate her actual birthday with a trip to Build-A-Bear.

Happy Birthday Gran!

Today is Gran's birthday! She loves me just about as much as my Mommy and Daddy. Gran lets me play with the "no no's"-phones, remote controls, magazines. She lets me stay up late so I can snuggle with her. She never lets me cry and she even lets Mommy and Daddy get extra rest every time she visits. I am the most blessed granddaughter because of my Gran. I love you Gran and I can't wait to see you this weekend!
Love,
Zoey

Christmas Life

We got our Christmas tree on Sunday. We have gone to the same tree farm for 3 years now and it is the best! They serve hot chocolate, apple cider, and snacks. We even brought home some delicious pepper jelly. It was rainy all day but we decided to brave the rain and very cold weather to find the perfect tree. Zoey didn't move or smile the whole time. She just wanted to be warm but she did enjoy decorating the tree. She even has a pink mini Christmas tree in her room!

Playing in the leaves

Joe loves to take Zoey outside. The leaves are covering our entire yard so they did some yard work together. Well, Joe raked and Zoey watched but she got to play in the leaves. So fun!

We got Zoey a push toy a couple of weeks ago to encourage her to learn to walk. Joe put it together and I stood her up to it and....she took about 7 steps on the first try! It was so funny because she didn't even mean to. She just didn't know that the toy would take off as soon as she held on to it. After the 7 steps she fell and was afraid of the toy until this past weekend. Now she is off again!

Zoey's First Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Tifton. My mom had the house all decorated for Christmas with a mantle full of stockings now that there are granbabies! My parents cooked about 15 dishes so needless to say, we were stuffed after eating. Zoey is going through a growth spurt and wants to eat everything. She even screamed when my mom would feed Mavis and not her. So Zoey loved her Thanksgiving meal and took a long nap afterwards. We got to celebrate her birthday with family and she had some cake a little early! The pictures say it all.




Matching Christmas pj's-a Sumner tradition

The only family photo from the day!

Somebody looks stuffed!