Sweet Sleep!

We finally got some sleep last night! She only woke up once and was so out of it she went right back to sleep. Thank you to aunt Molly and Grandma for your advice! I sure do hope it helps! I didn't know what to do, so I put her night light where it would be brighter and told her that monsters are scared of it. There wouldn't be anymore monsters! She seemed ok with that. . . Time will tell!

monsters...oh my!

What a past few days it has been! Poor Zoe is waking up terrified of monsters. Last night was the worst, I believe we got up with her 6 times!!! It has been so long since we had to do that. What do you do for a almost 2yr old that thinks there's monsters?? We calm her down and try to tell her they aren't real, but she doesn't seem to get it. I know all this waking up in the middle of the night is making her tired because it's 9:00 in the morning and she is still asleep from last night. I wish there was something we could do to make it better. She is also getting her 2 yr molars in and that's not helping either. I sure hope it goes away soon!!! I hate it for her.
On another note we are quickly approaching her 2nd birthday. I still can't believe it. My how fast they grow!! We have been talking to her about it and she keeps asking for birthday cake!! Yesterday morning she was finally able to hold her fingers up as 2 and she was so excited! We have been showing her that as well. We love her more and more everyday!!

Our Little Valentine

What a fun weekend we had. Zoe had her first Valentine party at her school and I think it went well. Too much junk and sugar because she didn't eat much dinner! That's what it's about right? Saturday night Corey and I cooked dinner for my Gran and Grandpa. We got a live lobster and a steak and made baked potatoes. They were so excited about it. I am so glad that we did that for them. It was interesting cooking a live lobster for the first time. I of course became too attached after the place I bought it from showed me how "pretty" he was. I couldn't be in the room when Corey dropped him in the pot. I am a little ridiculous! Later we came home and had our dinner and watched a movie. Corey got Zoe a fuzzy pink pillow that matched the big one he got her last year. And the cutest heart blanket. She doesn't walk around with out one of them now! I got her some cute slippers and M&Ms. She was so excited about all of it. Corey was wonderful and got me a CHI flatiron for home. I am so thankful!! It's great. I also got him some nice sunglasses. We had a great time!
On a sadder note our fish Fred died today:( He had been with us for a year and a half. He was a part of our family and will be missed. We had to explain to Zoe what happened and he was going to heaven. Not sure how well she understood, but she told him bye. It was sad. We happened into him at a friends wedding. They used Beta fish as their center pieces and needed to find homes for all of them. So, we took the one on our table home with us and named him Bright Red Fred. He was so pretty. He will be missed... This picture was taken while he was alive and well.

BooBoo :(

Zoe got her first "booboo" that needed a band aid over the weekend. It was so amazing how as soon as Daddy put it on she was almost all better! She is so stinkin cute! I had to put the picture on here because it's a milestone in a way. . . Now she thinks she has to have a band aid on it all the time :) Yesterday we bought Dora band aids at the store, all we had were plain ones. I swear she is growing up so fast. In just a few short weeks my baby will be 2 years old. 2!!!! I just can't believe it. We love her so much more and more everyday!
Her daycare is going so good. She now walks into her class, says goodbye and never looks back as I walk out the door. I am so thankful that she is happy there and is finally letting go a little. It used to break my heart to hear her cry for me as I was leaving. This Friday is her first Valentines Day party. She picked out Dora valentines to give out to her classmates. I am excited, I think it's cute. I remember how fun it was growing up. Happy Valentines to all and have a good week!

Snowed In

We had a good time while the city was "shut down". We were lucky to have our power the whole time and so were our parents. We played a little Wii and in the snow. We really enjoyed driving around in our Jeep! It is so amazing how much damage was done. I really feel sad for everyone. Over the weekend we went to the boat and rv show. Zoe got to play on a boat and we watched the dock dogs. She loved watching them jump in the water. It was cute! Here are more pictures of our backyard after everything stopped falling. We have a lot of cleaning up to do. And here are some random pics of Zoe being cute:)