Teething Much?

For the past couple weeks Zoe has been in teething hell. She has about four teeth coming in at once right now. She's been dealing with it all reasonably well, although meal times have not been the most fun. She's also chewing on pretty much anything she can get her hands on. We need to always have some sort of chewy toy/food/etc. ready. I learned that lesson today when we were on our Charlie walk and Zoe decided her shoe looked like a tasty thing to gnaw on. So gross.

New Scootitude

After getting sick of his Rocketa scooter dying at the end of every summer, Jody decided it was time for an upgrade. Enter the Honda Metropolitan. A much nicer, more reliable and all around cooler scoot than his starter scoot. I, of course, still refuse to ride it. But I am tempted because this new one is a pretty sweet ride. Jody's been enjoying scooting to work, the beach and all around town this summer. He's still working on building a scooter gang, so let him know if you want in.

Better Late than Never

For some reason or another Jody and I felt like we didn't really need to do the whole child-proofing thing. Maybe we were just lazy. Or maybe we just had too much faith in our little girl. Probably lazy. Zoe's been on the move for a while now, but she is not quick enough or quiet enough to really get into any major trouble. Well, wait, I should put that in past tense. She was not quick enough. She is now. A couple weeks ago, I finally had enough and told Jody we had to get some child locks. Stat. (He came home from work that night with enough locks to childproof 8 condos!)

Every time I turned around, Zoe was playing in the pantry, in the pots and pats, under the sink, everywhere. She didn't get into anything dangerous, but she sure enjoyed making a mess of everything. The thing is, I felt really bad putting locks on all the cabinets. She loved playing in the cabinets, and she loved her pantry diving most. Find Puffins, open box, dump all over floor and, finally, enjoy a snack of crushed Puffins on the kitchen floor with Charlie. Good times.

So far she has been handling the new locks quite well. A little frustration and confusion at first, but now she mostly just steers clear of her former fun zone. And I am a lot happier not to be stocking and restocking the pantry 20 times a day. Below is video I took for Jody when he was at work, so he could see her first reaction to the anti-Zoe cabinets. So sad.

Just Cute

I hope everyone had a great July 4th weekend! This is one of my favorite shots from our fun-filled weekend. More updates to come...