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Zuri's 1st Birthday Pictures!

I came home to a CD of Zuri's 1st birthday pictures!!!  It's hard to choose a select few to share so I created some collages to help.  Enjoy!

Birthday decor!

Blowing out the candle.

Yummy!

Daddy and Mommy with the Birthday Girl.

Princess Z.  She doesn't like headbands (see bottom left picture).

Z and Grandpa Cox, Aunt Brandii, and Mommy.  Love the last pic on the right.  HA!!

Z with Aunt Jinger and then Grandpa and Grandma Schulz.

Z with Aunt Julie.

Me and Z with Aunt Rachael and Alana.



BFFs!!

Mason giving Z a birthday kiss.  :)

Z and Jonathan.

I love her!!!!

Ice Cream

Yesterday, daddy was gone for a few hours and just before her bath, Zuri decided she would try to open the door and look for him.  Yes, those are wings on the back of her shirt.  The front says "Fairy Cute".  We love Gymboree!

Okay, I know you turn this thing to open it.  What's the problem?

After dinner tonight, we took Zuri to Dairy Queen.  You can't tell it from these pictures, but she really did enjoy it.  She was only allowed a small amount of it though!!  :)

This stuff is cold!!!!!!!

But oh so good!

Aunt Penny is in town!!

Zuri loves to get into things she isn't supposed to.

Aunt Penny has been in town and is staying with us tonight.  Zuri loves Aunt Penny.

We hung out for an hour or so before Zuri went to bed.  I love her belly.  :)

We put Aunt Penny to work tonight ---- she read to Zuri and put her to bed!!!

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Summertime

Zuri was very excited to go to her cousin, Claire's, first birthday party on St. Patty's Day.  She got to play with Claire and Jack and try out Claire's birthday gift from her mommy and daddy.  Here are a few pics from the party.

The pretty birthday girl!!

Zuri: "I'm not going to smile, I'm not going to smile, okay fine."
Claire: "Daddy, what are Jack and Zuri doing?"

Claire:  "I'm over this, I'm getting down."
Zuri: "Um, get back here!"

If Claire is going to take a nap, then so am I (in her bday gift!).

Today, Zuri and I met up with mommy's friend, Rachelle, at La Piedad in Broad Ripple.  Zuri really likes Rachelle.  She kept staring at her and smiling.  The waitstaff at La Piedad liked Zuri.  They stopped by to say hello and ask her name.  After lunch, we took a short walk on the Monon.  We would have loved to have walked more, but it was getting hot out!

Z and Rachelle on the Monon.  :)

Somebody was worn out.

When we got home, Zuri decided it would be "cool" to hang out in her diaper only.  Of course we let her!  It is summertime after all, right?

This is awesome!  Can I do this more often?!

We ended the day (well, Zuri's day) with dinner at Teddy's Burger Joint.

Mommy, look up with us!

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Wizards of Waverly Place: Take Two

So apparently my first post (here) had issues with the video.  Check it out now!

Anyone need a good bus driver?

1st Birthday Fun!!

I took today off to spend it with Zuri.  Here's a recap (in pictures) of what we did today.  :)

We opened a birthday gift:

Mommy and Daddy, I love the chair you got me for my birthday!

We visited Grandpa John and Grandma Andrea (no pictures - bad mommy).

We went to the doctor (for mommy) and had x-rays (mommy did).  Zuri went to the x-ray tech with no problem and let her hold her while I had the x-rays taken.  She even got a small stuffed bear.  I didn't get a picture of her with the x-ray tech and I should have --- again, bad mommy.

You promise they aren't going to do anything to me here at the doctor's office?

We had lunch with daddy.

More Papa Roux please!!

 We visited Mommy's work:

Zuri and Jon

Zuri and Dannalyn

Zuri and June.  Thanks for the Smurfs, June!!

Zuri and Alan

Zuri and Heather

Betty, I can put your files away in these bottom two drawers if you want.

Steve, I don't want your hammer; I want that red fish pencil holder on your desk!

 We visited Aunt Junie at work:

Zuri wanted to send Aunt Julie an email.

We went home:

She fell asleep on the way.  **such an angel**

Princess Zuri!!!!

 We went to Kabutos for dinner:

Can I have more ginger sauce please? 
Oh, and no I don't want to catch food in my mouth but mommy and daddy will (and we did!)

So, that was our day in a nutshell!  :)  Our princess is in bed and will be another day older tomorrow.  Not sure I like how this getting older thing works.  LOL

1 year already?

So Princess Zuri is 1.  I cannot believe it.  It literally seems like yesterday that Brent and I were preparing to go to the hospital for my c-section.  This year has flown by.  I remember my first two weeks at home and how anxious/nervous I was.  I was freaked out about bringing a baby into this world and having to be completely and totally 100% responsible for her.  Zuri has truly made parenthood seem easy.  She is such a good baby.  She started sleeping through the night shortly after I went back to work (about 11-12 weeks).  I think she knew mommy needs her sleep.  :o)  She has always been a pretty mild mannered baby and very happy.  She cut her first 6 teeth with pretty much no problem.  I really can't say enough good things about her.  She is perfect! 
Here's a recap of some of her achievements this past year:

• Rolled over at about 3 months.
• Said "dada" at 5 months.
• First two teeth at 5 months
• Sat up at 5 1/2 months.
• Waved bye-bye at 7 months
• Army crawling at 7 1/2 months; crawling at about 9 months.

And, here are some things she is doing right now:

• She isn't walking, but she walks behind her push toy all the time, along EVERYTHING, and she walks with our assistance.
• She stood by herself for close to a minute last night!
• She has 7 teeth now.
• She says "mama", "dada", and her newest words, "all done".
• To go along with the previous bullet point, she signs "all done" very well.  She will sign "more" sometimes and it is usually more like a clap. 
• She loves on her stuffed animals ALL.THE.TIME!  It's the most adorable thing ever.
• She would prefer to headbutt over kisses.  In fact, when I say "Can I have a kiss?" she headbutts me 2-3 times instead and then wants to headbutt Daddy.  HA!

A friend of mine writes a note to her daughter each month.  I thought I'd do that for Z's 1 year post...

Zuri Lane,

You are more than Daddy and I could have ever hoped for or dreamed of.  You have filled our lives with more love and laughter than we could ask for.  I cannot even begin to tell you what life was like before you arrived.  It is almost as if time did not begin until 8:48 a.m. on March 7, 2011.  You are a very lovable baby.  There are times, however, that you don't want anyone to hold you and that is okay.  You are such a smart girl.  You amaze us every day with the things you do.  Just last night in the tub, you took your rubber ducky and filled it with water and then squeezed it out!  You are loved by so many people.  We had to rent a room at the Community Center for your birthday to accommodate our family and close friends that came!  I think we probably had about 60 people show up. 

If this first year is any indication, you will be 16 in no time and that scares us!  We treasure each and every day with you, but no matter how much time we spend with you, it never seems like enough.  You just grow up so fast, it's unbelievable.  We blink and another day has passed.

We love you with all our hearts and are happy to have been chosen to be your parents.

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

Zuri's 1st Birthday Party

Today was Zuri's 1st birthday party.  We are blessed to have so many people in our lives that love Zuri and were able to make it to her party.  Here are a few pictures from today.  I'll add more once I get pictures from our cousin, Shellie.  Side note: Thank goodness for Shellie taking pictures, otherwise we would not have any pictures of the setup!  LOL

Grandpa John and Zuri

Mommy and Zuri

 

Hailee and Zuri

Zuri is a bully.  She took Alana's pacifier and then teased her with it.

Emilia, Franco, and Z!

Trev took this picture and I LOVE it!

Zuri took a cat nap on the way home.

Playing at home after the party

Stay tuned for more pictures!!