One week till B-Day

Hello all. It is one week until Zamara's Birthday and we thought we would take a few pictures. The weather outside was amazing...it was in the 50's. That is amazing for Flagstaff in February. A friend of mine from Stroller Strides also has an ETSY shop. I bought this adorable little dress from her. It is so cute!! I can't wait until it is warm enough for Zamara to wear it without the onesie. You should go check out Colleen's etsy shop: www.justlivmodern.etsy.com. Enjoy the pictures.

Laura

New Pix

What the heck?  Two posts in one day!  Laura has inspired me.  Here are some more pix from the last few months.  

Hello all!  I feel like a real smutz for not adding anything to the blog in so long...and you all have been checking in every so often only to find that we have been lazy.  Of course, tons of things have been going on, as I am sure the same has been going on in your lives.  

Well, for your viewing pleasure, we have a video of Zamara walking.  She started walking last Wednesday...at the babysitter's house of course!  Our friend Shawn got to see the monumental first steps.  We captured some of it on tape yesterday though.   She was very interested in the cat, so she was a little distracted in the video. I cried on Wednesday when I found out I missed the first steps...those darn babysitters!  We missed the first crawling too.  The Tessmer's were the ones who got to see that first.  I did get to see her take her first steps on Thursday morning...where again there were tears, but this time of joy.  Zamara is now a busy little girl.  All she wants to do is walk now, but she is a bit clumsy and keeps falling.  So cute!! 

Zamara's birthday is coming up on March 8th.  We are having a birthday party at our house from 4:30-6pm on that day.  Anyone is welcome to join us.  Just let me know so I make enough cupcakes for everyone.  

Laura

...and more pictures

more Christmas pictures

Christmas

We were in Oregon over Christmas visiting my family.  We had such a good time.  Zamara had a chance to meet my family for the first time.  She loved meeting her family!!!!  

The trip to Portland was a bit of mess.  Because of weather, our flight was cancelled and then rerouted to Seattle.  We were suppose to arrive in Portland at 1pm, but did not arrive there until 4:30am the next morning.  My step-dad and nephew Travis picked us up at the airport in Seattle.  The airline also lost our luggage...so we didn't have any luggage or car seat for the week.  We had to go out last minute in Seattle and buy a car seat for Zamara.  The trip there was very stressful, but Zamara was a trooper.  She did great!  

We spent Christmas at a beach house.  It was very fun to have everyone together.  We didn't do much since the weather was rainy.  We did get to walk on the beach and go to the Aquarium.  Zamara loved the beach and the aquarium!!!  We played games and sat by the fire and listened to Christmas music...oh yah, and we ate a lot of food.  

Over the weekend the rest of family joined us back at my parents house.  It was so fun to get to see everyone.  

Here are a bunch of pictures.  We took so many great pictures it may take a while to get them all on the blog.  

blessings,  Laura

Zamara helps around the house

Merry Christmas everyone.  We are getting ready to leave for our Christmas in Oregon.  We have so many things to remember to pack now that we have a baby.  Of course, the last I checked, there were stores in Oregon if we happen to forget anything.  

We are very excited to go, but are also anxious since this will be Zamara's first big trip since coming home from Ethiopia.  Please pray for our trip.  

Zamara also had some immunizations on Monday.  They were ones that leave bruises and make the babies a little sick.  Every since Monday she hasn't been sleeping well at all.  Naps have been the worst, but she has been also waking up several times at night.  We are both very tired and hpe to get Zamara back on track soon. 

On a positive note, Zamara is healthy and doing great.  She is in the 70% for weight, height, and head size.  She can turn pages of books as we read them, clap her hands, show us how big she is, crawl, stand holding onto furniture, and show us where her mouth is.  She seems to do something new each day.  It is nice to know she is thriving so well (even if her naps aren't so good!) in our care.  That is always a worry when you adopt a baby.  

We also have this little video we took this morning.  I was doing laundry and Zamara wanted to help.  Craig videotaped the very end, but Zamara helped unload the entire dryer.  It was so cute and it show how well she is standing and responding to our commands.  

Again we want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas,

Laura