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Zoey's six month check-up

Friday we went to Zoey's six month check up, even though technically she'll be 7 months next monday. (bad mom that delayed, and forgot to get her in sooner) ah well. I don't think it was a big deal. Anyway, here is how are little girl is growing:

Weight: 14lbs, 1 oz (10th %tile)
Height: 27 inches (80th %tile)
Head: (can't remember the measurements, but it was the 75%tile)

She is getting so big so fast. Some of zoeys new tricks are rolling over from her back, taking her binki out and then putting it back in her mouth. ( I especially love when this happens at night and she cries for a sec until she finds it then once it is in her mouth she falls right back asleep.) She snorts now because she gets so excited to eat baby food. (hilarious) When she hears people laughing, she starts laughing. She loves to play with my earings, wipes, cell phones, keys, remotes, and pretty much anything that she shouldn't be playing with. I guess that is babies in general. To say the least, we are having so much fun with our little peanut!

Easter Sunday

Here is our most recent family pic, it was taken on Sunday up at my Aunt's house.

All the little kids had an Easter Egg Hunt after dinner, Zoey was much too small but she did find the eggs interesting! Mostly we are just proud of her that she is sitting up by herself!!! She just turned six months yesterday and she is growing so fast!
Having so much fun with all different colors of Eggs.

The many faces of Zoey...

Sunday Morning sitting in her chair wearing her robe! She was so hilarious she jsut kept making all these different faces she was a crack up.  



This is my favorite face she makes and she does it all the time it's so funny.

JJ and Zo

Zoey and Josie are so cute when they play together, they just smile at one another, its like they have their own little conversations.


I think that they were both getting tired of holding their heads up
This was so cute, we laid them down by eachother on the ground and they grabbed hands right away. It was so funny. I swear Zoey is really not that much taller than Josie, she sure does look like a giant though. yikes...

She did it!

I am so proud of little Zo! She overcame a big challenge yesterday and today! She has been sleeping really well during the night for a few months now, but when it came time to take a nap the poor little thing struggled. She would only fall asleep in her car seat.  Even then sometimes it was a challenge. I was sick and tired of her being such a pain to put to sleep especially for babysitters. So I did the "Baby Wise" method of sleep. I let the poor thing cry and cry and cry and cry... until finally she fell asleep in her own crib! It was amazing. I almost gave up and I never thought that she would do it. Well, she did.  The next nap she fell asleep faster, and the next one even faster, and by the night time, she didn't even put up a fight she just fell fast asleep, and slept the whole night. It was so amazing! I am so proud of her. I knew she had it in her. 

Thanks to all of those who helped we with the method.

A bump in the road.

So some of you know this, some may not. The last couple of weeks we have noticed this weird bump in the middle of Zoey's forehead. I thought nothing of it for a few days since it was hard and I could tell it was her skull. I thought it was probably just her head forming. Well people kept saying how weird it looked and my mom especially thought I needed to get it checked. I still thought it was fine and went a few more days. For some reason it was just still in the back of my mind that I needed to take her to the doctor. Finally this past Thursday I made an appt. with the Dr. He said that he was so glad that I brought her in and that she needed to have a Cat Scan right away. He was worried that she might have something called Craniosynostosis. (big word huh) anyway, it's when the plates in babies heads pre-maturely close and cover up the soft spot. He was also worried that if it wasn't that, then it was most likely swelling on her brain. I was so upset. I went home that night and researched it and read that it can cause all kinds of mental retardation, and developmental problems with the brain. We were so worried. We took her to the hospital Friday morning for her Cat Scan, and they said that they would call us that afternoon with her results. If the test came back positive she would then have to go to Primary Childrens for surgery. Jenner and I sat around all day waiting until we finally heard word at 5:00 that everything was fine! I can't even tell you what a relief and blessing it is that she is okay! I am so grateful for the power of the priesthood, and that everything worked out. The doc says she may just have a funny bump on her head for a while, they don't really know why, but he was confident that the Cat Scan showed no sign of brain problems or plates closing. He also said in a worse case scenario she may just need some bangs. haha. We are so lucky! Thank you to everyone who said a prayer for us!
Anyway after a long day of waiting, and waiting, and waiting, we were all exhausted to say the least.