1 year stats

Zoe's 1 year appointment was this morning.
Stats:
14lbs 10oz - .03 %
28" long - 18th%

She is smaller than either of the boys were at 6 months...we have a petite little peanut on our hands!!! She handled the shots pretty well. Unfortunately the blood draw didn't go so well. The tech was a newbie & had problems finding her vein...she poked her & then moved the needle around for awhile as Zoe screamed :( The experienced tech came in & felt Zoe's other arm & said she could stick her again, but that she would prefer to wait until she's a little bigger because her veins are so tiny. Sounds good to me! I know newbies have to learn on someone...but I don't really like my baby being the practice child!




Here is her "As You Grow" page I made for her scrapbook. It's fun to see how much she's changed through the year!

Happy Birthday Zoe Lynnae!!!

1 year ago at 9:19am, you came into the world & changed our lives forever! We were so excited to hear the words, "It's a Girl!". You are truly a little blessing! You were 7lbs 8oz and 20 inches long. We will see tomorrow at your appointment how big you are at 1 year!

Today....a year ago...

I went in for my 40 week appointment...2 cm dilated...not much happening. Dr stretched my cervix. I had contractions off and on all afternoon, but nothing consistent. We went to friend's house for birthday cake & went for a country drive to watch the wheat harvest. It was during the drive at 8:30pm that I finally started timing contractions...Daddy brought up names again...made one last plug for Zoe as the girl's name & I gave in.

I made Aaron take a picture before he went to bed...because I was pretty sure it was going to be my last night pregnant. Lordy Pete, I look huge.

Birthday Celebration

We celebrated Zoe's 1st birthday on Father's Day.

The invitation

The birthday girl


She didn't really get into the opening presents thing, although she would pull on the paper a little bit with some help. She got a lot of fun girly toys :)


She enjoyed the frosting on her cake, but didn't dive in like her brothers did with their first birthday cake. The little lady didn't take a very good nap, so she was a bit on the tired side.




The cousins on the Gisselbeck side had their first picture taken all together :)

Crazy Sleepers

Brecken has been creeping into our room almost nightly & sleeping on our floor for the past few months. I used to think it was because he woke up scared, but I'm pretty sure I know the reason. Leighton is atrocious to sleep with. He's all over the bed & in a different position about every hour.

And yes, our boys sleep on the pull out couch...you do what works at the moment & with only 2 bedrooms...everyone sleeps better this way :)

Berklee Lu

Josh, Kwalonn & Reese welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world on June 11th. Berklee Lu weighed 8lbs & was 21" long. We are so happy she's here!

We're going to miss her!

These past 3 weeks have been tough for our family.

My Grandma Lulu went to the ICU on May 24th with pneumonia in both lungs. Due to further complications, she went to be with our Lord on June 7th. We held a beautiful memorial service on June 10th.

She was a wonderful woman & role model for our family. She was a true example of love & you knew that at first glance when you saw her with my Grandpa Jack. She loved her children, grandchildren & great-grandchildren with everything she had & she will be missed greatly by us all.

She & my Grandpa met when they were 13 years old, married when they were 19 & had been married for 62 1/2 years.

Grandpa Jack & Grandma Lulu - on their wedding day.


Dancing at my cousin's wedding November 2008.

Weekend Recap

We celebrated Leighton's birthday on Saturday with Aaron's family. It was pretty low-key, minus the part when we were singing Happy Birthday to Leighton & he leaned down & caught his hair on fire. Thank goodness daddy reacted quickly...

Birthday boy with his cake


New red cowboy boots

The tradition of 'butter' on his nose, so he'll slide through another year