Happy Halloween!

It's not always easy to get Zoe to look at the camera.  Especially when there are other fun things to look at, like pumpkins and Papa and Nani.  

Zoe absolutely adored her Halloween costume.  No, wait, that was us!  Zoe just wondered why she had  petals on her head.  

Oh...now I know why I have all of these petals!  They're for eating, of course.

Hey, Mom, hello!  There's a flower under here!  

Pumpkin picking, Zoe style

The family went pumpkin picking this weekend. And, while Tessa fully enjoyed all of the activities, Zoe was a bit more contained in her emotions. Of course, she loved it when Tessa stood with her in the pumpkin patch.

But, at the same time, she also wondered why she had to get all bundled up and strapped into the stroller. Couldn't we just do this kind of thing closer to home?

Once we got to the hay pile, though, Zoe really hit her stride.

Now I know why you brought me here!

 

 

Zoe News

Zoe has big news: a tooth!  Unlike her sister who cried for months before we actually saw any teeth, we didn't even realize Zoe was teething until we looked down and saw the tooth in her mouth.  (Of course, it's hard to say how much of that is attributable to her laid-back disposition and how much is the fact that our attention is necessarily divided between Zoe and her big sister.)  Zoe is also really moving around now.  She's not quite crawling on hands and knees, but she has mastered a pretty solid pseudo army-crawl.  Tessa didn't start crawling until she was 12 months, so we feel good about Zoe's progress. 

Zoe has recently started busting out with an infectious giggle. Sometimes it's Tessa who gets her laughing, and sometimes it's one of her parents.  A little tickling always does the trick:

And, of course, we've continued to explore our new environment. Today we went to Mt. Vernon, which was beautiful. We found a nice place in the grass, looking out over the Potomac, to stop and have a snack (shhh... don't tell anyone, because food isn't allowed inside the grounds, as we found out shortly after this photo was taken).

All this activity has made Zoe prone to fall asleep whenever she can. And, in what is becoming a running theme, we snapped a picture of her sleeping on our bed because it reminded us of another time that a little girl fell asleep sprawled out on our bed.