Long Over Due

Been a while and we do send our apologies. December was a crazy month, with a Christmas party every other day. Amazing how no one wants you around until after you have a child! (Joking of course.)

In all seriousness, Christmas went well. Way too many of them and Zoë ended up on burn out. We went all out for her this year and bought virtually everything WonderPets as it is her all time favorite show and wouldn't you know it? The kid was upset because the flat presents dwindled away and only big presents were left. You see, the flat ones were books, and she figured that out. And if it wasn't a book, she was upset. Ultimately her favorite gifts ended up being the ever exciting umbrella and the oh-my-god amazing toothbrush. The WonderPet toys and the REALLY nice kitchen set were a bust. Heck, it actually took us close to 7 days just to get her to completely finishing unwrapping her gifts. She just simply lost interest. Ian said he will be putting a video up very shortly of Christmas, but he need to convert it first.




We recently just had a major snow storm (for GA that is) as most of you know. We thought it would be fun to take her outside. First, she hates the boots I bought her. Then she hates the hand made scarf that Brian took time to make. And the gloves were even more hated. So we manged to get her to put the boots on and that was it. Until she feel in the snow half a dozen times back to back :) Then she helped us put the gloves on. She wanted to go for a swing and we told her no. Wet put cold wind does not add up well. The ever so full of tantrums child proceeded to then toss her self angrily in the snow. SURPRISE! IT is COLD! :) A face full of snow and the tantrum stopped immediately and she was begging for us to hold her. If only we had known that is all it would take to get the tantrums to cease...

We had to stay home most of last week due to the snow. That doesn't mean we had it easy. Ian and I both worked from home and Zoë went absolutely batty with cabin fever. Friday, Ian stayed home with her whilst I went to work. When I got home, I was told the story of how Ian had to take a call for work, and once getting off the phone, he went to go check on the girl. He found her, on her knees on the entertainment center, making out with our television because Ming-Ming, her favorite WonderPets character, was on screen. He didn't know if he should yell at her or laugh. :) Fun times, I tell ya!

Well, that pretty much wraps it up. Not much really going on. The new words she has learned, which are impressive, are teamwork, serious, and frog. Frog isn't all that big of a word...but she makes it sound like a very naughty word. Kids. :)