4 Months Ago Today....

Zoë is four months old today, and when Mike and I stop and think that we have an almost 2 and 1/2 year old and a four month old, we both look almost dumbstruck; as if we've missed the last 3 years of our lives and are just trying to catch up. How and when did all this happen?

It's been so amazing, wonderful, difficult, and tiring(lack of sleep is probably why we don't remember it all)..... but raising little ones and watching them grow and learn is something we are so grateful to be able to have the opportunity to do.

I can't help but always compare Zoë to Vince, in terms of how easy she was as a newborn compared to Vince (although Vince wasn't that bad either). It seems that she has been so much easier than Vince, but sometimes I'm not sure if it's because she's the second child. It's no doubt that she gets to sleep a lot easier than Vince did, and will sleep longer hours in a row (which is nice!). She's also much more of a little piggy than Vince was! She'll drink up milk in half the time it took Vince, he would be so difficult to feed and it took forever! In general she's a pretty laid back and chill little girl. It's so fun daydreaming about the things we'll do when she's older, the shopping we can do, the girlie things like getting our nails done and such (of course snowboarding with her has always been in there too). All these daydreams sort of caught me by surprise because I didn't even want a little girl at first!!

Here's our happy 4 month old

Here she is just minutes after the first photo... she's SO cute when she's falling asleep!

Zoë's Baptism

After our fun Labor Day weekend, we headed back to Mike's parents where we spent the rest of the week. Vince had fun with his Pop-Pop and Nonna, and especially with their dog Maxie. She loves it too when kids come to visit because that means food will eventually be dropped on the floor (but she'll take it right out of their hands too!) Zoë had time to meet her Aunts, Uncles, and cousins.

It was a packed full week, with Mike's sister's birthday, cousin Andrew's second birthday, and Zoë's baptism all rolled into a few days. We had a great time visiting with everyone, and were so happy that everyone could be together

No one puts Zoë in a corner! Well... it's the only place she can sit up by herself right now

Aunt Lisa, Noelle, and Andrew meeting and greeting Zoë

We had the baptism on Saturday, at the same Lutheran church where Vince was baptized. Thinking back to Vince's baptism makes the whole family (and friends of the family) feel a little queasy, as he was sick with some stomach bug that day.... and managed to spread it to probably half the guests that came to the party (and there were LOTS of guests)!! I'm sure it didn't help that he spread his little grubby hands all over the cake that we served everyone, oops. Anyway, the day before Zoë's baptism we had a scare because Vince vomited! Did this kid know there was going to be a baptism or something! He got sick again after the baptism when we made a trip to the Bronx Zoo. Needless to say that trip was cut short. He seems to be doing fine now.

Front Row: Lisa and Andrew, Amelia, Noelle, Melina, and Vince
Behind the front row we have Nonna, Pop-Pop, Neal, and in the way back my Peace Corps comrades Dave and Jason

Zoë's new Godparents Donna and Charlie, she's a lucky baby!

Our attempt at a family picture, Vince is trying to kiss Zoë on the head, so cute! The whole day he kept saying "This is Zoë's special day!!"

Lisa and her family

Playing with Vince and Andrew at the park