More pictures of our favorite girl

Hi all,

I'm just finishing up with school and Jaben is ready to ski. We both are really. Now we just need some snow. Zoe is doing great. She's using a fork or spoon when eating, talking in a language that is all her own that we sometimes understand, and having a great time getting into every drawer in the house. We are going to Mexico for 2 weeks on the 7th of December to learn Spanish and can't wait to swim in the ocean.

Love to everybody,
Nina and Jaben

Zoe's First Birthday and Other Pictures

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick hello and a perpetual apology for always taking so long to update the blog. Hope everyone is doing well.

Love and Hugs,

Nina and Jaben

Oops. I forgot some pictures.

Here are a couple I forgot to post on the previous post. Bad Mommy.

Zoe's New Adventures

Hello!

Things are good in Tahoe this summer. Jaben is working a lot and I just finished the summer semester. One more semester to go and I'll have my masters. Yeppee!

Zoe is growing so quickly. She is holding on objects and walking. She has a little toy that she have walk behind and does great except for the occasional veer to the right or left. She lets go of whatever she's holding on to once and a while and balances for a few seconds. We think she'll be walking soon as she never stops moving and once she figures out she can get to whatever she wants faster, well, she's going to do it.

Oh, and while she was in Pennsylvania recently, the Brenoel family introduced her to Rolling Rock...

Zoe, a whole new baby.

Hi all,

It's been forever in baby time that we have updated the blog. Forgive us. The good news is that there are lots of things to tell you. Zoe is crawling, standing up and getting back down, getting upset when you take something away from her that she finds particularly interesting, and holding her own bottle - when it's not one of the glass ones. She laughs all the time and finds things that Jaben and I so hilarious which feels great.

Hope everyone is doing well. It's been raining here for a week and I'm ready for the sun to come out and summer to begin.

Take care and look forward to hearing from you,
Nina

Zoe's New Wooden Sushi Set

Perhaps it's because her parents love sushi so much. Zoe really seems to love her new toy.

Playful Zoe

Zoe is growing quickly. She's reaching out for things (which she immediately puts in her mouth), smiling all the time, making cute noises, and exploring her world. We're thinking about starting her on rice cereal - amazing that she's already at the age that you can give her solids...seems like she was just born yesterday.

She's awesome.

As far as the Tahoe report, we are getting a enormous amount of snow. It has snowed just about every day for 2 weeks and the accumulation is unbelievable. It's been a good year so far.

Zoe's First Christmas

Hi,

We had a great time this Christmas. Dottie and Abbi (Jaben's Mom and sister) came to visit. We went skiing and Jaben and I enjoyed having family babysit while we went Christmas shopping. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hope to see you soon.

We just got a HUGE amount of snow so come visit and ski (or ride).

Zoe is gaining lots of weight and finally has some baby rolls on her legs and arms. She's the cutest. Smiling all the time and gooing. The development is so rapid is hard to believe.

Love to all,
Nina and Jaben