Zooey ~ September

September was obviously a busy month and went by in such a blur! We welcomed little Tennyson into the world on the 12th, and the rest of the month was really spent recovering (for me), getting to know him and adjust a bit to our new routines and such. Zooey and Ryan had a lot of quality time together, which was so sweet for them, and although I missed out on it, it was good for me, too. Zooey had a rough time adjusting for about the first two weeks, but by week three she was mostly back to her old self. I honestly think part of her stress was thinking we were going to be gone again. At night she would come out of her room just to tell us she loved us and ask if we would "stay with her." She wanted a lot of time with us, and we gave it to her when we could. She loves little Tennyson so much!

I will try my best to remember some things from September. :) I want to remember for later.

One thing that is super sweet and I love so much is Zooey started giving lots of spontaneous "Me love you's" this month. She will randomly tell us she loves us and wants to give us hugs and kisses. She also has started to pick up more on some of the not so great things we say...like she told me "You making me crazy!" and "You stressing me out!" Oh my!! You can bet I've been trying to watch what I say a lot more closely these days.

When I came home from the hospital, she wanted to see my boo boo (which we told her about to prep her that I wouldn't be able to lift her until the doctor said it was ok). I showed her, then she pointed to my belly button and said, "Belly button hole. Baby Tennyson come out of belly button hole." So funny! Obviously, we did not tell her that the baby came out of the boo boo - we didn't want to scar her for life!

Zooey LOVES school! The first week in September she got to bring home Buddy the Bear, the classes stuffed animal. The kids take the bear home for a weekend and journal about what Buddy and the family did. Zooey was incredibly excited. She had been talking about Buddy since before school even started and we got the teacher's letter. We took Buddy to Botanical Gardens, to Chick Fil A for a special they had going on (bring in a bear and get a free ice cream - perfect timing!) and she wanted to sleep with Buddy every night. She also got to ride her trike to school a few times when Ryan took her, and she really loved that.

Leaving school with Buddy

First time bowling on a Daddy/daughter date

special Starbucks hot chocolate treat from RaRa