8 months

Today is Zoe's 8 month birthday and we can hardly believe it. I wanted to make a list of her current developmental stages, so here it is.
* two teeth.
* crawling everywhere and at very good speed.
* pulls herself up on anything she can and usually takes a tumble from there, but keeps going anyway.
* feeding herself crackers and bread.
* favorite foods are still carrots, squash and apple sauce, although she has been eating beans and peas pretty well.
* Sleeping has been an issue lately: She cries herself to sleep every nap and night no matter how tired she is. She just wants to play ALL the time.
* loves bath time.
* attachment issues: She wants to see mommy or daddy at all times. She does fine soon after we leave, but still prefers to have us around.
* HATES shoes.
* I don't know what we would do without her blanky, it is a great comfort to her.
* sleeps with her pacifier and has it at other times during the day, but is not really too attached to it.
* mouth is constantly making different noises, the favorite and vibrating her lips together/spraying anyone who is near.
* wearing 12 month clothes
I am sure there is more, but that is all I can think of for now.
In other news, we had a very busy but fun weekend. Friday night we went to the Heritage Christian k-12 Christmas program, it was entertaining and uplifting! We then returned to campus to attend another Christmas bash in another dorm. Next was a late night movie for us. Malone had a special for any staff or student to see the movie, The Blind Side for only $2. We actually got to go for free, the only bad part is that the movie didn't start until 11:30, which meant we didn't get home until 2:00am. This is not a big deal for Tony as he usually doesn't go to bed much before that, but it was tough for me, but well worth it. It is a great movie.
We got a few things done around the apartment/office Saturday morning. That afternoon we had the Heritage Christian Staff Christmas party. Tony locked our only set of keys in the jeep when we got there, not a good start. Thank-goodness one of the men there was a fireman and just called a friend who quickly got in, what a blessing. There was a white-elephant gift exchange, it was a fun game and we actually came away with gifts that we will use - can't complain about that. Saturday night we went to the Malone vs. Akron University mens basketball game with Scott and Christina. They are a D1 school and not surprisingly we lost by 30, but it was still fun. Scott thought it was a great night, as Zoe fell asleep in his arms at the game, something he has wanted to experience since we have been here:)
Sunday was church of course, we are still really enjoy our new church home. It's just makes for a long morning as it is a 30 minutes drive one way. Sunday night we had our home group with a breakfast themed meal, so Tony was happy.
Wow, that was alot of rambling, sorry. We are very excited to leave for MN Saturday morning. The plan is to spend the night in Milwaukee at my cousins and then arrive in Chandler sometime Sunday evening. We have no real big plans for the week, it will be nice to just relax.
That's all for now, and we will see some of you soon!