Zoeyisms

I thought I would post all the things that Zoey calls her little brother.

Wiam
Yeeam
BOY! BOY! BOY! (this continues until he looks at her)
Baby Broyer!
Silly goose
Seeker ( She is trying to say Squeaker)


On a totally different note, I just herd Damon in the bathroom asking Zoey if she "dropped the kids off at the pool, Oh you did! You went poop!" I have no idea where he gets this stuff. Never a dull moment at the Pullman house.

Zoey's latest

She has formed the habit of saying "gross" to everything. Liam had a booger this morning, and she said," Ewww! Wiam has a booger! Ewww Gwosss!!" She'll walk around the house and if anything repulses her, and I mean anything, she yells, "EWWW Gwoss!!" I love how she says it too. Gwoss! A plastic bug, Gwoss! Liam eating a banana, Gwoss! Zoey going pee, Gwoss! Gwoss! Gwoss!

Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!! We hope you all had a wonderful one! We had a great thanksgiving with our friends, the Egberts. Zoey was very exctied to eat dinner with her friends, and then we had a pie party at the Drapers. We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends. I made a flourless chocolate cake that was, to say the least, the best thing I have ever made. The cake was topped with a chocolate ganache, in a pool with raspberry puree, garnished with fresh rasberries and fresh whipped cream. It was the hit of the pie party. I have outdone myself. I am going to make it again for our families who are coming in a week!! I am so happy!

Liam enjoyed the stuffing rolls at thanksgiving, although he has had the nastiest poop since. Must be a pullman thing because I have not been able to sleep in the same room as Damon. Wholy stink!! Good thing I love him so much. I am debating re-naming thanksgiving dinner Reeksgiving dinner.

We decorated the house for christmas! We are saving the tree for the family to help us decorate. It feels like Christmas! I was one of the crazies this morning that woke up at 4:45 and went to wal-Mart, and shopped and shopped. I am now done with Christmas gifts. Wahoo! All I need is stocking stuffers.

Love you all!

The Week in Review

This week was busy. On Sunday night we went to Vail with Damon for work. Its a nice little break from the day to day for us. We hung out, swam in the pool, played in the snow and went up to Brekenridge. That is my favorite place to go in Colorado. Oh maybe Estes Park, its a tight race, but both are beautiful. On the drive home Zoey and Liam had a who can squeal louder contest that lasted an hour. My ears are still ringing. While we were up there Liam popped out a second tooth!

Wednesday was gymnastics, or nanastics as the zoe calls it. The whole way over she kept saying, "I wuv nanastics!" She loves it and got into the class with all her pre-school buddies. Her teacher, Mr. Zach, didn't realize how much shorter she is than the rest of the class. They have a step mat up to the bar to have them hang on it, and she couldn't even reach it. She tried several times to jump and grab the bar, but to no avail. She still did really well, and she wears her leotard evey day and practices her somersaults and back bends. She is even close to doing her backwards somersaults all by her self.

Thursday was Zoey's Preschool class thanksgiving feast. The whole class is girls, and they all had on there pilgrim collars and hats that they made out of paper. She loved the turkey and stuffing and potatoes. She especially loved the pie and whipped cream, mainly just the whipped cream. Her class is so funny. Miss Amy would hold up one of the "Thankful turkies" that they made and "say what is this?" Then all the girls would giggle and say, "A CHICKEN!!" They are a class full of sassy girls. On Zoeys thankful turkey she wrote on the feathers, Mom and Dad, Liam, Grandma and Grandpa McQueen ( G&G Pullman) Grandma and Grandpa Niggin ( G&G Eddington), Joey, and cheese. It cracked me up to realize that she does know she has 2 sets of grandparents, and that she makes the difference by Grandpa Pullman's mustang, which she thinks is Lightning McQueen from the cars movie, and G&G Eddington are by their dog Nixon. Its really funny what she remembers. I call this picture "the suspicious pilgrim".

Friday night is our rotisserie chicken night. Zoey climbed up to the table and say it on teh plate and said,"Yum! I love frogs!" I guess it does look a little like a frog... Anyways.

Liam is fast becoming expert at rolling to things. I don't think he will even bother to figure out crawling. He is so strong, and will stand with his hands on something if you stand him up. At his last Dr.s appt he said he think Liam will walk at 10 months. I just sat there thinking, 'Please NO!!" He is very strong and very coordinated. Damon is very proud. Its so fun to see him with his boy. He seriously eats about 4 times the amount of food that Zoey ate. He will nurse, and then down a 6 oz bottle, and then eat some cheerios. When he eats solids its 2 jars of baby food, juice and cheerios. Our grocery bill is going to double when he eats regular food. What a healthy happy boy!

Until something else happens..

Rachael

Liam got his first tooth!!

Awesome! The first tooth is through! Finally! He was one cranky kid. and now he is back to his charming self. Whaoo!!

Zoey's first day of Gymnastics

Hey! Zoey loved her class today. She is a dare devil. She tried everything and loved it. She didn't want to leave Miss Cathy and "nastics". What suprized me most was how she acted to this harness attached to a pulley system that flies the kids like 30 feet in the air and lets them flip all over the place. I thought Zoey would freak out a little. Oh no no no, She LOVED it. It even suprized Miss Kathy. She wanted another turn. She was up there flipping around and loving every minute of it. By the end of class, she was somersalting and flipping around the little bar thing. We have found something that she loves.

Monday we went to see the Bee movie for family home evening. That is a really cute show. Now Zoey is asking to watch the bug movie. At least is isn't sponge bob.

Liam is teething. And not well either. I'm talking the whole awful nine yards. The snot, the diahrrea ( not sure if I spelled that right, and I don't care enought to check, sorry Mom.) the restlessness. I haven't slept well in a few days, and I feel a cold coming on.

Zoey has quite the imagination. Its funny how that all of the sudden happens. An old piece of paper is suddenly a treasure map, a piece of string is a snake, she is so creative.

I lost a pound. The biking is paying off. YESSSSS!!

Till next time...

Rach

Halloween

Halloween was much more fun this year. Apart from being freezing, and everyone praying it wouldn't snow, it was really fun. Our ward had a trunk or treat and chili cook-off. We decoarted the car and Zoey had it down pat. She would walk up to anyone with candy and yell,"twick or tweat!" and then after recieving the candy she would yell,"Thanks!". Everyone thought she was adorable. Liam was hangin' out. Too cold to really care. It was fun and now Zoey won't eat anything but suckers and reeses. She is wired. Hope you all had a wonderful halloween too!