Hey all!!!!

I can't stop telling everyone... Zoe took her first independent steps this afternoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We were on a playdate with two other babies and their mommies and Zoe decided to show off her standing skills... then before I knew it OFF SHE WENT!!! She took a good 4/5 steps before losing her balance and she was SO THRILLED. She did that a couple more times and eventually got tired and asked me to carry her some more, but WOW-EEE!!!!

Now we seriously are gonna have to keep an eye on her every second :)

The other update is that she went swimming in her lime green & white polka dot swimsuit for the first time yesterday (Tuesday) morning. Grandma and Grandpa Green plus Zoe and I went to visit Great Grandma Dennis in Montpelier, IN and we traveled during Zoe's afternoon naptime & bedtime Monday so we got to our hotel around 11:30 or midnight or so Mon/Tues, then we went swimming in the *WARM* hotel pool and she had a pretty good time splashing around and playing with a couple of floating toys. She was less-than-impressed with getting her head wet, but I'm hopeful that that idea will grow on her :)


 


Zoe did really well with all the traveling- we got to Indy during her afternoon nap, then hung out and had dinner at Castleton Square Mall and Border, then we got to the hotel in Marion once her real bedtime began and we got her up to the room and back to sleep pretty easily (even with snow flurries!). We then did breakfast and swimming in the morning at the hotel and went to Great Grandma Dennis' house the rest of the day and headed back to Urbana during bedtime. We got here at midnight again, and I put her back to sleep & laid her in her crib and she slept through the rest of the night like a champ!!!


 


Fun times in the Hall household :)

I'll let you know how the walking keeps progressing- and if you have any babyproofing ideas or recommendations, please PLEASE *PLEASE* do tell!!!

<3 Lisa <3