Family photos

We were lucky enough to go on a little vaca a couple weeks ago to my sister's house out in the Bay Area. It was so nice to see her, her husband, and our two (soon to be three) nieces. It was great to enjoy the warm moist air, go to the beach, and have a little time with the hubs. There is so much I love about California but I am always happy to be home. While in Cali we had to take advantage of my sister's mad photography skills and have some family photos shot. Go here to check them out. Now a few pics from a not so professional:

My cute little stinker on the drive out

First taste of sand, she liked it. A lot.

Daddy and Z at the petting zoo

Mommy and Zin out to dinner for my birthday (please ignore my spit-up child's chin)

First steps in the ocean and it was COLD!

Spring had sprung

First, I had to post this pic for my family because it is so funny to me. Two of my sister's sucked their fingers. My older sister sucked her first two fingers, my younger sister sucked her pointer finger but upside-down (don't ask me how that is comfortable?). Well Zinni has decided to put a twist on the family habits by sucking her first two fingers upside-down! Ha ha I think it is hilarious! However, I do hope it is a short lived habit. Can you imagine the orthodontic work she'd need!?

This is one of her new smiles. I think it is hilarious! I die laughing every time she does it! Plus she'll also makes this sniffing/snorting through her nose while she does it, which makes it even more funny!

She has so much fun with her Dad. She gets so excited when he gets home from work.

My curious child likes to get into everything. She gets bored of the same toys and always tries to do new things. So I thought I'd put her in the laundry basket to see what she thought. She laughed.

Well it's April and to no one's surprise there is snow on the ground. But for about two days there it was sunny, it was in the 70's, it was Spring! It is very strange and cruel that although my allergies have begun there was 7 inches of fresh, new snow on the ground. I don't like it. Not even a little bit. I want flip flops, capri pants, no jacket, and sunshine! Another cruelness, that was a "bad Mommy moment" for me, was little miss Zin with her first sunburn and then snow the next day. She didn't complain at all but I felt horrible!

With our brief warm weather we spent hours at the park, went on a walk, and spent a whole day gardening! We savored every ray of sunshine and soaked up as much vitamin D as we could!

This is my rough and tough girl on the tractor! She LOVED it and wanted to play with all the knobs and gadgets.

Just try to tell me she isn't the coolest babe you've ever seen! And yes, the onsie is placed in a manner as to attempt to prevent sunburn. She looked like a little Jamaican.

I can't wait for the sunshine and warmth to return. Until then I guess I'll just have to go on vacation to somewhere warmer. California here we come!

Side note

I chopped my hair off and here's the proof:

I like it but it definitely is NOT easier. My curl has gone completely hideous (I'm choosing to blame that on pregnancy hormones). Short + hideous curl = always having to blow dry and straighten.

I'm planning on donating my hair but I'm not sure where? Any suggestions?

6 months old, seriously?

Yes, that's right. My baby girl is 6 months old tomorrow! I love it, I hate it. Today has been a rough day. I don't know if she is getting more teeth, getting sick, or is learning the art of whining and crying for attention. I've lost my cool a couple times today which is pointless and wrong because she doesn't know it hurts Mommy when she bites down while trying to eat, or that if she turns her head while I'm trying to burp her she will spit up all over me. She's 6 months old and although she is growing and changing so fast she is still a baby. She has been SO easy the past 3 months I have become spoiled.

She is my buddy and my favorite thing to do everyday, all day, is try to get her smiling and laughing. If I get a few grins and giggles a day it is a day well spent!

Finally sold my motorcycle so I had to snap a couple pics of my Zin being wicked cool atop the old Vstar.

Zinni started solid foods a few weeks ago. She took to it really well but now doesn't like to open her mouth for a spoonful. We've tried rice cereal, bananas, peas, butternut squash, and sweet potatoes.

As I said, growing and changing fast! She rolls around a lot, wriggles her little body to grab various toys, sits up on her own, and babbles (she says "mamama" a lot).

This is the face that represents today. Honestly she doesn't do it all that much and I am grateful for the happy baby that she is *most* of the time.

Spread the word

I forgot to mention the cute little button on the right side of my blog. It is an adoption blog for our very close friends who are looking to add to their family. You can learn all about them and spread the word to anyone you know who might be able to help them out. They are a great family and we love them!

Just like Daddy

Stuff and stuff

A lot has happened in the past month and us Zank's have been rather busy, hence the no blogging, that and I didn't feel like it! Here's just a brief recap:

-My mother-in-law got married just a week before Christmas to a great guy! (She also spoiled her daughters-in-law with a mani/pedi at the spa, which we've declared should be a tradition!)

-Christmas was a great time spent with my whole side of the family. Surprisingly I took next to no pictures, argh!

- We moved our little family and discovered how much junk two people can acquire.

- Had a fun new years eve bash at my parent's, after which most people went to bed promptly, I guess some of us forgot what it's like to stay up so late!

- Zinni turned 4 months old and is still a big little girl, weighing in at 14.9 lbs! She has also rolled from her belly to her back at least once that we know of!

Now for the best part, random pics from the last month!

So cute in Santa's wig

Then we learned one of the reasons babies do NOT have long hair as we ripped it from her tight little paws.Miss Zinn has really good balance and Daddy loves doing tricks with her!Sucking on her favorite thing. Her hands.Christmas morning, can't you tell how excited she is? ;)Zinni was Baby Jesus in our Christmas morning Nativity (which I found very entertaining.)Brynlee playing with her favorite doll: Zinni!Blurry picture of us at Temple Square, and yes it was freezing!I love the look on Zinni's face in this last one, you know that's the face she's going to make when we embarrass her when she's a teenager! And we will, and it will be fun!We hope all your holidays were very merry and that your new year got off to a great start!