All about Zada

Zada is a little sweetheart, with an opinion. I can already tell she has a little attitude. I'm afraid her tantrums will be much worse when she's two. She already trys to play Ted and I against each other. Seriously. When I get after her, (for example for throwing food at the dinner table) before she starts crying, she looks over at Ted. As if to say, 'Do you see how mean she is?' Then she looks back at me and wails. We still love her. We are just afraid of her growing up!

Zada loves to pester and take down her older brother. Good thing he is such a nice guy and doesn't REALLY fight back. When Ted and Troy are wrestling, she gets right in there with them. She loves her stuffed animals. And in the evenings after her bath she heads to the bookshelf to do a little reading in the buff. She is a great eater and there are very few things she won't eat, among them baby food. She is officially on solids. Which is great until it comes to the diapers. . .

We went to the doctor this morning and Zada is 21lbs. 4 oz (55th percentile). She is 29 1/2 inches tall (65th percentile). She did really well for getting 5 shots! So sad! But she is happily eating some crackers at the moment. She has four teeth, and is not just walking, but running now. She likes to climb up on things, and is a little dancer when we get a beat going. She recognizes the words, Dada, Troy, and shoes. She won't leave on headbands anymore, so I have to do her hair in the morning. Hence, she gets pony tails a lot. She is our beautiful baby Zada and we love her so much!

Zada's Birthday

Zada Mae-Mae is one today. I know every mother says it, but it's true-I can't believe she's one already! It's crazy to think that a year ago I was having contractions during stake conference, and wasn't very good company at the Hincheys for dinner.

Since her birthday landed on a Monday we celebrated last Saturday. We had lots of family travel 2+ hours to be here for it, and we're so glad they all came! Zada made out with some great presents. She got some cute clothes, toys, balloons, and a little money. She was a little unsure about everything, but the birthday cake. Enjoy the pics.

Uncle Trevor and Troy were the entertainment with thier balloon fights.

Just interested in the ribbon and bows.

She had no idea what to do with the candle. We should have practiced :) We had two go arounds.

I am pretty sure the cake was her favorite part.

Troy and Cousin Garrett

Troy's Gymnastics

This little guy cracks me up. Here is a conversation with Ted from this week.

Troy: "Mickey and Donald have girlfriends, but Goof doesn't."

Ted: "Does Troy have a girlfriend?"

Troy: "But I don't know. I just changed back into Mickey!"

I've been taking him to gymnastics once a week for a little over a month now. The first time we went, he saw a group of girls in leotards practicing. He said,"But I can't do this, I don't have my swimming suit on!"

He loves it. He has a great teacher, Miss Jamie, who is very patient and even calls him Mickey, sometimes. I was embarrassed the first couple of times I took him because he didn't listen very well and would just run around. Thankfully, he is getting better at listening, but is still easily distracted. Here are some fun pictures:

Stretching with Miss Jamie and Claire.

Sorry they are blurry, he just moves SO fast!!

Nice catch, Miss Jamie!

Miss Jamie helping him with a cartwheel. Look at that concentration!

It's Official. . .

Ted is a Lawyer! We found out that he passed the Bar a couple of weeks ago, and on the 1st of October we went over to Boise so he could be sworn in. Yippee! So, yeah. . . wow. . . we are officially done with school. . . weird.

Troy (oh, so obviously) didn't want to be in this picture.

It cannot be tamed. . .

Wagon Days

Last weekend we went up to Ketchum so we could watch the Wagon Day's Parade. We had a great time with Ted's parents and the kids enjoyed all the horses.

Our little doll:


What Ted threatens to become if I kick the bucket first:
Some big horses: Some little horses:
The Crew:

Baldy:


More horses:

The big hitch part 1: The big hitch part 2:

And just because:

Top of Utah Half

I learned a few things running my first half marathon:

1. It doesn't matter what you look like, WEAR SPANDEX! Showing everyone your fat dimples is better then having sores by mile 8.

2. Buy, borrow, (or maybe even steal) an ipod. It will make the time go by faster. And if you are a social runner and want to talk, no one will talk to you. They will be listening to their ipods.

3. Get a seperate hotel room from the children. I think I got 3-4 hours of sleep the night before the race. So not cool.

4. It feels good to slack off the 2 weeks before the race. However, it will not feel good come mile 10.

5. Just because you make good time for the first 10 miles does not mean you will make good time the last 3. In fact, it probably means you won't.

6. STAY FOR THE RAFFLE!!! Even if it is almost over and your chances seem slim. I was in the parking lot walking to my car when my number got drawn for a treadmill. I am still kicking myself over this.

And here are couple of pictures to make you smile