Miss Z and Mr. G: beach

Miss Zoe is growing right up!

Last post I commented on how she doesn't have any signs of teeth. Well, lo and behold, less than two weeks later she now has four teeth coming in!

One is at the bottom and is almost out. One right beside it is following and the other two are coming in slowly up top.

Interestingly, she has been much more interested in food now that she has teeth coming. I guess those two events coincide. Gabe had teeth early and ate much earlier, too. Zoe has gotten her teeth later and ate later.

Here is a video of her eating for the first time (well sort of) back in June. She has come a long way since then!

Her favorite food is Stage One Tender Golden Sweet Potatoes. She also tolerates bananas and applesauce.

She is crawling now, too. She's not completely on her knees but she kind of scoots. She is FAST! I will try to get a video of that.

Here is a cute video of her enjoying herself at the beach. Listen closely to hear her say "Dada" at the end. She's been saying that for a while....

Welcome to the Mellor family blog!

It is titled, "Miss Z and Mr. G" because although Charles and I have various goings on, we know that people really want to hear about the kids, so most of what I talk about will be centered around them.

I decided to do a website to keep family and friends informed of life at the Mellor household. People keep asking me when I'm going to send out another email update (I used to do it monthly with Gabe) and I'm ashamed to say the last one I did was in March (4 months ago!).

I had problems with motivation- sometimes people's emails wouldn't work, the format of the photos was a pain (some folks could see the photos, others couldn't), etc., etc. The email updates were beginning to be a lot of work!

I figured with a website/blog, people could check up on us as they wish! I have lots of pictures and little stories of the kids that I'd like to keep up with and figured this would be the best way for me to do so. You are invited to join us! I will send out a periodic email letting you know when I update.

Short Catch-Up Update:

Gabe is almost three and Miss Zoe is seven months. We have been busy this summer going to library storytime, swimming at the pool, and taking little mini trips to various locations (Oxford, Jacksonville, Virginia, Myrtle Beach). Gabe has enjoyed going to see the weekly Carolina Beach fireworks and carnival. We don't go every week, but we go often.

Below are a few pics from the summer. In a few days, I plan to do a post on some of the things we did from March through July.

Zoe being silly (back in April- she was about four months here)

Zoe with Daddy- she loves the water!

Gabe at a wedding in June

Gabe flying a Blue Angel plane at Carolina Beach (he still loves planes)

Gabe is proud of his tomatoes that we grew (so proud that he picked a few while they were still orange). We harvested about 30 of them and there's still plenty on the bush!