BIG Sister and turning 18 months!

On July 20th, we found out we were being blessed with another baby!  Zoe is going to be a BIG SISTER!  We headed to Kohls the very next day, bought this shirt and only sent pictures of her wearing it to Grandparents!  Boy did it trick them!  It took a few hints, but they were all excited! Zoe is going to be the best Big Sister ever!

Here she is saying, "I have an announcement!"

Baby Menchey 2, at 8 weeks 5 days!

This was a moment I caught while Brianna was visiting with us! Look how technology is affecting out future! Zoe at 1.5 and Brianna at 15! Real funny!

August 11, Zoe attended a birthday Party at  Just Add Children! Lots of cool things to play on and with! Here she is Chef Zoe!

See Daddy in the background!

Zoe and Gillian being so cute together!

August 14th, Zoe had her 18 month check up! She weighs 24 pounds and is 33 inches tall!  She still naps 3-4 hours on the weekends for us! She plays with baby dolls, blocks, the ball pit, and loves reading books!  She is still doing really good with potty training with a few step backs every now and then! It's ok... we are going slow since she is not even 2 yet... lets now rush things!  She speaks a lot of words and every now and then you can hear her say a three word sentence when helping her!  Our favorite sign for her to do is "Please!" It is the most adorable thing because instead of up toward her chest... she rubs her tummy! So cute! I think she signs this one because she does not quite say it yet!
Right now my favorite word for her to say is Momma... because there are no Monkeys around for her to confuse me with! lol!  The other word is probably, "TURTLE!"  She sounds so cute saying it!

After the appt. we went to the Zoo to ride the train! It's mommies last day before work!  It was our first time to ride the train! Zoe loved it!

Mommy got a free book done from shutterfly! We did Zoe's First Birthday!

Zoe, Daddy, and I went for pictures at the very beginning of the month! NONA HALL did our pictures at Landa Library Park! She is absolutely amazing and I highly recommend her if you need some awesome pictures done!  Here are a few of the sneak peeks she let us see so far~! I hope you enjoy them!

Such a cutie!

Mommy had to walk to the car to get something... all of the sudden I hear Zoe crying! But do not see her! Boo... my poor baby fell off the wall!

Daddy loving on his baby girl!

Love this look she is making!

Mommy came running over to check over one more time!

Look at the precious child!

Loving the swing!

I love this picture!

We did not realized just how dirty this swing was... lol! Guess we should have stuck with the big one!

Love that smirk!

Breakfast at the EGG & I.

Zoe Grace,

Mommy loves you with all of her heart! Each and everyday is a preicous gift from God above. I am so blessed to have you! You really made us so happy! Where were we before you?  Thank you for being our dream come true for our little family soon to be plus one!  I know once you understand you will be so excited to have a sibling! You are such a great helper at home, I know you will be awesome!

Love, Momma

Busy in July

Wow, July was such a busy month for our family!  We traveled to Arlington, Dallas, Ft. Worth, The Colony, Corpus Christi, Rockport, and Port Aransas! We got lots of time with our family and friends during this time as well! Zoe has proven she loves to be near or in water anytime! She loved spending time with her cousins and close friends.  I think I have seen her grow more in this month then any so far.

Zoe is showing alittle more toddler traits! She is now throwing a few more tantrums and saying "NO" a lot more.  I have to be careful to what she is exposed to because she is like a sponge, soaking it all in to replay for us later. She does mimic or say what ever she sees.  Watch out... I think these are the early terrible "twos" and we are only at almost 1.5 years!

Potty training is going great! She'll have days where she only has 1-2 accidents in her diaper or training panties.  And then from all the traveling these last two weeks, regressed a few days or so to not a chance on earth I'm going on the potty.  I think we are over that hump, she has gone on the potty the last three days with only using the diaper for nap time, bedtime, and impossible getting to the potty while out and about times.  I'm very proud of her! She even went to daycare a few weeks ago and went all day on the potty!  That shows we have been working on this! So about 6 weeks into a slow approach to potty training and I think it is paying off!  I went out and bought her some big girl panties and a few more training panties to use everyday on our last week off on summer break!  We want to leave her at daycare when school starts with a pretty high rate of using the potty!  After these last few days it shouldn't be a problem!

We did go to an awesome Leukemia and Lymphoma Yard Sale Fundraiser and score on some awesome merchandise! Even better because it was for a great cause!  We spent like $79. We got a fax/printer machine, a double jogging stroller (for when we are lucky for 2 kiddos), drawing magdadoodle, puzzles, megablock like legos, micky mouse music player and book, vtech musical book, books, and a really nice/big fisher price toy box!  What a great deal!  It's really cool because I have really been wanting to buy Zoe blocks and the magnadoodle, I waited and got them for $2 each!  I am so glad all the money went for such a great cause! Saving one life at a time! I do see Team in Training in my future again! It really is a life changing experience!

Ok, now to the main event!

Here are all of the captured pictures of the awesome things we did in July! I hope you enjoy them!

Zoe Grace,

Thank you for giving us so much joy each and everyday!

Love,

Momma