After months of failed attempts to get Zoe to go on the potty we resorted to sheer bribery…we had tried jelly beans, stickers, BIG potties, little potties, dancing and songs…We even had YaYa take a crack at. We knew Zoe was ready when she would come up to us and say “I’m wet you need to change me.” But, she resisted. We attempted to go cold turkey and told Zoe we had no more diapers… that went well she refused to go in the last remaining diaper and became hysterical to the point we had to take her to the store and show her they had plenty of diapers at Costco.

So, we (Mommy) bought a big pink box that was decorated with butterflies all over it and called it a “Treasure Box”. We filled it with all kinds of stuff (from the dollar store).

We explained to Zoe she could pick ONE “treasure” every time she went pee pee on the potty! This project began on Wednesday and by Saturday Zoe was good to go in the pee pee department. No poo poo success yet, but so far a big relief.

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Eric and I have decided to try to adopt a child and hopefully a Korean girl…We know this will be a long process and we are excited to share the journey with our entire family and friends. Wish us luck!! We will keep you posted…

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Yesterday I found Zoe lying underneath her art table scribbling in a notepad. When I asked her what she was doing Zoe replied “I am writing in my journal.” When asked what she was writing she replied “Everything!”

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This Halloween Zoe was old enough to have some input on what she wanted to dress up as. The problem was she could not decide whether she wanted to be a butterfly or a pirate. But, in Zoe fashion she told us “I will be both, yeah that’s a good idea!” Zoe wearing pink butterfly wings, a black skull cap, and eye patch, charmed the neighborhood and proudly told EVERYONE she was a “pirate butterfly.”

Zoe insisted Daddy and Mommy dress up and she insisted Daddy be a blue ghost. Of course Daddy could not disappoint…But Zoe did NOT like Daddy’s scary make up and stated “You make me nervous with that make-up Daddy.” This was after she stated several times “Its just you Daddy!” It’s just Daddy in make-up!”

Ya Ya even got in to the spirit of things and dressed up a a PURPLE something!!

Halloween 2008

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Daddy took Zoe to feed the giraffes at the zoo. Mommy really wanted to go but she was home sick Zoe got lucky because instead of two giraffes they had five to pick from. Zoe fed the giraffes apples, she had fun but wasn’t’ sure about eh giraffes “long gray tongues.”

Zoe’s cousin Alec went with her to the zoo and he even came over to the house afterward and played with her. Zoe loves her big cousin Alec and doesn’t realize he was grounded from TV that day (so he had Zoe TV instead).

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