Zoe is 6 months old!

Zoe Claire turned 6 months old over the weekend. Gotta love this face she made in the first picture. To mark this stage in both their lives, we took Zoe and Zachary to have their portraits taken. Neither one was thrilled, but we did get a few keepers.

Zoe has developed a very sweet personality. She smiles all the time and likes to babble and make raspberries. She enjoys watching Zachary doing all his many activities. Her favorite person is Daddy ... as her face lights up as soon as she sees him. However when hunger sets in of course Mama is her favorite. Can't blame a girl for knowing what she wants. Despite her ever growing cheeks, she is small on the growth charts, so no need to worry that we are over feeding her.

This month we bought Zoe a doorway jumper (as shown here). She is just getting the hang of how it works although Zachary does enjoying "helping her" jump in it. She catches on quickly though and will be jumping high in no time.

This last picture is the only one we took on her real half birthday. We did sing happy half birthday to her in the morning but then had a busy day and never got a chance to take still pictures of her (we did shoot some video). So we wanted to get one shot on her actual half birthday - even if it was her sleeping peacefully in her crib. She is wearing one of her Mama's sleep sacks, her favorite thing to snuggle in at sleep time.

A busy week!

Glenn and Zachary bundled up to head out to the winter wonderland which was our backyard. They tried sledding on our "incline" of a hill but Zachary really just wanted to swing. So Daddy cleared a path to the swing. Zachary was having trouble walking in the snow since it had rained on top of the snow. Zachary had a blast swinging but poor Daddy was pooped out from trucking through the snow in the yard, walking to shul as well as shoveling our driveway. So he took a little rest while Zachary did some swinging.


Couldn't resist sharing this shot of Zachary snuggled in with all of Mama and Daddy's pillows. Thought he looked handsome in this sweater and such a sweet expression on his face. Ah how sweet he looks watching Sesame!

Zoe has been growing ... and yes not just her cheeks. So we have been trying on new clothes to see how they fit. She is a bit short and has short arms (thus the rolled sleeves) but she still looks cute. Maybe she will grow into this outfit for her Simchat Bat, but perhaps she should wear a party dress!

Zoe finally can see her surroundings now that she is sitting in the stroller. With the weather so nice we took a stroll through the neighborhood to test out the new configuration. Everyone was happy!

Zachary and Zoe have amazing eyes - but Glenn and I are a still amazed at the blue. No need to worry there is blue eyes on both sides of our families, so it is in the genes.


Zoe tried on her poncho and hat combination that was made by her namesake Grandma Sadie Schulman. Doesn't she look sweet in it. We had hoped to have her wear it but with the crazy weather this week we missed the chance. Maybe next week.

Zoe rolled over this week!

Check out Zoe as she rolls over from her belly to her back. Another milestone, hooray!

Purim 2007

Purim 2007 was quite fun for the Schulman Clan. Glenn enjoyed the Megillah reading at Shul Saturday night while Zachary and Zoe caught some zzzz so they would be ready for Sunday. We also baked some yummy hamentaschen that night. Sunday morning Zachary and Betsy went to a women's Megillah reading in the neighborhood. Zachary insisted on wearing his Alligator costume and enjoyed playing with the other kids while Mama listened upstairs. It was very nice. From there we met Glenn and Zoe at Shul for a Children's Purim Party. Zoe was decked out in her red hot chili pepper costume. She looked ADORABLE. Glenn heard the Megillah again and then we headed down to the party. There was a great turnout with lots of families as well as a clown. However, Zachary didn't want to stay, perhaps he is afraid of clowns like his dad. In any case we went home a little early for naps. The Purim Seudah (meal) was also in the neighborhood. And that was delicious. It was there we finished delivering our Purim treats (mishloach manot) and received some of our own. Everyone was very pooped by the end of the day, we are sure you can figure out why.