THE MANY MOODS OF ZOE

I know we've had more pics of Athena lately, due to her greater mobility and range of abilities, but Zoë's starting to show a startling array of emotions, from intrigued...



to scheming...



to concerned...




to incredulous...



to fear and terror...





to pleasantly surprised...



to steely resolve...



to astounded...



and even a hint of coyness...



But mostly, she shows us lots and lots of smiles.

COOKIE PARTY

A few weeks before the holidays, my friend Ben graciously organized a cookie decorating party. As you can see, they did a superlative job with the supplies.



But, unfortunately, Athena was mostly interested in all the new toys. Like a funny hat to put on Daddy.



And a guitar that made some wonderful new sounds.







Ah well, at least Athena's dad was there to prevent any excess cookie surpluses.

PLAYING WITH ZOË

As I've mentioned, Athena cannot resist playing with her new sister. Here she is sneaking up on a sleeping Zoë.





Here she is poking Zoë's mouth.



And here, despite Zoë's expression, I swear Athena's hugging -- not strangling -- her.

One sure sign of Athena's emergence into toddler-hood, her curiosity gets her into everything. For example, pens...


And I can forget about getting any work done when she visits


We've even given Athena her own camera so she won't lunge for ours whenever we try to take her picture.

Some more random photos...

Here's Athena and Zoë on the sofa:




And here's Zoë waking fromm a nap.


And here's a leftover shot from Athena's birthday (note Elmo birthday card):

And here's a photo of our friends Devon and Brenda with Zoë

I recently found these three pictures from when we first brought Zoë home. She's about twice as big now.