Zoe's First Illness & Tales in House-Hunting

Dad hasn't posted to this blog in a while, so it's about time. Zoe (and her parents) has been experiencing her first cold for the past two-plus weeks. Throughout it, she's kept relatively good spirits about her. She's been sleeping a little more, and she's been fussy at times, but for the most part she's been our same ol' happy baby, save the snot we seem to continuously suck out of her poor little nose.

Last Saturday Lisa's maternal instinct told us to go to the doctor, where we found out that Zoe has an ear infection. So she's on amoxycilin--just like her mama and daddy used to take--and taking the bubble gum-flavored wonder-drug like a champ. Hopefully she kicks this cold, snotty nose, ear infection, and cough to the curb soon. Prayers welcome.

Developmentally, she's been sitting up on her own for about a month now. So that gives mama and daddy one more place we can put her (on a blanket on the floor with her toys surrounding her) with minimal supervision. That's been nice. And it's neat to see her becoming more independent, too. I still get a kick out of watching her put her pacifier in her mouth by herself--she knows how to turn it around if need be so that she gets the right end in her mouth.

The whole family has been searching like mad for a house for the past month, to no avail thus far. We found a terrific house in west Plano a couple weeks ago, put an offer on it, found ourselves in a multiple offer bidding war, lost said war, and went back to pounding the pavement. (As it turns out, God didn't want us to win the bidding war--we've subsequently learned that the sellers want to sell "whenever they please," which really doesn't suit most of the buyers out there.) We're searching in the west Plano, Coppell, Dallas, and Lake Highlands communities; if you have a friend who's looking to move out of their tastefully updated 4/3, let us know :-)