on a stage

Sometimes I feel like Zoe is on a stage, performing, and I'm just watching her. She has started singing non-stop for long periods of time.. sometimes the songs are recognizable, but mostly they are just her going, and going, and going.

She does a similar thing with books now too.. its as if she is reading it to you, or sometimes we take turns.. her version is always better.

We are still trying to find the balance between nap and no-nap.. It is much easier on us at night if there is no nap, but about 6pm it gets hard on her.. when she's upbeat, she'll really up, but if something happens, she crashes hard. Last night she a little diaper rash that hurt when I changed her diaper and she ended up crying herself to sleep in about 10 minutes.. it was sad.

I think she is excited about having a baby "brother and sister".. because Dora has twin siblings, Zoe thinks she will. It will be interesting to see how all of this balances out.

Zoe has become quite independent in her playing.. this morning she was so cute, she found this puppy stuffed animal, cuddled up with it in her "house" on her "chair" and was talking about feeding it dinner. She took the puppy into the dining room and it stayed with her while she ate her breakfast.

One of the interesting things I've also noticed about Zoe is that she is not tied to any one object (okay, except her TV/DVD shows).. but not to a doll or stuffed animal.. they all come and go, no favorites.