July 13th was a Big Day!

To start off, Zora had been up a lot during the night and I was about to take her in to see the doctor. That's when John informed me that her second bottom tooth had come in. No wonder she had been crying so much.

Then after church, we noticed that she was standing up a lot better on her own so we tried to get her to walk to her Daddy, but she fell down. Later, A.J. bribed her with his phone to walk and she took her first 2 steps before falling. Since that she has been getting braver and taking a few more steps. Here's a video a little later in the day. She was pretty worn out, so it's not her best walking.


Peter, Cilla, their kids, Heidi, & Lucy also came over to visit. The adults started playing a game and forgot to check on the kids for a while. This is what we discovered a while later...


That's shaving cream and gel that Eden and Dallin sprayed all over the bathtub. I'm disappointed that they didn't invite me. It looked like a lot of fun. And luckily it didn't get anywhere else!

Check out our talented family!

Our Accomplishments

So John had a few rough days of Pest Control, but he's picking it up again! Our summer goal was for John to sell 320 contracts. We're about 40 away from reaching that and then we'll be moving to Washington the last week and a half of July. So to keep myself busy, I (Sarah) sewed a little dress for Zora. Other than a pair of basic PJ pants I made for John, this is my first real sewing I've attempted without the help of someone else. I was pretty proud of myself. Zora is seen in the pictures modeling the outfit.

9 Months Old-3/4 of the way there!

Zora is 9 months now but still not walking unless she has something to hold on to. She finally got her first tooth on the lower right of her gums on July 7th and we can see the one next to it about to come through. We recently adopted a stray cat that comes to visit in the evenings. Zora can't get enough of the cat, but the cat does everything it can to stay away from Zora. The only way we got this picture was by locking the cat in the same room with Zora. It wasn't very happy with us afterwards!

Peter and Cilla came to visit for Emily Kate's birthday party and all the kids went swimming. Zora loves water! She is definitely a Dickinson!

These pictures are a little old. I finally got around to posting them. Here's Zora at about 8.5 months.Emily Kate Bankhead's cat came for a visit. Zora didn't mind sharing her bed. The cat really like Zora. This was about 8 months old.

Zora's pet...

Due to several requests, we finally have another video with Zora and our wandering adopted cat. Zora loves it so much that she screams because she's so happy to see the cat. Unfortunately, the cat doesn't feel the same way about Zora. I can see how Zora may seem a little scary with such a loud voice.