10 months old on August 9th

She got the ball at Walmart and has had so much fun with it! Even in the store she couldn't settle down because she was so excited to have a ball. John buys her balls, and Sarah buys her books. I think those might be her favorite two kinds of toys!

Recap of Events

The reason we haven't updated our blog for so long is because we've been packing, moving, visiting family, unpacking, and attending family reunions. I'm sorry its taken so long. For those who don't know. John has started Medical School and we're in Yakima, Washington. Zora had a lot of fun seeing everyone at the family get togethers, but unfortunately we forgot the camera for most of the activities. Here's what we do have...

These are of John and Zora swimming in the pool in Stockton, CA before we moved:


This is our new friend we made at Grandpa Dickinson's home. John's dad insisted that we get a picture before we left so he could prove how rad he is! Zora loved Jar Jar. She smiled at him all the time when we walked in the room, but it scared John and I most of the time.

Here's John and Zora at their first official minor league baseball game. The Yakima Bears played against the Boise Hawks. We got free tickets from John's medical school. We didn't stay the whole time because Zora was a handful.

These are pretty self explanatory. Zora loves rasberries!!!



This is a sad picture of Zora's huge bruise on her forehead after falling and smacking her head on the edge of the dresser. I felt so bad for her.
This second photo is the only one I have gotten so far that shows her two bottom teeth.

All of a sudden she started walking all over the place!

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!