Happy Easter!

We had a really nice Easter - we all went down to Corpus Christi and went to church together with Grandmother and Grand-dad. Uncle Robert and Aunt Jaime were there, and Aunt Kathleen and Uncle Jim and Reid and Andrew. I wish I had gotten a picture of us all together! At least I got a picture of the cousins. Andrew has a piece of confetti in his hair. Someone got a little carried away with the cascarones, but I won't name names. :-) It was really cold so they had the Easter egg hunt inside.

Zachary had fun playing with Grandmother's sweet old-school toys...

And, just so all the pictures of us on the blog aren't just-rolled-out-of-bed....

Reid took this last one - I really like it... thanks Reid!

Music Education (Reprise)

Puppy love

Aaaaaaaand.... He's off!

It's official - we can no longer put Zachary down and expect him to still be there if we turn away for a minute. He has gotten really good at rolling around to wherever he wants to be.

Hmmm, I guess we'd better get started with that childproofing stuff!

This video is long and not too exciting, but just shows his rolling skills a little. He can do even better when he's not trying to hold onto his pig.

Happy Birthday Mommy! :-)

She looks pretty good for twenty-seventeen. :-)

Welcome Spring!

The force is strong with this one!

Happy Birthday Andrew!!!

How is it that you keep getting older but I stay the same?!

Saucy thing!

Apparently Zachary learned how to stick out his tongue yesterday. He is quite pleased with this development and sticks it out at every opportunity, while grinning. It is the cutest thing I have ever seen! I don't have a picture yet but will take one at the first opportunity, which shouldn't be long, unless he's gotten tired of his new trick already which is also a distinct possibility.

Music education

I can wait here all day...

Finger foods

Zachary is really starting to like eating Cheerios and those puffs they have now for babies. He can't quite get them to his mouth yet though - he can grab one and then sucks his fingers while holding it in his fist. But here he is one of the first times he actually chewed and swallowed one the other day...

Who couldn't love this face?

Evidence

More breaking news!

We have two teeth! This morning tooth #1 (lower left) had broken through, and we thought we saw the lower right one coming in too. Zachary chewed on his razberry teether while we drove up to check out The Domain, and when we got home, tooth #2 had made its appearance! He has been extremely happy and talkative all weekend - I think he's glad they finally made it through.

Frog suit!

Seven months old!

Zachary is feeling much better today! I can't believe another month has gone by already. I think going back to work made time seem to go by faster, being segmented into weeks now instead of just one long day at home. Zach is getting really comfortable with sitting now - I still put the boppy behind him but now he frequently maneuvers himself out of it anyway. He grabs at everything, especially my hair, and is starting to bang things together. His favorite toy is his yellow ball with the handy finger holes (thanks Grandmother!). We've kind of slacked off on the solid foods - he hasn't really been in the mood the last couple of weeks, but I'm sure we'll pick them up again soon. He seems to enjoy playing with his friends at daycare - everytime I set him on the floor he immediately has a gaggle of little girls around him. I don't think I've gotten past month 5 in my "What to Expect the First Year" book, but he seems fine to me!

Breaking news!

Ear infection :-(

Zachary had a mild cold all last week, but Saturday his eyes started getting all goopy. We called the doctor and she said she suspected an ear infection, but as long as he was acting okay and not running a fever, to just keep the eyes clean and wait and see. By Monday they had not gotten better, so we called and made an appointment for the next day (they were really busy, apparently). Monday night he was running a slight fever, which was a first. When we got there, she took one look in his ears and her suspicions were confirmed. She prescribed an antibiotic, also a first - I guess we did pretty well to get to almost 7 months. Today there is already a great improvement... he is still coughing but his eyes are clear. Hopefully the medicine will knock it right out! Also, I think I saw the beginnings of a tooth today, which would also explain the fever and general fussiness. We'll see!

Happy Birthday Carolyn!

We look just the same! :-)

Big boy tub

Zachary has been sick the last week, so last night we gave him a bath with some Soothing Vapor Bath - that stuff is potent! I'm going to use it when I'm sick! Anyway, he has been wanting to sit up in his baby tub for a while now so we finally just decided to retire it. Now we can finally use all those bath toys!

Happy Birthday Uncle Jim!

Playing with Timmi

What a difference a few months makes...

I forgot to mention in the 6 month stats that Zachary's head size has increased from 42 1/2 cm at 2 months to 46 3/4 cm at 6 months!

Happy Birthday Daddy!