Dear Uncle Jim,
I really like your funny faces. Thanks again for the awesome birthday brisket. Maybe next year I'll get to go up on the roof with you.
Love, Zachary
Monday, March 03, 2008
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Friday, February 29, 2008
Cute things Zach is doing right now
- He will bring you something, hand it to you, and say "Thank you!"
- Every night he marches to the bed, then we have to put water in the humidifier. He carries the tank to the bathroom, holds the cap while I fill it up, then helps me carry it back and put it back on.
- He likes to push Georgia in her Backyardigans bike with the handle.
- Whenever he spots a playground as we are driving, he says 'Oh! Oh! Oh!'
- On the way home from daycare there is a certain intersection where the power lines are always covered in grackles, so he says 'More! More!' until we open the sunroof so he can see them.
This list is pretty much endless but that's all for now!
- When he runs or walks fast, he holds his left arm still but swings his right arm wildly.
- Charles got some new white tennis shoes and Zach is obsessed with them. The second Charles walks in the door, Zach yells 'Shoes!!' and must help him take them off.- Every night he marches to the bed, then we have to put water in the humidifier. He carries the tank to the bathroom, holds the cap while I fill it up, then helps me carry it back and put it back on.
- He likes to push Georgia in her Backyardigans bike with the handle.
- Whenever he spots a playground as we are driving, he says 'Oh! Oh! Oh!'
- On the way home from daycare there is a certain intersection where the power lines are always covered in grackles, so he says 'More! More!' until we open the sunroof so he can see them.
This list is pretty much endless but that's all for now!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Ribbit
No, it is not raining today - it is another beautiful Sunday. Zach just decided to pull down the coatrack in the entryway this morning, then wanted to model his raincoat. The first picture is significant because it is the first time he has actually stopped moving to pose when I told him to say cheese! This is a good thing because Tuesday is going to be class picture day - they must have been practicing.
Friday, February 22, 2008
18 month stats
I almost forgot! We took Zach to the doctor this week for his 18 month checkup (of course his half birthday was a week before but I have lost track of all time). Here are his stats:
Height - 35 inches, off the charts
Weight - 29 lbs 10 oz, 90th percentile (so he's definitely stretching out a little)
Head - 50.5 cm, off the charts
So we are obviously looking at a piano-playing, brain surgeon/NBA star here. :)
He got two shots but that should be it until he is 4, unless they come up with some new ones before then. And then there are flu shots... anyway, we didn't make any promises.
In other news, yesterday I was at work studying the resume of the guy I was due to interview for the open position at my job (I had had the resume for over a week so of course I decided the perfect time to look at it was 20 minutes before I was supposed to interview him) when my office phone rang. I checked the display and as usually happens when this certain number comes up, my stomach clenched a little - it was Zach's daycare. This is never good. I answered, and it was Miss Marcia, who is a very nice lady I became well acquainted with during the time I was visiting Zach at daycare every day during his first year. She is in charge of snacks, so of course she is well loved around there. Also, she is German so she doesn't beat around the bush, and quickly informed me that moments before, during snack, Zach had decided to shove two Cheerios up his nose. Yes, one for each nostril. They had managed to retrieve 1.5 Cheerios, so she was calling to inform me that he may or may not have 1/2 a Cheerio still in his nose. Now, we have a family history of just such an activity, but I of course will not name names... (cough, KATHLEEN... cough cough, DAD!), but up until now, he had only tried to stick things in his ears, so this came as somewhat of a shock! After quick calls to consult with Charles and my mom, I decided to go on and do my interview and hope for the best - surely the 1/2 Cheerio would work itself out. Marcia said he did not appear to be in any distress, so we told them to just call if anything changed. When I got home, Zach was on the couch munching Pirate's Booty and watching TMZ like nothing had happened, so we survived another day. I checked his daily report from school, and under morning snack Ms. Rae had written "Cheerios (Cheer-e-NOSE! :) )". Ha ha, very funny Ms. Rae!
Height - 35 inches, off the charts
Weight - 29 lbs 10 oz, 90th percentile (so he's definitely stretching out a little)
Head - 50.5 cm, off the charts
So we are obviously looking at a piano-playing, brain surgeon/NBA star here. :)
He got two shots but that should be it until he is 4, unless they come up with some new ones before then. And then there are flu shots... anyway, we didn't make any promises.
In other news, yesterday I was at work studying the resume of the guy I was due to interview for the open position at my job (I had had the resume for over a week so of course I decided the perfect time to look at it was 20 minutes before I was supposed to interview him) when my office phone rang. I checked the display and as usually happens when this certain number comes up, my stomach clenched a little - it was Zach's daycare. This is never good. I answered, and it was Miss Marcia, who is a very nice lady I became well acquainted with during the time I was visiting Zach at daycare every day during his first year. She is in charge of snacks, so of course she is well loved around there. Also, she is German so she doesn't beat around the bush, and quickly informed me that moments before, during snack, Zach had decided to shove two Cheerios up his nose. Yes, one for each nostril. They had managed to retrieve 1.5 Cheerios, so she was calling to inform me that he may or may not have 1/2 a Cheerio still in his nose. Now, we have a family history of just such an activity, but I of course will not name names... (cough, KATHLEEN... cough cough, DAD!), but up until now, he had only tried to stick things in his ears, so this came as somewhat of a shock! After quick calls to consult with Charles and my mom, I decided to go on and do my interview and hope for the best - surely the 1/2 Cheerio would work itself out. Marcia said he did not appear to be in any distress, so we told them to just call if anything changed. When I got home, Zach was on the couch munching Pirate's Booty and watching TMZ like nothing had happened, so we survived another day. I checked his daily report from school, and under morning snack Ms. Rae had written "Cheerios (Cheer-e-NOSE! :) )". Ha ha, very funny Ms. Rae!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Sunday frolic
It was a beautiful sunny day this past Sunday, so after church we checked out the playground before we went home.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Goin' Bananas
Today was a fun day - we went to Georgia's birthday party at Goin' Bananas, a big indoor party place full of bouncy thingies. Lots of fun was had by all, and her Elmo cake was quite delicious!
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Happy Birthday Grandma!
Thank you for my cool Celtics hoodie! As you can see I have been wearing it quite a bit! Love, Zachary
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
San Antonio Zoo
This past Saturday we decided to take Zach for his first trip to the zoo. It was a nice sunny day, if a bit cold!
The first thing we saw were the flamingos - he got really excited and thought they were pretty cool.
The sign said please do not feed the monkeys, but apparently Zach thought they looked thirsty.
Yes, that is his sippy cup. About 30 seconds prior to this picture, it was thoroughly manhandled by the monkey (monkeyhandled?). Charles jumped over the railing and retrieved it - of course Zach wanted it back but I'm not quite that lenient with the germs!
Whoa!
We bought some food to feed to the fishes.
This guy needs some Gold Bond lotion!
So does this one!
We had fun at the petting zoo - they have brushes for the kids to use on the goats, so they are super soft from being brushed all day long.
I think Zach thought this little girl was pretty cute - she was a little leery of the goats but he showed her how it's done!
Whoa, look at the size of that catfish!
What's in here?
Prairie dogs! Hey, Tabitha has those at her house!
At the end of our visit we stopped at the toddler play area - they had lots of fun things to climb on and through. They also had a large open space with little hills to climb up and down. Charles said it was like a dog park for kids, which it kind of was. There were several little boys Zach's size so it was cute to see them all toddling around.
On the way home we stopped for dinner in Gruene - they have lights on all the trees around the restaurant so Zach got to 'Whoa whoa whoa!' some more. (Luckily a house on our side street has decided they love Christmas lights so much that they have just left them up and slapped up some hearts so he'll get to do it for another month at least!)
The first thing we saw were the flamingos - he got really excited and thought they were pretty cool.
The sign said please do not feed the monkeys, but apparently Zach thought they looked thirsty.
Yes, that is his sippy cup. About 30 seconds prior to this picture, it was thoroughly manhandled by the monkey (monkeyhandled?). Charles jumped over the railing and retrieved it - of course Zach wanted it back but I'm not quite that lenient with the germs!
Whoa!
We bought some food to feed to the fishes.
This guy needs some Gold Bond lotion!
So does this one!
We had fun at the petting zoo - they have brushes for the kids to use on the goats, so they are super soft from being brushed all day long.
I think Zach thought this little girl was pretty cute - she was a little leery of the goats but he showed her how it's done!
Whoa, look at the size of that catfish!
What's in here?
Prairie dogs! Hey, Tabitha has those at her house!
At the end of our visit we stopped at the toddler play area - they had lots of fun things to climb on and through. They also had a large open space with little hills to climb up and down. Charles said it was like a dog park for kids, which it kind of was. There were several little boys Zach's size so it was cute to see them all toddling around.
On the way home we stopped for dinner in Gruene - they have lights on all the trees around the restaurant so Zach got to 'Whoa whoa whoa!' some more. (Luckily a house on our side street has decided they love Christmas lights so much that they have just left them up and slapped up some hearts so he'll get to do it for another month at least!) Anyway, he really liked the zoo - now we're ready for our trip to San Diego in May!
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