Hi all!We've hit a few great milestones over the last couple of weeks. Zachary now goes to Mommies Day Out preschool three hours a day three days a week. While there was some crying the first couple of weeks, he no longer cries and really seems to have a great time. Donna is still a very important part of our family and watches Zachary when Mommy and Daddy are working and Zachary is not in school. Zachary tells us every day when we take him to what he calls "pretty school" that Donna will pick him up. Donna also takes him to Kindermusik on Thursdays and when not at class or playing at home, she and Zachary both love going to resale shops together.We have also completely eliminated the bottle! Zachary drinks out of cups with straws now and occasionally, under MUCH supervision, an open cup.Zachary's health is great although he seems to have allergies and asthma. Easily controlled. Mostly the asthma kicks in when he is already sick, we haven't had any trouble (so far) with it when he is not already sick. We are not surprised by this as both Mommy and Daddy have it and not only does he have preemie lungs, he was in the womb without fluid for just over five weeks. He currently weighs 22 pounds, 12 ounces and his weight/height ratio is good. He is still on the skinny side and not on the charts, but he's not underweight for his height.He loves to sing and talk. Basically if he is awake, he's talking. We love it! His current favorite toys are his "animals" (the mountains of stuffed animals he has), Legos, Little People and his Toy Story figurines. He helped us decorate for Halloween and has told us what he wants to dress up as and knows that he will say "trick or treat" on Halloween.We are becoming very involved with our Temple. Daddy is on the Board of Directors and Mommy is a Sunday school teacher. He has a friend Jacob there that is a month younger and they are in the same Sunday school class and they even go to the same preschool (unfortunately on different days though) and they pal around together at Temple. It's a wonderful place with wonderful people. Zachary knows some of the Hebrew terms now, he knows the Shofar is the Ram's horn you blow on the Jewish New Year, the beema is the pulpit (although he calls every stage a beema) and the sukkah is the three sided hut we shook the lulav in. On Sundays he also loves being fussed over by the kids in Mommy's Sunday school class (which are six and seventh graders). A couple of weeks ago we went to the NICU reunion held at the Children's Museum (after it was closed to the public). While we did not get to visit with the doctors and nurses (Zachary was all about running around checking the place out) we had a great time. Zachary literally ran around for two and a half hours without stopping. It was awesome to see him have such a great time!Waiting not-so-patiently for the museum
to Re-Open for the event.
Crawling/Running between the legs of the statutes
of the children on the outside of the museum
Shopping at the pint-sized HEB (ha ha ha)
Zachary and Brinson have
learned to check their produce
Zachary and Brinson having fun grocery shopping
Can I have another basket please?
Tea party!
He loved putting the pegs in the holes to make them light up
He also loved taking them out again.
Unloading the truck.
Yes, he's eating string cheese while riding a cow.
The only drum in the ENTIRE museum
and of course, Zachary found it!
Tea for two is much more fun!
Our friends the Rahmens
Laura, Sami, Noah and Maya
Brinson loved the slide!
We will definitely have to go back to the museum. There were so many areas that we didn't get to see!Love to all!
