Ap-ple!

Hi Folks!

Enjoy this video of our excellent parenting skills. Yes, that is Mommy who accidently put the idea into Zachary's head to roll the apple. Thankfully he was done eating it!




More to come in the next couple of days...

Love to all!

Pictures, pictures, more pictures (and a video!)

Zachary has been quite the busy boy over the last few weeks.
He's had three play dates, two with Brinson and one with Aubrey.
We're still trying to see how he does with "big-people" food.
He's talking and imitating everything!
He's still walking holding on to things,
but he's starting to stand by himself now. It won't be long!
He's about 16.5 pounds, but we'll get his official weight
when he goes to the doctor in the next week or two.

Here are some pictures that show what he's been up to!

Trying spaghetti...

Not sharing with Brinson

Playing at Brinson's house

"I want that one!"

All smiles

Playing with Aubrey and her mommy, Jessica

Playing with Aubrey

The big stare-down

Playing nice with Aubrey

Playing with Gamma at Barnes & Noble

Trains are fun!

Our good friend Jamie came to town
and got to meet Zachary

Cuddling with Granny

First time in a swimming pool!

Pools are so much fun!

This pool spits water!

Pool time with Brinson

She's such the princess...she's a sweet little girl!

Playing at the water table.

Playing with Brinson

Pool and Mommy time!



We hope you enjoyed the pictures. Love to all!!!

The Hospital's NICU Reunion at the Children's Museum

Hi folks!

Every year the Women's Hospital of Texas (where Zachary was born) has a NICU reunion. This year it was at Houston's Children's Museum. It was Zachary's first time there. The whole second floor is a play area for kiddos two and under. Zachary, Aubrey and Brinson had a great time!

Zachary crawling through a tunnel.

Zachary's sweet ride.

Playing with Brinson and Aubrey

Crawling around with Aubrey

Brinson exploring the padded steps.

Zachary with Dr. Hernandez.
Dr. Hernandez was there when
Zachary was delivered and was his first doctor.

Aubrey and her folks, Jimmy and Jessica,
Me holding Brinson, Lisa holding Zachary

and Dr. Thompson.
Dr. Thompson took care of Zachary
before and after his trip to TCH for his cardiac cath
wow, we can't believe that was a year ago.

Dr. Bloss - he performed heart surgery
on Zachary when Zachary with three days old!

Dr. Gee playing ball with Zachary.
Dr. Gee took good care of us too!

Dr. Jerral, Daddy and a hungry Zachary.
Dr. Jerral was another one of Zachary's NICU doctors.

Daddy and Zachary exploring the water table.

Zachary loved this car...it had a button
he could press to make the horn beep!

Here's Zachary with Aubrey and Brinson.

We had such a great time!
Love to all!

The Boy Can Boogie!!

Zachary loves to move to music!

And he has so much fun!

Here's Zachary with Uncle John and Granny on Mother's Day!

Love to all!

Zachary on the move!

Enjoy!




Love to all!

We've got lots to Catch Up On!

Hi Folks!

As usual, we've been very busy and loving being with Zachary. Here are some pictures to catch you up! Zachary is starting to learn that he has control of the volume of his voice and boy can he get loud! He is also starting to talk...he can say "Mama" "Dada" "Donna" "Light" "Duck" "Cat" and he can also make the quack sound that a duck makes. He's great at waving, putting food in his mouth, turning off lights and pulling up and walking (while holding on) to EVERYTHING! He loves playing with his cars, firetrucks and anything that he can move. He also loves turning the pages when we're reading books.

He is such a happy baby and brings us so much joy! As promised, here are the latest pictures of our Zachary.

Zachary loves playing in his bath

Like any boy, he loves to eat!

He can hold his own bottle now
(if he wants to that is)


His new trick...he's ready to take gymnastics!


Bonding with Pops
(who came to visit from Cali)

Zachary and his Pops and Grandma Lynne
We had a GREAT weekend with them! Here's a treat for you...not one but TWO videos!

Having fun, chewing and waving and hanging out with Mama.

He's so good at getting the puff into his mouth!

We hope you enjoyed the pictures and videos. We'd love to hear from you. Love to all!

Walking With Assistance ....

Here is a video of Zachary walking behind one of his toys. It is a little car that he can ride on or, as you can see in this video, it can be converted into a walker to give him some assistance while learning to walk. He is growing up so quickly and Kim and I are so proud of him and all of his accomplishments.

Our birthday boy!

Our big boy is now one year old!

We cannot believe it! It seems like in the last two weeks Zachary has been doing a whole bunch of new things! He now has a tooth coming in, we can see it and feel it! He can crawl, he can sit up from a laying position, he can pull himself to his knees and feet by leaning on something (or someone), he can walk a couple of steps while holding on to something. He's just so amazing!

Here are some pictures of the party we threw Zachary on Saturday. It was a lot of fun!

The cake and decorations!
Daddy did such an AWESOME job making
Zachary's birthday cake!


The big boy enjoying his cake!

Yum!

Ooooh!

Here's what it looked like before he dug into it.

Mommy and Marianne with their Zachary and Zakary!

Playing with Aunt JJ and Uncle Mike

The happy family!
Mommy's cousins came in from New Orleans
to meet Zachary and celebrate!
Also, here is Uncle Glenn and two of his kids.
Cousin James, Aunt JJ, Uncle Mike and Cousin Madeline

Cousin JT and his girlfrient Cheyanne

Presents!

Zachary loves playing with tissue paper!

Aunt Sara, Cousins Jack (he's six months)
and Madeline (she's 4)

Cousins Madeline and Lauren (she turned 2 on Sunday)

Marianne, Robert and Zakary

More presents!

Having fun!

What does it say?

The cutest backpack - ever!

Yay!

Baby Converse!

What's in the big bag?

Paper!!

Blocks are fun!
With Cousins Henry and Susan from New Orleans

The guys were tired after the party!

Family photo!
Here's a video of Zachary playing with one of his favorite toys...

Hope you enjoyed the pictures - check back next week for pictures from his birthday party in California. Love to all!