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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Catching up!

Hi Folks!

We're back with another round of pictures of our favorite little guy! We're having trouble blogging these days because if we go on the computer, Zachary comes in and says "pbskids" which is his favorite website. If we tell him that we are going to blog, he says "Brinson" so we watch Brinson's blog, which he loves to watch. When we are done watching a video he says "again". We love this, but it doesn't make it easy to get the blog done!

Last week was Zachary's last week of gym class (for a semester). He has a very full schedule! He has started Kindermusik and also Daddy & Me Sunday school class at our Temple (Mommy is teaching a Sunday school class this year). He goes to the library for Toddler Time and he and Ms. Donna love going to re-sale shops to find small little treasures. Plus we try to schedule lots of play dates and shopping (especially at Kroger since they have a bell to ring for good service and he loves ringing that bell!!) and lately our schedule has included lots of visits to Dr. Gray. Our poor kiddo has had a rough couple of weeks illness wise, he's had pink-eye, an ear infection and some mysterious virus that has only one symptom, a high fever. Thankfully he's doing great due to the excellent care of Dr. Gray, Ms. Donna and Mommy and Daddy too.

He "graduated" from his Early Childhood Intervention. Developmentally he is caught up or ahead of where he should be!! We're so proud of him but it is bittersweet as we won't be seeing Ms. Mary or Ms. Thien anymore. They have helped him (and us) become the little man (seriously!) that he is today. Thank you ladies!

Zachary is now 22 pounds, 6 ounces and is 33 inches long. He continues to follow his own little curve on the growth charts which is what they like to see. His favorite things right now are anything Disney and stuffed animals. He loves us to read Dr. Seuss (and play with the corresponding stuffed animals) and he likes his legos. He loves to sing and imaginative play is his favorite. He talks to and for his stuffed animals and enjoys making us "scrambled eggs" in his kitchen.

Here's some pictures from The Little Gym, visiting with Brinson and helping Ms. Mary with her ECI paperwork, enjoy!

Zachary and Ms. Kathy, his Little Gym teacher

He loves the high beam!

Wheeeeeee!!!

See? He just loves it!

Two of anything means Mickey Mouse ears!

This is Zachary's favorite shirt, he wants to wear it 24/7.

Climbing the alphabet rock wall

We see you Zachary!

Sitting in circle - this was a rarity,
usually he is much more interested in exploring!

Helping Ms. Mary with his "graduation" paperwork.

Now what does that shirt say again?
Mommy & Daddy got these hats at Disneyland
when they were engaged,
but since they have Mickey Mouse ears, Zachary
thinks they are fair game for him (and Brinson)!

Watching Brinson

Zachary loves Brinson's whole family.
He loves talking about Lisa, Ned, Brinson and MeMe.
Zachary has noticed Mommy and Daddy's rings
and we explained that we got them when we got married.
So, at some point over the last month he has said
he was going to marry each one of them.
"Marry Ned." "Marry Lisa", etc. so cute!

We tried and tried,
but we couldn't get them both to look at us
let alone look and smile!

Here's Zachary helping Ms. Mary


Here's a snippet of what we get to watch every day!!



Love to all!

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Random (blurry) Pictures and Videos

Hi folks!

We've had some fun times with Zachary over the last couple of weeks.


Here's Mommy trying to take a picture
of herself and Engineer Zachary!

Zachary and Daddy trying to hook up
their computers to the TV
(it didn't work for either computer)

You know your kiddo is too big
to drink from a bottle
when he helps wash them after wards!

Our new favorite thing to do is get on Skype with
Avie, Uncle Jeff and Auntie Rachel
(and whoever else happens to be at their house that day!)

Yes it is now time to see Zachary in motion!

Zachary loves to help his daddy!


"Try"cycle riding!


A very sleepy boy!


Love to all!

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Our trip to Cali

Hi folks!

Yes, it's been a month since we blogged and we are so sorry! The older Zachary gets the tougher it is to find time to get to the computer to blog. Anyway, we had a great time on our trip and here's some pictures for you to enjoy! (Remember you can click on each picture to see a bigger version of it)

Aunt Sandy and Zachary enjoying each other!


Riding the rides on the Santa Monica Pier

Knuckles with "Mickey"

Avie with "Mickey" and Laker "Elmo"

Zachary was so excited to see his
two of his favorite characters in person.


Avie pointing out a sting ray to Zachary
at the aquarium on the Manhattan Beach Pier

Family Portrait with Grandpa Nate
In the Radio Room they named
after him on the Queen Mary

The plaque posted naming the Radio Room
after Grandpa Nate

Who's giving the tour of the Queen Mary?
Zachary or Grandpa Nate?

Zachary trying to ring the bell
on the Queen Mary

Lunch time!


Playing with Gamma

Copying silly cousin Ben!

A big boy climbing a step-stool

This kiddos can sure make a mess!


Zachary is just not sure about
Baby Trumann


The cousins sure have fun together!

Zachary, Avie and Jason
(who is her BFF like Brinson is Zachary's BFF)
playing in the pool of the inflatable water slide!

Mommy and Zachary in Gamma's pool

Playing in the pool made Zachary hungry!
It makes us wants a pool, he ate well afterwards!
Love to all!

Monday, June 28, 2010

Rock On!

Hi Folks!

Last week Donna and I took Zachary to the Kemah Boardwalk where they have concerts every Thursday evening during the summer. Mommy has been friends with some of the band members of the group A Rival for several years so we enjoyed letting Zachary meet the band and watch Tracy and Twitch perform. We went to see them last year and Zachary loved it just as much.

Mommy, Zachary and Ms. Donna
and the band A Rival performing


Playing in the dancing fountain.


Loving the music and the water!


He was so focused on watching Tracy play the drums...


So over the weekend,
we went to a friend's house for a play date,
he saw that they had a drum set just his size!

And a Rock Star was born!

Rock On Little Man! Love to all!

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Reading is Fun

Hi Folks -

One of Zachary's favorite activities is to read. Usually he prefers us to read to him, but this book that Uncle Jeff bought him is his favorite one to read to us! This book is "The Very Busy Spider" by Eric Carle.

Enjoy!

Love to all!