A Small Glance into Zackary's Past Couple of Months!

Last week we took a trip to Illinois to visit Ben's family. Two days before we left Zackary came down with a cold (I was upset to say the least since the cold stuck with him for half of our trip). So our flight to IL wasn't the best, but on the way home he did much better. He actually sat in his own seat and as you can see here devoured a muffin as Ben and I sat back and laughed at the mess he was making. Well we did pay a lot to fly there!!! We figure it's okay!

I don't usually give him muffins but it was like magic and bought us a lot of time on the plane! I will have to remember this for the future. (Notice the short haircut!)

Here he is with his cousin. She has her pacifier and he has his as well as she has her Minnie and he has his best friend Mickey! To cute!

The first half of our trip we didn't do much because of his cold and it was very hot and humid. Secretly it was so nice to just only have two things to do...read and take care of Zackary. So when he finally felt better him and LO got to to play in the giraffe pool. He didn't want to sit...to funny, but he loved filling up the containers with water and watching the water come out...over and over!

One day as I was scouring the house looking for treasures I found a box with some marble domino's in it. Zackary and I had fun putting them up and knocking them down!

A few weeks ago we headed up north to visit my mom and JG. I had a baby shower to go to so we thought it would be fun for Zackary to come along and we could take him in the pool (didn't add any of those pics cause my prego belly would scare you). He played on the piano, loved the pool, and spent a lot of the time spinning anything he could find to spin. It's his new favorite past time. He can spin 3 things at a time and he's really quite good at it. And very proud of himself. He gets into my Grandma's cupboards here at home and spins lids and whatever he can find on her living room coffee table. (I miss his long hair)

About a month ago a dear friend EB and I took Zackary to Downtown Disney. Well we really wanted to take him to Disneyland but we couldn't find parking. The normal area was closed down so by the time we found where to park and waited in the line it wasn't worth it anymore. But he loved Downtown Disney. There were fountains, and lots of Mickey Mouse's, and Winnie the Pooh's in the Disney Store! This doggie backpack is such a big help when we are in crowds and he wants to walk but I want to have a hold on him. He did so well with it and had it on the whole time. We also used it in the airport for our IL trip.

Giving Mickey a hug.

I had to add this precious picture. Ben brought home flowers one day and I think Zackary thought they were for him. He LOVES flowers still and after these were put in the vase for several days I had to get them down so he could smell them, count them and check out the water in the bottom of the vase.

So in a nutshell that is what we have been up to since my last post. In IL he had his own watering canister to help water Grandma and Grandpa's back yard. So we found him one here and he loves it. He is saying more a lot, and he just doesn't say it he screams it very passionately...it's great. He laughs at everything, and if you ask him to make a funny face he closes his eyes real tight for 5 seconds...funny. His animal impressions are perfect and you should see him with Ben. He will hide in a certain spot and Ben will come and find him and they do this for an hour...with Zackary cracking up the whole time. He has a certain laugh with Ben too...those two are the comedians. Since IL his new thing is to grab our clothing if he wants something and take us to whatever it is. He's pretty good at it too. Today he made me hide with him when Ben and him were playing and he also took me to the Strawberries in front of the house (another favorite of his). I love seeing what each new day brings. He makes me laugh all the time. He's the sparkle in my life.