The first time Zackary tried on his rain boots he was cracking me up. We were at Nordstroms and he was picking up his feet like they weighed a ton and walking around modeling them for us looking like he had never walked before. Now he's used to them. It's fun looking for puddles after a good rain because his love for water is still in full affect! As you can see above he loves bringing along his rakes, golf clubs, popper, or lawn mower on EVERY walk we go on. He drags them along the whole way and only for maybe a dandelion, snail, or pine cone will he put them down!
A week before I knew we were going to our local mall for Santa pictures I started telling
Zackary all about Christmas. He's still a little young to really understand but he loved hearing about Rudolph (and singing the song), Santa Claus, Christmas lights and what Christmas time is all about. He has a Christmas picture book, so we go through it and talk about all the pictures. When it was Santa Picture time he did so well. He ran up to the house gave Santa some high fives, sat in his lap and let us snap away! The picture we bought is priceless.
They have a huge Christmas Tree at the mall and all these presents underneath it. Good Kodak moments!
Two more pregnant months to go!!!
Grandma and Zackary.
After we grabbed these pictures Zackary found a drain hole and started jumping on it. These 3 kids around his age thought it was so cool and joined him but also started following him around. He did not know what to make of it...but he allowed their playful behavior!
Update on Zackary: 2 years 3 months old!
He says Aqua still instead of water! And we aren't allowed to say water either...he corrects us.
He's babbling way more-sometimes sounding like he's speaking Asian and I think he can say good-bye in German and good-night in Italian!
He loves to hum Jingle Bells and This Old Man.
Sesame Street and Mickey Mouse Playhouse are still his favorite TV shows.
He has developed a sudden burst of energy...and wants to be moving all the time-that is where Dad comes in after work! My energy level is around the play-dough level!
Nap time has shorten to approx. an hour. Bedtime still great 6pm to between 5 and 6am.
He kisses my belly and hugs it all the time. Every time we go somewhere he makes sure that we say the baby is coming too!
He leaves all the Christmas presents alone under the tree but plays with the ornaments occasionally. And he loves to find the Elf every morning but doesn't understand what the significance of Mr. Elf is yet.
And you should see his new dance moves....can't put into words, just to cute.
He does push ups with Dad. He is quite the character!
He likes to make animal sounds and his wolf, peacock, horse, fish and lion are pretty spot on!
In the midst of our stagnation (waiting for baby number 2) Ben and I decided to get out and take Zackary to the Long Beach Aquarium for a morning. He loved the fish, sea otters, and sea lions. He did not love the shows and demonstrations that were inside the Aquarium. I think it was to loud for him and he was confused what was going on. The sea lion show outside he was okay with and enjoyed them performing. He was clapping with excitement when they jumped up! He had fun walking around checking everything out and wasn't shy with trying to touch the sting rays and sharks (he just couldn't reach them very well!!!). He could have cared less about the bird exhibit they have! I wish they had Penguins. Two hours was a perfect amount of time to be there and a fun outing for us all.
