Winter Time

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!

Halloween Weekend at Jedo's

We drove up to visit my Dad for Halloween. It's so gorgeous where they live and Zackary has fun playing with Jedo and Baba. They took us all to a pumpkin farm. It was the first time Zackary's been that close to a cow...and we talk about them a lot...so that was fun.

He loved the calf and kept saying mmmmm for mooooo.

He did so good trick or treating. His chicken costume kept him warm and it was so adorable. We hit about 12 homes and he would balk like a chicken for each! Most homes let him pick which candy he wanted and he always went for the m&m's....secretly I was like thanks Zackary...my favorite!

He decided to walk backwards down the street for a duration...slow but funny!

We had him in a red wagon most of the time which suited him perfectly! We were so proud of how well he did and long he lasted and we can't wait to hit more houses next year=more candy!!! Thanks Jedo and Baba for taking us to a fun neighborhood for Halloween.

Pumpkin Carving

Happy Halloween everyone (4 people, maybe...hehe). We had fun carving our pumpkin today. Zackary wasn't into touching all the seeds, etc...but he monitored the carving progress and in between doing that he was busy digging in the dirt! Dad did a good job carving.


And the final product...
Next post will probably be how cute we look in our chicken costume trick or treating! Stay tuned....

The First Dentist Experience

I can only say that I wish all my doctors were as fun as this Dental office. Of course I was way anticipating bringing Zackary to the dentist because I for one knew he was going to cry and two Ben had to work. But there was a sign for him when he walked in saying Welcome Zackary...toys everywhere and cartoons on. So far so good. When we went into the back he straddled his legs around my waist and laid backwards with his head in the hygienist lap and she cleaned and put the fluoride treatment on his teeth. Straight above on the ceiling they had t.v.s, which he didn't watch because he was to busy crying. But 2 minutes later and then doctor came over looked at his teeth the same way and said no cavities, and all looked good. He was super nice. Then the hygienist gave him a coin which he got to use on a vending machine with balls in it...boy did he like that part. Out came a yellow ball-good sign for me! Then they gave him a balloon with a big toothbrush on the bottom and didn't even charge me the full amount because I was quoted something completely different on the phone before going in. We were out in 25 min. It was crazy. I can't wait for his next appointment in 6 months!

Perfect Pumpkin

Who would have thought rows of corn would make Kodak moments!

We took a trip to our local pumpkin farm with a good friend of mine JS. There was a lot to do...feeding the animals, playing games, picking our perfect pumpkin, eating chocolate covered strawberries (my favorite), taking cute pictures and at the end we went up to another area of the farm where there was around 2 acres of pumpkins. Row after row with a lot to see, do and look at intermixed. But my camera died at that point so didn't get those cute pictures. Zackary was busy arranging the pumpkins making sure they were where they should be in the row...He's definitely after my heart...and playing with the dirt and rocks!

Look I found a radish!







We found our perfect family pumpkin!!!

Peek-A-Boo

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Boo
His favorite game to play especially with Dad! Ha always hides in between are bar seats too.

Some new things he is doing:
Hysterical-I said Aqua one day when I was about to drink some water and he mimicked me right away and now he says Aqua for water whenever he wants it or if he wants to water the garden. It's so cute!
He is doing this really fast dance...moving his legs up and down quickly running all around.
He has a new laugh that Dad and him created and he also draws circles in the air sometimes when he does this laugh...know clue where he picked it up and it sounds weird but he's so cute it doesn't matter. Some of the mom's in his my gym class laugh at him and I think that eggs him on!
cold...cold...cold fruit...frozen basically and bananas.
chalking everything not just pavement!
still loves his etch a sketch (thanks Melissa).
Snails, worms, ants and any little bug...he has to stop and investigate.
Not spinning things as much but loves this little hamster thing that Ben bought him.
He says Dad a lot...not dada, but Dad...and All Done and...More. You should hear him mimic a Peacock!!!

So cute little man

Where's Mickey?

Here's a funny story. Zackary is really into Mickey Mouse and Elmo right now. We have been letting him watch Sesame Street during breakfast in the morning and then Mickey Mouse Clubhouse after. So we got him a Mickey balloon for his birthday party. He loved it but really appreciated it more once the party was over and we moved the balloon inside. Mickey lived with us for a good 3 weeks making us all laugh as he flew over our heads while we played. Well one day Ben and I came home from work and my mom was babysitting. We all went upstairs for dinner time and she told Zackary to show us where Mickey Mouse was outside. He stared at the tree outside for a minute and then pointed...yep across the street in the neighbors tree is now Mickey's new home. So funny...he flew out our window/door when no one was around and got stuck in the tree. He'll be there smiling at us till the city trims the tree again probably in the spring!!!