I can't even remember him looking like this!

September 21, 2004
It's weird, because it seems like he's growing up SO fast,
but this picture seems like it was FOREVER ago--he's
changed so much.

Flashback...

September 24, 2004
Such a pensive looking little guy

Eating solo

August 2006
Yum! A yogurt snack!







Look at the concentration!
Isn't he beautiful?

A big, beautiful backyard...

August 2006
...and he has to play in our "weed garden" ...sigh.
Tho in this series of pictures, he IS knocking down
a huge, ugly weed with a large stick.
After that, I let him play with steak knives and matches.

Baby Idol

August 2006

The adventures of Zippy the slide master

September 2006
(or something like that...)
Sunday morning fun in the backyard...









For my next daring stunt...

I will go face first!

Tadaaaaaaa!

Filling daddy's shoes

September 2006
What is it about parents' shoes that kids find
so fascinating??? It's universal, I think.

Moving on....

Saturday, Zach helped Daddy disassemble his crib and move it from his room....

Now, nearly all vestiges of babyhood have been moved out of the room. It's getting harder and harder to believe that he's not growing up.

When did it happen?

Remember the computer game we got for Zach?

Here is him dancing to one of the games.
Tell me if this isn't the cutest thing you've ever seen....
(click the picture to watch video)

Zachson Pollock?

September 2006
The other nite, Daddy thought it would be
fun for Zach to paint again...
Boy, was he right!

Z knows his colors (!) and would hand the brushes
back to Daddy and say,
"More greet (green)"
"More red"
"More bue"
"More oich (orange)"

We had separate brushes for each color--to try
to keep it from becoming a grey mess...



Look how thoughtful he is!

The second painting was handprints...
the greet (green) one is Chris'
and the red one is mine

Both paintings turned out beautifully,
and will fetch a handsome price someday,
I'm sure.

Some new pics...more to come!

August 2006
The new "do"...a buzz cut just in time for
the end of summer. Oh well.
It looks great on him!

At Sarah's wedding

Getting kissed by the first girl who's not immediate family!
(thanks, Catie!)

Silly boy in his sandbox

Funny Zach story

Last nite, as we were eating dinner, Zach looked up in the hanging fruit basket, and noticed a very black banana (for banana bread) in the top basket.

Being the astute two year old that he is, he quickly deduced that it was what it looked like, and proclaimed, "Poop!"

Luckily, I had swallowed my milk before he said this, or my dear husband would have been taking a milk bath right there at the dinner table.

After we explained that it wasn't poop (even tho it did sort of look like it), he decided he wanted to eat it. But after licking it and taking a small bite, he quickly changed his mind and asked for a regular banana.

Never a dull moment. Never.

Holy cow...

I can't believe the hard time I'm having in getting updates posted...I just don't have the energy, it seems.

But, having said that, I PROMISE that there will be photo updates tomorrow. So check back. Please?

Back to work

So, I've started back to work full time.... and with mixed feelings.

New school.
New staff.
New students.
New office.
New parents.
Long commute.

And much less time to do much of anything else. It's going to take some time to find my stride, so please be patient with me. I'll update as I can--and I'm still taking pictures, so there's lots of material...finding the time will be the trick.

Pure sweetness

August 2006
My heart completely melts when I see this picture.
Completely.

NO BATHS!

August 2006
Suddenly, Zachary has decided that he
hates to take a bath. He screams as tho we are
cutting his arms and legs off with dull
butterknives the whole time he STANDS
in the tub. However, he will play for hours
in the kitchen sink, and loves to dunk his head
under running faucets (see this post on
Uncle Jason's blog)...so bathtime
has moved to the kitchen sink (we do
usually remove his clothes).
So far, he hasn't caught on, and we
seem to be keeping the grubs at bay.

The joys of boys

August 2006
One evening, we looked out the back door and this
is what we saw...yup, in the mud in
his white socks.

Crashing the hella in the mud

Think Oxyclean can handle this????

Growing up

August 2006
...and moving to the big boy bed
Supervising the setting up of the new bed
(from the safety of the crib -
which he hasn't been in since!)

Yippee! A platform bed!!

Hmmmm....easy for sneaking out at nite?

The finished product...I adore this room.

A Day at the Fair (AT LAST, new pictures!!)

August 2006
Let the coveting begin...

Yay goats!

Is that thumb just ASKING for ecoli, or is it me?

Sharing funnel cakes and lemonade - YUM!

This was some huge bovine type creature
in the creepy petting zoo - we felt
sorry for those poor animals

Checking out a 4H guinea pig

And what's a trip to the county fair
without a picture of your son as a sheep??

Ending the adventure with a new hella (helicopter)
makes for a terrific day - even for a tired boy.