Catching up..

Whew, it's been a while since Brian's posted on here, looks like I have to take the reins on this one to get everyone updated!!

So, Zach is ONE now, very exciting, we had a great little party with friends and Zach thoroughly enjoyed his cake :).

From Zach 2009 September

We've also been to the zoo recently, Zach is definitely much more aware of the animals, he LOVED looking at the rhinos!

From Zach 2009 October

We took a weekend trip to Sedona with our friends from playgroup. It was absolutely beautiful, we saw fall colors in the trees, and just enjoyed being outside for a hike (we all know how much Zach LOVES being outside)

From Sedona 2009 October

Most recently we went to a pumpkin patch with our playgroup, the farm left a little to be desired, but it was fun seeing Zach with all the pumpkins and with his friends!

From Zach 2009 October

So those have been the major events lately. In general Zach news, we are ALMOST done teething!!! Well, at least until he gets his 2 year molars in. He is working on getting in the last first year molar, in this last month he's had FIVE teeth come in, for the most part he's handled it well. This last tooth has been... rough though, I guess he's making up for the relative ease of the 4 prior teeth. We're *hoping* that once this tooth comes in we'll get a nice break and be able to enjoy "happy baby" for a few months before the teething gremlin returns.

What else? Zach's current favorite tv show is the Backyardigans, they have a lot of music, and my baby boy likes to shake his groove thang :). He and Reecey (aka Clarice) are still BFFs, yesterday we actually noticed the "kids" playing together, Zach kept handing her toys to chew on, it would have been really cute, if they weren't his toys! His current passion is planes, every since Grandpa L. taught him the plane noise the child is obsessed, he'll be screaming at the top of his lungs and if he hears a plane outside, silence! He just smiles through his tears and points to the sky, it's really cute. And he makes the plane noise himself now too. His other passion, trees, this is also thanks to Nana and Grandpa L., he LOVES trees, he even says "tree", sometimes it comes out "tee" but still, close enough :). He's not quite walking yet, but he's still cruising up a storm, and he has recently decided to permit Mommy and Daddy to hold his hands while he walks, we call it "practice". He's totally off the purees, has been since right around his bday, he refuses to let me feed him. He's also 99% off of his bottle, using only sippy cups for his milk now, the small exception is when teething, sucking on the bottle seems to soothe him, and when he's been screaming for 3 hours because his mouth hurts, I do tend to relent and let him suck on the damn bottle. That's pretty much it, just being cute and funny, and FUN every day!! Hopefully the next blog post won't be so long in coming, but who knows, we've been busy lately!!