Christmas

Wow!  Zach's first Christmas!  We took our first roadtrip with Zach and headed down to San Diego for the holidays.  We stopped in LA for a few nights and visited with friends.  Zach celebrated his 6 month birthday at Karen's house, complete with cake (sporting 1/2 a candle)!  

In San Diego we had a great time.  We made it out to the zoo, the wild animal park, a museum or two...  Zach really seemed interested in the animals, furthering my personal agenda to make him a veterinarian!  

Christmas itself was a lot of fun.  I think Zach's presents outnumbered everyone elses, but he got so much fun and useful stuff - clothes, books, a highchair, wood block set.  We have put the highchair to good use (pics to follow shortly).

Our drive back home was an adventure.  We decided to go through the Mojave desert instead of driving back through LA.  It took 11 hours and Zach fussed/cried for about half of it.  The car was absolutely stuffed, so there was no way to get to the backseat to comfort him.  I leaned over the seat several times to put a binky in his mouth...  We ended up stopped 5 times to either feed him or calm him down.  Poor guy!  I think 5 hours in the car is his limit right now.

It was great to celebrate his first Christmas and we are looking forward to the years to come, when he anticipates Christmas morning with as much excitement as we did at his age!