SANTA!

We visited Santa today. Zach was not sure what to make of it, but he put up with me handing him off to a man in a big red suit. Wasn't too big on smiling, but at least he didn't cry!

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Thanksgiving & Christmas Tree

Today we put our Christmas tree up with the help of our friend Karen who is visiting for the weekend. We put a superyard around the tree, but I think Zach will breach the wall within a few days... We ended the day with a trip to the Jungle, dinner at Willow Street and a drive through the Christmas lights at Vasona Park.

First Haircut

Zach got his first haircut today. It went pretty well. He got upset about halfway through and I had to put the camera down and hold him still with his hands in his lap so he wouldn't get cut. That is when the binky appeared... Sad to see the baby mullet go, but he really does look like a toddler now!

7 O'Clock Crazies

Every night around 7pm, Zach goes nuts. Here is a sample from last night...

ZACH WALKING

Park & Pumpkin Patch

We visited El Quito Park today and stopped by our neighborhood pumpkin patch. Zach enjoyed himself at the park, but absolutely did not like the pumpkin patch or petting zoo.

Zach's 15 Month Video

Here he is - 15 months!!!

Zach Standing

Zach's Crawling!

Zach started crawling across the floor yesterday.

Zach's 1 Year Video!

I finally got it uploaded!!!

ZACH IS ONE!!!

Wow, did we ever have an awesome weekend of festivities for Zach's first birthday! My parents and my great-aunt Daryl drove up from San Diego to help us celebrate in style. :) Zach had presents, dinner out (at Red Robin) and a cake on Friday, his actual birthday. On Saturday we had a little birthday party for him, with yet another cake... It is just mind-boggling that my little man is 1! He seems to be changing on a daily basis the past week or so and I expect him to start cruising the furniture any day now. I think he might just bypass crawling on his knees altogether.

I will post 1 year video sometime this week, but for now here is a slideshow from his birthday:

BUBBLES!

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Zach's 11 Month Video

Each month I tell myself I'm going to update the blog more often... Obviously I am way behind this month. However, here is Zach's 11 month video and I hope to get some pix posted soon!

Carmel & Big Sur

Tom has the week off for one of his remaining "Family Bonding" weeks that we need to use up before Zach's 1 year birthday. Today we took a daytrip to Carmel and Big Sur. When we had been dating 5 weeks we took a trip there for New Years 2003. It was a trip down memory lane to revisit these places and it was fun to be there with Zach. It was his first time seeing the ocean and a stream, but he didn't seem too impressed. :)

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Zach is now rolling and is somewhat mobile. He has rolled into the kitchen a few times and pulled some of my cookbooks off the shelf and chewed on them. Today Tom put the doors back on the bookcase where the cookbooks are stored and I have the feeling we will be baby proofing a lot more in the coming weeks!

Zach pulled this drawer open a few inches:


Zach did not understand the snack trap was holding food. He thought it was merely a challenging toy with the objective being to get the contents out as quickly as possible:


Baxter enjoyed this game:


Hiking with our friends, Guy, Marsh (not shown) and Harper:


Zach in a pack:


Stopping for a rest:


Sleeping babies:


To the moon, and beyond!


Yup, this is how I roll:




March of Dimes walk at Vasona Park:

Easter

This year for Easter we revived our LA tradition of having friends over for turkey, chocolate and jelly beans! :) The Easter Bunny made it past our five kitties and dropped off a nice basket for Zach. He absolutely LOVES his pop-up toy! One of Zach's friends, Harper, came over with her parents and she and Zach got to play a bit.


The Easter Bunny Cake:


Zach's Basket:


Zach and his bunny:


The table is set:


Harper:


Zach:


Marsh & Harper:


Harper getting crazy:

10 Month Video!

Here it is! Pix post to follow soon, I promise!

Zach Discovers His Mouth (& First Words!?!)

Zach & Panda

Zach taking a nap with his panda. The panda starts out by his head and always seems to end up face down on the opposite side of the crib!

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Wow, what a fun couple of weeks it has been! Zach now has two teeth coming in. With each he fussed for a few hours and then boom - a tooth appeared. Zach has started having "wild" spells where he is just crazy and energetic. He usually crashes shortly after. Here are some recent pictures:

This was a night Tom and I were eating dinner and Zach was in his high chair. Usually we give him a toy or two and he plays while we eat. However, this night (3/23) Zach took every toy we gave him and threw it on the ground. This is the aftermath:



First time eating mashed potatoes (3/28):


Going for a little hike (3/29):


Being a ham (3/29):




Playing with Dad (3/30):