5 Years!

This weekend Ryan and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary! When we first got married, we would talk about where we wanted to be in 5 years. We have reached the 5 year mark having reached the goals we set back then. We wanted to be in a house. We are now in our second house since getting married. We also wanted to start a family in the first five years of marriage. Having Zachary just 9 short months ago, we have also reached that goal. We have spent the weekend being extremely thankful for all we have and all we have shared. We are very lucky and we hope our future years will provide us with as much happiness as we currently have.

Adventures in Mobility

So Zach has perfected his scoot (I have never seen an individual so determined NOT to crawl) and is officially mobile. He has found every dust bunny and electrical cord in the house. Ryan and I now understand why everyone warned us about babies being mobile. Usually Ryan puts Zach in his carrier or the high chair in the mornings while he packs everything up for work and daycare. The other day Ryan decided to let Zach play on the floor while he packed up. Zachary scooted around for awhile and when reaching for a toy tipped forward onto his stomach. Horrified at being in the semi crawling position, he started crying right away. Being on his stomach and getting so upset caused him to spit up all over himself. So Ryan stopped what he was doing to go over and sit Zach back up and clean up his outfit. Now running slightly behind schedule, Ryan goes back to packing things up. Zach scoots over to our (extremely lightweight) water bowl for the dog and proceeds to pour the entire thing all over himself! Surprised and delighted by the experience Zach starts patting the water and moving around in it, leaving trails of water behind him. Ryan has to stop again and clean all the water off our floor, take Zach upstairs, and put new clothes and diaper on him for daycare, now running way behind schedule. Needless to say Zach has been relegated back to his carrier while Ryan packs up in the mornings!

Swinging away sickness

Ryan, Zach, and I have all been pretty sick this last week. Ryan and I are finally starting to feel a little better today which is of course about the time Zach starts running a fever. We were so sick we missed Halloween which we were pretty disappointed about. By 7:15, we were all in bed. Today all we have done is lay around. Zach has slept almost the entire day. We opened all the windows because it is such a warm beautiful day outside and in hopes of getting our sick germs out of this house. By afternoon Ryan and I began to get stir crazy. I was beginning to feel like I will never leave this house or my pjs. Ryan decided he was going to water the plants and go to Lowes. However after watering plants, he was so exhausted he came back inside to the couch - too much to soon I guess. After awhile we decided we were tired of being tired, tired of being sick, and tired of being in this house. Since it is so warm outside we decided a small slow walk to the playground would be good for all of us. We walked to the playground and I decided to sit Zach on my lap and swing gently. This was really his first experience with swings, other than his infant swing he abandoned long ago. He loved it! He has been fussy all day, but when he was on the swing he was smiling and laughing. It was such a nice change for us all. Even though I was holding him, he insisted on holding onto one of the swing chains. He would take a deep breath in when we would go a little faster. Then he would smile and let out a little giggle. It was so cute and enjoyable. Now we are back at home and of course Ryan and I are laying on the couch and Zach is back asleep in the crib. Even if it did wear us out, it was completely worth it.

8 Months Old!

Zach turns 8 months old tomorrow! I can hardly believe it. He is a lot of fun right now. He is always in a good mood and only fusses if he is tired or hungry. Unfortunately he spends much of his time sick. He keeps picking up things from daycare. His hair has come back in so he no longer has random patches of hair. He isn't crawling although he has figured out how to move by sliding around on his bottom. He hates being in the crawling position and it looks like he will skip that step altogether. He is interested in pulling up and moving. He just hasn't figured out a very effective way of doing it. He has the greatest little personality and we are completely in love with him.

Pumpkin Family

Ryan and I bought a pumpkin for each member of our family and decided to carve them this weekend. Zach joined us on our back porch for the first part. It held his interest for a couple of minutes but then he decided a bottle and nap was all he wanted to be a part of. Ryan and I finished carving them. In honor of Zach trying to cut his first tooth, we carved the baby pumpkin with one tooth on the bottom.

Zach's First Haircut!

Those of you that have seen Zach lately know how interesting his hair situation is. He started out with a head full of hair at birth. It started falling out a few months ago, only not evenly and in patches. The hair that was left was clustered around the front top of his head and sides. It grew out in curls, but we didn't cut it because we figured it would fall out soon. After being mistaken for a girl a couple of times, we decided it was time cut the remaining patches of hair. I have included before, during, and after pictures of our trip to get his first haircut. He did great and looks so cute!

Settling In

We are beginning to put our own touches on our house. Our first major purchase was patio furniture for our back porch. It is very relaxing back there now. We grill out in the evenings and watch all the pond life while we eat. We have hung up bird feeders and now there is hummingbird that visits regularly. On weekend mornings we bring out Zach's excersaucer. He plays in that while we read the paper and drink our coffee. We don't know what we are going to do when the weather gets cold and we can't spend our time back there.