Zach is walking!!!

So cute!! We're so proud of him!

So far the record is about 5 feet- but he's different each day!

More update...(see below)

Zachary's first birthday party!

Adorable cake by Justin!Playing with Daddy and Uncle Alex (yes there were LOTS of other wonderful people there, but I don't know how they feel about being on the blog) Sharing his cake...

Enjoying his cake!!

Zach and Justin go visit Grams and PopPop in Montana

Helping with the lawn

Zach loves swinging with Grams! Daddy catches a fish (and this one doesn't escape!!)....

...while Zach swims under the supervision of Grams' ducks

San Diego, July 2009 First day at the beach:Not too sure about the water
By the end Zach has embraced the beach lifestyle...and the sand

We're still here!

The past 6 months (a daunting update!):

March- at a baseball game with the DUI unit (aka "the Unit")- Katy and Karen look on- Karen even held Zach!
April- "Fake Aunt Stephanie" aka "Fairy Godmother Stephanie" and Zach at the zoo (not sure what the face was about- but Steph looks great :))

April- Uncle Nathan and Enida come to visit!!!Mid-April- Grams and PopPop come to Tucson for Zach's baptismNathan is Zach's Godfather, Alex stands in for Stephanie who is Zach's Godmother

May- Grandmommy's birthday! Zach with his Grandaddy and Great Grandaddy!

Zach LOVES to eat!

Late May- Zach swimming for the first time- he ends up LOVING it- and we swam a lot this summer!

June- Family trip to Prescott, AZ- Justin and Zach join Lindsay who is there for a training. Zach loves the grass in the center courthouse square- we all love Prescott!

Oh yeah, and Zachy can crawl EVERYWHERE

First teeth- 4 teeth coming in beginning at 10 monthsConcert in the park (I love steel drums!)- you'll note that sweet potatoes stick and stain like tar... yummmLate June- family reunion in Lake Tahoe, CA

Boating with Daddy

Dinner with most of the gangLots of fun playing with Quinn and KyleGoing homeZachary's FIRST BIRTHDAY!!! What an amazing year. We love you little boy!Dinner with all the Tucson familyTrying spaghetti

Loving spaghetti (and the mess he makes!)

Life

... is wonderful...isbusy...is why we haven't updated in months!! I am not going to try to recap all that has happened in the past few months (because feeling that I needed to do that has delayed this post!) Suffice to say we had a wonderful Christmas- Zach got to share it with both sets of grandparents- ee was showered with love, attention, fun gifts, and most exciting of all...wraping paper!!

Now Zach is 7 months old- wow! He can sit up completely unaided now. (He's very proud of himself and now insists on sitting upright at all times, which means he's not even trying to roll over these days)

He is thriving at daycare- beloved & spoiled by his teachers- and even making friends!! (Yes that is Zach deeply focused on the ball)

As always, Zach is a complete joy. He is smiley and sweet. He giggles and grins. And we are delighted by him. Here's Zach sharing his new-found love(?) of music:

Halloween!

Zach's first Halloween was great! Zach took trips to both of our works and made the rounds in his costume. Then, we went to Buckalew Farms for pumpkin picking and a giant corn maze with Alex, Jennifer, and Andy. We found 11 of 12 check points- wooo hoo!!
Here's the cute little pumpkin we picked for Zach- doesn't he look excited:Zach went off to daycare in his special halloween outfit:We're super excited about how these pumpkins came out- our fanciest ever. While handing out candy and getting high on sugar Alex took an informal poll of trick-or-treaters regarding which is their favorite pumpkin: the results....the cat won 12-4 (I maintain that the results were skewed by the poller's sugar intake). Yes, we only had a couple of trick-or-treaters...we're still swimming in candy! And the coupe de grace- Zach in his Halloween costume.

Zach with Lisa while visiting mommy at work. Halloween night ended with everyone happy- we had lots of candy, Zach gorged on milk and cuddles, and Belle got her favorite treat of all: carved pumpkin (even Pete got a few bites!)

Zach at 3 months!!

Zach is 3 months old today- time has flown by! He's so fun and smiley these days. Here's Zach in his favorite place...the changing table:

(first video upload per Rona's suggestion!)

First week of daycare went...GREAT!!!

Zach had an amazing first week at daycare. Justin took him each morning, and left work early each day to keep Zach's day at care short. Although Zach cried a bit more than usual (daycare ladies said he cried "a normal amount"- which is a lot for our cheerful boy) he has made huge developmental leaps: Zach can now nap on his own in a crib! He can also entertain himself while awake (last night he discovered his left foot)! And.... he got his first cold. The snorting and congestion is no fun, but Zach is still a smiley boy. This week he also had Picture Day (we're not clear on what that means- but we got a sticker notice on his daily report- maybe we'll get pics back in a few weeks??)

I was nervous about going back to work- but its been good- I love the team I work with, and everyone kept up with my work, so I'm not backlogged at all.

I've missed Zach, but keeping busy has kept time flying by. And Justin has been so sweet about picking the boy up early, and calling to let me know he's ok. Here's the photo text message Justin sent after picking Zach up on the first day:

We're having a lot of fun together in the evenings and on weekends- and we're doing really well!