Zach turns 1

We made it! Zach turned one on May 22nd. That night he took several steps several times between mom and dad! He laughs ALL the time. He finds himself very funny! He went from formula to cow's milk in one day. We were out of formula so I decided to go for it and he made no qualms about it.

At his 1-year check-up, he weighed 22 lbs. and was 29.5 inches tall (50% for both). Get this....his head is in the 5th percentile! His blood work came back as slightly anemic. More iron it is!


Grandma Gwyn came down for Zach's birthday and she helped Beth make a monkey (or bear) cake! We had his birthday party on Saturday with just a few friends and family. We set-up a pool and ball pit for Zach to play in. We set his high chair out on the back patio and let him dig into his own cake. He wasted no time getting very messy! We tossed him in the pool right after to clean him up!

11 months

Well, 11 months have come and gone. Zach is continuing to grow and learn new things. He is walking around the house holding on to everything. He won't quite let go and walk on his own yet, but he is getting closer! He sleeps from 7 to 7 which is great for Mom and Dad!

Zach is eating baby food along with some finger foods. He is a bit picky when it comes to new textures though.

He giggles and smiles all the time and is quite enjoyable! He makes us laugh everyday.

10 months

Zach is 10 months old and getting into everything! He enjoyed his first Easter with an Easter basket with his name on it from Grandma Gwyn.

He walked for the 1st time on April 2nd and we even got it on camera! He took four steps into Mom's arms three different times!

Zach is eating some table food. It takes him awhile to get used the different textures, but once he does.....it's on!

9 months

We can't believe it's already been 9 months. Zach is healthy and happy! He weighs 20 lbs. 3 oz and is 28 inches long. He sleeps through the night and eats like a horse! We're up to 4 jars of baby food a day and plenty of Cheerio's. Zach is slowly getting the hang of the whole sippy cup concept! He's pulling himself up on everything and walking around the coffee table. One of his favorite things to do is pull all the pillows off the couch. In no time at all, he'll be running around this house.




We're still taking Zach to Gymboree classes on Saturday's. Mom and Zach have been going to the park after work too. Zach likes to swing and has even been down the slide!

Eight months have passed since Zach arrived. He's now crawling on all fours and climbing all over your lap and off the couch! He sleeps through the night most of the time. He has found his voice, and we won't be surprised if he's talking non-stop sooner rather than later. He babbles constantly! We couldn't have asked for a happier baby. He truly has stayed very mild-mannered. We just wonder how long will it last? We think he's just storing up so when he goes wild as a 2 year old we can say, "Remember when he was such a mellow baby!"







We started taking classes at Gymboree on Saturdays. Today was our first day and we all had a blast! Mom, Dad and Zach played games and sang songs together (don't tell Matt I wrote that)! Zach looked like he was having a good time. He spit up a few times, but what's new! He was the youngest one by a month, but he hung in there with the other kids and played right beside them. We took home lots of ideas for new games to play.

Zach turned 7 months old today! Time has flown by! He's 18 pounds now and is busier than ever. He puts everything into his mouth and drools like crazy. He has started to crawl a little over the past few days. He is still trying to figure out how to use the arms AND the knees! He inches forward a few times and then crashes on his belly. Zach is a very easy going little guy. He smiles all the time and, for the most part, is in a good mood. He sleeps through the night and puts himself to sleep around 7:00 p.m.

We are staying in Texas for Christmas this year. We will go over to Tom and Rita's on Christmas day. We are very busy with work and Zach, but we are enjoying parenthood immensely! We took Zach to see Santa at the mall last Sunday. He did great and took a very nice picture. Zach has learned so much over the last month that I can't imagine what I will be typing about next month!

First Halloween

Zach is 5 months old now. He weighs 18 pounds and is solid as a rock. The pediatrician says he's a baby hulk! He puts anything and everything in his mouth. For the most part he is sleeping through the night!

We went to New Orleans at the end of October for our friend Jen's wedding. Zach stayed with Aunt Becky and Uncle John. It was a nice weekend for us to get away and we are truly grateful John and Becky said they'd watch him. They had their hands full with 4 kids over the weekend!

So, October 31st rolls around and Beth can't wait to take Zach trick-or-treating! She put him in his costume and gave him a bottle. Big mistake! He ended up sleeping through the whole thing! The one night he decided to go to bed at 6:00 pm and it's Halloween! Anyhow, we did get some good pictures of him as a sleeping dinosaur.