New Kicks

Z and his new shoes!

Happy Halloween!

What I love - Month 25

1. I love his big brown eyes.
2. I love when he plays "sock hands".
3. I love that he loves smarties.
4. I love that he will now smile on command for pictures! :)
5. I love that I have to take the first bite out of an apple to get him started, but then he will devour the entire thing.
6. I love how his vocabulary exploded overnight!
7. I love that he loved our visit to KS this month for the Maple Leaf Festival! He loved watching the parade, throwing leaves, seeing Papa Ron's donkeys, spending the night with his cousins, eating pickles at the Wooden Spoke....all of it!!
8. I love when we are counting to 20 and he *whispers* some of the numbers and he SHOUTS the others!
9. I love when we get in the car and he HAS to listen to HIS CD, the one Shea got him for his birthday that has his name inserted in it.
10. I love when he wants to climb up my legs and go "higher momma higher"!
11. I love when we play follow the leader round the rock island in our backyard. I love when he steps off-balance and says "Uh oh! Uh oh!".
12. I love when he tries a new food he sticks out his tongue first to get a taste.
13. I love that he let Granmom cut his hair!

A boy....

A boy and his pumpkin

A few of my faves from the week

Washing mom's pumpkins

With a tummy full of BBQ and ice cream,

it's nap time!

Just "hanging" around

(with a little help from dad)

A boy....

A boy and his ice cream cone

Maple Leaf 2009

Here are a few pics of Z at the

Maple Leaf Festival last weekend!

We had such a great time!

Watching the parade with LaLa




Playing his first carnival game


Riding the merry-go-round with Papa and LaLa

Riding the super slide with mom

And then the merry-go-round again with mom

One little boy I know

is happy to be getting candy.

A few of my fave from the weekend

Cartoon Coma

Nothing but trouble now that

Z knows how to work the kitchen sprayer

Playing "sock hands", a favorite game

Z and his puppies


The cutest kid I know

What I love - Month 24

1. I love listening to Z hum.
2. I love watching Z devour a hamburger and grilled corn.
3. I love hearing him say "two" when asked how old he is.
4. I love when I pick him up out of the crib in the morning and we have to gather up Elmo and Monkey and Blankie to take with us.
5. I love the smile that comes over his face when he wants us to chase him around the "circle" in our downstairs of our house.
6. I love listening to Zach laugh at Sesame Street. I love hearing him laugh at something on his own because he thinks its funny, not because I am tickling/chasing/making him laugh.
7. I love he said "I love you Momma" for the first time!
8. I love when he whispers secrets in my ear.
9. I love when he holds my hand.

State Fair of Texas 2009

Summer is officially over!

We went to the State Fair of Texas

over the weekend and had

all the usual fun!

The merry go round, corn dogs and the petting zoo!

After a long fun day, Z was asleep before we

pulled out of the parking lot!

We had a great time just

playing around this weekend!

Z in the bat mobile

Dipping his toes

Tree climbing

Finger painting
(errrr....body painting?)

His father's child....

Z looks more like his dad every single day.

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Its been raining nonstop here in Dallas

the last three days, with three more

days of rain in the forecast.

Z doesn't seem to mind too much.

Labor Day Weekend 2009

We had a great long weekend.....at home!

Just swinging

And riding

And watering

And painting

And calling Papa Ron to tell him all about it!