My sister, Syd, Soph and Chance

came to TX for a quick summer visit last

weekend, and while I would love to be able

to share more pictures, unfortunately I can't
because the two boys pictured above insisted

on running around without any clothes
on the entire weekend.

Okay, so I have a few more to share, but not many.

Really, I think that is all I got the entire weekend.

He may almost be 3 years old,

but he will always be my baby.

No matter how old he is,

my heart will always be full

when he climbs up on my lap after naptime

and lays his head on my shoulder.

My boy.

What I love - Month 34

1. I love when he looks at me, sighs heavily and says "Oh mommy."
2. I love that he loved fireworks again this year on the 4th, especially sparklers.
3. I love that he LOVES our KS family and can not stop talking about the donkeys, Crooked Neck, Forrest, Moose, the Ponies, going to the Spoke and asking for quarters to play pool balls.
4. I love watching him sprint from place to place to place all around the house because he wants to get some place so fast!
5. I love that he makes our house a home.
6. I love hearing him say "Mmmmmm it is so delicious!" anytime he eats something he likes.
7. I love playing the kissing game. I love when he kisses his puppies spontaneously.
8. I love that we had our first ongoing 15 minute conversation about his day at school on our way home one night. It was so fun and I caught myself smiling several times because I was just amazed that we were conversing back and forth over and over and over.
9. I love how much he loves popcorn, it is his favorite snack.
10. I love that he takes the long way around the house to get to the bathroom.
11. I love watching him eat corn on the cob.
12. I love hearing him sing the VeggieTales song.

Seabrook - July 2010

After Z asked every day for a week for a boat ride,

we traveled to Seabrook this past weekend to

visit Grandmom and Grandad.

Z had a GREAT time!

He even took his first tube ride!

Though almost immediately upon getting on,

he wanted right back off!

His exact words were "Get me off this

thing now momma!"

We also went to an Astros game,

which has always been Max's favorite

baseball team. Z just loved the popcorn.

Teepee for Me

Thanks for the teepee

GranDad and GranMom!

On our recent trip to KS,

Z and I stopped in Tulsa and

stayed with the Stanfords.

The boys had fun!

What I love - Month 33

1. I love saying the alphabet with him when we take turns saying the letters. I say "A", he says "B" and so on.
2. I love when he says "What's this mommy? What's this?". And then when I say "What is this Zach?" he says "Its a ....". I love how he absorbs EVERYTHING.
3. I love that he wants his privacy when going potty.
4. I love how excited he gets for "splash" day at school.
5. I love sharing breakfast with him on the way to school in th
9. e morning.
6. I love watching him use his tools to work on his bike and his scooter.
7. I love watching him water the flowers to do his "chores" each night.
8. I love watching him sing and dance along to his Disney CDs.
9. I love that only a kiss from momma will make a boo boo all better.

What I love - Month 32

1. I love watching him do the bear crawl.
2. I love holding his hand in parking lots.
3. I love that when he eats a the snack size bag of party mix from school he eats everything but the imitation captain cruch. It is the only thing left in the sack when he is done.
4. I love hearing him yell "Mollie and Mei Mei, Wonderdogs!".
5. I love that he now tells his little friends "bye" at school and hearing him call them by their names.
6. I love watching him ride his "bike" and ask to wear a helmut.
7. I love taking mom-son exploration walks around our neighborhood.
8. I love watching him read his books while sitting on the potty.
9. I love that he yells "another one, another one" as we bounce over the speed bumps in our neighborhood.
10. I love that he looks more and more like his daddy every. single. day.
11. I love hearing him yell "Mommy! Mommy! Where are you Mommy?" when he is looking for me around the house.
12. I love hearing him sing to himself.
13. I love being surprised by things he knows that I had no idea that he even knows.
14. I love that he loves the swimming pool and jumping off the side into my arms.

A boy and his....

...and his puppy dog.

...and his bike.

...and his momma.

....big bag of chips.

Funny boy!

What I love - Month 31

1. I love that he loved every minute of being in Kansas.
2. I love that he is learning to say "thank you" and "excuse me" because he means it.
3. I love that he went to his first swap meet with Papa Ron.
4. I love that after Papa Ron went home Z has continued to ask "Where Papa Ron go?".
5. I love hearing him say "I love you momma".
6. I love watching him help his dad make coffee.
7. I love still rocking him to sleep at night.
8. I love that he can still climb up on my lap and fall asleep in my arms after a long day playing with our family in Kansas.
9. I love that he loves to ride in the car with his window down.
10. I love watching him and Macy place "chase" in the backyard.
11. I love hearing him say that he loves something..."I love CDs", "I love monies (quarters)", "I love apples".
12. I love playing "hot potato" with him.
13. I love he started saying "sweet dreams" at night before we put him to bed.

Riding his "bike"

Z LOVES riding his "bike" up and down

the driveway, chasing both his mom

and Macy.

Papa Ron & Grandma Sally's Visit

Snuggling with Papa Ron

Throwing pennies in the fountain

Eating a corndog at

his first swap meet!

Playing with Papa's tools,
one of his new favorite things!

A Boy and his Peep

Giving it some serious consideration

What I love - Month 30

1. I love that he loves the movie Ice Age.
2. I love watching him eat apples.
3. I love going on mom-son ice cream dates.
4. I love when he spills something on himself he says "off me".
5. I love on our way home at night when he says"molmol meimei daddy applejuice dinner" all in one big long string.
6. I love that when we dropped mol and mei to be boarded Z was sad to leave them and continued to ask for them 2 hours afterwards. I love that he recognizes them as part of our family.
7. I love that he loves to sew with me.
8. I love that when we walk to his room at night for bed time he stops to close his baby gate and close the bedroom door and he walks to the rocking chair in the dark. It is too funny to me.
9. I love his sweetness.
10. I love that "hide and seek" might as well be "hide and peek" because the game consists of us each standing behind a tree and "peeking" around at the other one.
11. I love that his first sentence was "Hey mom, where's dad?". I was standing in the kitchen and he breezed through and said it just like it was normal conversation. "Hey mom, where's dad?". LOVE!
12. I love laying down in his little bed with him, covering up, having him close my eyes with his little fingers, snuggling with him and monkey man, all before he jumps up and says "Wake up Mommy! Wake up!".
13. I love that he asks me to "read" him "I'll love you forever" in the car.