What I love - Month 26

1. I love when he says "Alright! Alright! Alright! Alright!". Its his favorite word at the moment.
2. I loved that he loved handing out candy on Halloween and would wave his little hand and say "Come on, come on" to all the little kids.
3. I love the way he sticks his tongue out to get the water from the water fountain at school.
4. I love watching him and Macy race around the yard together when we get home each night.
5. I love that he is still sleeping in his crib, its my last reminder that he is still my baby.
6. I love that he recognizes and says each letter of the alphabet as he goes through his Eric Carle flash cards.
7. I love that he loves pistachio nuts.
8. I love that he is still playing sock hands. He loves to do everything with his hands in socks!!!
9. I love watching him hold hands with has dad and laugh hysterically when jumping on the mini-trampoline GrandMom and GranDad brought him.
10. I love when he wants to watch Elmo on the computer he will put his hand on my check, put his face really close to mine and say "Elmo Elmo Elmo Mommy Elmo".
11. I love when he takes all the lids off his markers and puts them on all his fingers.
12. I love that he loves watching "Shrek".
13. I love hearing him sing songs like "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Itty Bitty Pool". I love that he has started singing along to the cartoon theme songs, like Little Einsteins, Mickey Mouse and Handy Manny.
14. I love watching him point out our family in pictures, even though they live far away.

A few of Z from over the weekend

Out running errands early one morning

Riding UNDERNEATH the shopping cart at Sam's


Playing outside Sunday afternoon

Then snoozing on mom's lap Sunday afternoon

(mom was in heaven)

Sock Hands

Yes, those are socks on both of

Z's hands. Sock hands continues

to be one of his favoriate things.

We now keep an extra set in the car.

SMU Game

We took Z to his first

SMU football game!

He had fun!

On the "boulevard" with dad

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!