It's Dinner Time!

So two days ago I randomly decided to feed Zach in just his diaper.  Boy was that true inspiration because he decided this was the moment he was going to get down and dirty with his food.  He's normally a pretty clean eater too.  He was being so funny that we had to record it...8 minutes worth.  The last minute's pretty boring and don't feel like you have to watch the whole thing.  We think it's funny because it's our kid.  I could probably watch 2 hours of him eating and still be entertained.  Oh and please forgive Tommy's and my commentary, I've realized that we've become a lot less funny, maybe there's something in the water or maybe we've been too kind to one another and laughed at things that really aren't that funny too often for the sake of the other's feelings. 

 And here are the pictures from the meal:

PROBABLY A NEW FAVORITE PICTURE

 You can't see it very well but it's on his hands, the whole bottom half of his face, his eyebrows, chest and belly. 

<3

It's all about the Zach!

Well there haven't been a lot of pictures up lately so here are some great ones.  The other day we had a pool party and that's where most of the pictures come from.  Don't be afraid to scroll down to the end.  There are some great videos!

HE KEPT TRYING TO GRAB AT THE GRASS

 Once we left the pool, Zach missed the water so he started crawling on the "river" in our house.

 I found this monkey in one of three garbage bags full of my childhood stuffed animals (And I wonder why I didn't have more friends in high school...)  Zach either didn't notice or didn't care about the monkey being on his back for 20 minutes.  He never once even acknowledged its presence.  Oh well, we still got some cute pictures out of it!

 So I've been trying to tap into my inner crafty-ness.  There's not much there but here's what I came up with.  I printed those pictures out and colored them in.  I think it's pretty cute actually.

 So the story behind this is this was originally white.  We decided to spray paint it blue because every home improvement show always talks about how easy it is to change the look of something with just a little bit of spray paint.  Yeah...right.  Tommy sprayed the panels and then realized that primer is needed first because EVERYTHING started flaking off.  So then we had to scrape of the first layer.  Then we had to prime it and we started spraying one side in our garage.  But then everything in our garage had a little bit of spray paint on it even though we were painting halfway out on the driveway away from everything.  This included some of my shoes (I died a little inside), Zach's pool (at least it covers some of the pink??), even up our noses (gross I know), and on the garage floor.  I also was doing the spraying in flip flops which meant my feet were blue for about 5 days after, no matter how much I scrubbed.  Since we didn't want to add to the mess we decided the next layer would be done in the back yard.

Well every time we stepped out to add another layer there was always some kind of grass or bug or leaf that had blown onto the panels and added what some may have called artistic design but I just called it one more thing to worry about.  Then I stepped over a piece of panel and scattered a footstep full of dried grass over a panel piece.  At that point I was done, done, DONE!  So Tommy completed it.  But not before tracking some blue paint into our house unknowingly on his shoes... Now that it's done, I actually love it, but I probably won't try something like that anytime in the near future (which means my dream of ending up on one of those remodeling tv shows may have to be put on hold indefinitely) That hat box will be painted yellow once the house is blue spray paint free (I swear, it would have been easier to clean up after 6 year olds playing with glitter all day)

 And last, here are some cute videos of Zach.  Don't worry, the bath one doesn't show anything!

On this one the best part is around the 40 second mark.  Enjoy!

Happy Anniversary!

Whoo! Okay so much has been going on at our house.  And by so much I mean Zach and I have been taking lots of pictures.  But I feel it necessary to post about something more important for the moment.  Tommy and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary.  It was operation adventure initiative.  My parental units are coming into town this weekend so Tommy and I have a great date planned then but how do you not celebrate on your actually anniversary. 

It all started with the day before our anniversary when we gave each other our gifts.  If you know our family at all you know we're not ones to wait to give gifts at all.  Our gifts were really simple but we loved them.  Tommy got me the movie Emma (he said unless it was a chick flick he felt he would have self interest vested in the gift) and finished this awful mess of a project that had defeated me and I got him...drum roll please...TOYS!  Why? Well Tommy has been hinted to me about getting a remote control something.  Well that would have been a whole lot more than we budgeted for so I got the next best thing: a legos set that builds two types of planes and a boat.

TOMMY GETTING DOWN TO THE BUSINESS OF PLAYING

THE AWFUL PROJECT THAT'S NOT SO AWFUL

 The next day we just planned on having dinner.  But Tommy decided to take a half day at work and it was time for play!  We set out to explore Mt. Pleasant.  I led to initiative which is totally unlike me.  We first went to this super super lame but we knew that going in so it was still fun.  We were literally the only people there.

NO JOKE THIS WAS PART OF THE EXHIBIT

WE FOUND BATMAN'S CAVE!

HANGING OUT IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION

A DISPLAY ABOUT COLLECTIBLES.  TOMMY AND I FOUND THINGS WE LIKED

Next it was on to a used bookstore...

  

And then we found this really cute malt shop and drug store where we got ourselves a couple of cream sodas

 Next it was on to dinner time!  We had steak, garlic mashed potatoes, sauteed mushrooms, and broccoli.  The broccoli was ruined so we left out the healthiest part of the meal, oh well...

OUR LOVELY DINNER SETTING

MMM...GOOD VIEW

EH..NOT BAD

 

Oh yeah, I forgot we had a special little guy with us for our 'romantic' meal.  But how can you complain with a face like that!

 

And since our anniversary also happened to be Zach's seven month birthday we will devote a little bit of blog space to this adorable little guy. He now:

• army crawls like a pro
• growls like a monster
• babbles on and on all day
• eats solid food like there's no tomorrow.  Favorite foods are pears, squash, and sweet potatoes.  Foods he puts up with are avacado and bananas.  I usually have to mix them with something else to get him to eat them.  But he will enjoy avacado if its the only thing I teach him because I LOVE avacado
• He gave me my first near death experience when he pulled the rubber stopper off of the spring door stopper and was in the process of trying to pick it up when I got him
• He is working on pulling himself up into standing position.  He can go from sitting in my lap to standing but not from sitting on his bum to standing.  But he does make a valiant effort and gets caught in a mid pull up with no arm strength left to finish it (he gets that from his mom)
• He's ticklish
• He knows how to turn the pages when I read to him
• He gets the biggest grin on his face when he sees Tommy or I

WE LOVE THIS KID!!!!!!!!

 

Sick Baby

So last night we experienced our very first sick baby.  Zach has had colds and a little cough here and there.  But nothing like last night.  last night Tommy was out socializing with some guys from church and I was watching Zach.  He kept waking up every 1/2 hour or so.  Finally around 9:40 I decided I would just hold him instead of putting him back down and wait for Tommy to do it.  (Really I was just tired of missing parts of Dance Moms - yes, I really do watch Dance Moms.  I'd say that's my guilty pleasure but most of my shows could be under that category so t.v is my guilty pleasure).  Any who...so Zach came down and was crying a little which I attributed to him waking up and being tired.  30 seconds later I learned that I was wrong.  He threw up on himself and so I jumped up (luckily it wasn't on me or the couch, just him) and proceeded to clean him off.  Then Tommy walked in the door and he helped out.  I sat down with Zach and had him face me.  He coughed twice and then he projectile vomited on me and my shirt.  I passed him off to Tommy and headed upstairs to shower, all the time praying the smell of vomit wouldn't make me sick as well.

Tommy brought Zach upstairs to be washed off as well and the kid started his little cough again so Tommy opened the toilet up and our child's aim was true and he threw up again in the toilet.  I didn't know he had that much in him still! So we washed up and got a sick bowl for him and we sat on the couch.  Tommy called his parents and Zach puked for the fourth time and so Tommy had to just hang up and help.  Zach started coughing yet again and Tommy held him over his little sick bowl and I saw the sick come out of his mouth and nose.  For those of you not counting, we're up to 5 times of being sick.  We checked his temp. and he was fine.

So I sit down and curl up with Zach and he fell asleep in about 10 seconds.  Right when I decided the worst had past and we could probably lay him down for the night, Zach woke up.  He started to scream and we try to lean him over his sick bowl.  But he kept looking from Tommy to me and crying louder and and the pitch would get higher.  All I could think about was how I just wanted someone to hold me every time I was going to throw up.  So like a true champ I pull him into me and held him which calmed him down enough for him to throw up all over me, again.  So I headed up to the shower again and Tommy helped Zach get to bed for the final time that night.  This morning he woke up happy as can be.  I'm so grateful that it was a really short spell and we didn't have to go to the doctor or anything.  I don't look forward to the next time Zach's sick.

June's Already Over??

So I've been a little lazy with posting lately.  But that seems to be my style so oh well.  Well June's already gone and I still thought we were in May.  So much happened in June and I can't believe how fast time is going by.  We're settling in pretty well here in Michigan.  Our ward is really nice and very welcoming.  I got called as secretary to the primary.  Did you know that both my sisters have the same calling? I've honestly been dreading the next time I was going to be put into primary.  I enjoy order and do handle chaos very well.  But the kids are great, it's more my own control issues that are the problem.  

We got to hang out with Tommy's sister Misty and her family.  It was so awesome having family close and to get to know them better.  The kids are a blast and we loved talking with Misty and Colby.  Too bad for us they moved to Utah.  Already we miss having them around.  We were able to have the kids come over to our house and have a sleep over with them.  It was awesome!  Dash came over with a new watch and kept telling us the time every 30 seconds (literally...), we had pizza, went to the park, made cookies, played computer games, and everyone played with Zach. Luckily we had two dvd players because we were able to settle a dvd dispute.  Tommy and Dash watched cloudy with a chance of meatballs, Herbie and Teddie and I watched some Harry Potter, and Donna flitted between the two groups.

Good Bye Dinner with the Wrights

Dash was so tired he pushed two chairs together at the restaurant and fell asleep, that is true talent.

ZACH'S FIRST MEAL AT A RESTAURANT.  OK SO WE BROUGHT HIS FOOD

We celebrated Father's Day with the Wrights and I made a magnificent oreo cake if I do say so myself:

 Tommy's birthday was the 21st.  I have to admit I failed kind of epic-ly (I don't know if that's a word).  I did get Tommy a gift but I didn't wrap it. I didn't even get a card.  We also went to go see the avengers and I arranged for a babysitter but that didn't happen until we got into Chicago.  But that movie was really amazing, if you only see one movie this year, the Avengers is insanely awesome! I just got caught up in trying to head out of town for the weekend.   Hopefully I can make up for it for our anniversary!

We had planned to leave Friday morning for Chicago but ended up leaving Thursday night.  I'm so glad we chose this but as you can see Zach was pretty tired the next day!  He slept but not till half way through the drive.  He never sleeps like this, how cute is that?!

 Friday we went swimming in my family's new pool.  They put rubber snakes around the pool to keep birds away.  Zach loooved sucking on them and loved the pool so much he fell asleep.  My baby is so funny.

On Saturday it was Delainie's birthday party.  But before that my mom wanted to take us to this restaurant that she is always raving about.  She failed to mention that it was the absolutely girliest tea party little shop ever.  It was really cute but they should have warned Tommy.  Poor guy, I think they made him check his man card at the door.  He was literally the only guy in the whole place.  Spencer (my bro-in-law) and my dad drove by us on our way to the restaurant and I guess they were laughing knowing what Tommy was getting tricked into.  My dad refuses to go there! haha Luckily Tommy's a good sport and super sarcastic so it made the whole thing super funny

 Zach didn't seem to mind.  He was in his sport gear.  Maybe it was like armor against tea parties

LAINERS. SHE FIT RIGHT IN!

SUPER GIRLY! FUN FOR ME!

 

EVIDENCE THAT MY HUSBAND TRULY LOVES ME

HERE'S THE BIRTHDAY GIRL!

BIRTHDAY CAKE

ZACH READY FOR A SWIM!

 We got to go to the zoo later that week..  Here are some pictures

ZACH CRIED WHEN HE SAW THIS SIGN

LUNCH TIME!

DELAINIE THOUGHT JUST THE SIGHT OF ME WAS FUNNY - NO JOKES PLEASE

EVENTUALLY FOUND AN ELEPHANT

Yes, that's my son in a pink stroller.  He doesn't look to happy either but it was that or a stroller from the 90's that looked like a rodent had gotten to it at some point.  

COUSINS!

 Here's a funny video.  If you love Arrested Development you'll appreciate it all the more

 So my dad doesn't play games.  He says it's because he's too competitive.  I beg him all the time to play with us.  We were supposed to leave on Saturday night but then my dad and Lisa tried to convince us to stay.  He finally bargained with me that if we stayed another night that he would play games with us.  We also got him to take us shooting.  Here's the evidence!

 

My little man sits by himself!

 Ever since we got back from Chicago, Zach has been growling like a little monster.  It's hilarious!  So here's a video.

Oh and did I mention that today I set him down on his tummy and he just started crawling?!! Woah! Where did that come from??????