Happy Nine Months!

This kid is 9 months old (two days ago), who knew?! And for his 9 month birthday he got to take a trip to the doctor and get told he has an ear infection (his first one).  But this did mean he lucked out of getting shots, so lucky Zach.  He is a ball of joy and we LOVE him.  There's not much to say except:

• Zach knows how to crawl up the stairs
• Zach fell down one step and bonked his head (he survived, although his parents are still a little emotionally scarred)
• He still has NO teeth
• He has taken care of his parents while they've been sick (did I mention I got a cold this week on top of everything else?)
• He loves playing with micro machines which is awesome because it means I can buy him one every once in a while and not feel guilty about spending a measly dollar.
• He loves his baths
• Zach eats finger foods, some more willingly than others.  But he is an amazing eater
• He knows how to wave, give hi-fives, open cupboards, and loves using his walker

 Here are some great videos:
video #1 - While I was sick, Tommy taught Zach how to talk with his tongue.  It is now his favorite
video #2 - Zach got stuck in a laundry basket
video #3 - Zach playing with his daddy's micro machines

 

Sick

Who doesn't love modern medicine

So this is the first time Tommy and I have really dealt with being sick since Zach was born.  Sure there's been a cold here or there.  But nothing like the last three weeks have been. It all started with the Sunday night before Tommy started school.  Tommy woke me up a couple of times with weird stories or questions like:
T: Who's hitting you?
C: What?
T: Is is Gerard Butler?
C: Yep
T: No, he's an actor

and also:
T: I was an actor on stage.  I was the antagonist and I got to fight with swords!
C: Okay

I wake up the next morning and find evidences of him being up during the night.  I asked him about it and he said, "oh yeah I had a fever of 103.5 and I was taking care of it". WHAT?! Apparently Tommy didn't think that might be an appropriate time to wake your wife up and let her know of your condition. Those questions and stories turned out to be a result of Tommy's hallucinogenic state brought on by such a high fever. Unfortunately for Tommy it was the first day of school and his fever seemed under control so he headed off to school at 1:30.  I dropped Tommy off because he was in no condition to be riding his bike.  I kept feeling like I should check my phone that was still in the car but lazy person that I am I felt my book was more important (Zach was sleeping, so let's take advantage here).  20 minutes later I finally went to the car to get it and saw 2 missed calls from Tommy, one of them being at 1:35.  Odd.

Turns out Tommy's class really had started at 12:30.  So he was off to a great start with grad school.  That night his fever went up to 103 again.  This time I was allowed to be up with him.  So Tuesday he went to the doctor and got diagnosed with walking pneumonia and was highly contagious until Thursday.  He got his meds and a doctor's note to stay home from school.  GREAT start to his academic career. So first week of grad school was an epic fail.  I was actually really impressed with how well I held up with every thing.  I even got the whole house cleaned and decontaminated. I was looking forward to him being back to normal but then I realized that now he had to play catch up  and once he had finished his medication  he got exhausted pretty easily.

So week two I basically was back to the same routine.  I really had a blast with Zach though.  We went to the library and I got me the Percy Jackson series and when he would play I read to him out loud.  We got on with our lives and Tommy really started feeling himself again.  We were looking forward to a good weekend.  We even planned out our Saturday to get all the cleaning, homework, and fun time in.  Well come Friday night I started feeling like my breathing was a little heavy.  Oh no. Yep, I got sick too. I was just really congested in the lungs but no real fever until Monday night and even then it only hit 101.  We couldn't get an appt. until Friday (awesome...)  And then on Tuesday night, I guess the season finale of Dance Moms was too much for me because I started to lose my voice on top of everything.  BTW, LOOOOOOVED that season finale, yay Chloe!! So awesome husband that he is, Tommy did some finagling and found an appt. for me yesterday and we got me some medicine. 

So after that Tommy left me to take care of Zach while he went off to class, no biggy I've been doing this all week anyways.  But within a half hour of me starting my medicine, I got super sick to my stomach.  I threw Zach over my shoulder, ran upstairs and set him up in his bouncer and set myself up at the toilet.  I've never moved that fast while being sick.  We called the doctor and they got us a new prescription.  So we all trudged back to the pharmacy at Walmart later that day and I went out in my sick glory:  black t shirt, blue striped pajama pants, no bra, and my leopard slip on flats (first easy pair I saw).  Clearly I was staying in the car.  After 20 minutes of waiting in the car for Tommy I realized I had his phone with me and decided to go see if something was the matter.

It took the biggest swallowing of pride to step out of that car, knowing too well that I could probably end up on the People at Walmart website.  At least I had my child to carry in front of me to hide the fact I had no bra on.  Tommy was just waiting for them to finish filling the prescription but it turned out to be a good idea anyways because they needed my signature.

So this has been quite a fun past three weeks.  It could be worse, it could be better.  Zach has been the best part about these weeks.  He bring so much joy to us and he's so entertaining.  Tommy really has enjoyed his time with Zach while I've been banished to bed, which by the way I picked the worst time to get sick.  At first it was awesome because I just plowed through the Percy Jackson series and finished that bad boy in less than a week.  But this is the time in between summer and fall t.v. series and there is literally NOTHING on.  So I'm stuck in bed with nothing to do.  (Except write this post I guess.) Luckily Zach has not gotten sick yet but I pray it doesn't end that way.  Here are some super adorable pictures of Zach 

Loves the vacuum

Kind of looks like he just finished a really cool dance move

my emo picture

Expelliarmus!

He LOVES cheerios

And loves the blinds

Okay so one time Zach and I went shopping and he kept slipping on the shopping cart so I unbuckled him and this was the result. 

 

He rode like this for the rest of the shopping trip.  Don't worry concerned parents, I held onto him the whole time (except for when I was taking this picture, as my dad pointed out).  He rode around waving to people which was doubly awesome.

Lastly some videos: 

My apologies...

So I know it's been a while, but not much has been going on.  And when it has, I have been lazy and not taken any pictures.  We took another trip down to Chicago and all the grandkiddos got to be together.  Of course I forgot my camera. So for some really adorable photos/videos of that trip I will direct you here.  There are some pretty adorable pictures I must say.  Brady is sooo cute, I haven't seen him since he was a newborn so it was fun to get to know him and see his personality.  He loves these little videos that are kind of cute.  Here's my favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbbKjDjMDok

Shellie also introduced me to a really cute song that takes you on a bear hunt.  It's an action song but the babies were mesmerized every time she did it.  So if you're having problems entertaining your child here's a great song: The Bear Hunt 

Delainie was super close to walking and I got her to take her first few steps by bribing her with my phone.  But she caught on real quick when we kept trying to bribe her and quit.  She did start walking this week though so YAY!

I realize I missed Zach's 8 month birthday post.  (Mother of the year right here) But Tommy's parents were coming in to town and we had a lot going on.  We had a blast with Tommy's parents.  They came to visit before they head off to their mission in San Fransisco/Oakland, CA (luckies)  Again, I didn't use the camera. 


Here are the updates on Zach:

•   We got Zach a walker and he LOVES it.  There's a video below but it's not his best attempt but still, I've got the evidence for those non believers out there.
• He loves trying out new sounds.  He has said ba and da and I think he's saying "maaaaaaa" when he's upset and pulling on my pant leg
• He loves hanging out in the kitchen with me.  
• He likes micro machine cars already.   The other day he played with them on the kitchen floor for about 10 minutes (that's like an hour in baby attention time).  It was really cute seeing him push them around on the floor
• Zach gets really excited when he is being carried up the stairs by one parent and being chased by the other
• He loves being laid on his back at the end of bath time because that's when he gets to splash and kick as hard as he can.  (Make sure and avoid the splash zone.  I think Zach imagines he is shamoo sometimes...)
• Zach loves eating and snacks.  I swear I am feeding him more now than when he was a newborn (can't wait for when he's a teenager?)
• Zach has now successfully fallen of the bed twice.  Each time he was being supervised by a different parent. Both parents have now learned their lesson (no babies on the bed)
• Zach LOVES cruising around and crawling and getting into stuff.  I love watching him explore his world.  Sometimes I don't get much done because he's just that entertaining chewing on that spatula or opening and shutting a door 10,000 times.  (Clearly, I have a low standards for entertainment)

My phone had stopped texting which was super fun for me.  I think that's part of the reason I haven't posted much as well.  No texting equals avoiding the phone because it's a bummer to see no texts from anyone so that means no picture taking. Also, Zach doesn't sit very well for photos anymore so that equals not using the camera as much because I get to frustrated because my baby doesn't understand the importance of capturing his cuteness on camera so that I can bore his future wife 20 + years down the road and be THAT mom.  So Sorry folks.  But I  did get a new phone yesterday so the picture begin again!  and I do have some awesome videos.

First video: I got the hiccups the other night and Zach that they were pretty entertaining
Second video: Zach walking.  He looks like he's got a bum leg which is only accentuated by his pjs which are a little long in the leg
Third video: Where Zach spends 80% of his time it seems