We're Baaack!

Okay so we haven't posted for a while because we have been super busy.  But that means this will be a greatpost.  So we went to the temple the last weekend in February.  We went up on Friday and stayed at a hotel and switched off doing sessions the next day. I was nervous because it was Zach's first road trip.  He did pretty well, he only hatede the last 30 minutes of the drives.  We got a hotel through priceline.com and we got an amazing hotel!  We stopped at my favorite fast food restaurant Culvers and got custard mmmmmmmm! We've realized that we've become that old couple who eat at the same restaurant all the time.  Whenever we go to the temple, we always stop at Culvers.  Oh well.  Also, I got Zach to fall asleep several times by putting toys in front of him.  Bright sun plus him looking down at his toys equals a sleeping baby.  It was super funny and cute.

Our sweet room

Zach got his own bed

Eating at Culvers

Zach playing with his toys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The next weekend my dad came to visit as my mom was out in Arizona with my sister and he missed his grandson.  We did a lot of shopping and hanging out. 

I made up a super yummy meal.  Butter and garlic Zuccinni, squash, tomato, pork, and sauteed noodles. 

Zach at Chipotle to celebrate Grandpa's birthday

Coach and Zach and their serious faces

Tommy and I got K-State shirts.  Tommy was super excited to match with Zach

Zach's indifference

Tommy sneaked a picture of coach bonding with his grandson

The next weekend, my little sister had her baby!!! Friday March 9 Brady was born at 8:30 am and was 7 lbs 9 oz and 19 1/2 in long.  He is adorable and here are pictures:

Nana and her 3rd grandchild she helped to deliver!

Brady Robert Molnar!

Delainie! My new favorite picture of her

 Oh the week between that Zach had a growth spurt that was kind of nightmarish.  He was up every hour or two around the clock at night.  I got sick in the middle of it which made it more enjoyable.  But he's now on a schedule where he's asleep by 9:30 usually and doesn't get up for 4 or 5 hours.  Zach is almost three months old and is changing every day.  I am in love with this kid.  He has started to grab things and swat at his toys.  Yesterday he actually reached out and grabbed a toy out of my hand and then put it in his mouth!! WOAH!! He's growing up so fast!  He's so much fun to be around.  Tommy and I can't get enough of him!

That's a 6-9 month onsie.  Tommy couldn't wait to put him in it

Zach got a Tigger from our boss.  He kept an eye on Zach while I was working

He held his head up like this for about 5 minutes!

This was when he grabbed the toy and put it in his mouth

His mini me pose.  He does this all the time!

Happy Two Months!

            Once upon a time on Zach’s two month old birthday, he decided to make it an epic and memorable experience.  Or rather, he decided to pay back his parents for making him get not one but two shots that day.  So here’s what he did. 

Around 4 in the afternoon, Tommy went running for an hour and I laid down with Zach in our bed for a nap.  Tommy came home and like most men after exercising, needed a shower.  Zach was still sleeping and like any mom of a two month old, I still hadn’t showered so I decided to hop in with him.  I know this may seem graphic, but trust me this is all part of the story.  When we were done I asked Tommy to check on Zach.  Not ten seconds later I heard Zach screaming as though he was getting his shots again.  So I ran in to see what was wrong.  As I was headed toward our bedroom, I heard the door knock.  So there we are both in nothing but our towels, Zach screaming, and someone’s at the door.  Tommy shouts over the cries of our child to send whoever’s there away as he proceeds to change Zach’s diaper.

 So I go to the door and ask, “Who is it?”

“It’s Gary and Donna May!”

Great, of all the people to knock, it’s the only people we can’t send away since they are Tommy’s parents and they live about 35 minutes away. 

“One moment!” I say and hope that the sound of Zach’s cries are enough of an explanation.  So back into the bedroom I run and tell Tommy his parents are there and so I take Zach to feed him while Tommy gets dressed and lets his parents in.  In my panic to sooth my screaming child, I neglect to put any clothes on because again, he is screaming bloody murder that I’ve only heard when he’s been in true pain.  Tommy didn't waste any time putting Zach’s pants back on and just passed him onto me.  Okay good, I'm  on the bed, Zach’s eating in nothing but his onsie, Tommy’s taking care of his parents and I’m still naked, no problem.

So I’m feeding Zach and listening to the conversation going on in the living room.  Tommy’s parents just bought a new car and wanted to stop by to show it to us and get a pizza to celebrate.  Then Zach starts wiggling a little bit, but I know he’s not done.  Then I hear it before I see it.  Zach poops his pants but remember he doesn’t have pants on so out of the diaper it comes from the leg part and into the air! No kidding, I saw the poop fly!  Sadly, some lands on my leg and worse, my body pillow (any one who knows me appreciates the tragedy that this is).  But I have no time to mourn because poop is still oozing fast and I have to catch it before it gets on any more pillows or our sheets.  That’s right ladies and gentlemen, I caught the poop in my hand!

“Tommy!!!” I yell.  He comes running in and of course freezes because that’s a sight to walk in on.  I grab a diaper to mop up some of the mess off of Zach’s leg while Tommy looks for the wipes in our room.  He panics because he has no idea where they are, even though they are always in the same place.  Except for today, of course.  At this very important moment they are instead sitting in the bathroom because Zach had a shower earlier that day.  Tommy grabs Zach to clean him off out in the living room and leaves me to clean up myself in our bedroom.

I look for something to wipe my hand off with but all I see is my white towel – yeah, fat chance I’m going to use that.  So my thought process turns to, “Okay, what to do? What to do? Nursing pads? No, not big enough.  Another diaper? No, we’ve already used one, let’s not waste precious resources (Seriously Chelsea?)  Yes, seriously.”  So I wrap a towel around me and announce, “Tommy, I’m coming out!” And run into the bathroom for my second shower in an hour. So there you have it.  I hope you enjoyed the story and I should tell you that I was laughing the whole time and our sheets were saved.  Although I still shudder to think what I would have done had Tommy not been there.  He is my hero.

Moving on, Zach has completely changed as a baby!  From the videos on the post right before this one you can see he has begun to talk and coo.  Last Saturday he really started enjoying being put down in his bouncer.  He just looks around and coos and kicks his legs and punches his fists in the air a lot.  It makes life so much more manageable when you're not constantly having to carry him around.  Plus, he's smiling and babbling which is so fun and adorable!  He has also grown a whole 2 lbs this last month which is amazing! But at 9 lbs 13 oz, he's still only in the 11% for his weight which means he's just a little guy.  He's 23 inches long though and that puts him in the 54% for height.  This makes Zach a thinner baby but I'm seeing the rolls start to turn up which I am excited for. 

I love chubby babies, which makes my niece Delainie that much cuter to me.  Below you'll find more pictures of Zach and I thought I'd share a picture or two of Delainie since she's grown so much already!  And I'd like to give a shout out to my other sister Shellie who is 37 weeks preggers and has a tummy way t0o big for her to be having to carry around for much longer - You're almost there!!!! Sorry my posts often end up being a novel, but I love to talk and with no one to interrupt me, I end up going for a long time.  Hope you all enjoy the pictures and video!

I just love what he does after I say "sausage and eggs?" I apologize for my silly conversation and also that it's not a good angle, Zach get's distracted by looking at the phone and forgets to perform.

I love her hip pop!

She's standing?! So crazy!

She loves her grandpa!

Zach taking a moment between crying for a picture to send to mommy who was at work

He's big enough for the baby bjorn and loves to look around!

Rockin' the tie.  Probably our favorite picture of him to date

We contemplated leaving him in this for his pajamas because we couldn't bear the thought of taking him out of this outfit

What a smile! I LOVE MY LITTLE MAN!

Yay Grad School!!!

     Well after much promising and procrastination I am finally posting on the family blog.  I have been wanting to for quite some time but have been bogged down with school.  Which brings me to our next family annoucment!
We got into Central Michigan University's PhD program!!
    We are still waiting to hear back from other schools before we make our decision but we are just excited to know that we will be for sure attending grad school.  

     So life as a father as been a blast, from early mornings to late nights and from blow out diapers to big smiles and cute coos.  Zach has been such fun and we love him so much so we thought we would post a few videos so that you all could get a better feel for what he is like.

 This first one is when Zach coos and gives a nice surprise at the end.


 This second video is hilarious especially the first part, Chelsea and I watch it over and over.

Zach up close and personal

Okay I'm back.  I realize I haven't posted many pictures of Zach so here are a lot. All poses were done by Zach himself except when someone's holding his head.  Which makes the first picture all the more adorable.  Well I started work this last week.  There's a part of me that really is grateful for work because I love coming home to Zach.  I am so happy to see him and that makes taking care of him that much more enjoyable.  This makes me feel guilty for those days where I can't wait for Tommy to come home and help out with Zach.  But I think we all have those days.  Also, I love getting dressed up for work and being forced to look presentable and then coming home and hopping into some pajamas!  I love this little boy though. He is learning to make noises and that makes him ten times more entertaining.  Last Friday night Tommy went to go get a movie and I was holding Zach and he cooed.  So I cooed back and he cooed back!  This happened about 6 times and it was about the highlight of my month.  That was our first ever conversation! So our new game is Tommy and I make ourselves sound ridiculous trying to get Zach to make noises but it is well worth the reward.  

He also has learned to move his head back and forth which is really funny to watch when he's swaddled.  Zach has a cold which has made sleeping rather challenging for everyone.  The poor little guy just wants to be held a lot which means there a literally 6 loads of laundry to be folded and all our pots and pans are dirty.  And yet, in my spare time I'm taking the opportunity to write a new post instead.  Hope you enjoy seeing more of the cutest member of our family

I love this video and every time I watch it I think how awesome a mom I am for recording my baby when he's frustrated instead of consoling him

I'm thinking of submitting this to Baby Gap. 

It's upside down but his face is priceless

Him playing with his hands

Probably one of my favorite photos of all time.  If music were played with this picture it would be the Charlie Brown Christmas song

Yet another upside down picture but he loves to sleep holding his hands like this and it is so precious

Huh?

Hello? Is anyone there? (Zach 1 week old)

How cute is he?!

3 or 4 days old, looking like a cute old man

A little over a week old, He made the cutest faces when being burped

Zach 4 days old.  He wiped his old man out!  and I love how Zach's curled up like a puppy

Zach with his Auntie Shellie

Christmas Day, mom still looks preggos and Zach looks like a cute little monkey.  My favorite picture of him and I

I typed this post with one hand

So I'm sitting here staring at a pile of laundry, a pile of dishes, and a pile of papers that I would love to try and conquer or at least shower for the day (yes I am aware it is 4 in the afternoon) but I'm holding a beautiful sleeping baby boy.  Why don't I just lay him down you ask?  Because two minutes ago I giggled because he smiled in his sleep and he woke up.  Sadly, this boy did not inherit my ability to sleep through the Apocalypse.  Also, when he wakes up and realizes he doesn't have a pacifier he is not very happy.  Zach's favorite game to play is cry, insert pacifier, fall asleep, spit out pacifier, wake up two minutes later and repeat.  Some of you might say, maybe he's hungry, well he's not.  He just nursed for an hour.  He just likes attention from his parents I guess.   Well, my hand is starting to cramp typing at an awkward angle.   But just know, I LOVE this kid!

Well Folks, Zachary went to the doctors yesterday.  He is 7 lbs 14 oz which is good considering he left the hospital at 6 lbs 8 oz but sad because it puts him in the 8% for weight, which means he's teeny!  When we attempted a scientific measurement of him using our home scale we thought he was 9 or 10 lbs.  We were obviously way off.  Also, this means that technically he could still be in newborns.  But size 1 diapers have past the blow out test and we're sticking with the less expensive size.  He's grown an inch and a 1/4 but he's still only in the 37% for length.  I know all these numbers mean nothing except to say if your baby is small, medium or large but I thought you all would like to know Zach has officially been classified as small. 

He also got a shot yesterday.  Did I almost break down in tears when his eyes flew open, his arms and legs stuck straight out and then I heard the most terrifying cry come out of my baby's mouth? Yes.  It's a good thing the nurse at least acted sympathetic, let me swoop him into my arms right away, and then left right after that otherwise I might have punched her for causing irreparable damage to my emotional psyche.  I have no idea how I'm going to sit through a bazillion more shots with him and future children down the road. 

Well since our life just got a whole lot more boring to read about, we will simple list what our life is like these days because although we LOVE being parents, trying to make being parents to a child that basically eats, sleeps, poops, and cries sound exciting is rather difficult. 

• We have digressed in our maturity to the point that farts and burps have become super funny
• We keep hoping he'll poop in second hour of our church meeting because the sounds are so funny and it would be totally inappropriate but would break up the time
• We find ourselves wandering around the baby section of any store and have to ask ourselves, "how did we get here?!"
• Leaving the house consists of changing Zach's clothes for the day, feeding him, having him fall asleep, change his diaper and then repeat.  We usually don't leave the house until it's too late to get anything done
• Clean? Is that even a word...
• Social gatherings are wasted if we don't show 3 pictures of Zach, tell 5 stories about him and basically monopolize the event completely around Zach
• We have watched more crappy movies and t.v. shows than one should do in a lifetime because there's not much one can do in way of entertainment when they have a newborn.  Yesterday we watched an episode of Inspector Gadget...enough said.
• Oh, and half an episode of Mario Brothers that we didn't finish only because Tommy had to go to class. How embarrassing.
• We celebrate when we get 4 hours of sleep

This list was brought to you by Chelsea and Tommy May

He Loves his hands! And I love his hair!

They are too cute together

Happy One Month!

 Hello World! My name is Zachary May.  I am official one month old and therefore old enough to take over my parents' blog to tell you a little bit about me. 

• I love to be snuggled and held
• I find it funny to pee on my mom when she's nursing me
• I've learned that if I cry, my parents respond
• I start growling if I get too sad
• I don't like church much.  I usually try to get my parents to go home early.  I'm good at distracting them at church as well.  They like to fight over who gets to hold me.  Mom wins out when I'm hungry
• I'm kind of a night owl.  I love the hours between 11:30 - 2 am  and then usually at 3:30 as well
• I usually try and save my bowel movements for one big one.  I'm kind of a hoarder in that way
• I don't understand the point of tummy time.
• I LOVE my hands.  I like holding them and using them to stroke my face and I pray a lot with them  One time I did it during the sacrament prayer and my parents pulled out their phones to take a picture before realizing how inappropriate that would be.  So there is no picture
• I am super cute and am now in size 1 diapers as of today.  This makes my parents very happy because newborn diapers are unnecessarily expensive.  You'd think because they use less material they'd be cheaper but no.