What happened to our baby?

Zackary had a haircut today and now he looks so grown up!

Pop-Pop agreed to take Zackary for a haircut this week. He was a big boy and sat on the chair all by himself.

The Last Month

I'm sure some of you are wondering why I haven't updated the blog much lately, I just haven't been taking many pictures for some reason. Part of it could be that Zackary is much more difficult to photograph now that he is always on the move and I end up deleting more than I save sometimes. Also, he needs to "see" each one on the camera screen after I take them. But I think the biggest reason is that he isn't changing as much physically as he is developmentally. Here are a few random thoughts about our busy 20 month old.

• He loves playing in the water. He likes to sit on the kitchen (or bathroom) counter and fill a cup with water and pour it in the sink. This also applies to bath time but he is VERY disappointed when you turn the water off.



• He has a fascination with school buses. He see them on the road, he has several to play with, he even has a remote control bus at Grammy & Pop-Pop's. It makes his day when he sees a bus.



• His vocabulary seems to be increasing on a daily basis. He's a funny little guy in this way. He'll learn a new word, say it once and then it is almost impossible to get him to say it again for awhile. He understands very well, so he has no trouble communicating.



• He loves playing with his little cars and trucks. Last weekend we lined 9 cars on the top of the love seat and then he would go behind the sofa and push them all over the edge. Then he would say "up" and we'd start all over again. I should have kept track of how many times we did this in two days, it had to be at least 20!



• Earlier this week Zackary & Paul were in the basement (our family room) waiting on dinner to be ready. Zackary wanted to join me upstairs, so Paul followed him up. As he approached the top of the stairs, he said "eat". This is one word he has continued to use over and over again this week. At least he is recognizing when he is hungry and communicating it!



• Zackary said goodbye to his nighttime bottle this week. I really think it was more traumatic for me than for him (I anticipated it being much more difficult than it really was). The transition went very smooth, with the help of some cool new sippy cups with straws!!



• The one thing that wasn't too much fun lately, is that Zackary was diagnosed with Buccal Cellulitis a week ago yesterday. His right cheek was swollen and continued to get worse as the day went on. So we went to the doctor and came home with an antibiotic. It was an infection in the cells of his cheek and could have been serious, if he didn't respond to the antibiotics. Luckily he responded and by Sunday the swelling was going down. Here is a picture we took a week ago:

Winter Pictures

Check out the pictures we had taken of Zackary a couple weeks ago.

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Our Vacation in Florida

We went to Florida to visit Grandma Joyce the first week of February. We had a wonderful time but unfortunately the weather wasn't as warm as it usually is, so we only had one day at the pool.

We decided to visit the Florida Aquarium in Tampa since it was indoors! Zackary seemed to enjoy the fish and other water creatures!

Enjoying his morning cup of milk!

We visited Busch Gardens. It was only 55 degrees & the wind was 15 mph, so it was a bit chilly but we made the best of it and had a good time! The statues were a real fascination for Zackary.

Mommy & Zackary rode a few rides in the kiddie park.

Daddy & Zackary climbed the robes (Mommy went part way & returned to the ground to take pictures)!

Enjoying a walk over the bridge where Grandma lives!

We also went to Sea World. The weather was beautiful that day and we had a lot of fun!

Looking at the Seals & birds with Grandma Joyce.

Zackary did great on the airplane and we all had a lot of fun!

Visiting Great Grandma

Yesterday we went to visit Zackary's Great Grandma. We went to the exercise room in her building and played with the balls! We had a fun time!

He liked walking on & off the treadmill -- holding onto my finger of course!

Great Grandma & Zackary


Look at Grandma exercising!!

Enjoying the Snow

It snowed over the weekend, so Paul and Zackary went outside on Saturday morning to play. Zackary loves being outside with Daddy.

Pictures taken by Mommy from inside the house!! :-)

Mommy's Helper

On Thursday I had big plans for naptime, take the ornaments off the tree, pack them away & put the tree away! This task could easily be done in two hours but not 50 minutes. I couldn't believe my ears when in the monitor I heard my little buddy and as hard as I tried, I couldn't get him back to sleep. Everything worked out fine but using the vacuum was the biggest challenge, he always wants to "ride" on it!