The Upgrade

We upgraded Zachary to a big boy bed. He had learned how to crawl out of his crib so we built a fort around it but that wasn't going to last forever. I knew it was time but I was extremely nervous for the change. We thankfully received a hand me down bed from Jacob's sister. Its a bunk bed which is perfect because Zach likes to jump on beds, but he can't even stand up with out hitting his head so I have no worries about midnight jumping. We took his crib down and brought in the new bed on Monday. He was so excited about it! He kept saying, "Mine?! Mine!!" This is the one thing I told him it was okay to claim as his. This is his first night on the new bed. And yes, we do give him blankets. Jacob bought him cute blue and white rugby striped sheets the next day.

I prepared myself for Zach crawling out of bed for hours before he gave up and went to sleep. I found a good book to hunker down with at the bottom of the stairs and waited for Zach to come crawling down. Thankfully I was so wrong. It was just like laying him down in his crib. He hasn't tried to get out of bed yet, but I'm still knocking on wood everyday and probably will for a long time. I think he's more comfortable now that he can move all over with out getting his feet stuck in between crib slats or having his head pushed up in the corner. I am so relieved that this change has been going well so far and I am very thankful for my happy little boy.

My Two Year Old!

Zach turned two!! My little baby is growing up quick and its hard to believe. We had such a fun day with him. Jacob had Zach's birthday off because Zach was born on Veterans day and Veterans day is a state holiday! Woohoo! Jacob made the traditional Curtis pancake birthday breakfast and these pancakes were especially good this time. Zach had his pancakes in the shape of a monkey and a banana.

 After breakfast we pulled out Zach's presents and he had plenty to open. He had to stop and play with everything and if I didn't make him stop and open more, we would have been opening presents ALL day, which thinking about it now, would have been fun. Zach received very nice presents including new legos, hot wheels, books, coloring books, donations to his future mission and college funds, and a new play outfit.

Jacob and I only bought Zach one present and that was a brand new shiny red trike. We were trying to save it until after his nap as only last surprise, but when we weren't looking he snuck into the office and found it. I heard him saying, "WHOA!!! WHOOOAAA!! It's cool!!!!" And then I heard him pulling it out into the living room. He was so cute we let him have it earlier than we planned. He road it around the house and then we went around the block. I ended up pushing him most of the way. Zach doesn't understand the peddles yet.

After dinner we took Zach to his first movie at a theater. We saw Despicable Me 2 at a cheap theater, just in case it didn't work out we wouldn't have wasted $20.00 at a nicer theater. He did great though and was all tuckered out when we got hime. We had brownie sundaes for dessert but we couldn't get through singing happy birthday because he was so tired and was throwing a fit, hence no birthday sundae picture. He's a good boy and I'm so glad we were able to celebrate his birthday with Jacob home.

We have so much fun with Zach. He's in the 95th percentile for height and weight and very solid. He loves to go on walks and asks to go outside all day, even when now that its freezing outside. He loves Jacob very much and loves when Jacob comes home from work. After dinner Zach will pull Jacob's hand and say, "Play! Play!" and they go off and chase each other in the living room. We love this happy boy so much.

Halloween

This year was Zach's first year Trick or Treating. We dressed him up as Clark Kent in his transition to superman, and the best part about this costume was it cost less than $10 and everything I bought can be reused. That's my kind of costume. The Superman shirt came with a detachable Velcro cape, and what little boy doesn't want to wear a superman shirt?

The night before Halloween, an new shopping area was throwing a classic car trunk or treat. We thought Zach would love it since he's loving cars right now but it was incredibly crowded and cold. We made our way down a line of cars, which we could hardly take a look at because there were so many people, and called it good. I think Zach found it a little over whelming. This was the only picture I took because I thought the witch's feet coming out of the planter was funny, and then a girl walked in front of my picture.

Afterwards we trick or treated at Jacob's parents house and Zach helped his Grandma make cupcakes. He was much happier making cup cakes.

On Halloween we had a quick dinner and got Zach all dressed up again and made the rounds through the neighborhood. He caught on pretty quickly, but never was able to say "trick or treat" But he'd knock on the door, stick out his bucket, and say "bye" and "thank you." He really didn't like the houses with decorations that made noises. He'd say, "No! No!" and we'd have to convince him that these decorations were just for fun.We trick or treated for an hour and half. When we were getting to the end I was practically begging Jacob to go home. "Let me do this!" he said. He had that crazy look of determination in his eyes, mixed with a 12 year old boys excitement. There was no convincing him. Zach wasn't even walking at that point, Jacob was carrying him. But Jacob hit every house that was lit up on the loop we made. He zig-zagged back and forth across the street to every house that had their porch light on, carrying Zach the whole time. Finally we made it home and we checked out the stash.

I made the mistake of showing Zach his bucket of candy the next morning and telling him he could pick one to take in the car with him while we ran errands. He took the whole bucket, ran to the front door and said, "shoes on!" We got in the car but he had to carry the bucket with him on all of our errands. He only ate one piece of candy, he just wanted his bucket, or "buckie" as he called it.

Next year I'll know better than to show him his whole bucket of candy. Rookie mistake. And Jacob can relive his childhood again with Zach.