Zach Stacks Part 2

I know no one else is as impressed with his stacking as I am, but he worked so hard and I thought it was pretty cute. These were taken in February or March while Zach was playing at his Grandparents house. This time his stacks weren't made out of food so they didn't disappear as quickly and his towers got much bigger.

Working on two stacks at a time.

His biggest tower. Go Zach!

And just for fun, Jacob and Zach in a box.

Good Thing He's Smart

My little Zach... what can I say. This last week has been more than frustrating with him. Melt down after melt down. I've become really good at ignoring them. Yesterday morning, Zach head butted me and gave me a fat lip and it was all down hill from there so by the time it was 7:00 last night he knew he was in trouble and going to bed early. Zach was pulling my hair while Jacob was trying to say our nightly prayers. I set Zach at the other end of the couch and Jacob and I folded our arms, then Zach did too with out being asked. Jacob started the pray and Zach shouted "Ah-mah! (Amen!)" We had to stop and cheer and laugh with Zach.  After that, every time Jacob tried to start our prayers over Zach would clap and cheer. Its a dang good thing he knows when to turn on the charm or else I wouldn't get out of bed in the morning.

Zach Stacks

Zach stacks his bananas at breakfast.

Zach stacks his bananas and string cheese at lunch.

Zach tried to stack again, but I distracted him my camera.

Perhaps Zach will be an architect... as long as I stop distracting him.

Who Else? And Jacob's Birthday

My life would be completely boring if I didn't have my Zach man to hang out with all day, and he is just becoming crazier and crazier. I wish that I could capture this cute little age of his in a jar, and open it up on a rainy day when I need a smile. So today, the blog will become my jar.

Zach is 14 and a half months old, has 9 teeth and getting two more that I know of. He knows a few words, I don't know what's normal for his age, but he knows: Hi, Mama, Dada, banana (nana), ball, woof, no, and bye. He also roars when I show a picture of a lion. I generally avoid saying banana because he won't stop saying "Nana? Nana?"until I give him one. We go through a ton of bananas in this house.

These past few weeks, he has been trying to sit on just about anything. He'll turn his lego box upside down and sit on it, he tries to sit on his bouncy ball, his toy train, just about anything he can find to turn into a seat.

Peek a boo is one of his favorite games and he especially likes to play it with his lego box on his head. (He's been pretty innovative with that box.)

And he's become quite the climber. We have a toy car that he hasn't figured out how to move with his feet yet, but he managed to stand straight up on the seat... He also was working really hard to stand up on this foot rest, but this is about as far as he got.

I almost wanted to help him because he was working so hard, but I didn't want to encourage his climbing. He also learned how to take off his diaper. That's a fun trick. No more running around with out any pants on.

I just love this boy.

We celebrated Jacob's birthday this weekend. He asked for ribs which was a true labor of love, and they were spectacular. Jacob even said they were life changing! I love Jacob very much and he is a great father to Zach. They wrestle and play every night. Zach even got mad when I tried to feed him breakfast this morning. He wanted his DAD to do it. I can't believe Jacob is 28 years old! What an OLD man! Good thing I like him.

Zach Learns a New Trick

Today Zach learned how to pull down his pants. We were getting ready for dinner and I noticed his pants were around his bottom and then I noticed he was doing it on purpose.

He's also become such a ham. This is the face he makes when he really likes someone or when he is trying to make someone laugh.

Zach's Birthday Weekend

It's hard to believe my little guy is already one year old. He went from this to this one 12 short months.

 In our new ward I made a friend who had a baby on the same day in the same hospital and the SAME doctor delivered our babies. What are the chances?! We decided to take our boys to a places called Jabbers on Friday for their birthday. Its basically a big padded room with toys in it. CHAOS! Pure chaos. Zach had fun and I tried to keep him out of the bigger kids way.

 Later that night Jacob and I had to pick up a few things from Wal-Mart and just as soon as we walked in Zach exploded. Vomit everywhere. At first I thought maybe he was just too excited after he ate and his food hadn't settled well. We tried our best to clean him up but this was the one time I go into a Wal-Mart bathroom and there were no paper towels. Of course. We thought it was a one time thing but he was looking a little pale and his eyes were looking a little red and then it came again. All over the tape and eggs we put in our cart. So we high tailed it out of there. Out of all the places that Zach could have thrown up, I am SO glad it was Wal-Mart. This seemed perfectly normal for Wal-Mart. No one stared at us and by the time we were leaving Zach's first mess was already cleaned up. Then our poor little boy threw up 4 or 5 more times before FINALLY sleeping through the night.

On Saturday my parents came and we did some birthday shopping. Then Sunday was Zach's big day. Jacob started the day with a stack of blueberry pancakes for Zach's breakfast.

Later we had dinner with both sets of grandparents and opened presents. Instead of a cake smash, Zach had a banana cream pie smash, a Curtis tradition. He had a great day with his family and was all tuckered out by the end of the day.

 On Monday he had a check up with the doctor and he was not happy. I think he's realized what goes on there. He weighed about 24.5 pounds (73rd percentile) and he's almost 32 inches long (95th percentile). That's a BIG boy!

We love having Zachary Bronco in our family. He's so happy and confident and makes my heart melt everyday.

Homless Man Zach

Zach celebrated his first Halloween today! We dressed him up as a homeless man and he was a dang cute homeless man if you ask me.

His cousin had the same idea (or saw the same pin on pinterest) so Zach had a twin for Halloween! Pretty cute homeless cousins.

 We got together with all the Idaho cousins for chilli and apple cider. I am not a huge fan of Halloween but seeing all the cute kids dressed up makes all the candy buying semi worth it. (And I really do mean semi.) And once they hit 12 (and that's pushing it!) its not cute anymore. Then its just annoying. Thankfully I only handed out 4 pieces to cute little kids before we went to my sister in law's house and we dumped all our candy in their candy bucket.

 All the younger cousins dressed up!

 We didn't take Zach knocking on any doors. We figured he couldn't eat the candy and Jacob and I didn't want it. But he did check out the candy bucket for the trick or treaters.

I only have one child who I don't give candy to and I am already happy to have all the candy out of the house. I am going to be such a boring mom!! Pre-apologies to Zach. Having Halloween over means the real holidays are coming and Zach's first birthday in 11 days!