Zac, age 2 1/2

Zac is becoming quite the little talker!

Zac & Ty, April-May 2009

New Bed

We found a new bed for Zac on Craig's List, and he LOVES it! We bought a mattress for the trundle at IKEA, and that night Zac was so excited, we just had to let him sleep on it. He's slept there ever since. We weren't sure if he would stay in bed, but he's done great! He is always excited to go to bed. The trundle is great--since it is so close to the floor, we don't have to worry about him falling out of bed. And we just push it in each morning to get it out of the way. He gets so excited at night, and at naptime, to pull out his bed. We are having so much fun.

Our Christmas Tree

Saturday, December 7th, we drove up the mountain with our friends Jeff and Tracy to find the perfect Christmas Tree from the National Forest. We bought a pass for $5, and hiked up into the trees. It was a beautiful day -- we were all bundled up for December weather on the mountain, but we were all quite warm even without coats and hats!

Setting up and decorating the tree. (Zac was asleep in bed by the time we finished.)

Pumpkin Patch, October 26th, '08

This was a few weeks ago now, but here are some pictures from our visit to Liepold Farms. We had beautiful fall weather, and Zac had an absolute blast. He loved seeing all the animals, and he was very excited to be surrounded by so many pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. He is quite independent, and enjoyed walking all around the place, NOT holding Mommy's or Daddy's hand -- unfortunately he took a lot of tumbles, but he didn't seem to mind.

Zac at Jeff and Tracy's new house

Here are some pictures of Zac at Jeff and Tracy's new house. Joe Knapp took the pictures with his new camera.

Zac's Birthday Party

We started the day's festivities with a picnic lunch at Meinig Park. It was a little bit cold, but lots of fun. Zac's cousins Kaleb and Micah were at the park with us, as were both Zac's Grandmas and both Zac's Grandpas and several fun aunts and uncles.

During naptime, those of us who were not sleeping decorated the livingroom, diningroom, and cakes. Aunt Kirsty decorated the cake and cupcakes, which Grandma Ginger had made. They turned out awesome!

I know this is a bit randomly placed, but it WAS shot at the party, and I just love this picture of Zac's cousin Madison:

The party got underway at 3:00. We had about 25 people here -- Mommy's family, Daddy's family, and a few of our good friends. We had tons of balloons (well not literally because that would be a heck of a lot of balloons), some with helium (thank you Grandpa Cliff) and some on the floor (thank you Daddy). We played some games, had snacks, opened gifts, and ate tacos and cake with ice cream. Thank you everyone who came, you made the day so special!!!

Opening gifts...

Below, Zac is opening a gift from Kaleb and his family. Kaleb was quite excited about giving Zac this gift, which was a dumptruck and a backpack just like Kaleb's, except it says "Zac." :-)

This Is Messy Business!

Zac is learning to feed himself now. I suppose this will be worth it when he has mastered the skill, and we can all feed ourselves simultaneously. But for now, it just means more work! And lots of laughs!