zach. from 1 to 2 years

this post is all about my zachy over the past year.  the random pictures that i've been saving for a post just like this!

i found this picture that had gotten overlooked somehow.  it's of zach at around 7 months with auntie shawnae!!!  look at his bald little head and chubby cheeks!!!


1 year (things he can say...)
no, no
ball ball (he says it twice in a row)
mamma


       
these pictures were taken a few months after moving into our house in idaho falls.  zach took a tub in the kitchen sink one day, can't remember why.  when we got our piano he absolutely loved to sit and gingerly play on the keys, especially with auntie shanwnae!

                                   

sometimes we find zach wearing the funniest get-ups!  like all of our kids he loves to dress-up.

                                  
uncle bryce got zach "ernie" for christmas.  we often find him snuggled up in bed like this, and sometimes telling zach that it's time to get ernie to sleep is the only way to get zach asleep!

zach missed a nap on the day that we went to our friends' baby blessing and we caught it on tape that he was falling asleep in chris' lap!


21 months+
no way!
mine
no, now!
hat
car
wuter (water)
cup
schwin (swing)
nigh-nigh (night night)
hi
bye-bye
wivy (livy)
bady (brady)

just in the past few weeks Zach has really started talking and understanding so much more.  He responds to questions with "I do!" or "mm, hmmm."  It's so cute.


we got this ball for zach one saturday afternoon because brady and olivia frequently earn new toys when they cash in their fake dollars from our token system.  we thought zach deserved some fun things as well so he got this and a new basketball hoop and baby basketball.  he loves to throw and he loves balls.  he carried this ball around for days, everywhere he went until somehow it got punctured and died a slow death in our backyard

                                             

in may zach learned how to get out of his crib!  enter big boy bed earlier than i had planned!


a few random pictures from this past summmer:

zach's first ice cream cone

super messy face after a BBQ and eating tomato soup and grilled cheese

silly zach sometimes falls asleep in the "DARNDEST" places!!!

getting down and dirty with friend, max

zach and his cousin audrey enjoyed making music together!

                                           when we (meaning me) were refinishing the kitchen cabinets there were several days without cupboard doors.  the upper cabinets were off for several weeks but i got the bottoms done as quickly as i could to avoid zach doing this and getting poisoned!

 

uh-oh! one sunday afternoon zach woke up from his nap before mommy and daddy did and while bug brother and sister were "watching" him he found a sharpie and not only used his artistic skills on himself but also on our family room- he didn't miss the couch, the ottomon or the carpet.  after several attempts at getting it removed from the carpet via every pinterest and google search i could find, we were still left with a dark/off-colored ring.  so, i got the area rug i've been eyeing for several months! (new couches hopefully in the future...maybe in a year? would LOVE dark leather...and thank goodness i hadn't gotten around to recovering my ottoman yet!)

after a lot of scrubbing, one clean baby set to go!

                                                              always getting into trouble!

 yeah, i gotta say, we made a cute baby...crusty nose and all!!!

eating ice at brady's baseball game!

2 years old!!!  some of his favorite sayings are:
"I know mom"
"Hi mom!"
"I jumped!" (or "Can I jump?"- he stand and wait for you to tell him yes)
"I did it!"
"leave me alone!"
"I didn't do it....Brady did (or Daddy did it)"

he can pretty much say anything, it's just whether or not you understand what he's saying!!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy ZACH!!!

we love having you in our family!  you make everyday bright, happy and silly. you are developing such a fun personality that is all your own.  you love to jump, sing, hear daddy make "elmo" voices, run around and laugh.