Zach is 9 months old!

It's amazing to me how fast time can go. I learned this with Ty, but it seems like things are going even faster with Zach! However, he still isn't crawling yet...I'll cherish this one for as long as I can! Here is a photo of this great face that he makes - He's really smiling, not crying!

He weighs in at a whopping 19 pounds, 10 ounces has a ton of "crazy" hair, and 3 teeth (all on the bottom)...

When it comes to crawling, I can put him on all fours, line up some toys at the end of the blanket and lay behind them. He will laugh & smile for about 5 - 10 minutes and then this is the outcome!

Just had to post this one!

The first weekend of January, we went down to Grants Pass with Tim's family. His aunt & uncle celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. We went down on Saturday & came home on Sunday. Ty didn't get a nap on the way down, so pretty much the only way to keep him going at the reception was to let him watch some SpongeBob on my Ipod. (Luckily, I had downloaded a couple of episodes). Of course, as kids go, the rest of the weekend he wanted to only watch SpongeBob on the Ipod. These photos were from breakfast on Sunday morning. All of the kids were exhausted - so my niece, Rebeka, and Ty watched an episode.

Who knew that the "Best Day Ever" could be so darn entertaining?!!!

Once we got home, I downloaded a few more episodes and included a couple of Seasame Street and my all time favorite - Fraggle Rock! Ty keeps asking when our next trip is. Usually like this, "hey mom, I want to watch SpongeBob on your puter...can we go see Grandma & Grandpa?" I better get a few more shows on the "puter" before we take that trip!!

Fun in the February sun!

Usually wintertime in this area is rain, rain, rain. We were fortunate to have some beautiful sunny days - not warm by any means, but sunny. On the 7th, I took the boys down to the park to get some fresh air...by Tuesday, Zach had developed quite an ear infection. Can't win for trying! Here are some of the photos from our day - Zach's first time in a swing!

Eventually, we had to leave as Zach was starting to get a little hungry...

...but not before Ty went down the slide one last time!

January 2009

This was a busy month for us - I was so grateful to have 2 Holidays this month (New Year's Day & Martin Luther King Jr). Work felt like it was getting out of control & I spent a couple of Saturday's in the office just trying to keep my head above water. Then, at the end of the month, I had to make an overnight trip to Medford to meet with some accounts. I was thankful that Tim didn't have too much of a fit with me leaving him with the boys, and my in-laws assisted with getting the boys to and from daycare those 2 days.

While I was in Medford, I was selected as the "VIP" for the night. At first, I thought that my co-worker was playing some kind of trick on me. She got really excited for me - letting me know that when that happened to her, she was upgraded to the Honeymoon suite for the night. The clerk checking me in laughed, saying "you got the honeymoon suite huh...well, she is getting the Presidential Suite!" I couldn't believe it - nothing like this has ever happened to me before!! It was beautiful!!! (I'd like to credit my last name for this amazing surprise!) I had 700 square feet to myself - it had a living room, dining area, bar with 5 stools, a hot tub in the bedroom, and a King size pillow top bed! WOW!! But the best part of all - it was already clean & I didn't have to pick up after anyone!! I'd love to attach photos, however, they are on my cell phone & I cannot figure out how to email them to put up here. If you see me - ask to see them...

Christmas 2008

What a great time of year. Ty is getting more into the whole "Santa" thing & it was Zach's first Christmas. Ty was actually more into his brother's toys than he was his own - however, he didn't really want to help Zach unwrap any gifts, which was quite surprising. We got some cute photos of the 2 of them - I'm so blessed that Ty loves his little brother!!

I'm back!

So, I need to apologize to all of my family & friends for not posting in a couple of months. Things got a little crazy around the holidays & then trying to accommodate the changes at work...it's been an adventure to say the least! I don't think I've adjusted very well - but I'll get there...eventually! In December I joined FACEBOOK - I know not a good excuse for not blogging as a lot of my "followers" are not members of FACEBOOK, yet - I'll get you there. It's a pretty cool tool to use - helps get you reconnected with those friends/family that you haven't talked with in a while!