Dear Santa...

Alex came home from preschool yesterday with a "letter to Santa" (written by his teacher) "Dear Santa, I have been so good! Please bring me: 1.Apples 2. Bumble bee 3. Cars
Love, Alexander" Ok then...

Happy 1st Birthday Zachary

I can't believe it but here it is, Zachy's First Birthday! Time has just flown by.

Wait who is that???

I finally gave Zachary his first "official" haircut, I have trimmed his hair before but never given him a full blown haircut. So here he is no longer my baby, but my little boy...

Just trying to get by

Sorry for the shortage of posts lately it just seems like I am just trying to get through each day. Zach is starting to walk all over the place, it's really cute because he has such confidence when he does it, it's like "yeah I am walking so what?" He idolizes Alex and always wants to be with him, which of course Alex absolutely hates so there is a lot of screaming going on. Alex takes refuge in the basement so Zach can't get to him. Shawn and I have decided that we are going to rename Zach "Distructo" because everything he gets his hands on he destroys or tries to destroy. He throws everything and the kid has got an arm on him! Of course Alex always seems to be on the receiving end of Zach's throws so he gets hurt a lot. They are at such and awkward stage with each other and I hope that they will move out of it soon so that they can play together. Alex of course is overly possessive of things so Zach just has to come within 5 feet of Alex to make him mad. I am working on the concept of "Just let him play with you or give him something else to play with" but Alex hasn't caught on. We pretty much live for Zach's naps! He seems to be much more inquisitive then Alex was and will get into, touch and pick up EVERYTHING and maybe it's because there are more things sitting out for Zach to get because Alex leaves things around so it might just seem like he is into more things.

Alex is loving preschool and is starting to ask in the mornings if he has preschool that day. I got the report that he did 5 nursery rhymes yesterday all by himself. I honestly didn't realize he knew 5 nursery rhymes! He is really starting to pick up on his letters and gets excited to learn a new one. He will play "pretend" more and it is so cute and funny to listen to him have his toys "talk" . The funniest part is it's usually the cat toys that talk. I don't know what his fascination with them is but I think he plays with them more then his own toys. It's fun to see him growing up! When he picks out his clothes he always picks out his "nicer" clothes, his polo shirts or his button up shirts. He likes to look nice and have his hair combed. It is hard though because he is such a creature of habit that any time you try and get him to wear something new it is like a torture treatment (which is why he didn't go trick or treating) he got some new pajamas and didn't want to wear them because "they are Zach's" we had to get them on him (through much screaming) and let him see that they fit him before he was OK with it. I put new shoes on him the other day before preschool and that was a mistake. I kept telling him that his old shoes were getting too small and he needed to wear his "cool new shoes" thankfully once he got to preschool he got distracted and forgot about it. His favorite thing to do though, sit and snuggle on the couch or in the chair with me and watch the "How it's made" shows or cooking shows. Shawn made pizza the other night and let Alex "make" his own and he was so excited! We couldn't get him out of the kitchen! He wanted to help with everything including ,wanting to help cut the onions, so we have to work with him on what he can do and what Mommy and Daddy need to do for him. We are hoping that if he helps cook it he will be more inclined to eat it so that he will start eating more foods. Well there is our family update!

November & 10 Months

This is a combination of Zachy's 10 month picture and my November desktop.