Haha, so much for posting everyday!

Come to find out, I am a little too busy to post EVERY day but I will certainly make an effort to. Monday started off busy with Zach's 18 month check up. He hasn't grown or gained weight since he was 16 months old! He is 34.25 inches and 29.5 lbs. He did not enjoy the visit as much as he has in the past. Normally he is pretty good but he did not want the Dr doing anything to him that day. His shot wasn't too bad but I think it is somewhat the culprit in why he hasn't been sleeping well the past couple nights. Fingers crossed that tonight is the night we get to sleep more than 4 hours at a time!

Not much else, same old same old but I did think of another word that he says, balloon (ba-oon). He loves to look at the balloons at Vons and points to every single one and tells you 'ba-oon!'

The Zoo

We trekked off to the Santa Barbara Zoo today, boy is it beautiful up there. It is a gorgeous, clear day so it was nice to take advantage of the wonderful weather. Zach is now napping and I am off to take one myself as soon as I am done here. Enjoy the pics!

Zach enjoyed watching the power washer more than anything else!!

Poor Zach

Zach has had a stomach bug for almost 3 days now and today had to be the worst. He just wasn't himself, lethargic and cranky. I am hoping he feels better tomorrow but luckily we have an appointment first thing Monday morning anyway with his doctor so if needed she can figure out what is wrong.

Not much else for today but I did think of a couple more things he says:

"no no no no no"
"go go go"
"beep beep"
tickle("tittle")
and today he said "elbow" a couple times, woo-hoo for a new word!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I have a few new year's resolutions and posting daily on here is one of them. I would like to keep track of Zach's milestones and the cute little things he does so this is a great place to do that! What comes to my mind most lately is how his speech is about to blossom. It seems that he is learning a new word every couple of days this week.

Right now his words are:
Dada
bus(buh)
cookie
cereal(ceecee)
shoes
bye-bye
Pooh Bear(Pooh Buh)
Mickey(ditty)
baby
ball
two
three(ree)
up(buh)
grapes(pzzz)
potty

Sounds that he knows:
Kitty Cat-"meow meow meow"
Doggie-"uff uff uff"
Truck/car- "vroom vroom vroom"
Fire truck- "woo woo woo woo"
Dolphin-"eee eee eee"
Lion-"ROAR"
Oh yeah, how can I forget the most loved, train-"choo choo"

And boy oh boy does he understand a whole lot more than he can say!

Here he is with his latest fascination...a flashlight!

Hiking off the PCH!

We took a hike this morning and it was so much fun! It was Zach's first time in the backpack we just bought and he liked it a lot! It wasn't a very long hike as he gets antsy and wants down to walk on his own but it was a work out for us none the less. We can't wait to get out and do it again.

This evening was also a great night as it was the first time we have left Zach with an actual sitter(teenager). Ali did great and so did Zach. We hope to get out more often now that we have found her!

Farewell

Not sure how many people still read up on us here but in case you didn't know, we have had a rough week. My grandfather Bill(dad's dad) passed away on Wednesday the 14th. He was battling cancer and in the end, the cancer won out. The next morning my grandmother Sann(mom's mom) suffered a major heart attack and stroke landing her in the ICU. After all was said and done, she was not able to pull through and passed away on the 16th. This was a devastating loss for our family as we thought that we still had more time with her.

I will miss her so much as she was a huge part of our lives. I will never forget the sleepover's, swimming in her pool, shopping on Black friday as well as the day after Christmas, and the Hallmark ornaments. Oh the ornaments. She had hundreds, if not thousands, and I love every single one. Some of my most fondest childhood memories is playing games at her house. Will and I could play Pick Up Stix for hours and I loved beating the two of them(united against me) at Memory!

There are so many more stories to tell but I will save them for later.

Grammy, if you can see this, I love you so very much and Zach says 'baa baa.' (bye-bye)

For Zach's Great Grammy!!

My grandparents brought a super soft, sweet lamb to the hospital when I was in labor to give to Baby "Z." It plays 'Jesus Loves You' when you turn the key, very cute. Anyway, Zach has fallen in love with it and carried it all over the house a couple days ago. Here are some photos and a video from that day. Enjoy!