I wanted to have a picture of Zachary on the invitation for his first birthday party. So last weekend I took some photos of him and here are some of the outtakes…
And the actual invitation….
After that I tried to get some pictures with him and the blocks Aunt Allison made us for Christmas but he was done having his picture taken and we didn’t get any good pictures. We’ll have to try again, here were the best ones from that set up.
Only 1 month left until Zachary celebrates his 1 year birthday.
He was not about sitting still and looking cute for pictures.
He sat for a few minutes while he ate one of the blocks.
And here are some pictures from tonight.
Zachary playing with some hard plastic balls, one of his current favorite activities.
Climbing on daddy trying to get him to play ball with Baby Z.
Showing off his Good Luck Charm pajamas as he prepares for the largest holiday in Savannah St. Patrick’s Day aka Zachary’s birthday.
We have wanted to fix up the dining room since we moved in. Paint, new table and new chandelier and wall decorations.
Between the past few weekends we accomplished the painting portion of the project.
The Before picture…
And the after picture….
And the actual finished product…
The color is technically called Merlot from the Lowe’s brand of paint. The way we picked it was by taking a Dr. Pepper can to the store and holding all the samples up against the dark maroon portion of the can.
We found a picture for this blank wall…
But it was at Ikea and wouldn’t fit in our car with all our other stuff for the trip back from Orlando. We we are still in search of a piece of art, dining room table and new chandelier. Although we aren’t looking for the table or chandelier until we have replenished the home improvement budget. You can see Zachary’s little chair that goes on a table chair in the far seat of this above picture. He was doing good at progressing through eating but this past week got a stomach bug and wasn’t able to keep even formula down for a while. So we are almost starting over at the Stage 2 level. There was minimal choking/gagging with his stage 2 lunch.
And here is a picture of him standing in is crib. He started standing up on his own in late January.
He is wearing Christmas pajamas because 1. They fit 2. They are dark so they won’t stain if he gets sick and 3. They are old and hand me down from Holm babies so if I can’t get the smell out that is better than his cure new pajamas.
This piano is the best thing ever. If you have a child around Zachary’s age I would recommend it. When he wakes up in the morning on the weekends he plays his piano for a good 30 minutes before he will start to make noise and wake us up. Most days we go get him while he is playing happily before he wakes us.
Here is a picture of Zachary sitting in his bumbo in the garage waiting for….
His first hair cut that he is showing off here.
The first cuts before we gave in and went for the clippers below.
I just realized I wore two different Jimmy Buffett shirts today. Interesting, apparently I am needing a little Margarittaville action.
And again the end result while he is also showing you how to fist bump.
Showing off his newest front tooth. All four are visible in this picture.
He is frequently annoyed when he actually has to get cleaned rather than just playing with his toys.
At some point I will have to post about all the things that happened between the last post and this one including:
For now I realized I would never post again if I had to catch up before posting. Life has been very busy for us. Austin and I both have additional work trips coming up which means we fall behind at home, at some point we will try to catch up the blog.
