Belated Christmas Post

Okay so I have been a bad blogger for the past couple of weeks! First Christmas, then New Year's, then the whole family got sick, so I have been behind on my posts...Going to catch up with how we spent Christmas now, before I forget it all!

Christmas morning we bring Zach out to the living room so he could see all his Santa gifts! At first, he was really groggy and not sure what was going on, then he got really excited! He kept saying oh, oh, over an over again and didn't know what to play with first! He got a miniature kitchen as his "big" gift and he had a blast figuring it out. He loves to take everything apart, then put it all back together again.

His Toys


Sleepy boy


Discovering his toys


Then Steve's parents came over for Christmas breakfast and he got some more toys. He loved his little tonka truck from Grandma Kate!


Well we were all pretty exhausted after all the activities and we all took a nap before heading to my mom's house for Christmas lunch (yes we ate a lot this day!). After lunch, Zach let us know that it was time to open more presents! He kept bringing bags and presents over to me as if he was saying "lets open now!"


My mom had pulled out my old rocking horse and rocking chair and Zach had fun making them rock at the same time. He didn't want to get in them, just rock them! My mom painted Zach's name on one side of the horse, the other side has my name!

With Grandma! Mmmm this bear tastes good...

Zach's new thing is calling for the dogs now. I guess I call the dogs a lot, when I am letting them outside, bringing them back in, etc. So now Zach calls them a lot to, it is more like Maywaaa and Belle instead of Mya and Jezebel. Here is a picture of him in my mom's backyard calling for Mya!

Then it was back to the house, we had all had a busy day, but Zach was ready to eat again. He sure does like my mom's apple salad!


And for me, the best present ever...

Christmas Eve-Snow!!!!

On Christmas Eve Zach and I went to a church service at Atascocita High School, just down the road with Shannon, Cayden and her family (Daddy met up with us later). At first Z was really in to it as there was a lot of singing, guitar playing and dancing! He was clapping his hands and dancing around, it was like a Christian Wiggles concert for him! But then when the sermon started, he began getting antsy, so we had to go outside so as not to disturb the service. Luckily they had made "snow" outside, so we went to play in it. Really it was just shaved ice from a machine, like a big snow cone. He seemed to enjoy playing in it at first, then he slipped and felt how cold it was! Zach would never make it up north! (neither would I!)






Cayden playing in the snow!


And here is my Angel all tuckered out!


After he was snug as a bug in a rug, Steve and I got everything ready for Christmas! Stay tuned for the next post, it will be all about Santa and Zach's Christmas!

Breakfast with Santa

The Saturday before Christmas, Zachary's daycare hosted a breakfast with Santa and Steve and I took Zach. We figured this would be better than trying to drag a feisty 15 month old to the mall to stand in line!

His new thing is he now likes to walk up to the school, no more carrying my big boy (without a fight that is, LOL). Here he is heading in to meet Santa!


When we got to the room they were having the breakfast in, we saw that we were the first ones there, even before Santa! Zach colored me a picture, while trying to eat all the crayons, then ate (real food) like a champ!


Finally Santa arrived. He was a little strange, but his big booming voice had Z mesmerized! He was watching his every move. But when it came time to sit with Santa, mommy had to sit too, as he was a little scared of him.




Zach saying hi to one of his teachers, Mrs. Nayeli. He really likes her.


And here is my favorite pic from that day!

The beginning of many December/Christmas posts...

It's been awhile since my last post, so this one will be pretty long! Or I may just break it up in to a few posts...

Hopefully most of you got the Christmas cards we sent out (and if not the USPS should get them there soon!). Here is the picture we used on the cards...


We had a busy two weeks, first it was our 7 year wedding anniversary. We went to Mexico for a few days to celebrate, and Grandma (my mom) watched him. When we got back, he was so excited to see us! I have never had him give me so many hugs and kisses before! I loved it! And when we got home from the airport, he kept hugging all his stuffed animals too. Here is a picture of him sitting on his little couch with all of his "friends"


The next day I took Z to the park. He loved the swing, he giggled for about 15 minutes straight. Here is a look of pure joy that only a child can show


Also, wanted to tell everyone that after each post is a comment section, just click where it says "comments" and you can post a message. Not really sure if anyone else is reading this besides Steve or my mom, so wouldn't mind hearing from you guys!