November, where did you go? Oh wait I know, you snuck by while we were distracted by life beating us up.
It all started on October 24th during that fateful indoor soccer game. Jer got slammed, hit the ground, and rather than getting up, rolled on the ground grasping his leg in agony. I knew immediately what happened (though I was hoping it wasn't true) ...his ACL was a goner. The weeks after that were a whirlwind of activities...Halloween, doctors appointments, stressing over the realization that the current insurance plan we are on is not so great for a family (great for 2 people...not for kids) and the expenses of meeting a high deductible and the costs of a knee surgery (and all the bells and whistles that you have to pay for too), work responsibilities, still suffering from
morning all day sickness (yeah...pregnant if you didn't know) and caring for an active child and a gimpy husband (although he did a lot more than I ever expected him to).
Jer had to wait until November 17th to get the surgery, but he had it and is doing well. Christmas this year is going to be very low key and low cost...after all we did just spend a great deal of money on medical bills....Merry Christmas Jer, Santa brought you a new knee! (Actually, we are not that lame, he got a new laptop for Christmas).
On a happier note, Zac is doing well and has decided recently that he would like to be more independent. Part of this independence is feeding himself. As much as I would love for him to always feed himself, I am not loving the mess it creates. You'll see what I mean below...
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Other things Zac is doing:
- Up and down the stairs on his own (on his belly like the pros of course)
- Likes to "brush" his teeth...aka suck on his tooth brush (we can usually get a few good swipes in, but we try. He loves to do this when we are brushing our teeth.
- Getting into all the drawers you really don't want him in (you know the ones with markers and scissors)
- Back to not eating really anything with nutritional value. He is now on a strict diet of oatmeal, PB&J (or honey), waffles, pizza (LOVES!), crackers, bread, Scooby Snacks (Scooby-Doo fruit snacks) and milk. (if we're lucky he will eat some chicken)...seriously people I am running out of ideas of what to feed this kid and actually have him try and like as well.
- He says a few words: Dada, Ball, Mama (which I swear sounds like he is calling me Amy, huh?), light, Ozzy, puppy, apple (or bapple because he thought they were balls first)
- When you ask if he is hungry and if he is he will put his hand to his mouth and pat it (very cute) and will run to his high chair
- Loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse...but mostly just the Hotdog dance. He dances to it and really gets down!
- No doubts about it...he is a lefty. He favors his left hand for everything, I don't think he will be changing to his right hand. We are both right handed and have no clue how to work with a south paw.
- Since the last post, he has now decided the tub is one of his favorite places to poop! Disgusting! I had to change the water 3 times the other night (3 times!) What's your record?
Those are the highlights, other than that he just keeps us laughing all day long. He keeps us equally as frustrated too, with this new found independence came deafness (or at least a sudden misunderstanding of the word "no").
Here are a few other pictures of Zac being a funny kid.
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| Playing with cups. |
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| Just hanging out in the window. |
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| Getting into trouble with Ozzy. I am sure glad we have a dog to clean up after Zac! |
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| Just one of many nap created hair do's (what does he do in his sleep to cause this?) |
