Easter

I know...I know...you don't want this, you want baby stuff, but Easter happened first!  And I have some pictures so I need to put them up.

Just like every other holiday lately, Easter was pretty much a non-event.  (We are taking advantage of the time that our kids are clueless about holidays and not dealing with all the additional work it takes).  We didn't do an Easter basket for Zac (not that we didn't purchase Easter candy), but he wouldn't know what it was for, so why go through the effort.  Next year...different story.

Anyway, we did participate in the ward Easter Egg Hunt.  Honestly I thought Zac would be the kid that found one egg and would be good with that.  Clearly I was wrong.  He quickly filled up his small basket and had a blast looking around for eggs.  He liked to shake them before putting them in his basket.  It wasn't until after the hunt that he got to see what was in the eggs.

After the eggs were done we played for a while on the playground.  Zac was diggin' the swing that day!

Changes

I hate spring time...it seems like we always have so many projects going on that we never get any time to rest.  So busy...so busy.

One of our major projects this spring has been getting ready for kiddo numero dos (which is due in 3 weeks).  Meaning we had to get Zac out of the nursery and the crib in to his own room and a new bed.  Of course we couldn't just put him in a new room with nothing in it, we had to purchase beds, paint, etc etc yada yada.  Since Zac's new room was the only room in the house not furnished, I wanted to paint it before we filled it up with furniture (so now we have a total of ONE room in our house that is painted something other than the flat/matte boring ivory that the builder put on the walls, look at us go!).  Then we had to find the bed...what type to get?  Well we just skipped about 13 steps and just bought a full over full bunk bed.  The reasoning being that at some point we will need 2 beds....at some point we will need beds bigger than toddler or twin beds...at some point we may need an extra guest bed...soooo why not right?!  So I had to research for weeks to find the right bed for the right deal.  And then we had to find mattresses, bedding, curtains, decorations....MAN! kids are expensive!

We were so worried the whole time about getting this done quickly so Zac had time to adjust to a new room before the baby came and so he wouldn't feel like she kicked him out of his room.  He is such a bed snob that we were worried he wouldn't take to his new bed or room and we would constantly be battling with him in his new room.   Well, either he is just a lot more easy going than we expected OR we made his room just THAT cool!  No problems adjusting AT ALL.  We got him sheets with balls on it, a lamp with a soccer ball, decals for the walls with all kinds of balls!  BALLS!!! He loves his new room and sleeps in it just fine at bed time and nap time.  Sure he can get out if he wants, but usually just waits for me to come and get him.

Here he is the first night in his room.  He looks like an ant on a mountain in that big bed.  It is crazy to think that 13 years from now he will be so big that he will most likely be sleeping diagonally so his feet can hang off the bed.  I suppose I should take some pictures of the entire room so you can see the decor and whatnot. 

We are not quite finished with his room.  We have an older dresser that I need to paint, but for now we are using one of the dressers from the nursery...little lady won't mind...she won't need it for a while.

Well now that pretty much all of Zac's stuff has changed rooms, we now have another room that has hardly anything in it...the nursery...so lucky for Jer we get to paint that room too!  Yay for kids!

Here are some other pictures of Zac that we have taken recently

Spaghetti - You'd think with the mess he liked it, but he didn't even eat a bite...he hates pasta.

One of his favorite things to do is play in dad's car

Fell flat on his face and REALLY bit his lip

Loves to put on dad's shoes...it used to be my shoes, so we're glad he made the switch

Playing in his tunnel

This is my sweaty kid!  He plays so hard he gets sopping wet!

18 Months

Time needs to slow down a bit.  I am shocked that this kid has been around for more than 18 months already.

Here are some pictures from his 18 month photo shoot.

This kid is a crack up.  He is talking up a storm, most things you can't understand, but he is getting better at communicating what he wants.  He knows all kinds of animal noises and I guess yesterday started saying "Grandma" and just happened to be talking to Grandma H (obviously she was in heaven being called Grandma by her only grandchild).  His new favorite word is currently "No"....awesome..I don't really know if he means no every time he says it, but I decided I would let him figure it out.  If he tells me no, I will respect it, it he didn't really mean it, he will soon figure it out. Now we need to work on "Yes". 

He had a HUGE growth spurt over the last 6 months.  He has been in about the 50th percentile for height since he was born, but as of his 18 month check up he is now in the 92nd percentile for height (makes perfect sense to me...his pants did suddenly all get too small).  He is a hefty 28 lbs. (sturdy) and is 34.5 inches tall.

He is still an incredibly crappy eater.  He won't eat fruits or vegetables.  He will try them by opening his mouth putting the item slightly in his mouth (mind you the object doesn't touch anything in his mouth) will shake his head and hand it back to you.  Also, don't even think about trying to feed him something, if he can't eat it on his own, he doesn't want it.  He loves chicken, crescent rolls, crackers, waffles, and fruit snacks.  He also likes to "dip" things, because that's what mom and dad does.  He will dip most anything in ketchup and then suck off the ketchup for the first few dips and then eat it, including just his fingers (disgusting).  I guess if I need to start giving him veggies with ketchup he will at least be eating them right?

Zac has been working on teething still, which has been absolutely no fun for us.  Seems like every few weeks we get a molar coming in.  Currently we are working on the top 2 canines.  Ugh!   No likey.  Why do teeth need to come in slowly over a 2 year period.  I would prefer a couple weeks of pure hell and have them all come at once rather than drag it out over a 2 year period.

Well over the next few months we will need to start working in some changes.  1) the bottle and binki need to go.  He only gets them at bed and nap time, but it's time.  2) He is going to have to switch to a big boy bed and a new room.  I am not buying another crib and the room he is in is the smallest room in the house, perfect for a baby.  I think they will be hard transitions and it may be another couple of hard weeks until he gets used to it, but the little girl is coming so it's gotta happen.

So I have done several posts in the last few days...I think I am good for about a month now!  Yay!

Zac's Boo-boo and Ozzy's Surprise!

 
So it finally happened...face met pavement and the pavement won.  Frankly I am surprised it hasn't happened sooner considering this kid runs everywhere (including down our slanted driveway).  Last week was a crazy week, the sitter was sick so I was scrambling to take care of kiddo and work.  Thursday was just too busy so I sent Zac with a friend for the morning...and this is what I got back  He was fine, other than the scrapped up face...honestly I feel the worst for my poor friend that had to bring him back looking like this, I am sure she felt terrible (I jokingly let her know she broke my kid), but really how can you get mad when he did it just being Zac and it was bound to happen eventually.  I know I did much worse when I was a kid and my face healed just fine.

So when Zac wakes up he likes to see Ozzy and have him stand up against the crib and give him a kiss.  Well one afternoon Ozzy and I went in to get Zac from his nap.  Zac was pounding on the side of his crib to get Ozzy to stand up and I was encouraging Ozzy also to stand up.  It was very odd...Ozzy kept hesitating and wouldn't just stand up, so we both just kept calling him and tapping on the crib.  Then...next thing I know there is this flash of black and white in mid air next to me...Ozzy completely clears the crib railing and is in bed with Zac.

At first both Zac and I were a little shocked at what had just happened.  But when the shock wore off, we were both laughing and Zac was in heaven having Ozzy in the bed with him.  It was all fun and games until I realized that Ozzy was scared to jump back out.  There was no way I could lift him out (even not pregnant) so he was in there for a good 10-15 minutes while I tried to figure out what to do.  Jer wasn't going to be home from work for a while and I didn't want to leave Ozzy in there.  I ended up just tipping the crib over until Ozzy had to jump out.  Fun day.

Bragging Rights

 I think I have a very handsome family.  Sorry to brag.

Hey look...I am pregnant!  29 weeks...11 more to go!