Zach and Pete

We managed to get Zach and Pete in a photo together last night. I put Zach in this laundry basket and Pete sat down next to him. How cute!

Zach really loves Pete. He is one of the many things he giggles at during the day.

Here is our handsome little guy in his Elmo jacket from Uncle Nick and Aunt Kara!

Zach and I are headed out on a trip today. We are flying to Massachusetts to visit our friend Sarah and her family. This is Zach's first flight. I am looking forward to the reaction of the person sitting next to us when we take our seat on the plane!

Pete!

So I had a request for more Pete (our dog) on the website. Pete has been moved way down the priority list since April and is slowly coming to terms with it. We still love him of course, just more so when he is calm and not eating one of Zach's toys.

Here is proof that we do try to include him in pictures with Zach.

And here is what Pete is typically doing - laying off to the side pouting!

This morning he was a bit frisky and I told him to go get a toy. He frantically ran through the house looking for something. I heard him go upstairs and he comes running down with one of Zach's yellow rubber duckies in his mouth. I should of been more specific on whose toy he should go get!

Sleepy Mommy

Some days the lack of sleep really catches up with me. Take this morning for example. I was a millisecond away from pouring my coffee into a cereal bowl and later I soaked my shirt with the sink sprayer (don't ask me how). Zach has had his issues with sleep. Its getting better, but his naps aren't great and he usually wakes up during the night at least once. We are now reading the book "Good Night, Sleep Tight" in hopes that this method works. The author, Kim West, says that a baby Zach's age should nap around 3 hours during the day (broken up into 2-3 naps) What?! Zach naps maybe an hour to an hour and a half during the day. So we've given the book to Zach to read and hopefully he can work out this sleep issue! Right now he's been napping for about an hour which is almost unheard of, so I guess he has started reading the book. :)

ps - Zach took a 2 hour nap this morning and has been in his crib for his afternoon nap for almost an hour! Is it too soon to get my hopes up? Too Late!

Rainy day fun

Zach was entertaining me on this rainy Monday. I let him drink a small amount of water out of his cup. He was so excited about it. It actually kept him occupied while I straightened up the kitchen. Make sure your sound is turned on.

Happy Thanksgiving

We hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving day yesterday. Mike's cousin and her husband had the family over for a great dinner.

It was Zach's first Thanksgiving! (Note the bib!). It was technically his first snow too. We had a few flurries yesterday. I don't think he noticed :)

Ally and Sy smiling big for the camera

Zach and Grandma!

Happy Zach

Enough of the big lip picture. More of happy Zach. Here he has built his first fort out of his kick gym. He pulled it over all by himself and was having a great time in it.

The big lip

For all of you that have seen Zach in person there is a good chance you have seen the 'Big Lip.' We have been getting that a lot in the past few days. He already has 2 teeth on the bottom, maybe the top ones are coming soon? Or maybe it is his cold? Or maybe it's ...(insert anything here). He was really fussy in mass on Sunday for the first time. Our cry room and narthex are closed due to renovation so I was left with only the small lobby entrance to try to calm him. He of course calmed down once he was in the car and fast asleep!

Here is the only picture I have of the big lip. He is around 2 months old in the picture. Zach and his lip are much bigger now. I can hardly believe how much he has grown and how much more hair he has now!

Date Night!

The name of the band is?

Mike and I were out on the town last night. Many thanks to Mike's mom Patty for watching Zach! One of our favorite bands was at the Music Mill. Cowboy Mouth puts on the best live show. We highly recommend going to see them. We had a great time and are exhausted today from jumping around and singing like we were 28 again! The cherry on top of our date night sundae was that I wore my 'skinny' jeans out! Ladies, you know what I'm talking about!

Ah-choo!

Well it has finally come, Zach's first cold. We made it 7 1/2 months without one - not too bad. It is pretty mild so far. He really just has a stuffy nose. He has learned that the snot sucker isn't just for blowing air on him and making him laugh. (See below) He tolerates it pretty well. If there is a good side to this, he is actually sleeping better at night and taking better naps because he is worn out from his cold!

Easily Amused

There is no better sound than a child laughing. Its always the simple things that are the most amusing. I was sitting up at the computer tonight and I could hear Zach giggling uncontrollably downstairs with Mike. Mike came to show me what was so funny. He was blowing air on Zach with the snot sucker. It was pretty funny to watch. We took a video of it so everyone could see!

Enjoy!

Almost got it!

Zach is trying really hard to crawl. Here he is on his hands and knees. He was doing a lot of rocking back and forth today. I can only imagine how our days will change once he is on the go. Watch out Pete!

The weekend

We went to Cincinnati on Saturday to visit the Floyds. They have 2 daughters. Lily is 2 years old and Anna is 2 months old. We had a great visit!

Lily is still getting good use out of the boppy pillow

Hey kids, look at the camera not each other!

Jen, Anna, Megan and Zach

Playdate!

Our friend Trisha and her daughter Ainsley are in town from Japan. Ainsley was born about 6 weeks after Zach. This is one of the few times Zach has had a one on one playdate with another baby close to his age. They were so cute together. But don't take my word for it. Check out the video!

Our First Post!

The Smith Family is on the web! We enjoy reading our friend's and family's blogs so much we thought we would try it ourselves. Another small reason is because we have this cute kid that we want to share with everyone! Zachary is 7 months old this month. What an amazing little boy he is. It is so fun to watch him grow, learn and laugh.

He is working hard to figure out how to crawl. He scoots backwards like a champ, but can't figure out yet how to move forward.

Until he can figure out how to crawl I guess he will be working on his upper body strength!

Zach in his new hat for winter.

I hope you will enjoy checking in on us and seeing what Zach is up to. Be sure to bookmark us!

Love - Mike, Megan and Zach