Too much to drink...

I just thought this was funny....we got this onesie when we were in Boston in Sept 2007. The back says, "I don't even know my name..." Hee hee!

New Friends

Today we went over to Roxanne's house to visit Julia and Alex and meet their new cousin Zachary! Julia even got to be in a Zachary sandwich! ;-) It was nice to visit with Rox and Amy and get to see both their precious new babies. Zachary is a doll and of course has a great name. He was so alert and checking everything out. Julia is a mellow chick and was just chilling the whole time I was there. She is growing like a weed too. She is almost as long as my Zach! Rox put her on the scale (granted she had clothes on) and she is already over 10lbs. She will be a month old on Monday. Go Julia!

It was great visiting and I appreciate Roxanne for letting me visit for probably longer than she had planned! I guess I miss adult conversation more than I thought! ;-)

A Zachary Sandwich with Julia in the middle! Zach (April 26), Julia (April 12), Zach (Feb 11)

Check out how long Julia is! Z man kept giving her the elbow!

Cousin Zach thought Julia's arm was tasty! And Zach is still pushing Julia. Don't they say boys pick on the girls they like? ;-)For the first time, my Zach wasn't the baby of the crew! I think he was excited to be older than someone finally! :)Julia wanted some nap time so Z had to move over! Aren't they all cute!

Bath time and the Hippo chair!

I guess blogger decided it didnt want me to add more pics to the last post, oops! So here are a couple shots from bath time in Abilene and hippo chair pics from yesterday! He will be sitting in the chair before we know it!

Long time, no post!

Wow, a whole week has passed since I last posted! I guess we have been busy!

We headed out on Thursday for our Tour de West Texas and returned home last night. We clocked in 1100 miles. OH MY! Trip was long but great and Zach enjoyed meeting some of his other family members. He has now met TWO of his great-grandmas...one more to go! And he also met his Aunt Julie and her family in Lubbock! And of course his grammy-gram was thrilled to see him again too. It was a really nice time and we loved spending time with our family! Only one minor meltdown but considering all the time in the car seat, meeting new people, and being in lots of different places...I think that is pretty good!

Zachary also turned 12 weeks yesterday. I cannot believe where the time has gone! If I had not taken the extra 3 weeks of vacation, I would have been heading back to work tomorrow :( Trying not to think about it and just going to enjoy these last few weeks. He is still such a great baby. Learning new tricks like batting at things, holding and grabbing at things, clasping his hands together, sitting up with assistance, and looking extremely cute still! He will turn 3 months on Sunday...Mother's Day!

And now for a few pics...enjoy!
The Wittliffs and Zach

The ladies love the Z man!The Taylors and Zach!

Aunt Julie LOVES her Z Man, she always sends him cute stuff too!

Me and the boys...Zach and Levi

Nonna and Zachary, he was smiling for her lots!

Four Generations!

Zach in Nonna's rocking chair....90 years old! He wasn't too into it!

Grammy-gram LOVES Zach. We can't wait to see her again in June!

30...times 2!

Happy 30th Mike & Roxanne! Thanks for a great evening of friends, food, and wine!! :)

Scrub a dub dub!

Puppy Love

Mystery solved!

Thanks to Becky, I learned the origin of the Presidential letter!

Apparently it comes with the storks we order here in Houston. But I also found out how any one can get one! If you follow this link, and then click on the section about invitations and greetings, and then baby's birth, there is a simple form to fill out! You have to do it in within the first 12 months of birth and takes about 6 weeks to receive. Or 10 in our case ;-)

You can also get a birthday greeting for 80ths and up, an anniversary greeting for 50+, and a wedding announcement!! A neat little something!

Yesterday Z and I ventured out in the BOB to Marble Slab. It was a good but kinda stressful walk as its along a busy street. Even though there is a sidewalk, still a little scary! But the ice cream was well worth it. Z was looking super cute in his shades...although when he got there he was asleep and they were halfway asleep so don't know how useful they were! But we had fun anyway. Ill post some pics later...I have a sleeping boy on me right now so cant get to the cord!

Thank you Mr. President

So last week we got something interesting in the mail. Matt picked it up and says, "we got something from the White house".

I replied, "It's probably just a coupon...just trash it" assuming it was White House/Black Market ;-)

"No, the real White house"

"Maybe campaign literature?"

"I don't think Zachary would be getting voting info quite yet!"

So...it turns out it was mail to Zach from Mr. & Mrs. Bush welcoming him to the world. Well wasn't that nice? I didn't even send them an announcement! heehee. They didn't send a gift but I guess we will settle for the nice card for his baby book! :)

(I have no clue still how we got this unless they send them to all new babies but that would be a lot of mail. So thanks to whoever signed us up! Must have been one of our Republican friends!)

A roll! And other Z Man updates...

It was only one, but hey, it was exciting! Z man was doing some tummy time and then started leaning and next thing he was on his back! He looked very proud of himself too! We will see if it happens again, but for today, that was pretty cool! :)

He is also in Size 2 Swaddlers now and a mix of 0-3 and 3-6 clothes. We ran out of size 1 diapers and thankfully had some Size 2s someone gave me at a shower and they fit! Maybe a little big still but seeing as he is almost 12lbs anyway, they are pretty darn close. And for the clothes, it all depends on the brand but definitely out of the newborns...

Zachary is also a flirt! The smile thing is definitely catching on. Although hard for me to capture on camera, it is not hard for him do when the flashing is not in his face! We had a trip to the post office today for stamps (which by the way are going up 1 cent on May 12th) and he was smiling and cooing for the lady in front and behind me. They thought he was rather handsome. And yesterday when we were out on our walk, he was smiling for one of our neighbors. He knows how to work it!

HE SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT! We have been pretty consistent since almost like week 3 on about 4-5 hours...and then have been on about 6 hours for the last few weeks...but over the weekend we have started to get closer to 8!! He is still like an alarm clock and wakes up at 6am practically on the dot for breakfast, but he is starting to drop that last feeding. It started on Friday night when he ate around 930 or 10pm and then crashed out. When we went upstairs around midnight he was still asleep and since it was the weekend, I figured I would just let him sleep and if he woke up at 4am or whatever, it wouldn't bother Matt. But sure enough, 6am came and he had not woken up until then. Go Z!

We are also napping in the crib now, especially for the morning nap. I want him to be used to his crib when I move him in there...and I don't think I will have a problem at all. I lay him down a little but after that first morning feeding and he lays and kicks and watches his mobile...and then drifts away!

He is just doing so great and of course I am very proud. I am not one of those moms that knows when babies are supposed to do this and that by, but I think he is doing a great job on all that he is doing! :)