Six Month Stats!

We had a good check up today! Zach was cheery and flirty and all around a good boy. He did not care for his shots (but who does!) but after a quick kiss on those chubby thighs, he was okay. And as soon as he was strapped into the car seat, it was snooze city. We have just been enjoying our day together playing and he is down for a nap now. I am enjoying my day with munchkin!

So here is the big boy's stats:
Height- 28 1/2" - 95%
Weight - 18 lbs 12 oz - 60%
Head - 17 1/2" - 75%

Zach is sitting up pretty much on his own now. He tumples occasionally but is sitting really well now. He is also grabbing for toys and transferring them between hands. And as I posted earlier too, the feet have found the mouth! Z is doing good with tummy time too and manages to spin around somehow! We have had peas and carrots so far and think we may try squash next!

So all and all, great visit and Z man is right on track!

Weekend

We had a good weekend! Saturday was so chill. It rained all day so we did not do much but hang around the house. My folks came by for a short visit in the evening to see the Z Man. They were excited to see him eating his carrots and cereal :) He lived up to his cuteness as always.

Today we were up and cleaning for the Open House early. Zach had another weird day of odd napping. He actually did not take one take one until like 3 or 4! We had escaped to the Agnew's during the showing. He got a little fussy and then all of a sudden was out like a light for almost 2 hours! He must have felt comfortable at their house! Hank dog and Esther loved romping which also caused the Z man great delight.

Realtor said Open House went well. We had people so I count that as a good sign! ;-) St Joseph has not arrived yet to bury but I have said some prayers to him so we shall see! I will bury him when he arrives.

Not much else going on. It was a pretty quiet and relaxed weekend. I have the day off tomorrow with Zach. He has his 6 mo check up tomorrow morning! I will update tomorrow with his stats! :)

It was an exciting weekend with Olympics. With Phelps winning the Gold by 0.01 seconds and Dara Torres losing it by the same! And speaking of Dara, this Olympics is all about the Girl Power. Dara=40 and 3 silvers in swimming, Constantina Dita Tomescu=38 and winning the Gold in marathon, Oksana Chusovitina=33 and getting silver in Vault (33 is OLD in gymnastics!!),MistyMay and Kerri Walsh=30/31! Seriously, that is impressive for them all! And I am sure there are more that I have not even noted! All I have to say is Go Girls!

I am sad swimming is over. It has been an exciting time to watch!!

Ok, hope you all have a good night and wonderful Monday!

Good night!

Well, we had a little mini experiment with the bottle last night. Zach had cereal and a small jar of carrots around his usual 630 feeding. He had taken a nap from about 5-545 so he was awake for awhile last night. Anyway, decided to make an 8oz bottle for about 830 and call it a night. And he did fine! Sleep until about 7am this morning! I found a food chart on babycenter.com and it says to do 4-5 feedings (24-32oz), one veggie, one fruit, and 4-5 TBSP cereal for 6-8 months old. So I think we will try to work up to that.

My search for St. Joseph yesterday was not too successful. The catholic bookstore I went to only only nice mantel type statues and when I asked the lady about a smaller one I got chastised about it and she told me they didn't sell "superstitious" things like that. So I bought on off the Internet instead ;-) It was actually a nice store and I picked up a little something for a friend. They also had a lot of nice baby/baptism stuff and since all my friends are Catholic except for me and Becky and Ashley, I know where to go for baptism gifts now! :)

Sign class got cancelled this am and while I am bummed to not see Zach's buddies and their mommies, we have had a fun morning. Watched some Little Einsteins and Micky Mouse and I just love watching Z play. So fun to see him sitting up and grabbing for toys and actually be PLAYING and discovering! He also finally got those big feet into his mouth!! They have been close but today he actually was sucking on them. It was too cute!

Anyway, nothing much planned today except getting the house ready for tomorrow. Hope to maybe get some pool time in too if the weather stays clear. Hope you all have a good weekend!

Another Open House this weekend

Open house...take 2 this Sunday! Seriously people, I am getting tired of this! It definitely hurts the ego a bit too when you think your house is pretty nice. I will chalk it up to "the market" and make myself feel better.

I think I am going to go buy a St. Christopher and bury him upside down in the garden on Saturday. To all you catholics out there, isn't he the saint that helps sell houses? Does this actually work? I am Methodist but I am willing to try anything and I think God would be okay with me being a little Catholic in order to help me with our quest for suburbia!

Also, for those that don't know...I am also on a quest for weight loss. I lost .8lbs this week and although its not a lot, I am fairly happy with it since hubs and I TOTALLY indulged and enjoyed ourselves over the weekend in Galveston. I loved every morsel we ate or drank. The weight is coming off slowly which is frustrating. Back in the day, Rachel and I used to talk about how I could gain or lose 10lbs in like a day. Well the gaining part is still true, but the losing is definitely taking a lot longer. But I am also trying to remain focused and remember I am 13lbs lighter than I was 7 weeks ago.

In Zachary news, all is still well. Thank you all for the comments on his pics. I also think he is pretty darn adorable. He is really just enjoying sitting up more and more and laughing more and more and I am loving every minute of it. We are still trying to figure out this whole solids thing. Last night he was so not interested in it. He got the peas down but was not having the rice cereal. So we just quit after the peas. We did 4 nights of peas with no issues so onto carrots tonight! I am also going to try to give him a full jar. It seems like so much though to me! Any words of advice? Also, we are still doing the last bottle. Do not blast for me that...its twofold. 1-I still enjoy it most of the time...and 2-he often wakes up for it. How did you begin to wean off the last bottle?

Ok, I should be working so that will be it for now. I am tired and weary from staying up till 12:30 watching gymnastics! GO USA! I think I need another cup of coffee! :)

6 month photo shoot!

There were too many to pick from, but here are a few of my favs!

Late Night Olympics

We have been sucked into another late night of Olympics...between the swimming and the gymnastics, there has been lots of ooohs and ahhs and eeeehs and yikes! Totally amazed every time by phelps and crew and the gymnasts just keep me on edge! So sad for the US gal who messed up both her beam and floor routine. That pretty much dashed their gold dreams. Youchie. Anyone else up late watching?

Going Green!

So I am very excited about my newest purchase, RuMeBags! They are reusable bags that I purchased for mainly grocery or Target type outings. I just got so tired of having so many plastic bags and wasting them. We use ours for doggy bags but there are still so many that they overflow their holding place under the sink! So, I did some research and decided on my RuMe bags from Delight.com and so far so good! They are cute, compact, and good for the Earth! I had a medium shopping trip yesterday and what would have normally been a 10-12 grocery bag trip, fit nicely into 5 of my new bags. Plus with the long handles I could hang them on my shoulder and carry them all into the house in one trip. The bags fold down so small to that you can just leave them in your car and throw them in your purse before you head into the store! If you are interested, I can get a coupon for you to order some too! :) Leave me a comment!

How cute are my new bags?

To the next 6 months!

Here I am! 6 months today!

I am sitting on my own like a big boy!
Esther was smiling for the camera too! :)
I tried my first food besides cereal today....PEAS. yum??
We are even sitting up in the bath now and splashing with toys! I love my basketball ducky!
And my baseball ducky...
All smiles in the tub! This is fun!

Too long for my hippo!

Night mom and dad!!!

Happy Half Birthday!!

My little Z Man is 6 months old today! I swear, where has the time gone?!?! We sang Happy 1/2 Birthday to him this morning and he smiled and laughed in his usual morning cuteness way. Will take some hippo pics tonight and HOPE to take a day off this week and go get some real portraits done. He is sitting up so well these days and I got him a cute new outfit for the pics.

Matt and I had a great last minute trip to Galveston over the weekend. We dropped Z off at the grandparents just in time to get ready for bed so didn't get to hotel till late. We had some drama at check in (re: they "lost our confirmation...re: "I think they sold our room"). The night manager was a total jerk and didn't even apologize. We got put in the condos for the night which was not what we were planning on when we had booked our nice King Size deluxe/premium room! But, we told ourselves to let it go and not let it spoil the weekend. We ate a late dinner and people watched at the new outside bar until 2am and then had spa treatments in the am so we really did just sleep there. The Dir of guest relations was super and got us personally escorted to our upgraded room on the concierge level by 1130 so we were still able to maximize our pool time and day. Wow, if only I had a waterproof camera. The people watching at the pool was even better than at the bar from the night before!

Anyway, we had a fab time and really enjoyed our alone time even though I did still call my parents several times during the day to check on sweet boy. Mom did good by sending my a pic on my phone of him in his Elmo hooded towel. We had breakfast in our room and enjoyed sitting on the balcony in the morning and then headed home. Wish we could have been there more in the afternoon on Friday but 2 nights away was just enough. And let me tell you, nothing was better than seeing that "Hi mom, I missed you!!" smile when I walked in the door!

Better get back to working but will post some pics of the 1/2 birthday boy tonight! :) Happy Monday!

z update

Thanks for all who asked how the little guy was doing...I am happy to report we were good last night and this morning....he was DEFINITELY back to his happy smiley self! I guess we are through the bug. I am just relieved it never really affected his sleeping through the night or eating and that it was not an ear infection!! :)