Busy~

This is probably the look he'll give me when he's a teenager.

Love these, his sweet shoulders and his desperate need to have a little snack.

Not much to say, except that we are all finally over a cold/virus and making big plans for spring break and it's keeping this Mama quite busy. Add in a wonderful visit from the Schnells, our 12 year anniversary!, and an intermediate school orientation and there's just no time to blog it all.

In Love~

Zachary~

~8 year old photos~

I told him to meet me on the deck for his 9 year old photos and he thought that was so great and wants me to keep saying he's 9. He definitely looks like he could be 9 or 10 or 11. I have to keep reminding myself he is only 8. So, at 8 years old here are some of

Zachary's favorites~

Elvis, especially Viva Las Vegas

Sterling Knight and Starstruck

Magic tricks

Star wars

Legos

Wii

Inventions

Riding his bike and coming up with new bike tricks

Army guys(wants to be one)

Math, especially word problems

Pushing his friends on the merry-go-round

When I sing bushel and a peck at bed time=)

Things I don't want to forget~

how you like to dance around and sing, "shakin' my hips like yeah" and shaking your cute little hips

you telling daddy that you think beyonce is going to be the next big thing

telling me to be less concerned about the little things

how you love to stay in your jammies all day

when you are convinced of something you never back down

how much you love to help me cook

I know God has big plans for you Zachary and my prayer for you is that you will always know how special you are to Him and to us!

Quote of the week~

Z-"Mommy, did you get this at walmart or another fine retail establishment?"

9 Months~

Oh my sweet baby boy! I cannot believe you are already 9 months old! Time is going by so fast and I am enjoying your first year immensely! You are about 21.5 lbs now and 29 inches long, over 75 percentile for both. You have learned how to scream at the top of your lungs just for fun, mostly when you are happy and your sis sis and bro bro are around. You are a lot quieter when it is just you and me hanging out while the big kids are at school. You are saying nigh nigh(night night), br br(bro bro), shish shish(sis sis), hi, dada, but still no mama. You love to clap and play patty cake and have started waving bye bye. When you want us to go a certain direction when we are holding you you will lean that direction and flap your arms wildly. You can make the signs for all done and more, but I don't think you really understand what they mean yet. Your favorite things are the remote, the basement, and daddy. You will growl and then have a full blown tantrum if we try to take the remote away from you. You are definitely able to let us know when you are not happy, but mostly you are a very smiley, happy little guy. You still give sissy the most kisses, but you did give me a kiss when I took you to the basement. I think because you were so happy to finally get to go down there to see all the fun the big kids have playing wii. You actually gave me and daddy kisses finally last week, but you are still pretty stingy with them. You can scoot in circles and backward which makes you very frustrated. You would much rather stand with us helping you. You aren't fighting bedtime as much and are having some good nights, but you are still more wild at night. You love to help daddy put the big kids to bed and get very upset if you don't get to go upstairs with daddy. Your 8th tooth is almost through! You are finally eating little bits of food. You mostly like avocado, but yesterday you drank some water and had some bits of banana puffs. Zachary did the same thing when he was a baby. He didn't like food until about 9 months and then he preferred to fed himself. You both were fine to just nurse until then and I don't mind skipping the whole making mashed baby food thing. Sometimes you will stroke our faces very gently only to try and pinch our skin off the next minute. You do the same thing with stuffed animals, play with them very gently at first and then get really rough. You also hate sirens and sleeves and having to get your diaper on. I still feel like you are more like your sissy in a lot of ways, but are going to have even more determination than Zachary, if that is even possible. I can't believe how much love and joy you have brought into our lives! We love you dearly our little Landen!

Outside~

Landen Alexander~9 Months Old

Mmmmm~

Happy 9 months sweet baby boy!

Mikayla is officially 5 FEET TALL!!!!!

Zachary Snowboarding~

Instead of a birthday party Zachary decided he would rather go snowboarding with daddy. We found a great place only about an hour and a half from our house and it had some great beginner hills. I don't think it was all Zachary was hoping for, but in true Zachary style he just kept going back for more!

8 is Great!

His bionicle had to sit by him at his birthday dinner at his restaurant of choice, olive garden again!

Build a bear gift card from Mikayla!

Landen actually taking some sips of water. He doesn't really like food or water yet, but this night he did actually drink some.

Same dessert he ordered last year! Yum! Apparently now they don't sing to you anymore, but I don't think he cared.

Such a sweet, handsome boy, I mean, young man. I can't believe how big he has gotten this past year and how much more mature his face looks. He really wanted a Star wars cake.

Landen-8 Months ~ Zachary-8 Years