5 months for Zach!

Hi everybody!

Greetings from cold and blustery central New York.

Zach hit 5 months today. He is my happy baby! No teeth, no rolling over, no sitting up - but he sure does laugh and smile a lot!

We have started eating solids and he tends to show a preference to his carrots and peas over his bananas and applesauce. And this is a kid who just doesn't like his rice cereal. I'll have to pick up some oatmeal next.

He just LOVES his sister Sophie. Every time he sees her he smiles and when she says ANYTHING to him he laughs.

He had some playdates this past week - and loved the other babies. Little Kyler (3 weeks his elder) and him actually had a conversation and smiled at each other. It was quite a riot - and totally unexpected.

We managed a trip to North Carolina to visit Babcia Morphet. What has usually taken us 11 hours, took us quite a bit longer due to Pennsylvania being totally clueless on how to handle snow (hopefully no offense). (Route 81 in PA was closed for 4 days in a row !) I now have all the confidence in the world about parenting after enduring a 14.5 hour car ride with a very active 2.5 year old, a 4 month old who refuses a bottle, and a dog (by far the best travelling companion). Did I mention that route 81 was closed in PA, and so was route 80, and all traffic was diverted to the PA turnpike, also known, on this occasion, as the PA parking lot? Oh yeah -Cracker Barrel has barred us from ever entering the place again. :)

It was a good trip nonetheless because we were able to spend time with Babcia and was nice to see some sunshine and warmer weather.

I start back to work in two weeks. We'll see how that goes... Wish me luck (and I will always take your prayers!)

Going to try something different for the pictures this time and let you all link into them at:

http://picasaweb.google.com/boulygirl/ZachAt5MonthsMarch52007

Anyone having difficulties with the site, feel free to let me know and I can send along the pics via email.

Take care!

Zach is 4 months!

Howdy!

Zach turns 4 months today.

He is quite the charmer - likes to jibber-jabber and smile. And Moma knows right where the ticklish parts are that make him laugh.

He now likes his bath, watches TV with big sis, is still refusing the bottle (*sigh*), and has started on rice cereal. Still no teeth - so Sophie has him beat that way! He has rolled over ONCE and that was that. He doesn't appear too ambitious in this regard; don't know if he'll ever do it again. :) He loves to be held and is perfectly content when held, otherwise, well, let's just say he likes to be held.

We all have colds right now - Sophie is running a nice little 104 degree temp and the weather is downright bitter. Keep the kids in your prayers - I hate seeing them sick!

Zach is 3 months!

Happy New Year!

Zach turns 3 months today. We had a fun Christmas when Grandma Morphet, Aunt Cindy and Uncle Mark all came in to spend Zach's first Christmas with him. (Incidentally, we have decided that we are definitely in need of more space (1400 sq feet) and will start house hunting soon.)

He is quite the little smiler. Even chuckles occasionally. This makes him a lot of fun when he decides that he wants to be happy. Otherwise, we have a "high needs" child on our hands - he loves to be held most of the time he is awake. I know that soon he will be crawling, then walking, then running and will have little interest in me holding him - so I cherish the time for now.

For Christmas, we were able to stop in to Great Grandma's who is now 96. (WHOA!) Unfortunately, Zach wasn't the most cooperative for a picture - but Sophie did oblige.

He coos like crazy and the most interesting milestone this month I found was that he has started to interact with Sophie - he likes to watch her and will coo and smile at her when she stays still enough for him to see her!

He refuses a bottle, and is partial to hid Dada at nighttime - this makes it very interesting trying to get him to sleep! He is waking 2-3 times a night from 9PM-8PM so we are managing some OK sleep for now. He loves sitting upright so we have purchased a "Bumbo" seat - whatta find!

Two is certainly more "interesting" than one. (Feel free to read between the lines.) Hope everyone has a Happy New Year and we'll send out the next update in about a month.

Zach turned 2 months

Zach is now 2 months. Zach has turned into quite the little fussy little boy - although he intersperses these wonderful smiles in between the very sad crying episodes. Just enough smiles to keep you from going insane. Needless to say - all the baby equipment is getting a lot of use (boppy pillow, swing, bouncer seat, snugli carrier)

So, yes - he is smiling! It started consistently at around 5 weeks. YEAH! Hopefully a laugh or two will come our way soon.

He had is first temperature and cold that made us very sad. But he appears to be doing much better now.

He went for his 2 month checkup today and weighed 12lbs 12 oz and measured 23 3/4 inches. That would be a solid 75% (same as his birth weight) Did I mention the shots? He did really well, But they still make me so anxious! :(

We look forward to the holidays and hope everybody has a great New Year too!

Zach is 1 month

So we hit the 1 month mark successfully. Zach is doing well and we are adjusting to life with two in diapers.

Sophie loves her brother and has yet to request that we return him.

Unlike his sister, Zach has some fussy periods - but not the full blown colic that Sophie had. PPHHEWWW!

Anybody considering getting pregnant - I recommend targeting a spring due date - the icky dark weather is not fun in Syracuse - you are stuck inside most of the time. BLEK!

Halloween was great since Babcia (Grandma) Morphet was up for 3 weeks from North Carolina and we had the opportunity to go trick-or-treating with Sophie. Thanks Babcia for all your help!



Life is more hectic than ever - aren't we lucky?

Looking forward to the holidays.

Happy Halloween 2006

Zach's doing great - here are some pics of Sophie and her friends.
My little monkey really loved Halloween this year, and the weather was fantastic, which made for great fun.

Enjoy!

He's Here - Meet Zachary James!

8 pounds 11 ounces
21 inches
10 fingers, 10 toes

Our little boy is here!