Zach is 10 months and Sophie is 3!

Hi everybody:

Just a little update on our family.

Zach turned 10 months and is now crawling. HURRAY! He is also standing on his own, and wanting to walk with assistance everywhere. (It's tough being tall sometimes - my back is killing me.)

He is eating like a champ - loves baby food of all sorts, yogurt, pasta, blueberries, DILL PICKLES and SAUERKRAUT (?!?!). I am thinking he definitely is showing his Polish genes. He is taking a bottle real well now (finally) and holds it by himself for the most part.

He is saying dada, and mama, and baba, and this, but I think he is only getting the Mama part for now.

Don't ask about the sleeping - it aint been pretty.

As for Ms. Sophie - she is 3 and officially potty trained. We aren't at 100% yet - but we are getting there. Unfortunately, Sophie was running a 104.5 degree temperature on her actual birthday so we had to cancel her official kid party - but alas we were able to share her Uncle Robby's party and her Babcia Morphet was able to attend all the way up from N. Carolina. As for what she is up to: She knows her letters pretty well, can spell STOP and SOPHIA 50% of the time, and is a total musician - great pitch and interest. She's been counting for awhile and recognizes numbers 1-11. She knows her numbers in Spanish too. (Thank you Dora) She loves Elmo, Dora, Nemo, Veggie Tales (especially Larry Boy). We are getting into some Leap Frog products right now and she really enjoys them.

So if you are wondering why this email is so late - well, Zach and Sophie have both been ill recently (3 solid weeks of high temps and nausea). And we are about to put our home on the market (for sale by owner - I know, I know - are we nuts - but check out the website http://infotube.net/180909) and the good news - we are moving in September! We purchased a house out in Camillus and should be closing in early September. YEAH! Housewarming party/ Zach's first birthday party is expected to be at the new residence October 7 - so mark it on your calendars.

Zach has been so sick that I have few pictures to share. I'll attach a few and lets hope I can get him feeling better and back to his old smiley self.

Zach is nine months~!

Hi All!

Welcome to the latest edition of Zach's first year where we are officially done with 75% of it!

Yup he turned 9 months.

Zach is able to sit up on his own now. However, he is STILL not crawling. Doctor said that all appears well - his reflexes and muscle tone are fine, and he is interactive, and mobile in other ways - so they are not at all concerned. It DID make our vacation easier not having to watch him like a hawk.

And vacation was a week out at Sylvan Beach with Aunt Cathy and Uncle Mark and cousins Natalie and Ben. (woo hoo - we really know how to live it up!) We had a visit from Aunt Melanie and cousin Megan too. Zach loved the water when it was calm - but on windy days when those waves started coming - he was a little less thrilled. But nothing can beat squishing your toes in that sand so he had a blast even on windy days.

He is officially up to 5 teeth with that sixth tooth giving him a heck of a time (and thus Zach giving us a heck of a time.) He is eating lots of finger foods, pastas, cheese, bagels, blueberries, and PICKLES! Yes - he loves dill pickles which we found out on vacation.

He says Mama, Dada, baba, that, and hisses like a goose when you get too close.

He is weighing 19 pounds 7 ounces, and meaures 28.5 inches long. That puts him in the 50% height, 25% weight, and 80% head circumference. Gotta love the Morphet melon.

We are in the process of possibly getting a new house - so wish us luck!

Keeping faith

Had a great day today. Took the kids (Sophie - 2.75 yrs old, and Zach out to dinner up at Marshall St. near the SU campus.) It was beautiful weather and Sophie did a great job eating French fries, carrot juice and milk for her dinner. I know, I know. The kid is incredibly hard to feed.

Zach is eating his fruits like a champ, and we are sneaking his veggies in between bites of his fruit. Doing the cheerios pretty well. Just gotta get him a little more dexterity so he can grab the suckers himself. Self feeding - another step towards independence.

He is sitting by himself, usually only for a minute or two and then falling over. Very cute though. Crawling - not even close. I have a sneaky suspicion the kids is going to walk before crawl. YIKES.

Steven and I ran the 'Komen Race for the Cure' 5K. Just started getting back to the running recently. I was able to squeeze in 2 5-milers this week and the 5K all on new sneakers. Not in love with them, but they aren't terrbile. That's the most I have been able to run in like 18 months. 7 more pounds to go until I am back to pre-pregnancy weight. uugghh

So I found out Thursday that I may be losing my job - how perfect since it will be my 10 year anniversary on June 9th. Never quite knew what something like this would feel like. I have been working since I was 16 years old - I don't recall ever being let go before. WHOA. 21 years of working. Maybe it is time for a break.

I am not necessarily terribly upset about getting laid off. However, I am very nervous about what my future holds. I am trying to just let the big guy in the sky guide me. I just pray that what I am supposed to do next will be clear- I mean extremely obvious because sometimes I can be clueless.

Peace.

7 months for Zach today

Hi All:

Zach is officially 7 months today.

He has yet to pop anymore teeth, but he has figured out how to chomp on Cheerios nonetheless. He is eating 3 square meals a day now and then some. He still seems awfully skinny to me - probably because big sis always seemed like a linebacker!

He is not quite sitting up totally unassisted yet - probably within the next few weeks, He rolls both ways very well. He can scoot and rotate on his tummy and roll - so he is mobile. I love setting up toys around him and watch him go for them. He sleeps on his tummy now which makes me nervous - but better than Sophie and her insistence on sleeping with the covers over her head.

He loves to stand, and does so very well with good balance and longevity. I do hope we can keep him from walking until his first birthday!

He has a great grip and very accurate reach. I am hoping we can start the self-feed finger foods soon.

He is still our happy little boy and gives lots of smiles. (Except at 3 in the morning... yeah - we will one day get sleep again.)

All in all - we are all doing well and enjoying our little family.

We look forward to the summer!

Gotta run - someone is crying....

6 months for Zach!

Hi all!

Zach has officially hit the 1/2 year mark. Can time get any faster?

Well, back to work I went. It's been 3 weeks now. He screamed the first week at the sitter's, but seemed to adjust the

second week and, yes, he finally decided to take a bottle. WHHOOOEEE!!! He is eating like a champ - peas, sweet potatoes,

carrots, applesauce, pears, bananas, and mashed potatoes. And as of yesterday - he has 1 tooth! I discovered this while

nursing. OUCH!

He hates tummy time. He has started to roll over from his tummy to his back, although he doesn't do it consistently,

but that's OK.

Sleep is going OK. We have a 50% chance of getting him through the night right now. He hates to nap during the day.

Sophie on the other hand will take a 2 1/2 hour nap sometimes!

Zach managed to keep Buddy yelping for a solid 30 seconds as I attempted to unlatch one hand

from one ear, he would speedily grab the other ear with his other hand. Quite a grip dear old son has.

He loves his jolly jumper - which is great when trying to get things done in the kitchen. He is a happy little guy and

his favorite person is Sophie. He just looks at her and laughs - we all do!

Getting ready for the Easter bunny. Easter egg hunt tomorrow with some friends.

And Monday is the 6 month checkup - with shots. :(

Happy Easter to all!

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!