My little boy turned 9 months old last week. Isn't he just the cutest thing? The doctor told me that while he maybe little he appears to her to act more like a 12 month old. He is pretty skinny weighing in at 14lbs 7oz, but with all his moving around the pediatrican figures he is burning more calories than I can feed him. Her recommendation was to start putting olive oil in his food to get more fat in him! Sure enough, he likes it! This first picture is Zac sleeping on his birthday! I love this picture! One of my favorite times with him is when he wakes. When I lift him out of his crib he throws his arms around my neck, puts his cheek to my cheek and squeezes me for what feels like forever! Often I sit down and enjoy this little moment with my son. God Ilove him!Here he is cruising around the furniture! A couple days ago at the park he let go of my hands and stood up on his own for about 5 seconds! Up on his toes.....this boy is determined. I've watched him circle this table more than three times trying to reach something in the middle (just out of reach)!

Off to the pool!

Playing at his music table!

Zac has two bottom teeth and is in the process of cutting his top two!

Avery taking a nap with her Dad.

Zac has to be watched all the time as he is crawling everywhere!

I thought Michelle (my sister) would enjoy this picture!!! Bring back old high school prom memories? My mom gave me a box of all our old dresses...show choir, proms, etc... The girls love them and think they are princesses! This is Sidney modeling many summers ago fashion!

Avery sharing her sun glasses with Zac!

Zac will fight off sleep until he finally collapses. I'm not sure why he doesn't just lay back and enjoy the ride! I think they should make these swings in adult sizes!

Sidney & Avery on stage at their school Easter concert! They sang "Jesus Loves Me" and "This is the Day the Lord has Made". So cute & of course we were beaming in the crowd as proud parents do!

Sidney loving on Zac!!! I swear this child (Sidney) always has chocolate on her face!

Avery & Sid painting Easter Eggs! I have to admitt that this holiday was much more fun than last Christmas! It was I who felt the excitement of a child on Christmas Eve getting everything ready for the big day! I couldn't wait for the girls to wake up and see what Santa had brought them. Much to my dissapointment, they were more interested in eating breakfast than opening gifts!

Easter however was much better! The girls woke us up by screams of excitement that the Easter Bunny had come and brought them eggs filled with candy!!!! My children get much more excited about candy than they do toys!

Here we are decorating Easter cookies!

Katri & Zac playing together!

This is Scotlyn (Matt & Jodie Greer's) and Zac hanging out together!

Rafi (Santi & Julie Sarzosa's) and Zac hanging out. I was able to stop by a few friends houses for much too short of visits while in MN. We need to go back for a week long visit just to see everyone!

Scarlett and Zac got to hang out a lot since I stayed with Clint & Katri! She is a riot and Zac loved her!

Chill'n

Billy, an old friend of Chris's from Cambridge England, was in California for two weeks for work. He was able to fly here for the weekend and spend time with us! It was great to see him again and the girls had a blast playing with him!

We were also blessed with a visit from the Keating's!!!! Here is Aidan & Zac hanging out together! Sarah & Ed were able to come for a few days inwhich we drug them all over Arizona! We got to go to a hockey game, spent a day in Sedona and another in the Grand Canyon! It was a blast. We were able to catch up, watch the kids interact and even have a bon fire inwhich we got to hear the girls tell made up stories about everyone! I think we all ran into a witch that came out of the sand (that seemed to be the theme that evening for story telling).

Aidan & his Mommy!

Out to eat the final evening! I think this was before we gave the boy's lemons to suck on!

Aidan after the lemon!!!

Hello Everyone! Yes, this is long over due, I know. In the process of getting a new camera, my software froze up on me and wouldn't allow my pictures to download. Unfortunately ignoring the problem does not fix it (why do so many of us fall for this misconception?) so after much delay I tackled this box of metal and here we are! Hope you are all doing well, have finished your taxes and feel like coming out to AZ for a visit (yes, I have high hopes!)

This first picture is to prove to all of you that we do get snow here in Prescott Valley in January. Snow from our front window....

Snow in our backyard. We even built a snowman! He lasted about three days before the sun finally took him down.

Zac is growing like a weed. He's been crawling around and now walks between furniture. He is in the process now of cutting his first top tooth!!!

Nothing like eating beets!

Back in January Zac was rocking back and forth on his knees!

Here we are climbing all over Grampy! Poor Dad just wanted to watch the OSU game.

Did we get these kids at the zoo?

Zac attacked by the sticker monster!

Oh, everyone got attacked!

I love this picture of Sid & Jeremiah (my brother Doug's youngest). The girls still talk about Jeremiah.

Celebrating Aunt Jen's birthday!

Avery with Taylor & Uncle Don! This was the closest the girls would get to Don. Avery was showing Sidney how to be brave and sit with Uncle Don for a picture!

What is the point of going out to dinner if you don't save room for dessert?

Granny & Avery