4 months!

Hi, my name is Zac. I’m 4 months old. Some people think my name is missing an “h” or a “k”, but nope we spell it Zac. Wanna know why? Well, my Mom and Dad have a friend named Nic and they spell Zac like he spells Nic. He's a really cool guy so I want to be like him :) And how about that Zac Effron guy? Chicks dig him and Zac Brown Band…yeah they’re both pretty successful, so why not follow them? That’s how the spelling of my name Zac came about.

Here’s a few things about me nowadays…

I weigh 13 ½ pounds (22%) and I’m just under 25 inches (53%). Doc says that’s good and I’m doing awesome at this growing thing.

My crazy parents keep making me lay on my belly over and over. I’m really trying to roll over. I did it once on Father’s Day and I haven’t done it again. My darn arm keeps getting in the way.

Anything I can reach goes in my mouth now. I’m just getting them ready for when I try to eat all of those yummy looking little things that Tyler leaves around the house.
I also discovered my feet and it won’t be long until I start eating my toes. I’m just waiting for the right moment to dive in.

I sleep pretty good for them. I go to bed very easily and I don’t even have to be asleep when they lay me down. I go to bed around 9 and usually sleep until about 5 o’clock before I’m yelling that I’m hungry. Or some nights I decide to wake up at 4 and others I decide to wake up at 6 to eat. I like to keep them on their toes. It’s a good workout for my Mom and Dad to come into my room a few times to give me my binky too. My Mom says she doesn’t get a lot of time to work out now a days so I try to do my part.

But, this morning, I'm still sleeping and it's almost 7am. Mom says this is a record. My Dad's been away for work this week and Tyler and I decided to finish the week strong and give Mom a good nights rest. A few nights this week we had her running around like crazy from room to room.

I eat a lot now. I drink 8 oz. bottles every 3-4 hours or so. My Mom says I chug bottles like she chugged Keystone Light in college.

I like to watch my brother run around and play. I sit in my car seat and lean forward so I can look at him too. Speaking of my car seat. I’m like Houdini in it. I always manage to get the shoulder strap to slide off my shoulder no matter how tight they make it. Heee hee hee…I won’t divulge how I do that though.

Oh yeah and speaking of my brother. He likes to take my toys when I’m playing with them and my parents always have to tell him to give them back. And he’s always in my face talking to me saying “blah, blah, blah” I think it’s pretty funny and I laugh at him, but my parents tell him to talk to me like he does to his friends. He’s pretty cool though and he gives me kisses all the time. I know he loves me.

I really like to smile and laugh now. I think Pee-a-boo is a pretty funny game and it’s also funny when my Mom pretends to sneeze. Hysterical I tell ya! I’m also ticklish, especially on my legs and belly. You should hear me laugh. They say it’s really cute so I keep doing it.

My parents also like to jump around in front of me and sing and dance sometimes. They’re really funny and sometimes I catch them pretty much standing on their heads trying to get my brother to do things, like brush his teeth. I’m learning lots of good pointers as to what I should give my parents a hard time about in the future. Or maybe I shouldn’t give them a hard time and they’ll call me their golden child. I might be on to something here…

I also like to pull my Mom’s hair, hold on to her necklaces and pull her shirt down for free shows. I prefer to pull her shirt down when we’re in public though. Like when we’re visiting my doctor who is a man, it provides a nice awkwardness in the room. I even pulled it down with my foot the other day for the doctor . Caught her off guard ha ha ha. I laugh quietly about all of this. That’s what you get for making me lay on that table and get shots every 2 months. I also do it at school, but there’s pretty much all women there so she doesn’t care as much…shucks!

I sit in my high chair nicely and I’m working on sitting up on my own now. I like that new exersaucer toy they gave me too. I move my legs like I want to crawl when they lay me on the floor and wave my hands around like crazy so people know I’m laying there. I don’t want to be stepped on.

I talk to everyone too. Sometimes it’s loud screeches and other times I talk quietly to myself. My Mom came to pick me up at school the other day and when I saw her I let out a big screech. I just want her to know I’m starting to recognize my family.
They’re always telling me how cute and sweet I am. I think I might be getting an ego about it. It’s a tough job being so cute. Everyone always wants to hold and cuddle me so I keep playing the part for sure. The proof is in the pudding…

Summer Lovin

It's Summer, which means our grass grows like crazy! So, every week Tyler gets his safety glasses and tools and heads to the clubhouse to watch Dad mow the grass. The entire time he yells as loud as he can trying to talk to Dave and every so often Dad stops to talk and then continues on his way.





It also mean thunderstorms, which are a favorite in this house. Since we don't have a covered porch to sit on (my hope is one day to add one on the front), we set up shop in the garage to watch storms. When Tyler hears thunder he now asks to go sit in the garage and watch. We probably look silly, but that's ok. It's fun :)









This picture might be teetering on the redneck fence, I'm ok with that :)



And what better to eat than chicken fries and cheese mixed with chocolate milk...gag.



And it's not Summer until you officially catch your first lighting bug. I've been waiting for this moment where we can catch them with Tyler and he's like an old pro at it. Picture of the first lightning bug that he caught himself. Big moment for us :)







The brothers are kind of starting to play together a little bit. I say play loosely, but I can see a little bond starting to form between them. ♥



And Zac has discovered how fun an exersaucer can be!





When you don't have a diving board, you make one.





It's Summer...run around in your underwear, lay in the grass and play with the neighbors.



Our neighbors dressed their nephew up with glow sticks...why didn't we ever think of this!



And Zac has also discovered his high chair. He's going to start eating some real food in the next few days and he looks pretty darn excited about it!





He's starting to try and explore a little more...







Bambi came to visit. I was heating up a bottle at 5am one morning and this little guy was saying Good Morning.



Other noteables this week...

Tyler got sick from eating raisins at school on Friday and he threw up. On the way home he and Dave were talking about it and Tyler told Dave "Daddy, it's ok, sometimes these things happen". "I was scared, but I'm ok."

Also, big step in the potty department. Tyler has been dry almost every night this week. I think this weekend we're going to try and rid our house of Size 5 diapers completely and take the full plunge in to sleeping in big boy underwear...stay tuned for the disaster report!

Zac had his 4 month appt on Monday, he's doing great and an update is coming soon. I barely have time to pee...I can't keep up with all of this stuff!

Spent some time at the library singing with Silly Joe. My boys did great for the first 45 minutes and then I had to carry Tyler out while screaming because he couldn't have a toy from the toy cart...good times had by all. I swear one day there will be a post about all of the "fun" stuff that I never write about one here. Don't want my kids reading this one day getting the false impression that this parenting thing is easy!

Father's Day Weekend

We started out Father's Day weekend by doing the Warrior Dash on Saturday morning. Dad and Tyler came to watch Aunt Jill, Paula and I do the race. It was fun and muddy :)



Tyler loved watching us and we we got back to Grammy's she set up his own personal Warrior Dash. He jumped over fire, crawled through mud, crawled over walls and under chairs. It's so cool that he gets how to play pretend now. Here's the warrior in action and a snapshot of the youngest warrior too!











Then, Tyler, Pop and Dad went for a hike and after that it was off to the pool for some swimming and jumping! Tyler has no fear when it comes to jumping off things or in to the pool. He's even started adding new moves to his pool jumps, like the twist jump and cannonballs. But, try to put him on a merry-go-round and it's usually a no-go. So for now he will continue to be extreme and launch himself off of whatever he can and forgo the merry-go-round. I don't think I need to say how lucky these boys are to have such a great Dad...the pictures speak for themselves.



























What was happening in this picture below? Tyler was saying "Dad, I'm gonna pee in your hat!". Hahahaha....the kid's a jokester :)



And last, but not least. The Father's Day picture we take every year...adding one more little dude to the group.