Monday, February 28, 2005

things...

I love Zander so much, he's so adorable and smart and sweet. Doug said today it seems like he's changed alot in the last 2 weeks, he's growing and learning and doing new things.

He "talks" constantly. It's all about ma-ma-ma-ma-ma and baaa-mmmmbah-baaa-gbaaaa and mppppppfffffff mpppfffffff.

He loves being tossed around in the air. Doug holds him up high and then 'drops' him down low and he cackles and shrieks and can't wait for more.

He is so tickle-ish! His underarms get him going and laughing so hard he can hardly catch his breath.

He's rolling all over the place when he's in the mood, although is still perfectly content to lay in bed and stare at the cieling fan.

He get's excited when Vinnie runs across the room or jumps up on the bed. Oh, when your holding him and he gets excited he kicks his little legs all over the place.

He get's really excited to see me when I show up to pick him up at my parents. He gets excited when Daddy get's home.

He smiles for the camera.

He grabs his feet. One time I saw him put his foot in his mouth but it was a socked foot, so I took the sock off and he lost interest. But he grabs his feet and puts them near his face, we say "eat your toes! eat your toes!" and he just looks at us.

Oh, he got sooooo excited today because Doug put new batteries in his Fisher Price Ocean Aquarium. It sits on the changing table and he's always hitting it and touching it wanting it on, but the batteries have been dying. When I turned it on for him after Doug put in batteries it was sheer joy! He was so happy he just kept laughing and touching it and turning it off and on. I put it on the couch and sat Zander up next to me and it provided an hour of entertainment, he loves those fishies!

I just had to write everything down so I can remember.

We went to BrU today to check out the carseats. I was wearing Zander in the sling and he was right up front all snug and sleeping (he fell asleep in the car on the way there). He was so sweet and comfortable there, and I had him positioned just right. I should have had Doug take a picture cuz it's hard for me to get him all snuggled right up front anymore, he's so big, normally he's off to the side.

It seems like forever since I updated his pictures (I'm a month behind) but here's 2 so I can show off like a proud mama:

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

5 Months!

Zander 5 month updates:

-He's "teething" allthough there are no teeth in site!

-He can sit unassisted for about a minute.

-He LOVES dogs! He loves his Vinnie and even spreads out his hand to pet him. He laughs at Vinnie and enjoys watching Daddy & Vinnie wrestle. He also loves Meme & Poppa's dogs: Red Dog and Baby, especially Baby.

-He started laughing like "eh huh eh huh eh huh" - which we later found out he learned from his Uncle Marty, whom Zander thinks is just hilarious.

-He scoots a little on the floor, both on his tummy and with his bottom on his back.

Adorable new thing Zander started yesterday: he takes his mouth and puts it on my hand or arm and rubs his gums back and forth real fast. It is hilarious!

Last week Zander started making this high pitched talk and we couldn't figure out where it was coming from. My mom tells me today "You know what Zander watched and liked, Doug's going to be mad" I said what. "Teletubbies! He LOVED it!" hahahaahha, that's totally where he got the high pitched talk from!

Monday, February 14, 2005

--==HAPPY VALENTINES DAY==--

Look at our cutie-patootie!

Saturday, February 12, 2005

Perfection

You are more perfect than I could have hoped,
more beautiful than I could have dreamed,
more precious than I could have imagined...
I love you more than I could have known. - author unknown

Wednesday, February 09, 2005

4 Month checkup (a little late..)

Zander went to the doctor today for his "4 month checkup", well he's almost 5 months now, oh well.

He weighs: 18 pounds 10 ounces !!!BIG BOY!!!

Saturday, February 05, 2005

Nursing an (almost) 5 month old...

Nursing a almost 5 month old has it's challenges. He get's so easily distracted a lot of times I have to go to the other room to get him to nurse. He will watch the dog or the tv or the fan or want to talk to whomever is in the room talking. He shoves his hand in his mouth instead of the boob. He pinches my nipple and skin. He doesn't want to lay down, he wants to sit up. He's much stronger so he arches his back and can pull away when he's mad. If he's overtired it's even more of a challenge to get him to nurse. It's like he wants to be in control.

BUT, the things I love about nursing a almost 5 month old:
- staring into those gorgeous blue eyes
- the noises he makes when he's nursing and content
- he grabs onto my finger so tight and doesn't want to let it go
- AND, this is the greatest, he pets me. he rubs his bottom hand on my side, just gentle little pets. he'll move his top hand around on my skin. he also grabs my shirt alot too. it's so very sweet.