Zander has a runny nose, he's had it for a few days and I don't know if it's a cold or alergies or from all the fires we have here and ash falling from the sky.
a n y w a y . . . He's tired and teething again so I was trying to get him to sleep. I gave him a few Hyland's teething tablets that he gladly ate up. He grabbed the bottle of Little Colds from me and put the dropper top in his mouth and began to suck, like it was a nipple! I said "Zan there is no milk in there", lol. Then I gave him a dropper full of the cold medicine to help with his runny nose. He does the cutest thing when he has it: he shudders and shivers and shakes his head because of the taste. Then he opens his mouth and tries not to taste it and whispers "ooh, ohh" while shuddering. So dang cute.
We had our last swim lesson tonight and Zander recieved his first of many "Certificate of Completions". I'm such a sap I got all teary eyed reading it and thinking that this is the first of many. Swim lessons were fun, Zander really likes to people watch. He didn't learn to swim and I wasn't expecting that at all. But he was exposed to the water and the atmosphere. I learned things I need to do to teach him to swim and I got over my fear of getting him to take a breath and dunk his head under water (I was so scared!). Zander was a few months younger than most of the babies there. The other kids were working on kicking more than he would, but I know what to keep doing now. Definitely worth $6 for the lessons. :-)
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Zander video clips
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This is Zander dancing on Saturday. I wasn't trying to get him to dance, he was just crawling around dancing to the music and I grabbed my camera. Now every time we watch the clip on the computer he dances.
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This is Zander dancing on Saturday. I wasn't trying to get him to dance, he was just crawling around dancing to the music and I grabbed my camera. Now every time we watch the clip on the computer he dances.
Monday, June 20, 2005
Zander updates...
Zander told my mom "uh-uh" on Friday. She asked if he wanted picked up and went to pick him up and he said "uh-uh" and turned away because he wanted to stay on the floor.
He now waves 'bye-bye' reguarly. But it's not a wave with his hand, it's a full arm wave. And he knows what it means, when we're saying by to people he does it. It's so cute.
On Sunday Zander shook his head "no". I was sitting on the couch with him and I think Mickey was trying to get him to do something and Zander shook his head no and turned away from Mickey.
I think he's pretty darn smart! :-)
He now waves 'bye-bye' reguarly. But it's not a wave with his hand, it's a full arm wave. And he knows what it means, when we're saying by to people he does it. It's so cute.
On Sunday Zander shook his head "no". I was sitting on the couch with him and I think Mickey was trying to get him to do something and Zander shook his head no and turned away from Mickey.
I think he's pretty darn smart! :-)
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Zander happenings
In the past week or so:
-Zander has started dancing to the music. Any music will do, even when Daddy turns on the metal channel. If he's standing he'll bounce up and down, if he's sitting he'll rock back and forth. It's the cutest darn thing ever!
-I picked him last week at my parents and my dad was playing paddy-cake with him and he clapped. From then on he's been clapping reguarly. He'll just do it whenever he feels like it but if you start clapping after he's clapping it's even better, he loves it! Tonight when I sang him ABC's and Old McDonald he clapped along!
-Yesterday Doug said he walked along the length of the couch and crossed over from the couch to the chair. Today he walked along the length of the bed. His love of standing also means he doesn't really want to sit. He doesn't want to sit in the caseat, the stroller, the high chair......it's a battle for mama to get him to sit anywhere.
-I took Zander to the mall play area this afternoon and if I sit him at the top of one of the little slides he leaps towards me. He also does this when we're swimming and I sit him on the side of the swimming pool, he just leaps off the edge. He's quite the daredevil!
Food!
-I gave Zan some Yo Baby yogurt on Sunday. He likes it OKAY, he doesn't love it and he doesn't hate it. He makes these really cute and funny faces. Doug gave him plums yesterday, he loved them! Zan and I went to Olive Garden with my family last night for Mickey's birthday and I got ministrone soup, he happily ate the beans and zuchini. And then he ate some of the mushy part of my eggplant.
We have 2 weeks of swim lessons starting next week!
Zander is 9 months old now, I can't believe it!
-Zander has started dancing to the music. Any music will do, even when Daddy turns on the metal channel. If he's standing he'll bounce up and down, if he's sitting he'll rock back and forth. It's the cutest darn thing ever!
-I picked him last week at my parents and my dad was playing paddy-cake with him and he clapped. From then on he's been clapping reguarly. He'll just do it whenever he feels like it but if you start clapping after he's clapping it's even better, he loves it! Tonight when I sang him ABC's and Old McDonald he clapped along!
-Yesterday Doug said he walked along the length of the couch and crossed over from the couch to the chair. Today he walked along the length of the bed. His love of standing also means he doesn't really want to sit. He doesn't want to sit in the caseat, the stroller, the high chair......it's a battle for mama to get him to sit anywhere.
-I took Zander to the mall play area this afternoon and if I sit him at the top of one of the little slides he leaps towards me. He also does this when we're swimming and I sit him on the side of the swimming pool, he just leaps off the edge. He's quite the daredevil!
Food!
-I gave Zan some Yo Baby yogurt on Sunday. He likes it OKAY, he doesn't love it and he doesn't hate it. He makes these really cute and funny faces. Doug gave him plums yesterday, he loved them! Zan and I went to Olive Garden with my family last night for Mickey's birthday and I got ministrone soup, he happily ate the beans and zuchini. And then he ate some of the mushy part of my eggplant.
We have 2 weeks of swim lessons starting next week!
Zander is 9 months old now, I can't believe it!
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Zander's First Concert!
Zander and I went went to a concert and skateboarding thing at Fiesta Mall, it was fun! When we got there we saw Mike Valleley and Nyjah Huston skate. Then we went back to the car to sit in air conditioning and wait for Alien Ant Farm to play.
When we got back out to the skate area we were standing in the shade and this girl said hi to me, it was this girl Shannon that I used to work with at personnel. She was there with her son and her friend and another little boy. So I talked to them for a little bit. The boys were climbing trees and Zander was laughing hystarically at them as they swung from branches like monkeys.
Then AAF came on and we went and watched. Zander didn't watch the band as much but he was so excited to hear it. He was in the sling and he started bouncing and kicking his legs and smiling. He watched some BMX guys during AAF. We sat down in the shade at one point and the coolest boxer puppy was sitting next to us and we got to pet him. Then we stood back up to watch AAF and Zander fell asleep in the sling. I was worried about it being too loud for him, but I think everything was fine. I used one hand to cover up his outside ear and he slept up next to me. There were other little kids and a few other babies there. (Zan was the only one in a sling though!)
After their set they came out and signed autographs and I got Zander's hat signed. We had to have a memento from his first concert! All the guys in the band were way cool and asking how old Zander was. This one girl was like "are you getting his head signed?" I'm like "no, his hat!" then she said, "Oh, cuz that would have been really cool" lol.
It was a good day!
When we got back out to the skate area we were standing in the shade and this girl said hi to me, it was this girl Shannon that I used to work with at personnel. She was there with her son and her friend and another little boy. So I talked to them for a little bit. The boys were climbing trees and Zander was laughing hystarically at them as they swung from branches like monkeys.
Then AAF came on and we went and watched. Zander didn't watch the band as much but he was so excited to hear it. He was in the sling and he started bouncing and kicking his legs and smiling. He watched some BMX guys during AAF. We sat down in the shade at one point and the coolest boxer puppy was sitting next to us and we got to pet him. Then we stood back up to watch AAF and Zander fell asleep in the sling. I was worried about it being too loud for him, but I think everything was fine. I used one hand to cover up his outside ear and he slept up next to me. There were other little kids and a few other babies there. (Zan was the only one in a sling though!)
After their set they came out and signed autographs and I got Zander's hat signed. We had to have a memento from his first concert! All the guys in the band were way cool and asking how old Zander was. This one girl was like "are you getting his head signed?" I'm like "no, his hat!" then she said, "Oh, cuz that would have been really cool" lol.
It was a good day!
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Food!
Zander ate bites of the following tonight, we went to Sweet Tomatos for dinner: garbanzo beans, kidney beans, peas, carrots, sweet potato and CHICKEN! He really liked the chicken.
Saturday, June 04, 2005
"caTT!"
Last friday Zan and I were reading one of his board books with animals and we get to the cat and the dog and we pet them and he leans over to kiss them (so cute!) and then he sits back up and pat's the cat and says "caTT!" he emphasizes the T. Sooooo cute! How smart is my kid? And he repeatedly said it and patted the cat.
Then Sunday we were over at Doug's parents house and Doug's dad was holding the cat and Zander was sitting in the high chair and he said "caTT" and everyone heard it! I told my mom afterwards and she said "oh yeah, he says cat" I guess he's been saying it for her. Anyways, that's my kids first word besides mama, hi, and hey.
Then Sunday we were over at Doug's parents house and Doug's dad was holding the cat and Zander was sitting in the high chair and he said "caTT" and everyone heard it! I told my mom afterwards and she said "oh yeah, he says cat" I guess he's been saying it for her. Anyways, that's my kids first word besides mama, hi, and hey.
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