Mr. Giraffe

Zachary's newest thing is Mr. Giraffe. ("daffe" in Zacharese). It's bigger than him, but super soft. Zach will just roll all over the playroom with him. My favorite thing about "daffe" is that Zach has started pretending to share his drink with him. This is so cute and it's a little glimpse into the next stage of childhood imaginative play!

The Birds

So, last weekend, Grammy & Grandpa set up 2 bird feeders on our deck just outside the kitchen. After a few days, we began seeing quite a few birds. Here are some pictures of Zachary enjoying the first few birds that visited. His expressions are priceless! A couple of side notes - 1)There aren't any pictures of birds, because that's not as interesting as seeing Zachary's face watching the birds. 2) He's sitting in his high chair because when he stands at the door, he bangs it too loud and scares the birds. (plus, it was lunch time anyway!)

First Hair Cut

Some of you may be thinking, What? FIRST haircut? Yes, like his mother, Zachary has no hair. Every week, Todd asks me if Zachary has some kind of hair-growth disease. Anyway, we agreed that it was time for some hair-shaping (with secret hopes that this might make his hair actually look thicker!). Since there were very few hairs that actually got cut, we just completed the trim in the bathtub...and Zachary handled it very well!!

Grammy did the cutting - and she was awesome with all the slipping & sliding Zachary did! (Side note...how many of you knew that she is actually a licensed cosmetologist?!!)

Zachary even enjoyed some refreshments during the trim. (Is it bad that sometimes we let him drink his tepid bath water?)

This is the haircut half-way point. Notice the left side is looking shaggy now that the right side is trimmed? In the end, the haircut was a complete success, and yes, it actually looks like he has more hair now. He also looks older - which makes me sad!

Fall Fun

It's that time of year!! To celebrate, we headed to a pumpkin farm. Zachary got to pet a bunch of farm animals, play in the pumpkins, ride a cow train and a hay ride!! We also celebrated Grammy and Aunt Jen's birthdays. Zachary started calling some family members by their names (well, in Zacharese of course!).
Grandpa="paw-paw"
Grammy= "mimi-dah" (we can not figure out the literal translation of this one!!)
Aunt Shell="ahn-kul"
Aunt Jen="den"

Brushing his teeth while mommy put his new socks on!!

Favorite color

Zachary's favorite color is YELLOW! (pronounced "yelyow" in Zacharese) All of his coloring books have only yellow coloring in them. If you give him a choice of all the crayon colors, he always (seriously, every time) chooses "yelyow."

And, if you take the yellow crayon out of the stack, he says, "all gone?" and makes this gesture. But only if the yellow one is missing! Oh, and, coloring time is over if the yellow crayon is gone.