Goodbye April!

Good riddance to April-a month of snow, Zach being sick, finals at school and other things I am happy to say goodbye to! I was very happy to say hello to my new macbook though, and it is awesome! It really helped me out with some multimedia stuff I had to do for school. It's got plenty of other perks though-check this out!

Hello all! I greet you in good spirits! Many reasons. Probably the biggest is the weather. It's been hovering around 40 and the sun has been out for about a week now. That makes me a happy camper. I also got to go shopping this weekend. The kind where you just browse without watching the clock. It was nice. Also Chris is going to days in a couple weeks which is good news. We got to go to church today which is always uplifting. And most of all I've just been feeling blessed lately! Anyhoo!

School is winding down. I will be out as of April 28th! That is good news but it also means that I've got a lot of homework for this last month. All kinds of it! I'm going to share one thing I did below.

Chris is doing well. He's having to adjust his schedule a lot and he's been getting less and less sleep. The good news is that he goes to days as of the 12th. The bad news is that it is 4am to 4pm. Oh well, we'll just be happy to see him while it's light outside on his days off! He's been keeping vampire hours for a couple months now!

Zach is doing well! His feet are growing but he's about the same. This latest daycare change took a bit of adjusting but he is good now. We're getting his whining under control as well. He's not talking yet, still babbling. He's babbling with a purpose though so it's coming soon. Unfortunately the one word he has latched onto is Mama...which means Mama get me some more or Mama help me do this or Mama...as in not a loving name for his most treasured Mother...but we'll take what we can get! =D

We've got several visits coming this summer. My Mom comes in May, my Grandparents in June and Chris' parents in July! Chris and I have a lot of plans as well. We are really planning to get out there and do a lot this year. Should be fun!

Now for some visual aids! =D

Zach got dressed up and found my old cell phone.

Early in March Chris cleared off the driveway completely for the second time. It's a shame Zach only has asphalt to play on but beggars can't be choosers!

His peripheral vision was severely impaired, lol.

This was April 2nd. The snow is slowly receding. We take every advantage to get out. We walk to or from the babysitter's house everyday. We introduced the bouncing ball to Zach here. (it doesn't bounce nearly as well on carpet) He thought it was just great! He was all giggles until he got frustrated because every time he bent over to catch it it moved away to fast! Lol. Chris showed him how to make the snow go splat on the gravel and he thought that was pretty cool as well. This is in our guest parking lot by the way. (Don't worry Karen!)

He was a MESS when we got inside. I didn't mind though, it was a lot of fun!

He wanted no clothes, mismatched shoes and his cowboy hat. Who am I to refuse such a cutie pie?

We went to Church and then after a nap Zach "hunted" for eggs!!

I had to make a music video for one of my classes-you know to teach us about editing software, storyboarding and such. It was fun once I got a Mac! =D

Zach is 18 months!

Well I am on Spring Break. I had all these grand plans for the break until we all got sick on Saturday. All three of us are sick, Chris is the worst because he has a sinus infection. Kinda killed my playgroup plans with Zach so we watched Sesame Street instead. I cannot tell you how much he loved it, lol. He was in a trance, didn't take his eyes off the screen!

Yesterday Zach turned 18 months! Can you believe that?! I definitely can't. Here are some pictures I took of him yesterday.

Had to take some pictures of Smokey for one of my classes. Here are a few.

Here Zach and Daddy are playing.

Zach is doing great! He has learned how to dance. And he likes to sit in my lap, drink his juice and watch his video. It's pretty cute. He also tickles me and plays peekaboo. All kinds of stuff. He is getting so big!!!

We went to the Iditarod (Alaska rodeo) and saw the run with the reindeer. That was fun! It was really cold though. We bought a picture of a moose in the winter at the craft show, it's pretty! We also bought a painted piece of mammoth tusk! Neato!

Here is a video of him trying to put on his shoes, pretty funny!

I have to make a music video for one of my classes. Here are the first few seconds. It's a country song, if you didn't guess.