Oops

Yes, I meant to cut his hair but I sure didn't mean to go this short.

Before


After



Now Ray and Zach have matching hair cuts...how cute!

French fries are a vegetable...right?

It's probably not a good sign when my 15 month old son looks at his french fry so intensly and says "French fry...yummmm!"

Zach's First Car

I know this isn't actually a car but Zach is completely convinced that if it has wheels it is definitely a car.
He LOVES his new car!!

Christmas

My brother and his wife, Eliza, flew in from Wisconsin for Christmas. When we picked them up from the airport one of the first things my brother said was that I need to update my blog. So I guess I will start with Christmas pictures. I should warn you, I have a lot!
We had a great Christmas this year. Most of my family was here which is always a good time. Zach loved having his cousin Gracie here. They had a good time together and Zach learned lots from her, including the word "no". She was so sad to leave Zach that she kept asking her parents "baby coming?" It was so cute!





Here's the family!


Here's our attempt at getting a picture of Grandma with the grandkids. They were happy until we pulled out the cameras, doesn't it always happen like that?


Here is Zach with his favorite person in the world...GRANDPA!




My sister inlaw, Eliza, is a great photographer and she took some cute pics of the kiddos. Here are my favorite!










We did Gingerbread Houses. Ray and I need some practice, ours never turn out very good. Oh well, there's always next year!





Here are the girls of the family (My sister inlaw Natalie is missing in this pic)


This picture is so funny that I had to add it. This is Gracie trying to be just like Aunt Eliza.


And finally, here we are on Christmas morning.











What a great end to the year of 2010!!

He Doesn't Get it From Me

Zach's absolute favorite thing to do is read books. I seriously think he would read books all day if he could. He loves to go into his room all by himself and sit there queitly reading his books. It is so cute! I will be doing dishes and he will be playing in his room and all the sudden I will hear him yell out "dog" or duck" since those are his favoite pictures to look at. The other day he wandered down the hall and I found him in his completely dark room sitting there quietly reading books. It was pretty funny. I don't think he even realized the lights were off.
The only way to distract him while we change his diaper is to have him read a book. He points to the pictures and says "dat" which means "what's that". He can now say dog, woof, cat, car, goat, and duck, all of which he has learned from reading his books.
It sure is fun watching him learn and grow so fast!

Bragging Moment

I would just like to take a moment to brag about my amazing husband. In July my family started a Biggest Loser competition and Ray and I were a part of it. We had done this in the past with my family but after we lost the weight we just gained it right back. Not this time. Ray got really serious about it this time. He completley changed his eating habits and started running every morning. Last Saturday he ran over 12 miles. CRAZY (especially for someone like me who has a hard time running 1 mile)!!! The competition only lasted a couple months and Ray won, by far. Now, 3 1/2 months later, Ray has lost 30 pounds. That's right, in 3 1/2 months he has lost 30 pounds. I think that is pretty amazing and I am very proud of him! He has been working very hard and deserves every pound lost! I love you Ray!!

November 2, 2010

My Family!