Grandma and Grandpa

Yesterday, Grandma (GG) and Grandpa came to visit Zev. He wasn't so sure at first, but he came around to thinking they were pretty fun! Here are a few pictures of them together. Zev was most interested in their tongues and the buttons on their shirts.

We can't wait to see them again for spring break!

jail

Zev is really getting around now. For those who I confused, it is still an army crawl, but he uses his arms and legs in a coordinated way to go much faster now...

Here is a picture of Zev in "jail". He likes to try to grab at the bars. He was eating his toy holder and got the paint on it all over his face. I have had to take it out of the room now, so sad...

Looks pretty cute though...

Zev's big week...

Monday Zev went to the doctor twice. He got a clean bill of health from his surgeon, and he doesn't have to visit him anymore. His pediatrician says he weighs 19 pounds, seven ounces, and he is 28 inches tall. Those are both in the 40th percentile, which is up from the 30th where he was before...

This has been a big week for him. He is saying "da da," crawling everywhere like crazy, and finally eating chunks of stuff. He has had some cheese, chicken, and today some blue berry muffin at a play date. He has also had a fun activity every day this week. I am not sure how much he is enjoying himself though. Whenever another baby touches him or a toy he is playing with, he screams at them. He has really been working on his fit throwing skills, but I am hoping when his FIVE teeth finish coming through he will calm down a little, but you never know.

I still don't have a ton of pictures from our trip, but due to requests, I'll put up what I took from my phone. Not the greatest quality, but better than nothing!

Zev and dad in bed...

Jaren asleep out by the pool : )

Zevi playing in the suitcase...

view of our hotel...

Hopefully I'll get more soon!

NINE MONTHS!

Today Zev is NINE months old! I can't believe it. Seems like he was just born, yet the nine months before seemed to pass so slowly. Time flies when you have such a cute little boy to spend it with! No sign this time because Zev likes to eat paper so much, so instead you see him on a journey to his spoon and then enjoying it.

There are quite a few pictures of him with his tongue half out like this out lately. He is taking after his mom in this regard.

He is actually happy in this picture... he just has something to say, and he needs to say it loudly...

more tongue

This is my favorite nine month picture. I finally got a smile (with a little tongue though).

There are some great pictures from our trip, but I didn't get them off Karen's camera yet. Hopefully they will get here soon, and I will post them up. We had a great time. We had some long flights including long layovers and sitting on a parked plane for four hours... More importantly, we had lot fun. Zev enjoyed his time in the pool and even more with his family. He has such sweet cousins who love to play with him and some great aunts, uncles, and grandparents who think he is just as cute as we do. Hope everyone had a great Valentine's day.

Craziness!

Yesterday it snowed 6 INCHES. I got no pictures of Zev in the snow because he has no snow proof clothes. I really don't want him to get sick before we leave for our trip. Our electricity went out. We got some pictures of Zev after he ate his breakfast in pjs, socks, jacket, and hat. Then he had to play wearing mittens! Then we went to my mothers to warm up.

Our flight was canceled for Friday, but we are now leaving in the morning and coming home Tuesday. When we get back, we will update with some fun family beach pictures! Hopefully Zev will travel well. We have some long flights with long layovers because of the rescheduling, so hopefully he won't be fussy. We are also hoping he will sleep well at the hotel. Either way I am sure it will be fun!

During Emily's shower, my aunts, Lisa and Julie got some cute pictures of Zevi. I love them because you can really see his fun personality. He is funny and happy, and these pictures show that off... I especially love the second one with the bottle. How beautiful are those eyes?

Not exactly cute, but showing the new teeth...

fun with Kade

Yesterday, my mother brought over Kade, Zev's cousin. They had fun together, and Zev got beat up a little bit...

They are eating each others letter...

looking a little bit goofy!

Getting his ear yanked...

Kade was trying to give Zevi some kisses...

Then, the fun is over...

Emily's shower

Yesterday was Emily's baby shower! We had lots of fun, and we got a few cute pictures. I lost my camera part of the way through the party, so I only got a few, but here they are. Here we have Emily opening a few of her presents. She got tons of amazing stuff. I think my favorite was Alison's clothes line! She gave Emily an entire clothes line full of cute outfits...

It was a bring a book shower, so Emily also got lots of great books.

Here is Emily and Keaton and her friend eating some snacks. This is after everyone had gone through. There was even more food at the beginning...

Just a few of our book character decorations

These are some of the really cute cupcakes Alison made. They look professional.

Here was the other star of the baby shower, Mr. Zev meeting Megan in person finally...

Here's the lady with a baby in her belly!

Here we are!