First picture here is kind of cute. You know, Zac sitting atop his changing table, big smile. Sure, I could see that. But take a look at the second picture. That's his diaper trash can, which sits right next to his changing table. You guessed it! That is how he, somehow, worked his way to sitting on the table.
Now, I caught him earlier today standing on the trash can and pulling things off the side of the table, which forced me to move most everything into a high shelf in his closet. But even standing on it, most of him was below the top of the table. How he climbed up, and apparently just figured this out today, is still perplexing to me.
Zac is trying to wear the vest Gary & Nell got Claire for Christmas here and we were able to get a shot before he ran out of it. I think it's just a touch too big for him!
We have had an enjoyable couple of days with Claire up here from KC. She was supposed to be up on the 26th, but snowstorm after snowstorm really did a number on travel plans for many people and delayed my trip down to pick her up as well, so we came on the 29th.
It has been a bit of a sparse Christmas compared to what we're used to, but I have to say it's been nice to be forced to focus on the things much more important than how many gifts I can buy my children and my lovely wife. When you love someone, I think it's alright to want to shower them with gifts, just as God has done for us, although I'm speaking more monetarily. It's also great, though, to take a step back and realize the gifts of family and love and life are even more exciting than all the things I wanted to buy. Hey, I can provide these gifts year round and, when funds allow, I can still buy the other things for those I love. It doesn't all have to be at Christmas or about Christmas just because it's the season set aside for those things. :)
Well, it's either a hat or a phone. This is Zac's dirty clothes hamper and is one of the few things he doesn't try to use as a phone. We've given him an old cell phone and he's pretty good at "Hello", then talking on it, then "Bye bye" as he slams it shut (it's a flip phone). And this last part is why I'm hesitant to ever actually hand him my phone to let him talk to anyone. :) Other than the phone, he'll use anything from a measuring spoon to one of his toys to mimic what he's seen us do. Very cute and still doesn't get old.
Couple of pics to post for you today. Zac dropped into the bin we use for his toys a week or two ago and Katy was able to capture it. Then just the other day he was playing with this acorn piece for a toy (from a kid meal with an Ice Age theme) and had it just stuck to his nose. Thought we'd grab a pic and share. :)
Also, haven't weighed him in awhile, not that it's important at this stage, but we did realize the other day he kept hitting his head on the dining room table and seemed to have a long reach. I grabbed the yardstick today and measured him at 32 1/2 inches. No wonder he keeps hitting himself. :)
Wanted to be sure to get a picture up of Zac's Halloween costume this year. You may recall that last year he was a tiger. This year, a cowboy. Super cute outfit for him. He did enjoy getting to eat just a little bit of candy last night and got to show off at Lee Ann Baker's and at Gary & Nell's. All enjoyed seeing him and we had a nice, relaxing night. I think Katy enjoyed handing out candy at her mom & dad's house, and since we'll likely never be home on Halloween night, that might be her future each year here forward. :)
It was a beautiful day in the upper 50s yesterday, and today we hit 70, believe it or not. Despite our cold winters and sometimes too much snow, I love the weather we get the rest of the year here in the eastern part of Nebraska. Great thunderstorms, beautiful stormy skies and sunsets, even amazing blizzards when they come. Wouldn't trade it for anywhere!
Zac's Aunt Mickie & Nana took him and his cousins to get their pictures taken last week. This is the one we received a copy of. It sat nicely on the dining room table, underneath another piece of paper...right up until the cats decided they had to play with it. This is not the first time something like this has happened. It's almost like the smell of the picture, somehow, is attractive to them. At any rate, I pulled the picture in and edited it, touching up the areas they bent, which just happened to be over Zac's hair and the right side of his face. Hopefully I did well enough to make it somewhat hard to notice.
So it's October 21st, and so far no more snow of any consequence since the last post. Just a few flakes here and there, and those are mostly inside our house. :) Zac will be dressing up for Halloween as a cowboy and get to experience the fun of getting candy for the first time. Last year he was that cute tiger, which I posted on here. Gotta say, this is one cute kid.
Well it's October 10th here in Omaha and we're receiving our first snow of the year. Ummm......WHAT?????? I know, I know. Some of you are thinking, "We've been having snow for a few weeks now; what's the big deal?" Yeah, I don't care. This is Omaha, and while we occasionally receive some flurries in October and, about every 10 years or so we get a blizzard in October...wait...it's been 12 years since the last big October snowfall. OK, but that was around Halloween. We just BEGAN October! Not cool.
Know who else thinks it's not cool? Zac, apparently. We took the opportunity to let him walk around in the snow a bit. His excitement may have been tempered by a desire to go back to bed, or that I wouldn't let him hold his pig initially, but either way, he was not a fan. But, just to prove to him years down the road that he at one time did not like snow, here are a few pics for us to enjoy the morning by, as well as his Ed Grimley/Alfalfa pic from this past week. :)
Katy took this pic of Zac earlier today and though I've shared it with a few of you, I felt the need to post it on the blog tonight. It's almost too cute for viewing, in my opinion. I mean, don't you just want to melt looking at that face???? As you can see, Katy dressed him in the little jean jacket (yes, Levi's) she picked up for him at a consignment shop and he's holding his favorite thing in the whole world, his stuffed pig. This is that pig he received his first Sunday at Crossroads Fellowship down in Odessa, TX when we lived there last year. It's crazy how important it has become to him. He can't sleep without it, though he functions just fine without it otherwise. :)
Katy and I are enjoying the fruits of both of us having jobs now, but please continue to pray for us as we work through overcoming two years of struggles while I was rarely employed. God has blessed and continues to do so, and we want to assure we continue to honor Him with our first fruits. :)
First picture here is kind of cute. You know, Zac sitting atop his changing table, big smile. Sure, I could see that. But take a look at the second picture. That's his diaper trash can, which sits right next to his changing table. You guessed it! That is how he, somehow, worked his way to sitting on the table.
Now, I caught him earlier today standing on the trash can and pulling things off the side of the table, which forced me to move most everything into a high shelf in his closet. But even standing on it, most of him was below the top of the table. How he climbed up, and apparently just figured this out today, is still perplexing to me.
