Vampire Baby!

Dear Kate and Riley,

I think THIS is what happens when you read the Twilight books while pregnant. Like one of our friends said, its a good thing vampires are "in" right now. As you might be able to tell, it was more than a little bit of a struggle this morning to try to get a picture of BOTH fangs at the same time.

Zachary turned 9 months old this weekend. Besides growing fangs he has also learned how to pull himself up on just about anything and everything and is very pleased with his ability to stand. He doesn't "walk" along the furniture yet but I know its coming soon. He is getting into trouble and messes everywhere and mom has learned her lesson not to turn her back for even a second as she learned when he took a little tumble about half way down the stairs last week (luckily I caught him half way down). He is the star of mommy and me swim class along with some of his friends and even blew some bubbles last week, in addition to swallowing about half the pool.

Love,
Mom

Off Topic...

Dear Kate and Riley,

Ok, this has nothing to do with you or our family or anything but Grandpa Ross found this blog, accused either me or Aunt Jenny of writing it, and I have to admit that I just wasted Zachary's nap time reading it and laughing so hard I just about peed my pants. I thought some of our friends might get a kick out of it.
I especially enjoyed the intentional misspellings of their/there/they're and improper use of apostrophes since those are the two things in the blogging world that drive me nuts!

Love,

Mom

Like Father, Like Son

Dear Kate and Riley,

Sunday Zach got to wear his first tie ever for church. Dad and I found ties on sale for $.99 at an outlet on our drive to Utah a few weeks ago and I have to say they were a great purchase (we have ties to fit him until he's five now!). When I got him dressed in the morning I had to bring him downstairs and sing "I hope they call me on a mission. When I have grown a foot or two (or five!)"
Although I get sad about not having my girls here to dress up pretty and put bows in your hair, I do love dressing Zach up, especially when it makes him look just like daddy!

Love,

Mom

Zach and daddy, matching for church. You can see Zach's "fang" in this one
his teeth seem to be coming in a little out of order!

So grown up!

Happy 4th of July!

Dear Kate and Riley,

Happy 4th of July. I love the 4th because I LOVE fireworks and all the fun things that go along with the 4th. Last year we spent the ENTIRE day at the beach but this year we opted to avoid the crowds for the most part.
Thursday night we went pseudo-camping with some friends. I wasn't ready to load up the van with camping stuff when I wasn't even finished UNpacking from Brian Head so instead we drove up to our friends' camp site, hung out, cooked hot dogs and s'mores and when the fire burned down and it was time for bed, we drove home, showered the smoke off ourselves and slept in our own beds! Talk about perfect camping!
Friday we just went to the pool with some friends and went to the local Aliso Viejo fireworks show. Zach wasn't as scared as the last time he saw fireworks but I can't say he necessarily enjoyed them either. Maybe next year.

Love,
Mom

Zach loved the camp fire, it totally mesmerized him!

Dad got marshmallow all over his face

Zach totally festive for the 4th!