Future Texas Tech Masked Rider
All dressed up in Mamaw Betty's antique chair
With Pops on the tractor
Monday, June 30, 2008
Pictures
After a day of shopping
Future Texas Tech Masked Rider
All dressed up in Mamaw Betty's antique chair
With Pops on the tractor
Future Texas Tech Masked Rider All dressed up in Mamaw Betty's antique chair With Pops on the tractor
Road Trip
Well, Zach has been on his first road trip. There are lyrics in a Pat Green song that say something to the effect of when you live out in West Texas you have to pack up all your stuff and hope to goodness you'll be back by Monday. (Those are the edited, Dana version of the lyrics)
Well, when you travel with a baby you literally have to back up ALL his stuff, and when you travel with my parents you have to hope you'll make it back before school starts.
Zach and I loaded up with my mom on Tuesday, June 17th and headed to Cooper, where I grew up which is about 8 hours from Lubbock. We visited great grand parents and friends on Wednesday, and headed to Broken Bow, Oklahoma for the Owa Chita festival at Beavers Ben on Thursday. We rented a beautiful cabin, and Zach went camping for the first time in style. The lake at Beavers Ben is beautiful. It makes me want a lake house and boat. Zach did not make it on the lake, but I did for a few hours. My brother, his girlfriend, my mom, dad, Mamaw Betty, and our cousins were all there. It was a great weekend. On Sunday, we regrouped back in Cooper and headed to Austin. Zach's first hotel was very luxurious. We stayed at the Renaissance. We ordered room service every morning, and even dessert one night. We decided we could get used to that kind of living. On Monday we went to the outlet malls in San Marcus. Zach hated the outlet malls and shopping all together. On Tuesday we dragged Zach to a wonderful mall in Austin. After fussing with me for about an hour, Zach decided to sleep in his stroller and just shop. He stayed at the mall for 5 hours. I LOVE big city shopping. They have so much inventory, ON SALE! I did not do much shopping for me, but my petite size 4 mother did. That is another blog for another day. My mom was so much help with Zach. She loves him so much. On Wednesday we headed back to Cooper to stay for a few days. I stayed at Mamaw Betty's house in Cooper, and my parents stayed in Charleston in the house I grew up in. My brother lives there now. It is WAY out in the country. Zach and I would get up and go out about lunch time. Zach had lots of firsts in Cooper. He watched me and mamaw Betty chase and kill a mouse in her living room, road on the big red tractor with his Pops, and started smiling when you sing and talk to him. We finally made it back to West Texas on this past Saturday. James picked us up in Guthrie where my parents live now. Zach did so good in the car. He was a real trooper, and I am so glad we got to do this. We were both really glad to see James and be home!
Spoiled
Zach is spoiled! Some people say you can not spoil an infant. So, Zach is not spoiled, but he prefers to sleep in the comfort of my arms or anyone elses. He will go to sleep in his swing, bouncy, or car seat by himself some times. He fights sleep, and prefers to be rocked to sleep. Right now he is crying (not screaming, but he will in a few minutes) on his play mat because he wants to be held. I LOVE holding him so I am not much help in breaking him of this. I figure that he can get unspoiled at daycare, but as long as I have him I am going to hold and love him. I love the fact that he is a snuggler.
Well, crying has gone to screaming. I'll post pics later.
Well, when you travel with a baby you literally have to back up ALL his stuff, and when you travel with my parents you have to hope you'll make it back before school starts.
Zach and I loaded up with my mom on Tuesday, June 17th and headed to Cooper, where I grew up which is about 8 hours from Lubbock. We visited great grand parents and friends on Wednesday, and headed to Broken Bow, Oklahoma for the Owa Chita festival at Beavers Ben on Thursday. We rented a beautiful cabin, and Zach went camping for the first time in style. The lake at Beavers Ben is beautiful. It makes me want a lake house and boat. Zach did not make it on the lake, but I did for a few hours. My brother, his girlfriend, my mom, dad, Mamaw Betty, and our cousins were all there. It was a great weekend. On Sunday, we regrouped back in Cooper and headed to Austin. Zach's first hotel was very luxurious. We stayed at the Renaissance. We ordered room service every morning, and even dessert one night. We decided we could get used to that kind of living. On Monday we went to the outlet malls in San Marcus. Zach hated the outlet malls and shopping all together. On Tuesday we dragged Zach to a wonderful mall in Austin. After fussing with me for about an hour, Zach decided to sleep in his stroller and just shop. He stayed at the mall for 5 hours. I LOVE big city shopping. They have so much inventory, ON SALE! I did not do much shopping for me, but my petite size 4 mother did. That is another blog for another day. My mom was so much help with Zach. She loves him so much. On Wednesday we headed back to Cooper to stay for a few days. I stayed at Mamaw Betty's house in Cooper, and my parents stayed in Charleston in the house I grew up in. My brother lives there now. It is WAY out in the country. Zach and I would get up and go out about lunch time. Zach had lots of firsts in Cooper. He watched me and mamaw Betty chase and kill a mouse in her living room, road on the big red tractor with his Pops, and started smiling when you sing and talk to him. We finally made it back to West Texas on this past Saturday. James picked us up in Guthrie where my parents live now. Zach did so good in the car. He was a real trooper, and I am so glad we got to do this. We were both really glad to see James and be home!
Spoiled
Zach is spoiled! Some people say you can not spoil an infant. So, Zach is not spoiled, but he prefers to sleep in the comfort of my arms or anyone elses. He will go to sleep in his swing, bouncy, or car seat by himself some times. He fights sleep, and prefers to be rocked to sleep. Right now he is crying (not screaming, but he will in a few minutes) on his play mat because he wants to be held. I LOVE holding him so I am not much help in breaking him of this. I figure that he can get unspoiled at daycare, but as long as I have him I am going to hold and love him. I love the fact that he is a snuggler.
Well, crying has gone to screaming. I'll post pics later.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Some pictures
Are you my mommy, because you do not have my tan?
My first smile.
Bright eyesZach will be 6 weeks old tomorrow. I had a good dr. appointment today. It is hard to believe it has already been 6 weeks. I can not get over how much Zach has changed and grown. Every moment is truly special.
We have had had our little world turned upside down the last 2 weeks. To make a long story short, we have a new air conditioner. If you have not noticed it has been hot in west Texas.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Carseat, awe, and other things
Whoever said babies love their carseat was lying! Or, the never met Zach. He hates it. Well, that is not entirely true. He will tolerate it when he is sleepy, the car is moving, and there is fuzz(static) on the radio. If he is awake, hot, cold, or cranky he HATES it and will scream until he gets out. As you can imagine this makes shopping a bit difficult.
We are going to Oklahoma and Austin with my parents in a few weeks, so my mom and I have put Zach on a training schedule. He has to learn to love his carseat, so we shop! The last few trips have been a lot better. So, he is making progress.
Zach went to church for the first time last Sunday. I can not even describe how it felt to praise God during worship while our miracle sat next to me (in his carseat another miracle). I teared up just thinking of the times I cried and poured my hear out to God for a baby. The only words I can think of to describe how I feel for Zach at times is just Awe. I am in awe and how perfect and wonderful he is. I am in awe of how faithful to His promises my Lord is. I am in awe of how I can feel so much love for someone. I am in awe at how our Father gave up is only son for me, for my son, for us. I hope and pray that Zach will be in Awe at the faithfulness and love of our Father.
A funny church note...Zach peed on his really cute outfit. Only a few people saw him styling in his little plaid onesie and khaki shorts and tiny sandals. I did not even get a picture. He probably won't get to wear it again. He is in that in between stage where everything is either too little or too big. It is very similar to the wardrobe issues I have right now. :)
Zach loves his play mat and has become very aware of his toys. He is staying awake more and really observing the things around him. It is so much fun to see him developing. He is growing so big in size and his mind.
I need to post more pictures, but our computer crashed. Don't worry they were backed up, but on the computer upstairs. We have a new laptop. YEA!
We are going to Oklahoma and Austin with my parents in a few weeks, so my mom and I have put Zach on a training schedule. He has to learn to love his carseat, so we shop! The last few trips have been a lot better. So, he is making progress.
Zach went to church for the first time last Sunday. I can not even describe how it felt to praise God during worship while our miracle sat next to me (in his carseat another miracle). I teared up just thinking of the times I cried and poured my hear out to God for a baby. The only words I can think of to describe how I feel for Zach at times is just Awe. I am in awe and how perfect and wonderful he is. I am in awe of how faithful to His promises my Lord is. I am in awe of how I can feel so much love for someone. I am in awe at how our Father gave up is only son for me, for my son, for us. I hope and pray that Zach will be in Awe at the faithfulness and love of our Father.
A funny church note...Zach peed on his really cute outfit. Only a few people saw him styling in his little plaid onesie and khaki shorts and tiny sandals. I did not even get a picture. He probably won't get to wear it again. He is in that in between stage where everything is either too little or too big. It is very similar to the wardrobe issues I have right now. :)
Zach loves his play mat and has become very aware of his toys. He is staying awake more and really observing the things around him. It is so much fun to see him developing. He is growing so big in size and his mind.
I need to post more pictures, but our computer crashed. Don't worry they were backed up, but on the computer upstairs. We have a new laptop. YEA!
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