Little Deviled Egg!

here's a photo from last weekend with me and Zach dressed in our 'deviled egg' costume, while Amy was in San Diego for work. The three of us went to a Pumpkin Patch in the city today, and dressed Z up as the deviled egg himself. I'll get those shots up soon. For now, I hope this one and all the photos I just posted in part 2 of the Boston visit can temporarily sate your hunger for Zachary pics :)

Visiting Jon's Family in Mass., Part II

More pics from our trip to New England two weeks ago. Just posting photos for now, I'll update with captions soon, I promise!

Great-Grandma Connie has a present for Zach



Zach likes presents!







Zach is thrilled by Great-auntie Martha's
Bah-ston accent



Mark, Martha & Zach



Great-aunt Linda, Nanna's childhood buddy,
introduces herself to Zach



Smile for the camera!



Proud Nanna, Great-auntie L, and Z



Zach, Ruby, Amy and Eliza. Ruby is Eliza
and Yuri's 4.5 month old daughter. Yuri and
I went to high school together. More important,
he is the founder of our fantasy baseball league.



Yuri and Zach



Back: Jon, Amy, Bryan, Gillie
Middle: Zach, Tristan (14 mos.), Indhy (4 yrs)
Front: Yuri, Ruby (in lap), Eliza




Nanna and Grandpa Bob were very happy to
have Zachary staying with them.

Visiting Jon's Family in Massachusetts, Day 1

Nana Liz was very excited to have Zachary visit.
Ginger was just happy that he brought his own toys.

I'm going to have to put up the shots from our trip to Boston up in installments. I'm single-dadding it this weekend, as Amy has a conference in San Diego she had to attend, so there's not a lot of time for blogging. In adddition, Zach and I have a Halloween party to attend today (Sunday) and yesterday was spent preparing our (yes, "our") costume. (I modified a simple, yet clever idea I found online: dress baby in white, attach yellow fabric circle to his chest, add horns and a pitchfork: instant deviled egg! well, we happen to have a set of horns and tail - who needs a pitchfork! - so I'm going as the deviled part of the costume and Zach already had a white hoodie ... so I went to the local kids consignment shop and found some white pants and a yellow onsie to cut the "yolk" from... he'll be the egg ... and of course, pics will be up soon!)

Wow, that was a long aside... Now to the actual subject of the post: the three of us travelled to Boston last weekend to introduce Zach to the rest of my side of the family. My dad's brother and his family visited on Saturday. Here are the photos from their visit:

Cousin Marysa and Zachary



Cousin Tiana and Zachary. I can remember
when both the girls were Zach's age. Man, how
time flies!



Aunt Denise meeting Zach for the first time



Playing with his new horse toy



Uncle Mike (my dad's little brother). He still remembers
how to feed a baby. And change one, too! No photos
of that, you'll be relieved to know. I was too busy
making sure he got the diaper on straight. He did, and
received the Proud Daddy seal of approval.



Sharing a moment



Hangin' with the cuzzins. Zach didn't seem
to mind being the center of attention! I think
he's use to it ;)

Visiting with Friends

Last weekend we made the trip across the Bay (it always seem like it's going to be such a trek, and it hardly ever is) to visit with our friends Andrew and Isabelle and their son, Sebastien (6 wks to the day younger than Zachary) and Dan and Lynn and their two boys, Kaenon (3 yrs) and Augden (1 yr).

It's always great to connect with friends after not seeing them for awhile, and this visit was especially fun with all the kids together.

Kaenon and Zachary, in particular, seemed absolutely fascinated by one another.

Amy, Isabelle, Zachary and Sebastien



Zach & Sebastien



Andrew reading to Zach




Kaenon and Zach

Kaenon obviously hasn't been reading the blog, or he'd know about "everything in the mouth"



Kaenon was extremely patient with Zachary



Buddies!


And just a couple more obligatory cute Zach photos ...

mmmmm, plums ...

now that Z has teeth, he's able to explore his interest in less mushy solid food:

next thing you know, he'll be grabbing for the pork chops!

This Just In: Zach is Tall

Sorry, no photos in this post. If you're bored by text and rudimentary baby statistics, skip to the bright, colorful, pretty pictures below ...

Amy just got back from the "6 month" pediatrician visit (I know, I know, he'll be 7 months in 3 days, what can you do?) and it's official: Zach is tall.

weight: 20 lbs-6 oz (90th percentile)
height: 29.5 inches (off the freakin' chart!)

In other words, (newsflash!) he's tall!

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming of adorable baby pics and witty commentary ... ok, maybe not so much with the latter, but hopefully enough of the former to make up for it.

Sunday in the Park with Zachary

Last Sunday, Adoption Connection hosted a picnic at a park in the city. We showed up kinda late, but Zachary still got to play with some baby and toddler friends, and also had his first swing and slide experience! He seemed to like the swing a lot more than the slide. Not that he didn't like the slide, but it went by so fast that I don't think he realized it was fun until it was over. The swing elicited a lot more smiles and belly laughs. I'm psyched that he could enjoy the playground so much, I can't wait to take him back again and again and again.

Second Tooth!

Just two days later, tooth #2 sprouted!