Zach is 7 months old and he has a new trick!

Look at Zach's new trick! He tried to sit up by himself yesterday, but just couldn't do it. Today, he has mastered it! Oh oh, does that mean that crawling forward is next?!!??

He is so proud of himself:)

Boo and her puzzles

The other week, we bought Boo a 24 piece jigsaw puzzle of Jasmine (a Disney princess). It took us helping her 2 times before she caught on to putting the puzzle together. Then it started...she has mastered every jigsaw puzzle we have given her. We bought another princess puzzle and a Cars puzzle over the weekend, and without any help, she put both of them together. Today, we had to run into Target (I know, go figure) to get something, and she asked if we could see what puzzles they had. I said sure, and we were off in search of puzzles. Well, she wanted to get this Diego puzzle, but I wasn't sure. It was a floor size jigsaw puzzle with 48 pieces! But, I said ok since it was on clearance. We got home and right away she wanted to put it together. I had to give Zach his lunch so I told her that she would have to do it by herself and she said ok. About 5 minuets later, she started saying "I'm done..I do it Mommy!" And sure enough, she had put the whole thing together with NO HELP!!!! Looks like Meme finally has someone in the family to do puzzles with her:)

Going...going.....backwards!

Zach has started to move around....but backwards! Just like when Boo was his age, he scoots everywhere backwards. The other day he scooted himself right into the box!

Toes are yummy!

The picture says it all:)

Pictures from Easter Weekend

Zach hanging out at his first Easter Egg HuntBoo had a blast hunting for eggs at the neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt!

She was so proud of all the eggs she found!

Would you believe that the Easter Bunny left eggs for Booskie to find at Meme's house! She was so excited to be able to look for eggs. After she found the eggs Meme told her that the Easter Bunny left her a basket too, but she would have to find it:)

We had such a great Easter Weekend. Were able to see Greg's side of the family Saturday at Easter lunch with Uncle Chris, Aunt Jamie, Mia, Aunt Jamie's sister Jennifer and her husband David, and Grandma and Grandpa. Then we made it over to Easter Dinner Saturday night at Uncle Chris, Aunt Kristy and Thomas' house. We had such a busy day, but it was so nice to see everyone!

Too Cute

Just had to share this picture....isn't he cute! He just loves his Big Bird stuffed toy:)

Zach and the Easter Bunny

We had such a great day on Friday. Daddy and Grandpa went to the NCAA Basketball games, so we got to spend the whole day with Grandma...what a treat during the week:) Since Grandma and I share a love of scrapbooking, we went to a mall that has a great scrapbook store. After having a great time in the scrapbook store, we went into the mall. Once we got into the mall, Grandma bought us a snack....we needed to refuel after the scrapbook store:) We had such a good time people watching and just hanging out, when we realized that the Easter Bunny was there. I asked Boo if she wanted to see the Easter Bunny and she said yes....so we got in line! She was so excited about the bunny....until it was our turn! She would have nothing to do with him! Zach on the other hand had a great time on the bunny's lap. I had no intention what so ever to buy the extremely over priced pictures, but I just had too once I saw how cute he looked with the Bunny! After the bunny, Grandma took us to "Old MacDonalds" for lunch....Thank you Grandma for such a special day and for all our treats:)

Pro pictures of Boo and Z

Here are a couple pictures of Boo and Z that we had taken this past weekend! They sure do like having their pictures taken:)

Mackenzie is 3!

Boo was so excited about all the presents she had to open! Skyler helped Boo too:)

These are a few pictures from her party! It is hard to believe that she is 3!!

Zach is 6 months old!!!!

If you look REALLY close, you can see his bottom teeth coming in!

This is his new thing...sucking on his upper lip! I guess it feels good, but it makes him look like such an old man!!

Wow...where did the time go? I can't believe that Zach is 6 months old! And, to top that off he decided today was the day for his first 2 teeth to pop through!!!!

Zach and his Christmas toy

We put together one of Zach's Christmas toys today that we had put off doing until he could sit up on his own. As you can tell by the picture he loves this new toy!

Zach's Christening Pictures

Here are a couple pictures that we had taken of Zach in his Christening outfit. I was a little worried because last time we had his pictures taken, he didn't smile...this time, he was full of smiles:)

Highchair + Mesh Feeder = Happy Boy

Zach used the highchair for the first time today at lunch, and he seemed to really like it! I put an ice cube inside the mesh feeder and gave it to him, to see what he would do with it. Well, he went to town...he LOVED it! He sat in the highchair for 20 minutes just having a good time!

Jumping Beans!

We went to Jumping Beans this morning to have a play date with Skyler and Greyson. We had never been here before, but I kept hearing great things about this indoor bounce place, so with it raining today, we decide it would be a perfect time to try it out! The girls had so much fun!!! Here are a couple of pictures...We can't wait to go here again:)

Sitting Up

Within the last week, Zach has started sitting up on his own! He does well, but is still very wobbly:)

Bath Time

Zach LOVES bath time! He is now in the "big boy bath seat." He just sits in there and lounges!

Zach's Christening

A huge thanks needs to go to Dub for making Zach's Christening happen....THANKS DUB!!! You see, on the Friday before Zach's Christening, the church had no idea that he was to be Christened the following Sunday....so in a panic (here I am, getting ready for a party with all these people to celebrate Zach's big day...and according to the church it wasn't happening) , Meme tracked Dub down, and Dub came to the rescue....Dub made a quick trip down to the church, found the right people to talk to, and everything was back on schedule:)

Zach did really well during the service, Boo on the other hand was quite concerned for her brother. As the minister walked down the aisle with Zach, Boo was saying "where is he going with my Zachary? Bring him back to me!!" She was on the verge of a major back down, when Marie and Charlie saved the day! I saw them in the seats, so I quickly got Boo to search for her favorite "ReeRee (Marie) and Charlie!" This distracted her long enough for the minister to bring Zach back:)

Here are a couple pictures from the day with both sets of grandparents!

The Circus

A couple weeks ago, Meme was able to get us seats in her company's suite for the Circus! We had so much fun....Aunt Cathy came with Boo and I, and we meet Wendy and Skyler there! Of course, the girls just wanted to play and not watch the show, but as soon as the animals came out, they were very into the show! THANK YOU MEME!!!

The Family gene

Oh Boy! It looks like Zach has a little bit of the Northcutt gene in him after all:)

Fun pictures

Sleepy Boy!

Look at my new jumper from Santa Claus! I love it!

Zach and Boo have a good laugh together!

One eye Zach

Zach has a blocked tear duct that is taking its time going away. Some days you would never know it, but other days, he wakes up from his nap looking like a pirate!

BIG updates!!!

We are going to work backwards for just a bit, because the most recent news is the best news:)

First, Mackenzie is officially a big girl...she has given up her passy...COMPLETELY, and she did it basically over night. We went to the library last week to check out a couple of books about giving up the passy. That day we read them at nap time, and that night was her first night without the passy. She did great! The next morning the passy fairy left her a Cookie Monster doll and a "coupon" saying that she could get her ball tent for being such a good girl! Woo Hoo!!!! And for those wondering...yes, potty "learning" is next on our list of things to do:)

Next, Zach is rolling over! Of course, he rolled over for the first time when nobody was watching, but now he does it all the time (except at Meme's house....where he refused to show off)! Pretty exciting that he is 4 months old now, and rolling over like a champ! He is also on cereal now...the first couple of days, he didn't really care for it, now he scarfs it down like it is going out of style!