First visit to the dentist

We took Boo to the dentist for the first time day, and as you can tell in the pictures, she wasn't happy about it! We took her to a pediatric dentist, and she was really nice and very patient with my terrified little girl. Since this was Boo's first visit, they had her sit in my lap and lay her head on the dentist's lap. She wouldn't open her mouth, and SCREAMED like she was being tortured, but by the end, she had settled down. And wouldn't you know, as soon as the dentist was done and told Boo that it was time to pick a prize out of the treasure chest, Boo was saying "I like princess paint and the dentist!" Oh, and princess paint is the fluoride the dentist "painted" on her teeth (they do this since Boo is too little to swish the fluoride).

A new place to nap

Zach has a new place that he likes to take naps! I guess I can't blame him, he looks pretty comfy:)

Race For the Cure

We made our annual trip to the Race For the Cure this past Saturday. And, as tradition goes, Boo had a "customized" shirt for the event. However, the heat must have gotten to me, because I didn't take a front and back picture of her!!! Oh well, next year I will remember! Once we were down playing in the mist tent, which was Boo's favorite part of the morning, we made our way over to the Survivors tent with Meme, and then walked around a little more before heading home. One, day, we will actually do the race:)

Boo driving???? YIKES!!!

Let me start at the beginning...Chris and Kristy hosted Easter at their house again this year, and while we were there Boo was able to drive Thomas' truck around their yard. Well, ever since then anytime Boo sees one, she says that she wants one. A few weeks back we were playing in the toy store and she saw all the motorized cars. She spent half an hour going back and forth from each car, checking them out. Again, all she talked about was how she wanted one. I told her that she couldn't have one b/c there is no room in our garage for her to have one and have her big play house. I then told her that if she wanted to sell her playhouse to some other little boy or girl and take that money and buy herself a car, she could. She agreed and said she would sell her house. I dropped the subject for a few days, and then the Fisher-Price catalog (better known as Boo's magazine) came in the mail. She found the page with the cars on it and without prompting she said "Mommy, I can sell my house and buy this car..ok!" So we did...I was a little worried what would happen when we actually SOLD her house, but she did great. We sold it last week on Craig's list and gave her the money for it. She did great! She didn't get upset at all about her house being gone (thank goodness)! So on Friday afternoon we went to the toy store to buy her a car. She picked out the Black Escalade and LOVES it! Here are a couple pictures of her driving Zach around!

Aunt Nancy comes to town

Aunt Nancy came to town last week for a visit, and it was so nice to see her! Before she had to go back home, we were able to meet for lunch so she could see the kids. Mackenzie was so funny when I was trying to explain how Aunt Nancy is Meme's sister she kept saying that "Meme's don't have sisters...she just haves Dubs!" She eventually got it thought:) Hopefully we will be able to visit her soon and go to my favorite place in the whole wide world (ok, next to Target) The World of Coca-Cola!!

Another visit to Jumping Beans

About 3 weeks ago, we have really started working hard on the whole potty learning thing. Boo has done great...only 3 accidents in 3 weeks (she is still wearing her diaper at night and during outings). As a 'reward' for popping in the potty we went to Jumping Beans. She loves this place! There weren't too many kids there on the day we went so Boo pretty much had the run of the place. They even have a little bounce area where Zach was able to play. This was his first time playing here, and he had a blast.

Our little boy is growing up...

Zach has started eating solid foods (other than baby food) and started drinking from a sippy cup recently! He does really well drinking water from his cup or even holding his own bottles. We have also slowly started introducing solid food to him in the past week. In these pictures he is eating his first Bojangles biscuit! He loved it...and did so well feeding himself. I also tried giving him real banana but he didn't care for it at all. Can't wait to see what is on his menu next week!

Zach and his bath

Zach LOVES bath time! Here are just a couple pictures for you...I just love his expressions!

Little Pool

We bought the kids a little pool for the back yard and they really love it! Zach is such a water baby! He would spend all day in the pool if I let him! Boo had so much fun showing Zach all our pool toys and showing him how to splash! Hopefully this weekend we will finally make it over to our neighborhood pool, but judging by how much fun they had in the little one...I think we will be spending a bunch of time in both pools!

Another great trip to the Zoo!

On Sunday, Boo and I went to the Zoo with Meme, Dub, Uncle Chris, and Thomas. We had such a great time! It seemed like all the animals were out and very easy to see. Boo didn't even need her "binnococolars" to see the "rhinaanasseras" (also know as binoculars and rhinos). When we got to the zoo, we kept asking Boo what she wanted to see and all she would say was she wanted to see the monkey's poop (like on our last visit)! She is so funny! Here are a couple pictures from our day! A big thank you to Meme and Dub for our great trip!!!!

Mother's Day Tea Party with Lulu

Last week, we went to the Mother's Day Tea at Lulu's nursing home. Mackenzie was so excited to dress up and wear her "tea" hat. When we got there, Lulu did not have her hat on, and Boo was not ok with this. She told Meme "We have to get Lulu's tea hat because this is a tea party and we wear tea hats to tea party's." So after Meme and Boo went to find Lulu's tea hat, she was ready to eat:) Zach had a great time just hanging out in the stroller flirting with all the ladies!

Zach is 8 months!

Okay, I know you are thinking that I say this a lot when it comes to this blog but, boy does time fly! Zach turned 8 months old last week...and he is moving in all directions! About 3 weeks ago, he graduated from the Army man crawl to regular crawling. Then last week he decided that it was time that he started pulling himself to a stand!!! Sorry the pictures aren't that great in the crib, but I was trying to catch him in action!

His favorite thing to do know is stand up and look out the windows! Oh, and yes, his shirt is buttoned outside his pants...Boo helped me dress him and "insisted" that this is the way that it goes:)

And this weeks trick...yep, crawling up the stairs!!! I could not believe that he did it! Boo went upstairs to get something, and I guess Zach decided that he needed to help her because the next thing I knew, Zach was 3 steps up!!! He has now done this several times which means...time to go to Home Depot and buy some new gates!!!!

Beach Trip to the Outer Banks

Earlier this month, we went to the Outer Banks with Uncle Chris, Aunt Jamie, Mia and Aunt Jamie's family. We had such a great time, and Boo really liked having a ton of playtime with Mia! While we were there, Greg and I took the kids to the top of Jockey's Ridge. It was quite a hike carrying Zach all that way (he is so heavy...)! Boo climbed the whole thing herself! At the top, she just kept saying over and over "Can you believe this sand box!"

This picture below is for Uncle Chris (the other one:)! We ate at his favorite restaurant! They have the best food ever!! Yum! Sorry you weren't with us Chris...but we thought of you!

The title of this picture should be "How many people does it take to fly a kite?" Uncle Chris, Zach, Mia's "Fave Uncle Dave", Greg, and Boo all tried to get the kite up. It was very funny watching them try to fly this kite! They did get the kite to fly, and Boo was happy:)

Got Boogies...Take 2!

So here is Zach and his boogies....

And here is Boo! In this picture, she was about 11 months old.
I just thought I would share these 2 pics...hahah!

Boo and Zach's new buddy!

One of my closest friends had her little baby boy late last night, so Boo and I went to meet baby Max and check on Piper this morning. After dropping Zachary off at Aunt Jamie's (thank you Aunt Jamie for taking him on such short notice) Boo and I were off to the hospital. The whole ride there, she talked about how when her Buddy (aka Zachary) was out of mommy's tummy, she went to see him at the hospital. Here is a picture of Max...check out all his hair! And we thought Boo had hair when she was born! Congrats to Darrell and Piper on baby Max!

Spring Fling

Our neighborhood had a Spring Fling last week, and the kids seemed to really enjoy themselves. One activity they had planned was for the county K-9 unit to come out to do a demonstration for all the kids. Of course, Boo being my child was not to thrilled at the sight of this huge German Shepard, but she warmed up and actually petted him (and no, I didn't come close to petting him:)! Zach had a good time just people watching and hanging out in the wagon!

Latest pictures of Zach

Here are a couple of recent pictures of Zach! He has mastered the "Army Crawl" and is all over the place...time to get the gates out:)

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:)