Walking before Crawling??

Our little man has made it quite clear he has NO interest in crawling. Fusses and fights whenever we try and encourage him, however he is CONSTANTLY wanting to stand and currently spends most of his day standing and holding onto our living room table, his stand up toys and other ideal height objects. I'm hoping he crawls, if even for a very brief time before walking... I hate the idea of missing any milestones.

Quick Zander Update

I just realized I have failed to update you on a BIG happening in our home. Zander is saying mama! Not just babbling, not just by accident but very much intentional. It is the most wonderful sound I've heard since his first cry. We also feel he is saying dada, even thoough it comes out baba. It's directed to Brandon and he hasn't really started saying "d" yet so it's a safe assumption. Anywho.... it's all very exciting. I'm sure Zander will tell you all about it when he sees you next.

Big Boy

Zander began feeding himself sweet potato puffs this weekend. A great treat for sharpening those small motor skills. Sorry about the angle, can't seem to get it to turn and little man is waking up from his nap so this view will have to do.

And so the game continues...

The ever controversal game of "Put Zander in What?" took an unusual spin when Zander woke up a little early Monday morning (we all deal with the Monday blues in our own way, waking up before 7am seems to be his way) so he decided to hang out and assist me in getting ready for the day.It's safe for you to assume his cuteness caused me in being much later to work than I had planned.... but well worth it.

Zander in the sink

When Mommys bored....

So I have been home sick for two days now with a clogged duct. For those of you who know what that is, enough said. For those of you who don't know let's just say breast feeding is not for the weak. Anyways..... after being home for two days I was getting a little bored so decided to play a new game I created that I like to call "Put Zander in What??" The game is pretty self explanatory. I walked around the house looking for things to put him in, as you can see some he enjoyed, some not so much. Enjoy and feel free to play this game with your little ones.

More Easter pics

My Easter pictures were pretty sparse but I was able to steal some pictures of the recent holiday from Grandma.

Out looking for Easter eggs

Zander and his Yaya, showing off his cute Easter attire...

(Is attire okay? Brandon told me I need to stop calling

them outfits... attires better, right?)

Zander and his Mom finding Easter eggs

Zander with the luckiest parents

Grandma and her boys coloring eggs

7 Months

At 7 months Zander is a smiling, silly, cuddly, smart and playful boy. He loves balloons, Willy, rolling balls back and forth, eating, going for walks and playing in his jumper, which he now goes crazy bouncing all around in. He is talking a lot, sitting on his own, rolling around, and standing while holding onto things. We feel pretty strongly about the possibility that he may skip the whole crawling phase and go right to walking. He continues to become more loveable, handsome and fun.

 Please excuse his posture and hand placement.

Shirt made with love by Auntie Suzi and Vivian

Just like Daddy

Like father, like son....

Zander's First Easter

We all gathered at my parents house to celebrate Easter. Every holiday seems to  be better with our little man. We had an Easter egg hunt, huge Easter baskets for the boys (Ryker, Connor and of course Zander) and a delicious breakfast. Here are some pictures of our fabulous afternoon.

Happy Easter!