Music Time!

Each week at Zach's school, Mrs. Terry comes to host music class for Zach's class. We often get notes about how much he enjoys music class and especially enjoys shaking eggs (plastic ones filled with rice) to the beat. Alex and I do swear that he can clap to the beat and always does start moving and clapping when he hears music. Even just us singing - which can only questionably be called music.
Here are some pictures of Zach and the rest of the Sweet Peas enjoying music time!

Please notice how his hands are blurred his is constantly moving them. That is his little friend Abby next to him. We also get notes about how he likes to play with her.

Loving his teacher Ms. Michelle

Much to be Thankful for

Zach spent his first Thanksgiving in St. Louis visiting the extended Wall family. Vince's brother and sister live there and many of his nieces and nephews stayed in the Lou. Zach got to meet 18 2nd and 3rd cousins. They all just went crazy for him. I don't think Alex or I held him more than 5 minutes at a time before someone swooped him out of our arms and hurried off to do something else. He was in hog heaven with all that attention! They loved to watch him scoot/slide around and really loved to pinch his cheeks (which is a common occurrence for any child that gets within 2 feet of Zach).

Thanksgiving dinner with over 50 Walls
First stop in St. Louis at Steak n' Shake with only 25 Walls

Snow!

I am sure everyone has heard about the snow we had in Houston over the weekend. It really was pretty amazing. There was more snow than I ever thought possible in our southern city. My parents were home with Zach and by the time he was up from his nap the snow had stopped. So we just hustled him outside to sit on a plastic bag and take some pictures. Keep in mind we are all about 20 feet from him, on the sidewalk telling him to smile and making funny nosies. Zach mainly wanted to know why he was by himself on this trash bag, and our neighbors wanted to know how we lost our minds.

Zach and his Granny Marsh & Papa Wayne

It's the Holiday Season

Zach's first Christmas tree is up! It is also filled with my lovely gold balls, baubles and stars, all of which are breakable and not for touching - by anyone (that includes you Alex). During the aforementioned photo session Zach decided that shiny glass ball would be fabulous to hold on to. Luckily my mom snatched him away just in time. Phew! What did he think this ways, a child's holiday?? Good thing the tree is in a room that he is not in very often. It is for looking at only - no touching. Ahhh the holidays.

Not my vision

This weekend my parents came to help us get ready for Christmas. We put up the tree, got the wreath on the front of the house and took a family picture of our first Christmas. Needless to say getting 2 adults, 1 baby and 1 dog to all look at the camera (eyes open) and smile was really, really hard. Especially given Zachary's new fondness for not smiling and just staring at the camera. I think we got one that was OK - not great, not terrible, just OK.

This one is NOT that picture and is totally not my vision for our little family...but more like the reality that it is.

Blue Patrol

Zach loves to hang out with his Auntie Tami and Uncle Dave. They sweetly came over and took Zach out for lunch and with them on some errands to give me a break one Saturday. Dami (a fabulous nickname I came up with for them) were both wearing baby blue as was Zach. The looked like a perfect little family. I was glad for their perfectness to get out of my house and let me go back to eating Cheez-its on the couch in my un-matching exercise clothes.

But I digress...

One thing I love/hate about Tami, is that she is the only person who can wipe Zach's face after a meal without him rapidly turning his head away and squealing like a little piglet. The second I approach him with a wet towel he starts to shriek and squirm like I am trying to - well like I am trying to do anything but what he wants me to do. But for Tami he just gazes up at her angelically as she gently wipes his face.

But really, that is how I gaze at her as well.

Big A little Z

Only one boy was sick in my house this past week and it was little Z. We have been through a few bouts of sickness recently, from an ear infection, to a stomach virus and now bronchitis - followed up by double ear infections again. I am just about tired of seeing my doctor and the Walgreen's pharmacists.

What struck me was the medicine that Zach's doc gave him as a "just in case" with the bronchitis breathing treatments. It looked very, very similar to one that his father was given with his last sickness....sigh. Foreshadowing anyone?