For the Love of Cheese

As one of Zach's after school snacks I started giving him grated cheese, with his fruit and veggies. However, after giving it to him for about a week, I noticed that he was eating nothing else, but waiting for the cheese....hmmmm, I really should have been expecting this as all Walls love cheese.

I should specify - all "blood" Walls love cheese. Liv and I like cheese the normal-person amount. But Vince, Alex and Dave have a love for it that is only rivaled by their love of R&B and calling each other Ken. My mother once asked if they always discuss how much they like cheese? I had to confirm that yes, yes that always did that. So Zachary has taken to cheese like....well like the little Wall that he is.

Pumkin Patch

As I typed the title of this post I thought of all the other moms doing the same, either on their blog, Facebook or just a folder of their pics of their children in a pumpkin patch. It seems to be THE thing to do with a little kid, so of course I was all over it. I drug Alex and Zach to St. Luke's pumpkin patch this weekend to get my fill of pictures of my baby with pumpkins. It finally got cold enough to not have him in a swimsuit next to the pumpkins but in his snappy plaid shirt and jeans. In true Alex & Kinsey Wall style, we were there for no more than 15 minutes, took about 20 pictures and left $18.50 poorer, but with me 100% giddier. Totally worth it for 5 pumpkins and a lifetime of memories, I say, however Alex begs to differ....

If loving tupperware is wrong, he doesn't want to be right

Similar to me putting Zach in the laundry basket in the kitchen while I cooked, I now just open up a cabinet and let him go to town. The drawer slides in and out (in and out - in and out) and is filled with all sorts of plastic containers. He seems to think that he is doing something wrong, as evidenced by the first photo, as it is just soooo much fun it couldn't possibly be right!

Chubby baby in the bath

Will you look at that belly? That boy is so chubby! How can his doctor say he is only in the 50% percentile, he is well above average.

Spotted: A Tooth

Yes! It is true! Zach has a tiny, tiny tooth poking through on his bottom gum. I would not have even noticed had I not been telling my friend Beth about how Zach was super sleepy on Wednesday and kinda clingy. She asked (when I saw her Saturday) if he had gotten a tooth. After I shrugged and made a noise like "Huh? What? I was supposed to be watching for that", I stuck my finger into his mouth and felt a tiny line of not-soft-gum. Yippee! I don't know why I feel satisfaction as a mother when I had absolutely nothing to do with it, nor did I even know it had happened. I guess I am just glad he has one....but am now worried that he might only have one. What if the others can't break through? What if he is the weird, no crawling, no walking kid with just one tooth in his mouth at daycare?? At least he has hair, I suppose.

This will be quick

This blog is for Zachary; for our parents and friends who would like to know what he is doing/not doing. I am just interspersing a quick item about Alex and I - because it affects Zach, of course. Alex and I took our first solo trip since Zach to Banff, Alberta Canada. We actually stayed in a town called Kimberley about 3 hours East of Calgary. The weather was perfect, Alex made me do a lot of outdoorsy type of things, and we got to spend some time together when a little person was not making his presence known.

My parents came down to take care of Zach. My dad actually came down by himself and watched Zach for 2 nights and 2 days until my mom arrived. He thought we were crazy for leaving an 8 month old with a person who has not had an 8 month old in 28 years, but as I have said before - I will leave my child with anyone. Especially someone I am connected too by blood, as my Grandma Jane would say. And he did great! He got the schedule down, was even able to give him his ear infection medicine and only had to call in reinforcements via my sweet Aunt Vickie for ice and lunch. Granted he needed her both days, but technically I could use someone bringing me ice and lunch most days. And when my mom finally arrived they were able to tag team Zach (which is really much better) and he was happy and asleep when we arrived home. I so appreciated them both dropping everything to come help us.

Kinsey as the caddy
Lake Louise

No Stopping or Standing Allowed

What is Zachary doing? Why does he all of a sudden want to stand up all the time? He can not even crawl yet! He can't figure out how to get his legs unstuck and face plants on the ground, yet he reeeeeeeally wants to be standing up. I caved and bought this table toy (thanks to Wyatt's momma) which he loves. It sings, speaks in Spanish, counts and most likely bakes a cake while teaching my child sign language. It is an all in one entertainment machine. He really enjoys holding on to it and batting at all the items on the top. These pics had to be taken in 3 seconds though, as once he stops paying attention to the toy he falls over.