Zachary is a jumpin'

As we are actively working towards our New Year's resolutions, Zachary has taken up a new hobby of his own. Jumping. He LOVES it! Here are a few pics and a video of him jumping away! He is officially now a Zach-AROO!!!

Another funny story. I was doing something in the Kitchen the other day, so I sat Zach on the corner of the couch. Below is a photo of how I left him.

(And yes, he is crossing his little feet all the time now. So Funny.)

and another how I found him. He definately takes after his father. Doug never met a couch he didn't enjoy laying on.

A man of many, many talents.............

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Everyone!

2007 was such a great year for us, we are very much looking forward to 2008!

and man, did we start it off with a BANG! Zach, Doug and I were all asleep at the late hour of 9pm. Zach managed to wake up at 11:58 pm requesting a celebratory drink (of Formula), then headed back to bed. I know it doesn't sound very exciting but I honestly cannot think of a better way to start the new year than with sleep and of course, my boys.

I will be updating this blog over the weekend. Listing our resolutions (including Blogging more) and updating everyone on Life! I know I haven't been as good as I should be with updating this page and I will be making it a priority in the coming year.

We wish all of you a wonderful 2008~ I have a feeling this is going to be a great year for many of you.

Love you all.

The Walker Family.

(This was our New Year's Eve photo. Zach is already asleep and my eyes are about to drop!)

More food photos

I know we can't get enough of Zach eating (and neither can he (or I for that matter!)).

Rice Cereal

Peas

Carrots (Abstract Style)

Sweet Potatoes

(I cannot guarantee that photo was actually taken on a Sunday)

Oatmeal (YUM!)

Oatmeal with Bananas (even more Yum!)

Applesauce (Not sure about it yet, but sure to be YUMMY!)

He has also finally figured out this whole tongue thing and now uses it to bring the food in to his mouth, as opposed to pushing it back out! Yea Zach!

And for Christmas Zach says all he wants is

"Peas on Earth"

(He doesn't really know what Peace is, but is familiar with Peas and anything about solid food is good).

Just the boys (Chapter one)

"WHAT!?!? You are leaving me alone with Dad, JUST DAD????"

Yes, I am. And he did GREAT! Better than great.

I had my annual staff conference in San Diego this week. I left at 4 am on Thursday and drove down south while Doug took on all the responsibilities of watching Zachary for 40 straight hours!

Yes, it was hard for me to be far away, especially when I looked at my watch at 5pm (Zach's usual pick up time), but I knew he was in good hands. The boys had a good bonding session and left me nothing to worry about, not even high flying rounds of "Airplane".

On Friday night I couldn't get home fast enough to see my boys. But I am glad they were able to have some time together. It was literally a race to get to daycare before the 6:30 deadline. I just barely beat Doug there. And while I thought Zach would be thrilled to see me, I don't think he realized it had been all that long. But I was thrilled! Though I still have no idea what Doug was feeding him while I was gone, HOW DID HE ALL OF A SUDDEN GET TO BE SO BIG?

I can now check "night away from baby" off my list. Check! (though I don't think I will do it often, life is better with him!)

Congratulations to the LaFollett Family!

Congratulations to the LaFollett Family. On Tuesday, November 20, they were joined by little Kate! We can't wait to meet her.

Zachary and the Spoon!

Today was a big day for Zachary. Today he braved a new world of cuisine.

Hello Zachary, meet Rice Cereal.

How did this new meeting go?

I think we have a natural eater. Zachary wanted to know why we waited so long for this introduction. Solid food and Zach are now fast friends.

Here is Zachary's first meal! We hope you enjoy it as much as he did!

With the help of Mimi and Mike (we are still working on a name, any suggestions, please let us know) he loved it all!

On a side note, we also had a great visit with my parents today. We went to Brent's Deli, where we lunched with my friend Brad Garrett from Everybody Loves Raymond and even ran into Chris Meyers, from Fox Sports. I was happy to realize that my celebrity sighting drought has been ended, along with the part of the California drought, keeping with tradition that it only rains in California when we have company.

If you too would like to help with the California drought, we are accepting reservations daily at Casa de Walker.