Gabeisms

spider wimp

calm down, you lady

hun

okay, calm down, mom

Some Kids Have Lovies...

Zach has a donut.

Neither one of my boys got attached to a blankie or lovey or special stuffed animal, even when I put a few lovies in their cribs early on.  Gabe seems to attach to EVERYTHING, and his bed at present is a good representation of that fact.  He has at least 15 stuffed animals, 5 books, a couple pairs of shoes, a few trucks, and a sippy cup in his bed on any given day.

Zach, as we all know, is VERY attached to his pacifier.  He's been known to push the paci around the train track, to demand one paci for his mouth and another for his hand, and to rub his face lovingly with a spare paci. 

In addition to Zach's paci, he now has a plastic donut.  He's been carrying around this donut for DAYS now.  It goes to bed with him at night, it takes naps with him during the day, and it pretty much never leaves his pudgy fist all day, except when he puts it down momentarily.  Otherwise, the donut is in one hand all (I repeat, ALL) day.  Like with the paci, Zach even pushes the donut around the train track.  At times, he's been known to balance a toy, the donut, his sippy cup, and a book all at once, rather than parting with the donut for a minute.  When he drops the donut; forget it.  That boy sobs and screams for his beloved.  And, the donut goes in the car with us and sometimes makes it into a store or wherever we're going.  Remarkably, Zach has not lost his donut. 

A Day in the Life of Zach's Donut:

In the Morning

playing with some trains (one handed, of course)

Later That Morning

playing the piano with my donut

going to pick Gabe up from school with my donut

waiting in the car line with my donut

having lunch with my donut

Later That Afternoon

playing at the pond with my donut

Night Time

brushing my teeth with my donut

on my changing table with my donut (we're so sleepy)

all tucked into bed with my donut (and a book)



A Bazillion Pictures from the Weekend

It was a busy weekend.  We went to Drew's 1st birthday party on Saturday and then to the Dawson Easter celebration on Sunday.  For Gabe, this meant getting to spend a lot of time with his cousin, Cameron, whom he adores!  They are really cute together.

Here are the pictures:

I turned around for a second, and Jason turned Zach into Mr. High Pants

Remember Mr. High pants?

Poor bug

Sitting with Dada in my high pants

at Drew's party - Zach loved having the freedom to eat and eat

Gabe & Cameron

he's so cute

Zach in his big boy outfit

Drew and his cousins

Happy Birthday to you!

Zach's pointing at Drew's cake and jones-ing for some frosting

eating a carrot cake cupcake with Auntie Tee Tee

Drew's first cake

playing the drum

Zach noticed the stars on Auntie Auntie's ceiling 

zoning out

goofball

Zach discovered the chandelier

Zach & Momo

watching Sesame together - seriously?

come on!!! 

rubbing Gabe's head

adorable (if only Zach weren't picking his nose)

even though he's picking, I thought the lounging was just precious

someone's getting tired!

 

how cute is he?

he was dancing in this shot

the jelly bean trails!

on the trail to find their Easter baskets

eating their jelly bean trails

I found my Easter basket!

stuffing myself full of jelly beans

I found my Easter basket, too!

wearing my Easter sunglasses

Zach's discarded, half-eaten jelly beans (he discovered there was chocolate in the basket; forget you, jelly beans)

wearing my Easter sunglasses and ready to catch butterflies in my new net

playing outside on Easter Sunday - it was so warm!

 

at the Dawson Easter celebration

having fun with bubbles

playing with a push toy

the three boys playing on Easter

look at Gabe's face - he loves Cameron!

gathering their eggs after the Easter egg hunt

playing with another push toy

this is where the things got dicey in the end