Time flies, but in a good way!

I really need to update this blog a little more haha. I will be attempting to add posts in chronological order in the weeks to come.  So, you may find some new content showing up dated before this post.  It just means I am setting it to be posted as if it were in the past.  I do want to keep everything in order on here, haha.

Meanwhile, Zach turns 10 months here soon, and it is so exciting that he will be having his first Christmas before we know it!  I have already got his gifts, and it's taking all my strength not to just let him have them now haha.  It's not as if he would remember any of it anyway, but all the same, I suppose I should wait.

This kid has about 4 or 5 teeth now, which is crazy and adorable because he can now bite of bits and pieces of stuff off to "chew" on.  He really enjoys feeding himself a lot of finger foods, and I have found that he really isn't a picky eater at all!  That fact right there is awesome because it makes it that much easier to feed him all sorts of new things without having to worry about him not liking it or him spitting it all over the place or throwing a fit.  Thank God for giving me such an easy little guy to deal with every day :)

In other news, he sits up all by himself, and he likes to reach for things and walk around with some help from mom or dad.  He loves when you talk to him and play with him.  He's very interactive, and he is also beginning to understand some of what we say to him, which is a whole new level of exciting right there!  He also says words, but I don't think he really means what we would think he means by them.  For example, when he says "mom," I believe it really means something along the lines of, "I am happy!" And when he says "da da," I believe he's saying something like, "I'm am having fun right now!" 

His very first experience with spaghetti was this evening for dinner, and he absolutely loved it :)  Such fun watching him suck in the cut-up noodles with sauce haha.  Gotta love this kid!

First Tooth!

It has been a little while since I have posted something, mostly due to the fact that we have been busy busy busy lately!  I figured I should get you up-to-date on the latest news from our little family :)

Zach's first tooth made an appearance on September 2, and it is very slowly be coming more and more visible :)

He was chewing on a straw the other day and Ryan got this picture! Yay, Zach!

Shots...

Tomorrow Zach will be going to get his 6 month shots.  Now, I always hear people saying how they feel so bad for their kids getting shots and how their kid was bawling at the doctor's while they were being poked with needles.  This is where I'm not sure if I should feel bad or what haha.

I honestly don't feel all that bad that he has to get shots.  To me, I know it is something that we all have to go through in order to remain healthy and not get these crazy serious diseases and infections.  I mean, I comforted him and all when he received his shots before, and I did my best (with a lot of help) to try to sooth his crying while we were in the hospital for his stomach surgery (we had to refrain from feeding him for somewhere around 10 hours, maybe more), but I wasn't worried sick or anything like that.  I was confident that everything was going to be fine.  I'm not nervous or all that concerned with the fact that he has to get shots.

I don't know.  I guess I just know when he really needs someone to hold on to him and tell him that everything will be okay, but I also know when he needs someone to hold him and tell him to be strong because it's going to help him in the long run.

This is probably another one of those things where I worry about what other people are going to think of me as a parent.  Parents judge each other all the time, sometimes for good reason, sometimes not.  I just have met some of the "super" parents out there, and I really don't like being around people like that because they make me feel inadequate as a parent because I don't "do it all" like they do.  Frankly, I have a hard time seeing how they do it and still have time to do things for themselves every once in a while.  But I digress.

No worries, Bud.  We'll make it, no problem.

Half way

They always tell you how fast your kid will grow.  Zachary just turned 6 months, and it's pretty amazing just how fast the time has gone.  As much as I thought he was so CUTE when he was brand new, adorable when he first started smiling, and SO hilarious when he first started playing with his little toys, I am extremely excited to see where he goes in his mini months/years. 

I can't say that I am looking back on his littler days wishing I could go back.  I love each and every one of his stages :)

Happy Half Birthday, Son.  I love you, Zachary!

Beginning a New Life

I was 18 when I found out I was pregnant with Zachary.  The circumstances surrounding Zachary's sudden existence in the world made it hard to decide what I was going to do with my life.  Ryan, my fiancé, did his best to help and get us on our own feet, and we began to plan our future with a new little guy in it.

It wasn't long before I was close to being due.  By that time, we were looking for a place to buy and move in to.  We got really close to closing on one home, but it all fell through at the last minute due to some errors done in the home loaners department.  I had a little over a week before Zachary was due to be born, and needless to say we were getting a little desperate to find a place to live so we could get a little settled before Zachary came.

Two days before Zachary was born, we found our first apartment, and our families helped us move in.  What a blessing they were.  They had us moved in about a day and a half, with a lot of our stuff set up (the important rooms anyway).  They provided cooking utensils, bowls, cups and all sorts of other things for our home and even bought us a huge amount of food to get us started.  It was so wonderful to have family come together like that and help us when we needed it, and I cannot thank them enough for everything they did to get us ready for Zachary.


I truly am humbled that our family was there for us.  Thank you all, you know who you are.  I will most definitely make it up to all of you someday, whether it be here or in the next life :)  Love you guys.

A Story of Growing Up

Everyday I wake up, make food for my little guy, feed him, and then figure out what I'm going to do that day.  It's really quite amazing to think how far I have come and how drastically my life has changed up to this point.  I certainly never imagined this would be my norm every day, but I can't say I don't enjoy it.  God plans things for a reason, and my little family is a wonderful example of how far God can take a little group of people who had no idea what was in store for them.

This is the story of us.  A dad, a mom, and their little daily blessing, Zachary.