Charlotte, NC

After leaving Chattanooga we made a quick stop at home and headed straight on to Charlotte, NC for my friend from highschool, Ashley Paulson's wedding. Zac did great again and didn't fuss one bit. While in Charlotte Zac had his first trip to Ikea! He loved chilling in the Ergo carrier and looking at all the fun colors. After enough of the colors he decided to take a nap fro the rest of the Ikea trip:)

We also got to visit another friend of mine from highschool, Kelly Harding Taylor and her husband Ben and little girl Ellaine. The only bummer was that evening at dinner with the Taylor's Zac started to run a fever. We were hoping he wouldn't get sick this early on but sad to say he did. Although he wasn't feeling great he was a trooper. He made it through the rest of weekend enduring a wedding, reception and the ride home to Greenville!

New Years in Chattanooga

After the wedding we headed straight to Tn to see the Wilhelms and Lito. Zac did great on his first long car ride up until the last 20 min when he was not happy! But we made it with stopping only once which was great. Zac enjoyed seeing Lito for longer than a few hours and he got to hang with his cousins too. He also got to meet his Uncle Matt and Aunt Laura and cousins Macy Mia and Beckett for the first time plus his great Aunt Sandra and Uncle John. Gabe and I had lots of fun playing settlers with the adults and the hot tub was a hit too.


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Uncle Alex' wedding

After Christmas the big day was Uncle Alex's wedding on Dec 30. Zac got all dressed up in his tux so he could be like daddy:) It was a beautiful wedding and as grandma Jana said, Zac stole the show in his tux!


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Zac's first Christmas

We had a great Christmas with Gabe's parents and family. We spent the morning eating yummy breakfast and opening gifts, which Zac got spoiled with! Everyone wanted to by a gift for baby zac:) he got lots of cute fleece jammies, toys and a big stuffed lion that he enjoys pulling on its mane and a nice warm jacket from Lito and Lita (my parents) in Spain. Zac got lots of love while Gabe and I hung out and played settlers of catan with his siblings. We ended the day with a delicious prime rib dinner that grandma Jana made.



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4 month check-up!

I can't believe our little boy is 4 months old! Wow does time fly. I took Zac for his 4 month check up on November 30 and Dr Phillips said everything but his weight looked great. Zac is weighing in at 11lbs 11oz, which dropped him from 8th percentile to -1% percentile:( His length and head circumference are still on the normal growth curve though). So the plan is to try to pump him with as many calories as he will take! Still only  Mom's milk though. Apparently there are more calories in breast milk than in baby food so I don't have to start adding that in yet, which I am very thankful for! The doc actually wanted me to wake Zac in the middle of the night to feed him, but I am going to try getting his extra feeds in during the day first. I just can't bring myself to go backwards when we have worked so hard to get him sleeping through the night! I have talked with several mom's with little kiddos (Es & Tasha) and with the lactation consultant at my work who all said try my idea first:) Plus we don't go back to doc till 6 months so the doc can't be that worried about his weight. Anyway, this weekend I will be feeding and weighing him for a 24 hour period to see how well he is eating, this was the suggestion of the lactation consultant.
Other than the weight issue Zac is meeting all his developmental milestones...smiling, giggling, cooing, holding his head up on his own, rolling over front to back and side to side! He loves munching on his hands and can almost get his feet into his mouth:) His latest trick is copying me making motor boat sounds. He also loves being held and often throws a little fit when he gets put down (hoping this isn't a sign of what's to come during the terrible twos!:)
Below are his most recent pictures which he wouldn't sit still for!

Thanksgiving 2012

Aunt Esther and cousins- Luke, Ben, Elsi, and Bekah came to visit! We spent part of the day with Gabe's family eating yummy food and hanging out. Then we headed home for some R&R (not really with 4 children running around and two babies:), played some settlers and then headed to Target for some shopping. The day after Thanksgiving we drove to Asheville to the Grove Park Inn to see the Ginger bread houses, Gabe's family tradition. 

 Chillin with Grandpa

 I love my Aunt!

 2 little munchkins plus Zac:)

 My favorite- Hickory Dickory Dock

 A few of our favorite things 

 12 days of Christmas

 Hungry not so happy crew

 Pizza arrived all better now

 Attempting to entertain Bekah

 Not so sure about this trip 

Our attempt at a family photo 

This is for Zac

So I am going to attempt to update my blog to keep track of Zac happenings! Then at the end of each year I will print a scrapbook from the blog, which my friend Brandie Deyoung will help me do, since this was all her idea:) Plus family and friends get the added bonus of keeping up with our family and Zac.