first christmas

Zane made it to SC to visit his Aunt Ginger and Uncle John for Christmas.  Our flights to SC went great.  When we booked our tickets for the red eye flight out of Seattle, it sounded like a perfect plan.  Then as Zane got more set in his sleeping schedule, we got more and more nervous.  We were worried, but it worked out ok.  He was a champ!  There was a whole chorus of crying babies all the way to Houston, and Zane slept the whole way.  Then he got a surprise visit from Grandma and Grandpa at the airport during our layover, and he even took a little nap again since he still would normally have been asleep at home.  The second flight went smoothly too...

We had a great time in SC, and there was even snow for Zane's first Christmas!!  He had a good time hanging out with his cousins and got to meet a few friends for the first time too.  We went to look at lights, went to the Christmas Eve party, opened presents, went to different restaurants, watched his cousins go sledding, celebrated Matthew's 10th birthday, and played... it was a busy trip.  We managed to keep him on Seattle time so that he wouldn't miss out on everything.  Overall, it was a fun trip! 

Then our flight was delayed for the first leg of the trip back home.  Zane handled the first flight really well again, so we thought we were in the clear. But because our first flight was delayed so much, we missed our connection in Houston and actually had to rush to catch the next flight to Seattle.  Thankfully we managed to get seats on it - two middle seats about 10 rows apart.  Blah! 

Zane picked up a cold while we were gone, so he was feeling yucky, and I think he'd just had enough... he fell asleep right away at the beginning of the flight, but then half way woke up and cried for a minute or two about every hour.  Then the plane started to descend for landing... he was upset and let everyone know about it.  At least he waited until the end of the trip. :)

He was happy to be back in his own bed again when we got home, and he and Molly took some great big naps yesterday.  Hopefully his cold clears up soon because he's got another tooth getting ready to pop out...

happy 10 months (and a day)!!!

Zane turned 10 months old yesterday!  He finished up his week playing with Grandma and Grandpa, and then woke up from his first nap on Saturday to just boring ol' Mommy and Molly... but his 2nd top tooth (the top right one) had one corner officially through his gums, and the rest of it surfaced by Sunday morning.  His gums were bulging for most of  the week, but now he has 4 teeth! 

On Saturday night, Zane hung out with our wonderful neighbor and spent some extra snuggle time rocking to sleep while we went to a Christmas party .  Then on Sunday, we did the last of our shopping, and Zane got to go to his very first holiday party. 

Now we're looking forward to Zane's reaction to his cousins in a few days (and definitely not thinking about flying with our busy, mobile 10 month old...  eek!).  He was only one month old the last time he saw them - a lot has happened since then!  Here's another t-shirt picture:

Santa!!!

Zane got to meet Santa for the very first time this past weekend, and I got to pick up the pictures today.  As you can see from the picture, it went very well and, after almost crying, Zane decided to smile. :)  I think he convinced Santa that he should make the nice list this year.

Zane got another big surprise this week.... a visit from his grandparents!  He's been taking a vacation and is staying home with them Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  He's been showing them all of his new moves.  He even showed them how he eats his green beans now too.  His second top tooth is almost bursting out, so he showed his extra cranky side to them when they first arrived.  Looks like he's going to have both top teeth before Christmas!

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth....

 

Zane got his first top tooth on Thursday!  Maybe he'll get his second one by Christmas.  He now has three very sharp little teeth in there.  He had one rough night before it broke the surface and then went back to sleeping all night again.  Woohoo!

Our busy little man is crawling and cruising at every opportunity now. He can move from object to object, and he's slowly working on sitting down from standing - it's hard!  His most favorite things to do now are still chewing on our phones, crawling as fast as possible to splash in Molly's water bowl before we can stop him, and closing the drain every time I open it at the end of his bath at night.  It can take a few minutes now for the water to drain out :)  He's also been making a waving motion off and on for the last few weeks, and he sometimes pairs it with a "ba ba" so it sounds like he's saying bye-bye. 

We also baked our first batch of gingerbread cookies last weekend for Zane to share with his teachers.  While we were baking, Molly got to pose with the molasses - Molasses and molasses. :)