Dear Zachary,

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Dear Zachary,

Do you know how much we love you?  Maybe, maybe not.  You flap your arms and hands crazily when you see us.  Your face lights up in a big beautiful smile.  Maybe you do feel our love.  We definitely feel yours.

Here are SOME of the lyrics from a song by P!nk (some are too naughty for you to hear)…….this part is for you, little guy……….

Pretty pretty please

Don’t you ever ever feel

Like you’re less than perfect.

Pretty pretty please

If you ever ever feel

Like you’re nothing

You’re perfect to me (us).

We remember watching your little legs kick while the doctor was working on you.  You were a fighter from the word go.  We are glad you fought.

We love your scrunched up funny face you make.

We love when you are frustrated and clench your fists and growl.

We love when you crawl everywhere.  Watching you explore and discover the world around you is a new adventure for you and nothing short of pure joy for us to watch.

We hope you stay humble and enjoy the little things in life, as that is what truly matters.

Love, Grandma & Grandpa

 

 

Mickey Magic

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Zach’s first birthday party was a Mickey Magic party.  Zach loves Mickey Mouse.  Mark loves magic.  Zach loves Mark………you get the picture – combine Mickey and magic and you get Mickey Magic………

Here’s Zach’s Mickey cake………..

…and here is his cupcake display made by Mark and myself…….

Here is the guest of honor being delivered to the magic portion of the party by his Mommy in his new little red wagon (his birthday gift from Mark and I)……

 

and here are Zach’s parents being Mark’s assistant for a magic trick…….

Here’s Zach watching Grandpa Mark perform…….

…….but he also enjoyed playing in his wagon with his cousin Noah…….

…….and enjoying my snack…….

After the show, he got to open gifts.  His Mommy and Daddy helped………….

Next was his smash cake…….before……

and after…………

It was a great party……Happy Birthday Zachary!!!

One little, two little, three little Mickeys……..

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One little, two little, three little Mickey Moms/Grandmoms…………

What is it??????

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What is this thing?????

Can I eat it?????

It talks…………..

…….I’m so intrigued (bet you’re impressed that I know what that word means)…………

It has eyes…………..

Kinda tough to chew but doesn’t taste too bad (and why is it staring at me????????)……..

Corn on the cob?????????? (and quit looking at me!!!!)……….

A harmonica?????

I can’t figure it out – I’m outta here…………

Take a moment to smell the sunflowers……..

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We got the great joy of having Zach spend the night Friday.

He played with legos – these are Keith and Corey’s legos from when they were little………..

He played bumper cars in the kitchen…..

He kissed our dishwasher……..

He learned about recycling (he learned that he can take Grandma Teri’s laminated sign off the recycling bin)……..

He enjoyed slamming cabinet doors………..

He took a moment to smell the sunflowers………..

He watched Benji………..

…………until he got bored……………

…….and wanted Grandma to hold him………..

………..and then he fell asleep – awwwwwwww…………

The next day, we went to Menards to get some wood.  These pictures are taken through the headrest.  He was helping Grandpa Mark by holding on to the wood so it wouldn’t move around.  What a little helper.

We had a great time with the lil’ guy – we love you, Zachary!