The Living Planet Aquarium

We took Zach to the aquarium today. When we got in the car to go Taylor said "did you get the camera" and I am like "of course" I mean why would we leave with out it we are going out as a family and need pictures to prove to Zach that we did stuff together and that we didn't just keep him home the first years of his life. So we get there pay and go in. I take a picture and the SD card wasn't in the camera so it couldn't save any pictures. I had taken in out to load some pictures on the computer. But, the good news is that we got the annual pass so we will be able to go back and take pictures. We still had a lot of fun. Zach loves giving us fish kisses ever since we got him fish for his birhtday and loves looking and the jelly fish and the octopus. My favorite part of the aquarium is touching the sting rays. The other cool thing they had was shark eggs that they had cut off some of the shell so you can see the little shark embryo eating the yoke, one of them the yoke was gone and it is getting ready to hatch. Zach has a huge love of animals and living things. It is always fun to get to see him interact with something that is alive. He always asks "how are you doing" and wants to kiss everything. He is the sweetest boy.

Pay it forward

Your mission, if you choose to accept...
So a friend of a friend of a friend is doing this pay it forward thing. This is how it works..... The first 3 people to leave a comment on this will receive a hand made gift from me during this year - and you all know how crafty I can be - be excited! When and what will be a surprise. There's a small catch...You knew there would be didn't you? Post this on your blog then come back and leave a comment, telling me you're in. Fun, huh? Remember, only the first 3 comments receive the gift


This should be LOTS of fun!

Date Night

Taylor and I went on a date last night. We go out as a family pretty regularly but I always feel guilty leaving the baby after having to leave him to go to work in the afternoons so me and Taylor don't go out just the two of us very often. Taylor's boss from the Showtime USA gave us tickets to go to Showtim Utah for dinner and a show. It is a western place that puts on a little skit and has a few bands that come in and play. The band that was there last night was called Dyer Highway. They were a group of kids that played the fidel, guitar and the madalin. They were pretty dang impressive and we had lots of fun since we dressed up the workers there paid us extra attention and let us go on stage and help with the show. Taylor danced with the can-can "girls" and I went and played a dreamy eyed girl while the boy played a song about how wonderful he is call "lord its hard to be humble." It was fun to go and play like we were back in Texas for a little bit. Put on our cowboiy hats and boots and use our twangy accents for a night.

Playhouse Disney Live

On Saturday, January 31, 2009 Zach and I went to Playhoues Disney Live On Tour. We had so much fun. Zach really enjoys watching the Disney Chanel when I am getting the dishes done or taking a shower. He loves Mickey and Winnie the Pooh. At the show Mickey Mouse was planning a music party so the Postess delivered invitations to all of Mickey's friends. She went to the Little Einsein's who used Rocket and went and found music from around the world to take to the party. Then she went to the hundred acre woods and gave Winnie the Pooh Tigger and Darby their invitation. The played a song with Honey pots and sang a nature song that went "Tweet, Tweet, Ribbit, Ribbit, Buzz, Buzz, Oooooh" Zach love to sing this song along with them and was really cute imitating the animal sounds. Then Handy Manny made a song of Rythms that the tools made and sounded like a bunch of different drums.

Then it was time for intermission and Zach thought the show was over and it was time to go home. He got really sad and started screaming and crying "time to go home" but it wasn't over so I made him stay and once they started singing and dancing again he clamed down some.

Once intermission was over it was time for the music party. We learned the hot dog dance and danced along with mickey and then watched all the characters preform their different songs.

Zach had a really good time and even surprised me a couple days later doing some of the moves they did in the show. He is such a smart boy and loves to sing and dance. It was so much fun for me to see how excited he was when Mickey would come on stage and how even though he is so small could learn the songs they were teaching and have such a blast.

Playhouse Disney Live

Here you go mommies- a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your your first born!

Here you go mommies- a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your your first born!
Just copy and paste it in a new note for yourself!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? No, not planned!

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? No

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? I was scared Taylor would be upset, I was OK it took a little time to realize that it was true.

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 20

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I felt weird so I took a test.

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Taylor, I called him on his way home from work after I took the test and was like hey guess what!

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Yes

9. DUE DATE? It was like May 9th or 10th.

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? No, I never got sick.

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Taco Bell, spicy chicken crunch wraps, apple juice. I hate both of those things. Zach loves spicey food and drinks apple juice everyday.

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? That my husband wasn't getting fat with me.

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? Boy

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? No, at first I thought I wanted a girl but after the initial "Its a Boy" I was glad I was having a boy.

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN? I gained like 50 Lbs. 30 of it in the last 2 months.

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWERS? Yes, the wonderful girls at First Texas Homes gave me a shower.

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew.

18.DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? None, it was super easy.

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Arlingtin Memorial Hospital

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? I guess through the night, I was induced so I had a lot a little cramping through the night, a lot of pain for about an hour, then they gave me the epidural.

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Taylor

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Taylor and my mom.

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? natural...w/ epidural.

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? I had an epidural, I would not have done it without it.

25. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 8 Lbs 10 Oz

26. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? May 2, 2007

27. WHAT DID YOU NAME YOUR CHILD? Zachary Taylor

28. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 21 Months

Hill Aerospace Musuem

We just got back from taking Zach to the Hill Aerospace Museum with Taylor's mom and step dad. It is so fun to live close to family and be able to spend time with them. Zach has been on a huge airplane kick. Every time we go our side he says "airplane, airplane" and then if he can't see any he starts yelling "AIRPLANE, AIRPLANE" then he gets mad at me like I can control when they are flying near our house. So when Taylor asked if I thought it would be fun to go to the museum today I was so excited. Zach had a great time looking at the big planes and watching dad play on the simulators. He even got to sit in a little airplane, he liked to sit in it but once you started pushing it and making him fly he would cry. I don't know if he is going to want to be a pilot when he grows up but if he does he'll be a really cute one.

Zach's new bed

Taylor's mom got Zach the cutest little toddler bed ever. It is shaped just like a little tikes car and Zach loves it. When we brought it home he was so excited. He loves to climb in and pretend to be driving. Sadly to say we have been making him sleep in a port-a-crib his whole life due to space restrictions. Now that he has his own room I really wanted to get him a cute big boy bed. It is a little harder getting him to sleep because he is not stuck in there like he was with a crib he just gets out and starts running around and pulling all his toys out. I have decided that we both can fit in there alright and I just cuddle him until he falls asleep. Taylor says I shouldn't but I hate him crying hiself to sleep and this way he is happy.

In the Snow

I hadn't let Zach play in the snow all winter, I hate the snow it makes you so cold and it is just more of a pain then something to enjoy if you ask me. If you ask my mother she would tell you other wise. She loves to play in the snow and many a day when I was in school she would let us skip to stay home and go sledding and make snow forts and what not. So after Taylor's parents had gotten Zach a nice warm snow suit I thought I guess I have no choice but to let him experience the snow. So we invited his cousin Tina over and thought they could play in the snow together. I got him all bundled up and then go outside and he just starts crying and I am like ok we tried we are done let's go back inside. But then Tina started having fun and then Zach was like oh maybe this isn't so bad. They bothed played out there for a little while and I think he did have fun in the end.