Auntie Laura's Visit

Auntie Laura came out to visit me in early December. She's so fun!
We spent time playing - she brought me a real DINOSAUR suit!



We did some shopping, and went to lunch. See my green teeth?


She and Mom had fondue while Dad was at class and I was asleep. Dad doesn't think I'll like fondue (like him), but Mom thinks I will.

I also learned to climb stairs!

I'll miss Auntie and look forward to her next visit - maybe Uncle Chris will come too!

Zach with Santa

We took this picture the day Auntie Laura left from her visit here (still need to get those pictures in, but you can take a look at Laura's blog for details: http://thelesinskisonline.blogspot.com/2005/12/my-trip-to-visit-zach-and-kjirsten-and.html)

Zach in a Hat

1 Pound 5 Ounces

This is how much Zach gained in 18 days, from November 28th to his 9-month appointment on December 16th!

It must be all the cookies and egg-nog!

Puzzle - Identify this picture

I don't remember the name of this game, but it's often in the newspaper's puzzles section.
Submit guesses through the Comments.
(Auntie Laura may not participate in this one, as she knows the answer. :)

My First Thanksgiving (click here to see complete Ofoto album)

My First Thanksgiving - this is my "full" face. We headed to Colorado Springs to spend Turkey Day with my cousins, Aunt and Uncle and their friends.

I had some GOOD turkey - none of that "mechanically separated" stuff.

And who can do Thanksgiving without pies?!

Below: Pumpkin pie, Baby "Pie," and a baby pumpkin pie

We played!

And I played, a little after-dinner music
We had family time. Below are Alec and Derek, then cousins Tommy, Katie, and Gracie, and ME!
Auntie Steph and me
Happy Thanksgiving from the Wallaces!

(Sorry I'm not looking. I was ready for bed by 7pm.)

Caption Contest - participation encouraged

What should be the caption for the picture above?

YOU could win a fantabulous prize if Zach selects your caption as the winner!

Just click on the Comments section below, enter your caption, check the circle next to "Other" and enter your name, enter the letters you see in the Word Verification field, and Publish Your Comment.

Zach will make his executive decision soon!

"The phone is so cool. Can I please mouth it?"

Update - 8 months

Tomorrow I turn 8 months old! Wow, I'll almost have been on the outside as long as I was on the inside!

Here's what I'm doing now:
- saying "dadada" "mamamama" "bwah" and lots of other (sometimes LOUD) garbles
- rubbing my fist across my mouth while I talk, like those human banjoes
- crawling around investigating EVERYTHING
- moving from a crawl to a sitting position without any assistance
- bouncin', bouncin', bouncin' in my Johnny Jump Up and Exersaucer
- standing when propped against the couch, etc.
- eating bananas, sweet potatoes, squash, peas, beans, apples & apricots, carrots, peas, mixed veggies, oatmeal, and turkey dinner (love that "mechanically separated" meat) - oh, and I like to chew on celery, pickles, apples, and about anything else I can get my jaws around
- giggling when Daddy throws me in the air or holds me upside down
- riding on Daddy's shoulders, tall Cakes!
- DROOLING...maybe there are some teeth in my head, somewhere?
- awaiting my upcoming family days - Thanksgiving with the Ives, a visit from Auntie Laura, and Christmas with the Wallace clan in Winter Park...tubing hill, here I COME!

Ticklish tootsies

WEEE-oh!

If he only had a brain...

I just came across this photo of Zach's first bath the night was born. Apparently, the nurse was not concerned that the water ran right through his ears?

Belated Birthday Wishes

Grandpa Paul, 11/20/05
and Great Uncle Dave 11/21/05
BLOOPERS (there are a lot more of these, as you can imagine!)

"You want me to do what?"

Cousin Angie's Visit

Thanks for coming to see me, Angie!!

Turkey Day is Coming (click here)

It's Snowing

There's a good inch on the table on the deck, Vail Pass is closed due to whiteout conditions (Vail has gotten 30 inches so far in this storm!), and my walk to the mailbox was a cold and hard-to-breathe endeavor.

Who's coming to ski?!

** 8:02pm - 3 inches of snow on the table
** 10:30pm - 4 inches

Sumo's Home!

We had a busy weekend!
Friday night, we all went to dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen. Mom and Dad had pizzas, but I stuck to my ol' fave, sweet potatoes. Funny how we were stuck in the back of the restaurant again...
When we got home, Dad watched Star Wars Episode III, Mom and I did some bonding, and then she and I crashed. When Dad was ready to put the cat to bed in the basement, he was nowhere to be found. Eventually, Mom got up to help him search (sometimes Dad has tunnel vision), but she couldn't find him either.
None of us (well, no one asked me) could remember if we'd seen Sumo after we got back from dinner. Did he sneak out of the house? Or had he fallen victim to "stuff" in the basement that had trapped him? Eventually, around midnight, everyone went to bed, hoping Sumo would be meowing at the basement door in the morning.
But after I had breakfast, Mom went to check the basement, and Sumo wasn't there. He wasn't at the backdoor with Patches either. We called for him out the front door, but to no avail. Mom and Dad walked and drove the neighborhood several times, but still no cat. Mom put up Missing Cat signs and waited by the phone, hoping someone would see him and not decide to keep him.
Eventually, we all went to the animal shelter and waited forever there. Dad took me to see the doggies. They were loud! Sumo wasn't at the shelter. I missed that cat. He's fun to watch.
After several more walks around the neighborhood still didn't turn him up, Mom found another mailbox she hadn't marked. She left with more signs and did another swing by the neighbors with her flashlight. From below the house, two houses down, a pair of eyes reflected out. This was the same house that had two cats near it the night before, so Mom said she wasn't that hopeful. But she approached and called out, "Sumo!" The cat made a noise and moved away. She tried again, and he came out meowing.
It was SUMO! Yay!
He was so happy to come home to a warm house, he even let me pet him this morning.
- Zach

Lots to say

"Pie!"

If you didn't catch the earlier post "The Evolution of Nicknames," you may not know that "Pie" is one of Zach's many nicknames.

Sweet Potato "Pie"

Pie "Pie" (see knob next to "Pie")

My Little Pumpkin "Pie"

Mom's a Dork "Pie"

Pi = 3.14159265

Visiting Cousins

We went to Colorado Springs to see the Ives cousins in mid-Oct.
What fun!

Mystery Solved!

So that's why there were holes in the web this year...

Crawling

Not very far or very fast, but going never-the-less...

Any tips, Uncle Chris? Funcle Jimbo? Faunts Cathy and Tracey?

Next time I hit Vegas, I'm going to come back a WINNER.

Any tips for me?