November 2011

Losing the curl a bit, but not the blue eyes

Running the track that his daddy mowed in the long grass

Zachary and Jasmine

Lists the milo recipe as you make it "Minoh... soogah... hot... micki micki... mihk ...Oooo, Sanks!"

Z: Hooray! I did it! (climbed out of cot)
Z: Mino peese... Sanks!

Calls pink minties "pinties".

Calls his brother and sister "Byrie" and "Dazzy" (or "Jammy")

Got taken to the doctor after another long cold.

Z: No! 'Way! (cries) MY! (keeps on fighting with his brother and sister... in his sleep Ü )

Z: DDD?
Mum: You can't have a DVD.
Z: Why?
Mum: 'cause you're wet and I have to change you.
Z: Oh dear!

Nov 27. Weight 14kg.

Z: Pintie?
Mummy: "Mmmmmmm mintie"
Z: MmmmNo!

Z: "burps" the words "excuse me". :)

Z: "do0-AAAAH" (meaning "Ta Da!")

October 2011

Zach, pointing, "Out Out Out!"

Vocabulary is starting to shoot up. Is using two words together, sometimes, like
"See Piggy"
"Oh no... fall!"
"No! My!" (heard him say this to his brother and sister a lot!)
"Go 'way!" (this too :) )
"no more..."

Using his imagination when playing, too. Noticed him playing in Jasmine's doll house with a little box he was calling "Daddy". He will make toys kiss with a "mwah" sound.

He will talk about what he's doing "micki micki" (pretending to mix food)

He developed a big love for watermelon... but only at playgroup.... until Mum figured out that she was cutting it wrong. It has to be in little bite size cubes :S

Tries to copy new words (but sometimes says "carp" instead of "scarf", etc)

September 2011

August 2011

Zach can put his boots on.
Plays with the tea set.
Likes counting and the alphabet.
Whispers "PaSaaah!" when we're having pasta.
Says "nigh night", even when 95% asleep.

Quicker with two hands

July, 2011

Scampers up the ladder at every opportunity.


Spent a day at Scienceworks, which was great when we finally found an enclosed little-kid-friendly area, and didn't have to chase kids every second. (Hard for two parents to keep an eye on 3 kids sometimes, especially when they want to run every which way)

Then we headed to the Aquarium. I'm sure Zach thought it was as Awesome as it was Massive...

Looking as cute as his big brother did in this top :)

At the playground at the lake. Looking a little weary by this point, but even though he wouldn't smile you can't help loving those blue eyes and blonde curls!

June 2011

Looking up the tree that Mummy, Byron and Jasmine could climb into, but...

This slow-twisting toy drill must have felt nice on the sore gums, I think, but this will be a great photo to keep if he ends up as a dentist ;)

Playing at the Victoria Park playground

No such thing as Fear for this little slide-addict

Zach this month:

Making animal noises, especially when reading the farm book.

'Reading' books for himself

Tries to say "sandwiches" and "rooster"

Can eat tortellini with a fork

Tries to sing the alphabet. Clearly his favorite song.

Says a lot more words
Hello
OK
Nana (banana)
Mamah (sounds like (and is supposed to be) Grandma)
Bye see (Bye, see ya) with a wave
Aaaaahhh choo (with head movement)
Where you are?
Baby
quack oink moo (insert rooster noise here) woof meow baa
Hap ber day (happy birthday)
Mummy
Daddy
Up
down
don't
roos (rooster)
dog
Bath!!!
Sack oo (thankyou)
poo
bubble
ball
bird!
tacka broooooommm (tractor)
what
shut
pasta!!!
amen
Whis (whistle)
Bikkie
Bya (Byron)
Dassie (Jazie)

May 2011

Apologies: I'm very behind in updating the blogs. Unfortunately all my recent pictures just got wiped with the death of the laptop. If you have any photos from this month, please send them, and I'll edit the posts as able.


Hugging and kissing toys

Climbs onto the couch

Climbs on and off Jasmine's bed

New top left molar

April 2011

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Covers his ears and says "Boo!"

Got two molars in the bottom jaw

Can eat fruit salad with his fingers

March 2011

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Walking 9 steps on the 2nd, taking short walks everywhere.

Can nod his head and say
Gog (dog)
Sasah (thankyou)
pik (pink)
ABC
Shate (shake)
Zat (Zach)

February 2011

Apologies: I'm very behind in updating the blogs. Unfortunately all my recent pictures just got wiped with the death of the laptop. If you have any photos from this month, please send them, and I'll edit the posts as able.

Zac in Feb

Likes dogs. Woofs at dog toys and gets all excited.

Pushes a toy train, saying "Brrrrrrrrr"

Lays himself on something comfy, like a pillow, to watch TV

Could do 5 steps on the 6th.
7 steps on the 19th

Stands on tiptoes to get stuff from the table.

Calls himself "Zat"

Puts things on the bench, just because he can reach

January, 2011

This card played "Winnie the Pooh"

Birthday jumper for his first birthday.

After his big bro taught him the joys of mud

Zach in January

Byron is calling him "Zacka". He loves Thomas the Tank engine, tries to nod his head "yes" and tries to copy sounds in order to 'join in'. He jigs to music, and says "Uff" when he wants to come 'up'. Learned to stand without being helped. Was 12.7kg on his 1year checkup.

December, 2010

After mastering crawling, the next step was a vertical one.


He's not sure how he got here, but he thinks it's cool!

Stood here making brrrrrrrrmmm noises; clearly it's some kind of vehicle...

With a loud 3-year-old brother, and a loud 2-year-old sister, he's not easily intimidated. Roaring at him is most likely to make him laugh and roar back!

Up Up Up!

He has a gap between his front teeth, but this month he whacked his face on something and severed the bit of skin right at the point that it went through his teeth. For a while it was a little sore lump attached only to the inside of his lip. Will be interesting to see if the gap closes a bit. He also started to wave. Especially to his own reflection :D

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He also woke up sick on his first Christmas, and was hot and spewy for 4 days :(

Nov, 2010

This month, Zach went from crying-to-be-picked-up-all-day-long to Crawling Master! (Thank goodness, because he's a heavy little brick!)
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He's also developing some curly curls...


He can blow bubbles and look just as snazzy as his big brother...


He loves his affectionate big sister (though there is a limit to the number of cuddles he'll endure...)

and he loves the vacuum cleaner. Here he is, playing with the suction...

He also goes to playgroup twice a week, but doesn't have quite as much energy as Byron and Jasmine...