So I got that goin’ for me; which is nice

Well Zach's a week old and it's officially official that he is loved. Not only by us, but all of our family and all of our friends. If he understood the difference between love and poop right now, he would be extremely appreciative....some day.

We have had a lot of calls, and a lot of visitors and we (and some day Zach) really appreciate all of it! Last night Rachel and Katie came over...


It was great having them over as sometimes we feel a little cooped up in the house. More importantly (to my stomach) they brought us dinner and an extra dinner to heat up. It's also nice for Kelly to get a "breather" with her friends (who happen to enjoy holding babies) from the seemingly endless nursing.

Kathi came over this morning on the train and cleaned our house and helped with the baby. She's going to spend the night in order to get the completely amazing experience of cleaning a poop-blasted diaper at 3am...because she really misses that part of having babies...(I know the moms reading this are all saying "yes, we do miss that...it's a precious moment!" right now...well you can come over any time to change diapers)

We gave him a sponge bath which, from the picture below, you can tell is right up there on his list of things to do in a day.


This afternoon, Karen visited and brought us dinner (which I am eagerly awaiting eating once I finish this entry). It was very nice of her to visit and meet Zach and nicer to bring us food!


Other than that, Zach's days are pretty normal:

1. Wake up from long night's sleep, then promptly fall asleep again.

2. Eat breakfast; make sure to spill as much as possible for own amusement.

3. Play.

4. Let dad put me in crazy poses for no apparent reason.

5. Eat; spill.

6. Do cute things like wink at mommy to make her think you understand what she's saying.

7. Wave night-night to mom and dad and get ready to start fresh the next day.

And so it goes.

We have plenty of other visitors booked to meet Zach so we are looking forward to a fun weekend!

Fun Facts:

• Zach has now been living at home for a week and the time has (unfortunately) gone by SO fast.
• Dad told me that he sucked his middle two fingers, and I did too so once again, proof that Zach is my son...Kelly, you're falling behind.
  
• We have not forgotten about Token with Zach being one of his new "pack leaders." Token is doing great with Zach giving him kisses on the feet when he cries and letting us know when he needs to be changed by sniffing his diaper. Yesterday, he got a long walk, a bath and a tooth-brushing (which he loved as much as Zach loved his bath).
  

-pf

'X' never...EVER marks the spot

So I have had more than one "complaint" about comments being too hard to post. (Six complaints to be exact) So I thought I would post a quick tutorial. Here it is in seven easy steps:






1. Scroll to the bottom of the post you want to comment on and click the comments link. (It will have a number next to it depending on how many people have already commented)







2. Write your comment. (It doesn't hurt to comment on my awesomeness) Then click the "Select Profile..." drop down menu next to the "Comment as:" text.








3. I suggest you choose the Name/URL option.












4. Enter your name in the "Name" field. You can leave the URL field blank (unless you have a website). Then click "Continue"










5. Click the "Post Comment" button.











6. Next, it will ask you to enter a word verification. You may have to scroll down a little (1). You will then need to enter the word you see exactly as-is (2) into the text field.









7. Finally, click the "Post Comment" button. You will know that your comment was published when you see the "Your comment was published" text.



Hope that helps...comment away!

Fun Facts:

• Zach was born a week ago today. I know "they" always say that time flies by, but come on, really? It's not fair...
• The nurse said that babies go through a "feeding frenzy" two weeks after birth. I think Zach is speeding up the process...he ate more than I did today.
• Penny suggested we call Grandpa Jack "Great Great Grandpa Jack" because even though he's just a Great(n.) Grandpa he's a really Great(adj.) Great(n.) Grandpa! I think it's a great (adj.) idea. Here is a picture from his visit:

-pf

It's not my fault I'm the biggest and the strongest; I don't even exercise

Well little Zach is only 6 days old now and he can already lift up his head. No joke! This morning, I was lying with him in bed with him on my chest tummy-side down and he was lifting his head up and looking at me. Granted, the sheer will to do so was probably spurred on by him trying to find out if I had any milk to give him; but no matter what part of my shirt or face he tries to latch on, I'm sorry to say, I've got nothing for him...that's mommy's job. Speaking of, Kel is doing great with breastfeeding. She used the pump today for the first time. It reminded me of the Discovery channel special I saw one time on automated cow milking but she got enough out for a full bottle and we froze it. They last frozen for a good 5 months, so she is going to try to build up a stock.

We Skyped to Bethany the other morning in Japan. It was so awesome to be able to show Zach through video. She thinks he has Williams' freak chest (a little bump where the sternum is for those of you not aware with Will's "freak feature." Also, we got some more family visits and a few calls from people wanting to visit so we are excited about that. (Great) Grandpa Jack came to visit today and that was really special. Zach was so excited to meet his great grandpa that he pooped his diaper immediately.

Several people have commented on who they think Zachary looks more like; me or Kel. I think me, (mainly because that comment is usually followed by "he's SO cute!" but Kelly disagrees for some reason). Here's some evidence:
It's pretty much the same routine over here. He is getting more cute (to us) by the day and we are loving him more all the time. Here are some pictures to tide you over:

Cuuuuuuuute!

Suuuper Cuuuuuuute!!



Kirsten and Stephanie were over today and they taught him
how to say I love you in sign and suck his fingers at the same time.

Fun Facts:

• We now have a pack-n'-play downstairs (courtesy of Grandpa) and a Bassinet (courtesy of Uncle Michael and Aunt Patti) upstairs so I don't have to transfer the bassinet up and down stairs every day.
• Kelly's milk is in! (Is it weird that I'm excited about that?)
• I thought that my computer had broken today, hence the delay in post...I most likely lost 75% of my followers due to that down-time. (75% translates to 1.5 people)

-pf

You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles

Here are the first videos of us in the hospital and of Zach enjoying life...finally!

Here we see Kel in the hospital looking as comfortable as ever...this was in the morning only a couple hours before the birth!



In this video we find Kelly and Zach bonding with his new family.

Finally, here is some video of Zach with family and during play time.

More to come soon!

Fun Facts:

• Zach has the hiccups pretty often, and we are currently trying to get some video of him yawning, cooing, and sneezing...all very normal for us, all super cute for him.
• Zach was the exact same weight and length as my dad according to grandma Dode.
• REMINDER: You can now post anonymous comments so hopefully it's easier to make your voice heard. We'll see how it works...

-pf

The ratio of people to cake is too big

This weekend was "family fun time." We had family visitors to boost Zach's feelings (I mean "wittoh feeweengs") while he's still getting his massive doses of Super Chemical X. Here are some pics from the weekend:

Cousin Chelsea

Aunt Debbie
Cousin Rob

Grandma
Aunt Kirsten
Grandpa
Auntie Tud

"Aunt" Bridgette

Mom, Dad, Token and Zach

Ashey

We also saw Nonie and Papa and Great Grandma (or Super Nonie as some prefer to call her). It was really great to see Ashley and we can't wait to see her again and for Uncle Sam (...heheh....Uncle Sam....that's awesome....) to be able to meet Zach the next time they are both here in California.

We are going to try to connect with Aunt Beth as soon as possible via Skype. At that point, I'll figure out what she would like to be called. I've already heard she doesn't want it to be "Uncle Bill and Aunt Bethany" as that sounds "too old" so we'll figure out the perfect name for them both.


Fun Facts:

• I now added the ability to post comments anonymously, so if you have tried and it wasn't working before, hopefully it should be easier now. We love to read the comments so go for it! (Just remember to enter your name so we know it's you)
• We go to the doctor tomorrow for a blood test, so hopefully he can take his glow-worm outfit off tomorrow if all goes well.

-pf