Random News

1. Now Zane has two front teeth, but not THE two front teeth. He has his front left and the one next to it to the side. His other front one is almost in, but it's pretty funny right now.

2. The other day, I found a completely smashed pea INSIDE of Zane's bellybutton.

3. He drinks out of a straw cup now and knows how to chug some major milk.

4. He blew bubbles in the pool today, if you count sticking your tongue in the water and moving it around.

New "tricks"

Both of these video of are little things Zane does now just from watching and learning on his own. We never tried to teach him to blow when his food was hot, but he certainly copied it when mom did it and we never thought he would know how to snap, but one day he just mimicked it almost perfectly (except no sound). He's also learned how to use different tones of voice, like when he's asking a question, it's the same word, but sounds exactly like a question. It's amazing how sometimes babies can pick up on things so easily!!

The 3 Boys (and their moms)

Yesterday, I got to have my three teaching friends over for lunch. Two of my friends (Kim and Katy) have little boys who are just a bit younger than Zane. Luke is in the middle and he's almost 6 months old and Charlie is on the right and he's 4 months old. Denise, my other friend put up with some crying, some pooping, and a few toys getting thrown at her (by Zane), but I think she had a good time. I loved seeing my friends and Zane definitely enjoyed hanging out with his little buddies.I took a million pictures and never caught them all looking at me, but this one is pretty cute.
We were completely entertained watching the babies just sitting on the couch, especially when they started tipping into each other. Zane was laughing and waving his arms, Luke was grabbing Zane's arm, and Charlie was tipping over uncontrollably behind Luke. Hilarious.

Coloring

A couple of days ago at a restaurant, Zane colored for the first time. Usually, he rips up the coloring page, eats some of it, and then eats the crayons. But this day, he scribbled and even saw (and liked) what he had accomplished. What a big boy!

Words and Sign Language

Words that Zane knows:
Mama
Dada
ball
uh oh
ouch
out
banana (nana)
up (bup)
down (da)
bottle (ba ba)
baby (ba bee)
bath
Bobby and Bob
Nell
Jord
Grandpa (sort of)
Grandma (sort of)
shoes
socks
cheese
no
bye bye
book
ok
dog (uff uff)
monkey (ah ah ah)
snake (sssss)
sheep (ba ba)
horse and pig (snorting sound)

Sign Language he knows:
please
more
eat
all done
phone
pointing

Zane's Bookshelf

Yesterday, we decided to give Zane his own bookshelf on the bottom shelf of ours because he has SO many books already. He loves books and so since we put them on the shelf, he's been "reading" them constantly (actually more like holding, throwing, opening, and stepping on them). He actually brings us a book now when he wants it read to him.
When he's looking at a book, he's usually babbling, looking at it, and turning the pages as if he's really reading it. Wow, I guess we have an early reader on our hands. :)
We have a bunch of "touchy-feely" books that he can spend tons of time on and now he likes to feel the textures with his hands AND his feet. Even with his PJs on, he uses his feet to feel.

Too Sleepy to Eat

Zane has only fallen asleep eating 2-3 times ever and yesterday was one of those times. He was literally right in the middle of taking a bite when he just dozed off. His fingers were still in the position to grab the next veggie. Then when we were unstrapping him, he woke up for a second and grabbed another carrot to put into this mouth, but before he could get it in, he zonked out again. I guess that's what happens when you refuse to take your morning nap!