Bobo Bowers

Well they make baby toys for a reason: plastic, no sharp edges. I am sure there are more reasons, but these are the two most important. A while back we discovered Zaky loves to make noise, loud noise, so we gave him the pot lids to play with. Fast forward to yesterday afternoon, the little man fell back with the pot lid in hand : ( He didn't bump his head thanks to the nice rug, but he did cut himself. I was shortly there after scolded by several neighbors. Apparently common since isn't so common, and the eyes in that back of my head have not fully matured yet. Poor Zaky, I tried to make it up to him with a few bytes of chocolate cake. I am really needing prayer on how to become a preemptive mother, and I have discovered my trying to protect him has only just begun.

Sicky

Our little man has his first cold. He has had congestion before but never that developed into an ear/ runny nose thing. I for one am not traumatized, but my son probably will be. Seeing the wet nose, and hearing the snorting I flip into nurse mode. Anything to fix him, he must be fixed! I'm not quick to give medicine, my torture of choice is salt water spray and suction. Suction devices here I have discovered that are not sold in America. Hopefully for him he will recover soon, and also thankfully he doesn't have a fever. All your prayers are welcome for Zaky and his paranoid mother.

Our little rocker

Our last visit to the beach for the year, probably. The weather here has turned cool, then really hot, to cool again, where it will hopefully stay. Last weekend we took my mom to the beach and met with some friends who have a boy 3 months younger then Zaky, but about 5 lbs heavier! Notice I called him younger not smaller! His favorite part was the salt water. He was licking it up, while his younger friend chilled in a floaty dipping and redipping his hand.

Oh where oh where have I been

Busy! But that's no excuse. My mom was here last week. We cleaned and cleaned and organized. The house is pretty much baby proofed and ready for the little man to start crawling. Although he has no interest in it. He has made much progress though in the week of her visit. Having someone at his disposal, beck and call Gramma, as we like to call her, really pushed him to try new things.

His latest accomplishment:
*He can now move from his stomach into a seated position (anything to get off his stomach)
*He can roll from his stomach to back to stomach (but really only when no one is looking, he just appears in another position, if we are around he cries until we take him off his stomach)
*He will lay on his stomach for longer then 10 minutes (only in the early morning before eating or between the hours of 4pm and 4:25 pm)
*He has learned to shut doors and turn off the light

And the list keeps growing! We have raised the crib gate and just in time. When he does not want to sleep we find him sitting up in bed playing with the mosquito net. Funny but I get the biggest kick out of it. He is getting so big!

8 Months Old

Oh how he has grown! He seems longer these days. His calf and feet hang off a pillow now just to give you an idea. I thought I would show some side by sides to see how much he has grown. But I don't know how to put pictures side by side, but you get the idea. This is one of our favorites.

Getting Closer

He is getting closer to crawling! He lifts his bumb up into the air, he is scooting backwards, and he can lye on his stomach for 10 minutes at a time without screaming (in the morning : ) I am guessing it won't be to long, but then I have started to think about how my days will change when he won't just sit a play nicely on the sponge, and then I ask myself "self? Why am I in such a hurry?" But it is exciting seeing him get bigger and learning to do new things! Yaa..

Beautiful Fall Day

We are enjoying our beautiful fall weather. We have little to few trees to watch change color, but not much different then Texas. We took a drive yesterday up into the mountains to see the cedars a take our first hike with the Zakameister. The hike was a bit shorter then Bill had planned, but no complaints on my end. It was a beautiful day, we followed it up with home made hot chicken wings and then fell asleep during a movie. Not a bad day off.