Birthday Boy

Ya ya his birthday was in January, but anyway.. It was his first official birthday party with balloons and kids. And possibly his last at home party with kids and pop corn and all that other messy stuff. A birthday in January was nice for being pregnant, but not nice for hosting more then 3 kids, especially not nice for hosting 5 kids that then bring their cousins and older siblings. But all went well. Zaky would have been happy with just James and Sandra, and I will remember this for next year. We did do our best for playing games and eating at tables. I attempted a tractor themed party, the highlight was Bill's 4 ft by 5 ft sign with bulldozers and diggers we hung above the couch (this huge thing cost 12$, and now decorates Zaky's large wall). In the end Zaky had a blast, and all the toddlers were impressed with my cake decorating skills! And this is what mattered.

I'm back baby

Well after what seemed like an incredibly long winter, of which I was gone for a month of it, spring is officially here. The winter here was brutal! No snow here just up in the mountains, but cold inside and out, wet, no sun ever, little power, just gloom gloom gloom! But all have survived, the power is almost normal, with rumors of a bad summer to come, the sun shines at some point every day, and best of all, I don't NEED to wear my scarf in the house! So enough of me whining. But wait this is my blog, I can whine if I want to! Did I mention the internet sucks! So pictures will appear when they want to! We would huddle and live around the little gas heater. Everyone feeling sorry for me yet! Must I keep going? I can't I need to tell everyone how thankful I am, for what could I possibly be thankful for? Well:
The sun is out now, the weekend is suppose to be up in the high 60's, Jonas is healthy and asleep, Zaky is healthy and eating a carrot while watching "Sean the Sheep", my bleeding has slowed but I am still technically not allowed to clean my house (no guilt there), we have fun plans for the weekend, Easter is coming, I love a gracious God, who loves me even on my lazy ungrateful days, Zaky has only been to time-out once today (not 6 times by 9am like last week), and I could keep going...

Smile take a picture

Who knows why, but Zaky has decided a little plastic stove top for a doll is his camera. He holds it up and yells "SMILE, take a picture, CHEESE!!!." He may be taking after his grandmother. Fortunately his camera takes no batteries, unfortunately his little model never sits still.

Finally some teeth

Well better late then never. One year and one month old his pearly whites made their appearance. 3 at one time, and now one month later 2 more on their way out. He was a cranky monkey for a week or so, but with fruit to show for it. He also got his first big boy hair cut. The same barber Zaky and Bill go to. I brought a bag of chips just to assure he would sit still. Zaky went first, climbed up into the chair, and sat as still as a board. Then Jonas, he also did very well, something about the buzzing of the razor must shock them like deers on a highway. Such sharp men I have!

Baby it's cold outside

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Well it is actually only in the 60's, but low 50's at night. BUT we live on the top floor apartment of a cement building. It feels soo cold. My tolerance is also affected in that for the first time in 3 years I am not pregnant or post postpartum. The boys have taken to their footy PJ's which are just to cute. So into the sleep sacks they go, high ho high ho...

Daddy time

Bill stayed home with us for 3 days after my nose surgery. Since then his new fun thing to do with the boys is watching bulldozers on You Tube. Our internet has gotten faster over the last month so we are now able to stream and see things on You Tube. This You Tube watching, bulldozer spotting in the car, mixed with Bob The Builder "skyscrapers" has made Zaky a completely bulldozer obsessed little man. I am looking forward to going to Texas where we can switch over to trains for a little while.

Helping

Helping Mama is one of his most favorite things to do for 2-3 minutes at a time.