ஜ 4 Months Till 1st ஜ

4 Months till your first birthday and you're
ஜ crawling, fast,
ஜ going up and down steps (while trying to learn to go backward down them),
ஜ pulling up at V's table to grab the things she left behind,
ஜ teething more teeth to add to the bottom two you have,
ஜ napping at random moments,
ஜ starting to sign milk and sleepy and a variation of eat,
ஜ still giving kisses,
ஜ cuddling to sleep, 
ஜ talking and yelling at us way more than crying,
ஜ diggin' Laurie Berkner and Fresh Beat Band (sometimes asking for them!),
ஜ eatin' tons of food and smackin' lips for things you can't have,
ஜ still reacting with sensitivities to substances with dairy (Mommy, a milk addict, hasn't had any in like 6 months!),
ஜ swimmin' on hot days,
ஜ playin' in the yard,
ஜ and cruisin' from music table to ottoman, just today . . . .
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Check out various snapshots from over the last month. Then check out some fun videos below those.

 

Videos:

1. Zane crawling (with Vanessa acting crazy in background.)

2. Zane going up one step.

3. A glimpse of Zane's bottom two teeth (since he won't allow us a picture.)

Raring to Go

For a little while, this was the only type of mess Zane would intentionally make.

Then he began to move -- pulling things from shelves, dumping and then racing to the next thing. This forces us to do a better job cleaning up after ourselves -- Zane licks shoes, picks up litter and crumbs left behind. He's attracted to surge protectors and gadgets. There's now a need to protect him from steps, toilets and hot kitchens. He's become quite the busy guy! I'm not ready for this!

*In this picture Zane is trying to figure out how to turn and look at me while holding onto play drums.

Tadpole

I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog. ~Toni Braxton

This & That

This was fun on a rainy day:

That is what we'd rather do:

DJ Z

We've got two turn tables, but no microphone . . .

Yo, with this guy, and his sistah, there's no need for a microphone. DJ Z recently became qualified for his first grill, to wear up on that lower tooth. We've also entered a period where the gangstah can drop a tooth and lose it. Fo shizzle . . . 

So, Pops, hit me up with lowering a mattress, aiight?

My Wee Buccaneer's Adventure

After puttin' on her perfect garb, Cap'n Vanessa announced thar would be hunt fer a new treasure. The seven seas fer a hunt finally be perfect.

Too bad them dandelions be such a distraction. Or be they th' treasure fer yet another day?

Seasonally Affected

The following is just a couple of ways we released our wiggles this last wintry and dreary season:

But we're ready for days more like this:

*(5.5.11) Vanessa just pointed out that she's not wearing a helmet in this picture and should be. I'm glad someone can be responsible! :)

Another Vanessa comment: "Can we go on vacation?"