Fountain Fun

Yesterday was a beautiful day, and I was getting stir crazy, so I took Zac and my two favorite little girls to the park to play in the fountains (my cousin and god-daughter). We had an absolute blast! Zachariah sat in his stroller screaming at them the whole time. It was hilarious.

Anyway, here are some pictures of our lovely afternoon! :)

Zachariah was finishing up the yelling in
attempt to get their attention :)

drying off in the sun!

Thats all folks.
Have a great day!

Almost Crawling

Z is 8 months old today... and still not crawling. But he is so darn close! He can scoot on his butt a little bit at a time and end up on the other end of his play mat. He also does this thing where he will stretch himself farther than I ever imagined a baby could stretch without falling over, until he reaches his desired toy.


Notice how he is sitting... with his legs folded in front of him. If he stretches far enough he can balance on both knees for a couple seconds before his legs flip out from under him and he falls on his tummy. Poor thing. He doesnt seem to be too frustrated at the fact that bouncing on his butt doesn't get him anywhere, so I am hoping that one day he will get frustrated enough to actually go somewhere. But for now I guess I should just be happy that he is happy, even if he is immobile. :)

Randoms

I have a new banner. I recently realized that no matter how crowded it may be, I need to put a "family" picture up there somewhere, because right now it looks like I am a single mom.

Still cant come up with a new blog name. So I am sticking with Randominity until something amazing pops into my head. (Thanks to those who actually gave suggestions though. You all get a cookie).

I have been walking for 20 min. every day for the past week. (Zachariah has a short attention span, so I am stuck at the 20 min. mark) I am hoping to keep up the walking thing, but I have a bad habit of being lazy... so wish me luck.

I had a TERRIFIC Mothers Day, thanks to my fabulous husband. :)

And because I cant post without a picture of my baby, here is where Zachariah was perched during our Mothers Day lunch with the Titus'.

That's all for now. I am sure I will be back later with something of equal or less importance. :)
Happy Monday!

Another "First"

Yesterday was a day full of fun for Zachariah and I. We went on an early morning stroll, we ran errands (which he thoroughly enjoyed), we went swimming, we played with some new toys, we played outside and blew bubbles with daddy (which he enjoyed even more), and we took a bath! It was a very busy day, and it was probably one of the best days that Zachariah and I have had for a couple weeks now. (he has been uber fussy, which makes staying at home with him just a treat)

Well after bath time, Zachariah was sitting on his changing table and was getting settled into his pajamas, when all of a sudden he decides to lunge (at lightning speed) for the Desiten. Before Daniel or I can catch him, he hits his head on the side of the changing table and ends up with this sucker on his head.


So he got his very first owie. After lots of ice, the swelling went down and it looks a ton better this morning. Overall, he was a real trouper, we are so proud of him! :)

Pool Time Fun

I noticed that I haven’t really blogged recently. They have basically been blurbs and pictures of my adorable child. I guess when you are around one little person every single minute of the live long day, that tends to become all you have time to think about.

Since it has been really nice out, we have been taking advantage of the weather. So without further ado, here are some pictures of Z playing in his new pool:

loving his new pool

what a goober...

sporting his adorable little rash guard.

Its a good thing he doesn't have a sibling to share
his toys with yet, cause he is such a toy hog...

Have a great day!

Food de-la Finger

Zachariah has eaten his first finger food (which was none other than blueberry muffins!) and LOVED it. I am not ready to go finger food crazy yet (mainly because the responsibility for providing ALL of my kids nutrition scares the tar out of me) but I did find this uber cool recipe that I am going to try. So I thought I would share it in case anyone else needs finger food ideas. Enjoy!

Oh, and if anyone has some good starter-finger-foods, please pass them along! I am going to need all the ideas I can get. :)

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Apple-Carrot Muffins

1 pkg. (7 oz.) HODGSON MILL WHOLE WHEAT MUFFIN MIX
              or BRAN MUFFIN MIX 
1 Tbsp. low fat butter or vegetable oil
2/3 c milk
1 egg
1/2 c carrots, peeled & shredded
1/2 c apples, peeled & chopped
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 c chopped nuts, opt. 

Preheat oven to 400° F. Line 7-8 muffin cups with paper liners or grease muffin cups. Place contents of this package into a mixing bowl, cut in low fat butter or vegetable oil. Add remaining ingredients and mix until just blended. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake at 400° F for 18 -20 minutes. Yield: 7 -8 muffins.

Fine...

Here is my short hair. I cut it all off last week and regretted it almost immediately. I am slowly getting to the point where I am not depressed when I walk by a mirror, but I really miss my long hair!!! I haven't really experimented much with the "short do" but its been REALLY easy so far. Zachariah was not too happy though. When he goes to pull my hair he just gets a handful of air. Muahahaha.

All in all, I am glad I cut it... but I probably wont do it again. I just love my long hair too much.

Are you happy now Tammi??? :)

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Oh, and in case you are wondering... in the picture Zachariah is a little distracted watching a baby bird fall out of its nest. (No worries, Amanda saved it)

Calling All Bloggers

I have been made aware by my former friend (just kidding!) that my blog is no longer random. And he is right. It has definitely switched gears since having a baby. It went from "Random Conglomeration of Stuff", to "Everything Zachariah". So I don’t think it deserves the title “Randominity” any longer! But here is the kicker. I can’t come up with a clever/cute/non-boring title for my blog.

So I am calling on all you people of bloggerland to help me out. Yes that means you. I am in a creative dry spell, and all of you "blog stalkers" need to come out of the woodworks for this one. Dig deep into that creative part of your brain and give me some suggestions on renaming my blog!

Say Whaaaa?

More Pictures

Lately its been really hard to take a bad picture of Zachariah. It took 7 months, but he has finally been participating really well when I bring out the camera! So, I couldn't help but post our latest pictures for all to see! I swear, he is turning into a little man. :)

I love this kid so much.

Can we say adorable?

Zachariah and his Aunt Amanda (aka: Auntie Cranky Butt) matched today! Well, with the exception of the hoochie mama shorts.

Here is Zac sporting his BabyLegs and Amanda sporting her leg warmers.

Look at my new phone!

It's that time-to-renew-my-cell-phone-contract-time-of-the-year again. So what does that mean?

New cell phone for really cheap! Hooray!

It's a Sony Ericsson Slider Walkman phone and I love it.

The End.

???

You know those times when you think something is really, really funny and then you look back on it and you have no idea what was so funny about it?

Yeah. Well that happened to me last night. I had the urge to take this random picture, and I cant figure out why the heck I thought it was funny.

Yay

Zachariah is loving bath time now! I guess it happened when he could start sitting up on his own. Let me tell you, it is A LOT less stressful for me when he actually sits there playing instead of laying there screaming. I don't dread bath time anymore!

Go to Daniel's blog to read more bout it and see an uber cute picture!

Next Blog

I made an accidental discovery today.

I was viewing my blog, to make sure it posted my stuff correctly, and I accidentally clicked the “Next Blog” button on the top left-hand side of the screen. It took me to this blog, and I found it absolutely fascinating. This woman lives in Japan, and her whole blog is in Japanese. Obviously I cant read a blessed thing, but I got caught up in looking at the pictures she has posted. Most pictures are of her kids (who are ADORABLE by the way), but in some of them I could see different rooms of her home and the way it was decorated. It was kind of neat.

I think I am going to put her on my igoogle and check back every now and then. I know, I know. This makes me an official blog stalker. But I have been straddling the fence for a while now, so I need to make it official anyway. Who knows, maybe I will try and learn some Japanese while I am stalking!

Sleep at Last!

It took six and a half looooong months, but Zachariah is FINALLY sleeping all the way through the night! For the past week he has slept from 8:30(ish) to 8:00(ish). He may wake up once or twice during the night because he cant find his paci, but as soon as I give it to him is is asleep again! (which is the main reason I wanted thumb sucking, but oh well.)

Getting a good nights sleep is glorious!

Hair Cut?

I am getting a haircut sometime in the near future. I am tossing around the idea of going short. Not short-short. Just shorter. I cant decide though. I LOVE my hair long. But I think that's because long hair is what I am used to. It would be nice to go short so that Zachariah cant pull on it as easily... but I don't know if I want to take that step. It would take so long for me to grow it back!

So short hair or long hair? Pros and cons from those who have the different lengths?

~*~*~*UPDATE*~*~*~

I have had a request for a sample picture... so here ya go. I am thinking about going Katie Holmes ish. Whadda think? And I will NOT take offense if you say "Amy Lynn that would look horrifying on you". I am horrible at making decisions, so your opinion would actually help. :)

Physical Activity... Or Lack Thereof

Recently I have had this weird longing to be physically active. You know, exercise on a semi-regular basis. I don’t know why I want to exercise. I mean, it might have something to do with me feeling guilty about the 382 pounds of junk food I consume each day, but I am not too sure. The most physical activity I do is walking about three times a month. And that’s if you count the walk to the mailbox and back. So needless to say, I am in desperate need of something to do to burn calories. Because the chances of me changing my diet/eating habits are slim to none.

So I can’t figure out anything that I would stick with. Gym memberships cost to much, and I wouldn’t want to leave my child in the crappy “child care” arena that they provide. And my prime energy time is in the mornings, so Daniel isn’t home to keep Zachariah. If I go strolling with Zachariah, I only walk for 10 min. because of boredom.

Help Me!

Good News

Zachariah's days of being camera shy are over! (Or at least he has put them on the back burner.) Now when he sees the camera he actually poses.

Its fabulous.

I swear he gets cuter and cuter every single day.

Spring Break '08

We got back Sunday from our trip to Buchanan, Michigan. We went up there for a family reunion and my grandmothers 75th birthday. The long and short of it all, is that we had a BLAST. I got to see family that I haven’t seen in years, and Daniel got to meet them all for the first time. Zachariah did exceptionally well, considering this was all very new for him. He was in his car seat for 4 hours on the way to Atlanta, flew on a plane, spent a few nights away from his crib, and he got to see snow! All of which were firsts for him. He didn’t mind flying, and he absolutely positively loved the snow.

Daniel blogged a little about our trip, so go there for a little more info. I don’t feel like recapping our trip detail by detail, I just want to show you the pictures. So I apologize for lack of substance. :)

Pictures of our pretty snow

CutenessMe an my baby

We love snow!

Playing a little air hockey. Daniel beat me, but I had a baby on my hip.

So that was predictable.

Daniel also beat me in ping pong... with a baby on his hip.
I wish that wasn't predictable.

Getting ready to go out in the cold

Goober

Z feeling a little left out during our blowing outing

We had so much fun with these hats!
(Thanks Tammi!)

My adorable little family

Think Outside the BUN

Mr. Cheesy Beefy Melt, I will stop the world and be with you.

These are a few of my favorite things...

Zzzzzzzzzzzz

I feel like a zombie.
Z woke up every couple of hours last night.
I am pretty sure the culprit is teething.
Will blog more when I can sit here without falling asleep.

Photographer, I am not

But I could be if I had this camera. I could start my own business and make millions of dollars. Ok, maybe not, but I could take some good-quality ammature pictures of my kiddo.

So in closing, I REALLY want this camera. If anyone out there has a spare $350, feel free to invest it in my million dollar business. Heck, it could be your good deed of the day.
Or month.
Or year.