Happy New Year!!!!

Trying to get out...

As I was getting ready on New Year's Eve, I noticed Zach learned a peculiar habit while playing in the pack and play. My friend Adrienne's son did this awhile ago and I thought it was the cutest thing. So, I had to share with everyone! Have a look and laugh!

A Zook Family Christmas

We had such a wonderful Christmas, although Zachary had his first cold.  He was so good, though, and we were so blessed to share so much time with family.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, too!

Here's Zach waking up.  Although he appears to be unhappy, it's just his cold.  He was a very happy boy all day.  Brooke was first.Jackson loves to practice his smile.Here's Livvy.Zach's favorite gift (or possibly mommy's)- look!  He's in the wagon! We got Natalie in the afternoon and they had such a good time together.  She just loves her little brother.

Zach and his friend Lincoln

Zach finally got to meet his buddy Lincoln and Lincoln's Mommy and Daddy on the 21st after his second flu shot. It was a lot of fun and both boys enjoyed each other. Lincoln kept trying to give Zach pointers on how to crawl forward instead of backwards but Zach still likes crawling in reverse.

Growing at leaps and bounds

Zach had his flu shot part deux and they weighed him and measured him once again.

He now weighs 22.8lbs (with clothes on)
and he is 29 3/4 inches long.

The nurses were surprised once again how much he had grown in just over a month.

Today's Natalie's Birthday! Na na na na na na na na!

Happy 6th Birthday to Natalie! She had her first slumber party (and possibly last? ha ha) on Friday. We had her older sister, 5 cousins and 2 friends over. The girls were really good, though, and everyone had fun passing Zach around. Who knew the baby would be such a fun accessory to the party? :-)



Here is a picture of Kevin trying not to burn himself or the house down when lighting the soccer ball candles. :)

Baptisms

Sunday, December 16th was a special day in the Zook household. Kevin was baptized with Zach and Natalie. It was a wonderful day and it made me so happy!



Don't worry- Zach didn't wear the hat in public. It was just too cute and silly not to share!



Uncle Greg and Aunt Tori are Zach's Godparents. We love them and are so thankful they were there with us! (Natalie couldn't help but sneak in the picture...she's such a ham!)

More backwards crawling

This is slow in the beginning but watch Zach crawl around backwards to get what he wants. He takes a few shots to the head but that doesn't stop our little man who was focused on the task at hand.

Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me & My Monkey

O Christmas Tree......O Christmas Tree...

It was one year ago that Pam and I wanted only one thing benetah our Christmas Tree, a healthy baby boy. A year later our wish has more than come true. We have the most precious gift ever.

Mommy and Daddy. I am going places. Backwards. But I am going places!

Zach's first words (that we know of)

Here is a video of Zach beginning to talk and possibly his first word. Will he have "diahrea of the mouth" like his Daddy? We'll have to wait and see!!

Rub-a-dub-dub two Zook kids in the tub.

Natalie has been asking for weeks to take a bath with her little brother and this time was a success. He loves the bathtub and loves to splash!

Poppy with all of the grandkids (sans Natalie) take 21. *snap*

This picture only took 13 takes but it was too cute to not share with everyone. The picture was a leftover from Thanksgiving night but I really like this photo. Perhaps it's because it was the only one where every kid was looking straight ahead!!