First trip to the snow!

We had "Kid's Night" at my sister's house in Magalia on Saturday. Kyrie and Zack and I drove up earlier in the day and Colleen and the other kids met up with us later in the evening. This was Zack's first trip to the snow! We weren't really dressed for the snow (even though there wasn't much of it), so we only stayed outside long enough to take the pictures, but it was still fun.

Poor little guy had just woken up from a nap and had no idea what was going on.

Auntie Kate, Zack and Bandit.

The kids having a snowball fight in the front yard. Obviously these kids are not used to snow because I can't tell you how many times they came running inside crying..."AJ threw a snowball at me!" and "Kaitlyn threw snow in my face!"

All-in-all, they still had a blast.

Auntie Colleen watched Zack while I helped out with the older kids.

After freezing themselves out in the snow, they got all warm and toastie in the hot tub.

Showing Auntie Colleen how he likes to be tickled.

Zack got a tummy time mat from Aunt Jessie for Christmas. This is the only time we can get him to enjoy time on his belly.

Some one's getting sleepy! He always rubs his right eye when he's tired :)

Getting tickled by Daddy.

"I'm such a big boy, Daddy! Look at how I can stand!"

"He's a sucker for my chubby cheeks. I have him wrapped around my little finger."

He started teething this week. See the drool? :)

A visit with Cousin Cal...

We drove to Sacramento last night to visit with baby Cal, my brother and Tara. Zack had a good time playing with some of Cal's toys while we visited :)

It's hard to believe that Zack was ever that tiny!

Rich sportin' the "paci in the mouth" look.

Hi, baby Cal!

Our cat, Gramps, has found a cozy spot to sleep if we leave Zack's bedroom door open...the changing table pad.

You'd better believe it!

Just like his Daddy was MY "Mr. Right"!

Christmas with our families...

Merry Christmas! It's been a busy week for us. We had our own Christmas with just Rich, me and the baby, then we had Christmas with Rich's family and then last night we had Christmas with my family. Unfortunately, only half of our family could make it this year, as there was a terrible storm and my sister's family couldn't get over the pass coming from Oregon. We will be able to see my brother and his family in Sacramento tomorrow though and we are looking forward to that.

Daddy playing with Zack at Grandma and Grandpa Speakman's house.

His sweet little Christmas outfit that Auntie Colleen picked out for him :)

Playing with his moose as always! It's the only toy that really cheers him up when he's in a bad mood. He kind of had a rough night this night because he had a tummy ache. Poor little guy.

Rich's Aunt Jesse

No...it's not Rich! It's his brother, Mike :)

Rich helping his dad figure out how to use his new GPS system.

Rich's mom

Merry Christmas, Sweetie!!! I love you!

Kasey playing with the toys at Grandma's house.

Auntie Kristie and Zack. Thank you for the sweet Christmas bib!

Kaitlyn and Zack - - that girl is growing so fast! She looks so much like a little lady now, not a little girl!

Auntie Kate, Shea and Zack

Shea looked so pretty in her pink, sparkly skirt!

I think this is one of three or four family pictures we have :)

"I gonna give you kisses, Zack!" Alex is always wanting to kiss on the baby...he is such a loving little guy.

Kasey listening to his sister's new I-Pod.

Merry Christmas, Daddy! For Christmas, you get...ME!

For Christmas, we all chipped in and got mom tickets to see Riverdance. She was so excited that she cried! We hope you have fun, mom!

My sisters Kate and Colleen.

Grandma loves me.

Right in the middle of present opening, Zack fell asleep on his Daddy's lap.

This morning, the day after Christmas, Zack and I went to Auntie Steph's and we took a long walk. Zack and Cristian alternated crying the whole way, but at least us moms got to get out of the house for a while!

Our first Christmas...

We had our first Christmas today! We decided to open our presents today since the next two days will be spent with our extended families. I'm amazed at how much things have changed in the last year and I am utterly grateful for every bit of it. I cried while opening gifts...just at the thought that there were three of us this year and not just two.

Grandma Jackie (Jess' mom) sent this for Zack for Christmas. He will have so much fun with it, I'm sure!

Opening his first present from Daddy...

The "Guess How Much I Love You" book! Thank you, Daddy!

Oooh! What's this!?!?! New paci's! (Isn't it cute how it looks like he's reading the back of the package?)

"New clothes mom? How lame. Give me some toys." The clothes say "Future Mr. Right" and "I get cuter by the minute".

He looks like he's up to something.

Testing out the new paci. We were most excited about giving him the aquarium for his crib. It plays music, makes bubbles and lights up. It's even remote controlled! He was fascinated with it!

Alex came by for a few minutes - - he kept telling Zack, "I'm gonna get your toesies!" He told me that he was a good boy and Santa was going to bring him a new Gravedigger :)

Daddy reading Zack the new book that Auntie Heather and Uncle Barnes gave him for Christmas.

Cuddled up with his new blanket after a long day.