Zach's 7 months old

I'm getting better about holding my head up now!

I still love my Rocky.


My big sister loves me and refers to me as her "baby".

Zach is 7 months old now! Where has the time gone? He is doing wonderfully. He did get some quality time with family this month, and some great many miles under his belt. In his last month of life he has traveled to Oklahoma to Grandma and Grandpa's new house and been out in the boat/on the lake for the first time. The following weekend we all travelled to Omaha and attended Skip's great aunt's funeral. We were sad for that visit. The next weekend we headed out to Colorado to visit Skip's sister. While in Colorado, we had all of Skip's family present and had a great time. Zachary has endured these many miles with a smile on his face and an occasional nap here and there. He has been moving more and more and won't really stay on a blanket when laid down. Zach is playing with toys now and his siblings love this, always willing to bring him "just one more" toy. We met with the Infant/Toddler program to evaluate Zachary. They thought he looked ok to them. One lady did mention that he was her first question kids, not obviously needing OT or PT, but not 100% not needing either. We are just going to continue to watch him and hope that his neck muscles continue to develop over the next few weeks/months. He is getting stronger each day, which we love to see!

This month we have Zachary's surgery, Aug. 25, and then an MRI on Aug. 31. Busy month for our little Z man. I also got a little nervous right before we left for Colorado. Zach's soft spot seemed to be protruding, and he had been arching his back/neck significantly. We made a quick trip to see Dr. Mike to check head circumference. Mike assured us that all seemed fine with our little Z man. He did double check with the neurosurgeon at Children's Mercy to confirm we didn't need a CT. So all is better in our world. It did kind of frighten me, that was the first non-well visit we have had. We did get a weight check at that appointment and he is up to 13 lb 3 oz (with clothes on). Getting pretty big now!!