11 months old

This was taken on his actual 11 month bday, almost forgot!

My big boy

This is how you see him these days, crawling all over the place

Still loving those beautiful long lashes

Zachary is 11 months old already! Can't believe how fast this year has gone. I almost forgot to snap a pic of him on the actual day, had to do it while he was sleeping. This month has been relatively calm for Zachary, which is great news! He did get to travel quite a lot. We went to his great-grandfather's funeral and he got to show off for some people he hadn't met yet. Then we traveled down to Oklahoma to meet some more new people. We had a great Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa's house and had fun with aunts and uncles. Within a few days we headed to Pop-Pop and Nana's house for Thankgiving. It has been a fun, busy few weeks. Zach did great in all the different places and riding in the car. He remains such an easy-going baby! This month Zach's teeth have come in and he loves to bring EVERYTHING to his mouth to chew on. Zachary got his first haircut, pics to come later. Zachary is loving his food, as long as it is pureed, he still doesn't do well with any type of solid. Our little man has a love and fascination with his siblings--loves them dearly and smiles ear-to-ear when they enter the room. They, too, are loving him a little more every day.

This month has also brought some new qualifications for Zachary as far as physical therapy. We've been working with Infant/Toddler, a state-funded service that would be free to us and they come to our house. Zach has remained "too good" for lack of a better term and has not met their qualification yet. They have been watching him thru a paperwork service, asking us to continually fill out a questionarre. Zach "failed" the gross motor section this last round and now qualifies for Liz, a PT, to come to our house and work with him. She is encouraged by the things he is doing, but did say he is definitly behind where he should be. We are working with her, and Jenn thru Children's Mercy's PT dept, to encourage our little guy to sit up, stand for longer periods, and work on putting a little more weight on those legs. Both our PTs are really happy to see him army crawling, using his arms and legs and both sides of his body. They are encouraged by his recent development of popping up on all 4's into crawling position and rocking back and forth. We are just trying to get him a little stronger. I just keep telling them that I am kind of ok with him not walking/running all over the house getting into stuff ;) JK I'm just going to enjoy these moments now before we have to stress about him falling down the stairs, getting into dog food, and opening cabinet doors. All that said, we now have 7 appointments scheduled for our little Z man for this month. Not that it would be a busy month anyway, right? Anything to help make our baby strong enough to fend for himself during future wrestling sessions with his big brother and sister.