Recent Days

I can't believe, but am so happy, that it's the last day of July!  This summer has gone by so fast.  Zane is already 2 years and one month old!  That is amazing to me.  I'd say the last few days, he has started speaking in more complete sentences.  It's so surprising to hear, and fun, and just a tad sad because he's getting to be such a big boy!
One the way home from the doctor's visit yesterday, we passed a construction zone.
Me:  Did you see any barumbas?
Zane:  No.  Just diggers.

Zane:  Janie orange barumba.
Me: ( I can't remember what I said.)
Zane:  Dada orange barumba too.

Oh, and he's started calling me "Mom."  No way!  Yes, way.  I am not thrilled and am trying to emphasize Mama or Mommy or MomMom.  I am not ready for just Mom!

Zane went and got his stool so he could see while I made cookies!

Eating his chocolate chips off the counter!  They didn't last long!  I love this face.  His little mouth is happy with a chocolate chip in it!  :)

Baking a cake with Dada!

Duuuuummmp!  Cake batter going into the pan.

Dada will do anything for his boy.  Even bake.  :)

Reading with Mama.  (I made Jeff take a picture.  Thanks, honey!)

Zane has been so cuddly lately.  He was very happy to be hugging Jeff's head.

I neeeeed my fuzzy mimi.  It's the best.

Checking out the barumba pictures in a new magazine.

House Update!

The house remodeling is going great!!!  We have had lots of progress and Jeff is doing an OUTSTANDING job! 

Best things happening in my opinion: 
*cabinets are getting installed!
*Jeff finished ALL the door trim!
*the drywall people came back to completely finish the job!
*the carpet is in and install is scheduled!

Jeff worked for hours last night chiseling up the entry way tile. 

And he got it all done!!

Cabinets yesterday night.

Awesome door frame to the dining room that will be stained.

Cabinets today!  The small door is a sample of what ours are going to look like!  Yippee!!!

This is great trim work!!!

Looks great!

Super job Jeff!!!

Learning His Shapes

Zane is doing pretty good learning his shapes!  We need to keep working on it!

My Little Project

I painted the fence yesterday morning!  Check!  One more thing off the to-do list!

One side.

The other side.

He was a really good boy while Mommy painted.  :)

Tape Measure

Dada came out of Harbor Freight last night with a new tool for Zane!  A tape measure!  We dropped Dada off at the new house and when we got home, Zane RAN into the kitchen to measure, just like he'd seen his Daddy do.  It was so cute.  Jeff was disappointed that he didn't get to see Zane play with it, so I took lots of pictures and even some video.  So, Jeff, this is for you!

Check out that messy floor!  :)

Tippy toes!

Five Little Monkeys!

Zane is picking up on songs and rhymes really fast.  I am his mom though, so maybe it's just normal.  :)  Anyway, here he is doing Five Silly Monkeys.

Life of a Boy

Zane is really tough and brave.  Yesterday when Daddy got home, he got so excited and he was jumping around on the couch.  All of the sudden he started crying, but for very long, but I went to check on him.  It was a few minutes when I went back that I saw his eye.  He had split it open on the couch!  How does that happen?  Well, it did with my crazy wound up boy!  I asked the resident stitch expert if he needed stitches, but the decision was made that he did not!  I'm glad about that.  Jeff washed it and put some ointment on.  Zane said, "Brave, boy." and "Cry, Cry."  He did cry, but it didn't last long.  He did great.

Here's his eye last night:

Here it is this morning-it looks more bruised than anything.  Hopefully it will heal without a scar.  

Zane Quotes

Zane was weed-eating and...
"Broke!"
Me:  "You better fix it.  Can you get your hammer and screwdriver?"
Zane-bang, bang, bang-then gets screwdriver and works some more.  He gets up, goes behind the couch trying it out and comes back...
"Works great!"
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Zane was standing on his scooter singing at the end table we have and had his Bible.  He looked up as I came by...
Zane..."Angel, Mary!"
Me-"The angel came to see Mary?"
Zane nodded-"And Joseph."
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Sitting at the supper table we were talking about weed-eaters, lawnmowers, etc.  I decided to imitate a weedeater...
Me:  "Brrrrrrr", waving my hand like a weed-eater.
Zane: "No!"
Me:  Something like, "how's it supposed to go?"
Zane:  "VRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!"
Me:  "VRRRRRRRRRR???"
Zane:  "yes!"
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The other day we played with legos:





Zane also played worship.  This is quite a long video.

New House Update!

The new house is coming along great!  This week, Jeff installed the interior doors, minus one closet door and he did really well!  Some of them he found out weren't very square, at all!  Here are several pictures of the doors.  All are solid core doors-minus the closet one that is going in soon.

And just cause he's cute...

We also are having the boxes to the cabinets installed.  Hopefully they will finish up those today so we can get them measured for countertops!  This house is going to be fantastic when it's done!  I am so excited, I can't wait!!!

Jeff also picked up the laminate for the flooring last night!  And we have ordered carpet.  It really is coming together!

Waiting for Waffles

My little boy likes to have waffles or eggs in the morning.  Most of the time, I have waffles in the freezer, but sometimes I have to make fresh ones, which he really really likes.  Anyway, I just had to get a picture of my sleepy boy waiting for his waffles!

I got a cute video of Zane and Daddy playing.  He's so good to play with him all the time and make fun things.  This day it was sliding into pillows!

Singing in the Bathtub!

Most of it is singing.  Some of it is more like yelling.  :)

Yummy, Yummy Cookie!

We made cookies when Zane got up from his nap today!  He gets to eat a sweet dessert twice a week and I thought it would be fun to give him one of his favorites...cookies!  And while I mixed them, I fed him chocolate chips!!!  That was so much fun too!  He loves chocolate chips.  I didn't overdo it, but I wanted him to enjoy baking with me!  Probably not a good excuse, but I enjoyed it.  :)

Take a look at this cookie eater who enjoyed every bite.

Mmmm, fingers to lick!

All done!

34 Weeks

Five weeks, two days to go before our daughter is born!!!  I am feeling huge, but excited!  For the most part, I'm feeling really good.  I've almost emptied the bottle of Tums because of heartburn, and I'm barely fitting into my Sunday sandals.  I guess I'll be wearing flip flops to worship soon!

She's agrowin'!!!  -The baby, I mean.  Okay... me too!  ha!

And as an add-on, there are two videos of Zane.  One of him eating raw carrots, and the other eating a donut!!  He wanted more donuts-imagine that!  :)

Lovely Afternoon

This afternoon, Zane and I blew up his swimming pool and made and afternoon of it.  We had icee pops, splashed in the water to keep cool, drank ice water, and worked in the yard.  It was great.  Then we came in, cleaned up, and ate a good supper.
Here is my little splasher:

Enjoying his icee-pop.

Little lounger.

Notice the dirt in the pool.  It was filthy!  He likes to pour water from his flower pots and he dumped a bunch of dirt in it!  I think he finally learned not to dump it in the pool, so maybe next time we will have cleaner water.  It did the trick this time and kept us cool though!


In this video I say 'mooses'.  I know that is poor English, but that's what he calls one of his blankets and I thought of that when he said moose.