Okay this is just a warning that this post contains a lot of photos. We have only had a week of summer, but it has been a very big week!! We started with a little Bible reading before we went to bed.

The first Saturday of Summer Break we started with donuts. Zane loves donuts. He usually has one donut hole in each hand and one in his mouth. He does not stop smiling.

Claire had her 2nd Birthday Party at Going Bonkers. Zane has been there before but he was never old enough to enjoy it. He loved it. There are so many places to crawl, climb, and slide.
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On Sunday our Small Group got together for burgers and a swim. Matt and Erica have a swimming pool. It was so much fun. Zane loves the water!!

We have done some good hanging out, watching Elmo, and snacking.

We played and found new things to put on our heads.

We tried out a story time at Barnes and Noble the other day. It was a bust. Zane liked climbing on the bookshelves better than listening to the story. It was a very girly story. Maybe we will have better luck.

Zane took a bubble bath.

Then Zane got excited that Cocoa came into the bathroom to check things out. Zane stood up and slid. He ended up with a small black eye.

Yesterday we went to Jocelyn’s 2nd Birthday Party. The kids had so much fun painting, making hats, and decorating cupcakes. When almost everyone left the kids decided to jump in the kiddie pool. I did not think Zane would get in with the other kids splashing around, but he had so much fun!


Zane has started taking some steps lately. Before we know it he will be running across the room. He climbs on everything!
Words Zane can say:
~mama
~dada
~uhoh
~thank you
~kitty cat
~Cocoa
~dog
~meow
~ruff
~roar
~moo
~thank you
~one, two, three go ( then he throws whatever is in his hand)
~banana and please (only once)
I am sure there are so many more but I can’t think of them right now.
I hope that Zane can continue to keep us busy this summer. We are having so much fun!!

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When I was a very small child my big sister and I would go to the park and feed the ducks. For me, the opportunity to really get right into nature  and see animals do their thing was exhilarating. For Mandy this meant keeping a constant, terrified vigilance.

My parents apparently sat idly aside enjoying the gladiator-esque blood sport of “Man vs. Duck”, leaving it to Mandy to protect me from the vicious beasts and their insatiable appetite for toddler flesh. Despite my naive fearlessness in the face of imminent destruction I survived the numerous violent onslaughts. No small thanks, I’m sure, is due to my protective sister’s intervention.

We took Zane to the park the other day to play. He’s always up for swinging…

Apparently, however, when not encouraged by his cousins he can be a bit of a sissy about getting too dirty. We walked him around, but even being on a sidewalk is too close to the grass for his comfort.

And finally, of course we wanted to introduce him to the art of duck feeding. Unfortunately every single duck, fish, and turtle was being a complete jerk. What? Are our expired hot dog buns suddenly not good enough for you? Oh you don’t like being pelted in the head with a balled up piece of white bread? Nothing. They swam right by, hardly even acknowledging the slices floating in like mana from the shore…

They must have filled up on baby for lunch.

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The latest version of Wordpress finally removed all restrictions that were keeping me from moving Brandy’s blog over here… so now you get your Zane updates and latest shark news all in one stop.

If you’ve only read my blog and not Brandy’s you’ve got quite a lot of catching up to do.

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So our school decided to take off a week due to the Swine Flu.  All of the teachers were jumping for joy and doing flips in the hallways.  It is not very often that we get a second Spring Break that we do not have to make up.  It was cut a little short.  The district decided on Tuesday that we could all go back to school on Thursday.  The bad part of that is so many families had already made plans that they were not going to change.  I had 4 kids out on both days which made it hard to do anything. Our school had 82 out for the day and it is usually under 10.  Lewisville High school was apparently at about 47% attendance.  The district told everyone that they would be excused absences for Thursday and Friday.  We played lots of games and just had a fun two days, but it is back to work on Monday.

So on our break we had lots of fun.  On Sunday we made the trip to Houston to see Baby Harper for the first time and visit with Brandon, Mandy and the boys.  We had a ton of fun.  Zane had so much fun playing with his cousins.  I think this is the first time that he did not get scared when the boys were wrestling.  He is ready to get down there with them now.  We spent our first night playing with the kids and eating pizza.

Zane could care less about meeting a new baby.  He was ready to play.

On Monday we went to the park.  It was a gorgeous day and the boys had so much fun.  Zane has now learned how to climb up the slide.  Yes, my child will not walk yet, but he will work his hardest at getting to the top of the slide.

He loves to be outside!!

Monday night we got to go see Jared, Jana, and Zeke.  It was so fun visiting with them.  We don’t get to see them enough.  They are doing so good and if you haven’t heard yet, Jana will be having a baby girl in October.  We did not get a great picture at their house, but I couldn’t go without posting anything.

On Tuesday morning we got up and went to the Strawberry Patch.  I have been wanting to find one around here and take Zane, but now we don’t have to.  We had a lot of fun and came home with a lot of strawberries.

Zane was not sure about sharing his wagon.

This strawberry ended up being very squished and all over him.

Dane pulled back all of our strawberries.

When we got home that night John had a lot of fun with the strawberries.  He cooked strawberry pancakes with a homemade strawberry sauce.  These were the best pancakes I have ever had!

On Thursday I had to go back to school, but John had Zane for his speech evaluation.  He passed with flying colors!  He has started talking a lot more over the last few weeks and does not need any services.  He actually pointed at a cat for the lady and said “meow”.  I wish I would have been there for that!  He has been talking a lot more.  Here is a short list:

~dada (he has actually said this for a long time)
~dog (he pointed to a dog on his tv show the other day and said dog and then again at the park)
~mama (he has just said this a few times this week)
~blanket (this morning I got him out of the bed and he kept reaching down and saying blanket)
~meow (even though I haven’t heard it yet)

I know that he is going to start saying a lot more everyday.  He is babbling like crazy.  I think he has so much to say, but does not have the correct words yet.

Other things that he is doing:
~He loves reading books (and sitting on them hehe!).
~Loves the park
~Loves to climb:  he can climb on the coffee table all by himself
~Loves macaroni and cheese
~Sometimes he will sleep until 9:30
~Loves bathtime: this morning he actually thought it was funny to put his mouth under water and drink it
~Loves Bible Class
~Loves to be around other kids
~Giggles all the time
~Is the fastest crawler I know: so fast he is not interested in walking
~Loves the song Old McDonald and many others

We are having so much fun!!  We can’t wait till summer so we can spend all day together.  I am so blessed to have a wonderful family!

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It has been such a long time since I blogged.  I used to get frustrated with people that did not blog frequently, but now that I have Zane I understand why.  Things are just crazy and busy all the time.  Here is what we have been up to and get ready for a lot of pictures!

Easter weekend we went to McGregor for my sister’s wedding.  Yes, that’s right Maranda is now married.  All of my siblings are married.  WOW!!  The wedding went great and we had a lot of fun family time.  Also you know how you always hold onto your wedding dress and you are not really sure why.  It actually worked out nice that I kept mine because Maranda wanted to wear it. I think that is kind of special that we shared that.  Looking at the pictures though it is really weird how we look so much alike.  We had the same dress and the same hair do. I will be interested to see the picture of the two of us printed and placed next to each other.

My favorite picture of the bride and groom. (John did the photography and did a great job.)

Zane and Uncle Ty

Hanging with my Great Grandma Richardson

The next morning was Easter.  We stayed in McGregor for Easter and went to church and ate lunch with the family.

Zane and his Easter Basket (He was a little confused.)

Zane hunting for Easter Eggs in his Easter outfit.

Here are some random pictures over the last month.

Zane has started to climb on and into everything.  This one was very challenging.

Zane discovered playing with the couch cushions are the best toy in the world.

Zane got some Superman pJs for his birthday. Superman attacked Dad and took him down.

Cool Guy

Bathtime.. His favorite bath toy is his Elmo set that he got for his birthday.

We had a confirmed case of swine flu in our district so on Friday the district decided to close the school for a full week to clean all of the schools.  We get a second Spring Break and we don’t even have to make up the days.  Isn’t that awesome.  We are going to make a trip to visit baby Harper.  We have not gotten to see her yet.  I am sure I will have plenty of pictures to share after our trip.  Zane was afraid that Elmo had the Swine Flu (or perhaps the Miss Piggy flu? -john) so he decided to see what his temperature is.

On another note, after our doctor appointment last month the doctor refered us to geta  speech evaluation on Zane.  We know that he is not talking because of all of his ear infections, but the doctor made the point that he might catch up on his language a lot faster with some help.  We will see if he qualifies.  His evaluation is on Thursday.  It worked out perfectly that we got the week off because now I can make the appointment.

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