Lookin' Good

I finally gave in and took Zach to a professional for a haircut. It's not that I don't know how to cut his hair, he just won't let me! So I took him to Cookie Cutters, which is a hair salon that caters specifically to children.

When we walked in Zach immediately went for the slide they have by the entrance. Then he got to pick a movie to watch. We went with Thomas the Tank Engine. Next he had his choice of vehicles to sit in while his hair was cut. He chose the airplane. The stylist was able to cut his hair in just 10 minutes! There were minimal tears and he walked away with a balloon and a lollypop!

With that treatment he might even look forward to his next haircut. I know I will!

Big Boy Bed

The day we left for Saint George, I converted Zach's bed to a toddler bed in hopes that being gone on vacation for a week would ease the transition to a different bed for Zach. I hear horror stories all the time at work about transitioning kids out of their cribs so we we're prepared for the worst, but it never materialized! In addition to changing the bed, we blocked the light switches and baby proofed the inside door knob so he can't get out of his room once we put him in there for the night or his nap. The first night back, we set him in his bed, told him goodnight and walked out the door. He hit the door right behind us as soon as we closed it and cried for about five minutes and then was quiet. When we went in to check on him before we went to bed, he was curled up with his blankets on his bed, sound asleep.



On Wednesday, we put him down for his nap and he didn't even fuss at all, he just played for a few minutes and again we found him in his bed asleep. He seems really happy with his bed and has yet to make a major fuss or fallen asleep anywhere but his bed!

Saint George

We packed up the car last week and headed down to Saint George for Brooke's family vacation. We left right before Zach's nap time in hope that he would take his nap in the car and be asleep for most of the drive. Of course he napped for 15 minutes and was awake for the rest of the trip. He really upset and loud the last hour or so of the trip but eventually we got there. The house we stayed in was great, it had a really nice pool and tons of space for Zach to explore.



Zach really enjoyed swimming this year and was really adventurous in the pool. He would swim with anyone and wasn't clingy at all.


He found a kitchen play-set downstairs and loved putting things in the little fridge and then moving them to the oven and then repeating that process twenty times over. He also loved climbing on the really high bar stools which made Grandma and Grandpa really nervous!



It was a fun trip but we're glad to be back in our own baby proofed home!

An apple a day...

Having hit the 24 month milestone, Zach had a date with the Doctor for his 24 month check-up. Now that we're in Salt Lake, we had to say goodbye to Doctor Savage in Provo, who has been Brooke's Doctor since she started at BYU, delivered Zach and who we've been 100% happy with as a Doctor (I'm rarely 100% happy with anything). Fortunatly, as we elected to have Zach's Hep B booster at 18 months, this was a 'no shot' visit so Zach put on his best strappy heels and was as happy as a clam to go to the Doctor.


Zach was really good and liked his new Doctor, although he wasn't thrilled about having his ears or his mouth checked out. He got a clean bill of health which he has promptly responded to by throwing up for three days straight.

We were also advised to end the crib years as he's perfectly capable of climbing out if he puts his mind to it. Zach really hasn't figured out the old rule: it's not the fall that gets you, its the sudden stop at the bottom! Our plan is to put his toddler bed together the morning we leave on vacation and he'll start sleeping in it when we get back. Hopefully, after having slept in a strange vacation house for a long weekend, he'll be in the mood for change when we get back. I'm sure that will result in another Blog post, one way or the other.

His new particulars are: 31 lb's 8 oz and 37.2 in. which are 84% and 95% respectivly. He's essentially the size of an average three year old, which we didn't really need to pay a co-pay to figure out as he's been in 3-T clothing for at least a few months!