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Courtesy of Cath Price (Love Photography) we had recently had some lovely family photos done...here is some of them. Meanwhile Zac is being an amazing 13 months old...very steady on his feet and always smiling except when his mind is not read and you are not doing what he expects you to do:)) little trantrums show up by him throwing himself backwards...:)) scary and painful..if cought unprepared. He loves his brother and enjoys singing and dancing. Stable on his feet loves walking and reaching places...very much of a climber. Food is widley explored loves pretty much everything....and Kelli who is the bestest baby sitter and friend that is allowed to look after him. but lets let the pictures speak for themsleves.

update:)

Mummy has fnally given in and decided it was perhaps time she introduces me to PLAYGROUP namely MESSY PLAY. We had a blast of a good time and no one could tear away Zac from the soil and messy things.

my brother has been amazing really...he is just the best bro in the world...here he is playing "can you see it.." its like a hiding things under cups and then moving them round fast....well sthing like that.

My brother;s best friend from nursery has given us this amazing gift a Thomas Table...we all love it tooo much. Its like wow...Christmas in my house. I am the right hight for it and love it so much.

My mummy likes to have me in big boys PJS and she wants to report I have a new tooth and now I am suffering again with Tonsilitis and she is well not happy....:)(: its third time round so hope my little body will fight it or else my mummy will really not be happy.

THese days we read stories together...paint and sing and play. Although my brother is not always around I do like to use his books, his toys and really I am resisting any baby toys...after all I am going forward....I AM NOW officially a todler and I know it. I am crawling everywhere and my favourite is going up and down the stairs. Mum says I move a bit slower then Reuben but then again I AM ME....I am in no hurry to walk ....once you walk you kind a can;t crawl if you do they look funny at you so taking my time on that one.

When I am well I am told I eat like a horse just about anything and everything...love love food.

I am getting soooo much more independent...

Zac has been a very very interesting character latley....he has been busy busy bee sorting out cupboards and trying to do things on his own...

He even tried his brothers big boy table and chairs and managed some craft sessions:)) here he looks a bit drunk but happy...he was just shattered...

Hoovering is still one of the favourite things....I am loving how he enjoys the noises...:)

To mark 1year of age and also that he has gotten more boystrous I had cut his hair. The moisturisers and things that got in his hair did not make his hair any good so I thought it was time he had a cut. He loved the cutting and giggled a lot. HE was busy playing with the water in the bath which remains his favourite of all...bath time...water play and off course climbing the strairs up and down.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACARIAH

Happy Birthday to my ANGEL!!! You had been amazing and cant believe a year has passed already. You had brought me so much sunshine...you had tought me love on a different level....and I am loving having you added to my family. You are indeed God;s amazing gift to us. You smile and I feel the world is a different place and you smile and you make all of us love more.

You are so sweet and so gentle and so interested in everything. You love love love new things and are not afraid to venture and learn about things. Here you are experimenting with colourful gnocchi and you loving it. You love your brother Reuben and whenever he is in the room you are watching and copying him...he loves you too...we all do. You say DADADA and love your daddy so very much. You only say MAMA when you are in trouble or need me...

Here we are...sorry to excited...but posing with you for you....we love you

ON your bday in the afternoon we went to the park...you had descovered the joy of going in the slide and you love going down on your tummy....

Your brother loves entertaining you...and you love him playing with you. HE and you are so funny you make my life worth while....and we love you both very much.

Another one of your I LOVE MOMENTs:)) you like sitting in the linnen basket perhaps you imagine it to be your boat? You are lovely my lovely.

After your morning nap your friend Andrei has come to play he is a bit older and walks but you are eager to copy him. YOu both are addicted to these gates...we thought these pice were so funny of you two...:)
And here is us all trying to sing to you...you were a bit oblivious at first then got excited then thought perhpas better eat your gnocchi.....hope you had fun ....LOVE YOU LOADS your family.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACKY

A little video of my lovely son HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZACKY you had been a bliss a joy and a fantastic really really good journey so far. You are a true Angel one that has given me such tremedous and lovely experiences along the 1 year Thank you that you are a happy and content baby and know always how to make us smile. We love you so very much. Your brother loves you and calls you ZACKY and brother and I love that relationship you two have. the way you interract and love each other. You love him so much...as soon as he comes down in the mornings you are as excited as ever...you give him big smiles and always crawl up to him. He greets you with "heeeeeellllllooooo and often kisses you or tenderly touches you...." you often want the same toys as he is playing with and generally you are a bit stubborn in letting go and he lets you have his toy then distracts you with something else so he can have his toy back...a trick mummy tought him to save you both the argument. Anway you had always been a joy and pleasure to have. You have 6 teeth and some two comming (4 top teeth and two bottom ones), you are a textbook kid who followed all developmental stages... you were weaned at 4 months after we had been at a Bluewater restaurant meal and you had eaten all the pizza breadsticks....on the table....you love food and are happy to experiment. You weigh approximatley 9kg and half (recently lost about half a kg due to two tonsilities and one ear infection) your favourite thing to do nowaways is climb the stairs and every oportunity to see if the stairgate has been left open is mostly disspointing for you...

Your first word was DADDY and you love your daddy a lot. Your daddy is a saint and he has been always looking after you on the morning shift which was very early at times 4-5am. You are very good generally sleep from about 7pm til 4ish then you have milk then you wake at 6ish. Daddy brings you down then we join you in the kitchen at 7-7:30 and then your day begins. You go to nursery on a Friday and love it. Just a few things about you...but the best thing is your smile and your amazing YOU!!:)) LOVE YOU

very nearly 1 year old...

Hi from a very very stressed mummy and a very poorley Zac!! He has tonsilitis and we are not happy....but a few shots of the happy moments to cheer us all up. I think we need to talk less about the bad to enjoy and appreciate the good. After taking the chair into the kitchen all on his own (That being Zac) he then decided to sit on it and Reuben was pushing it....:) Sweet brothers...however my eyes were in my heart and my heart in my mouth...:))

HE our little angel is a water baby loves anything to do with water. He was blowing bubbles with Reuben here.

A very messy afternoon meant paint was also experimented with....

Just like that he loved the messiness...:)) like his brother as well...:)

We also managed the swings on a beautiful springish sunny day...so all in all was good until the gorgeous angel got tonsilitis. I really hope he starts recovering soon. His little bday is comming up and I am dying to make it a memorable one and a very special one.

UPdate

HEllo!!! Its been a long time but we are here and report much has happened While mummy and daddy is wondering where nearly a year has gone Zac has perfected his crawling sills and getting up on the feet skills....as well as he is now saying MAMA(when needs something) but prefers to go on saying Da da da da da da da at most times. He still has 6 visible teeth but looks like the "eye" teeth are not that far in comig along.

Trying on anything that belongs to big brother Rooo Roooo is a very very important things to do....he watches then tries to copy that big brother.

Watching Praise Baby and standing up like this is one of the favourites....he can stand there for long times 20 mins and he is always grinnig when mummy isists "darling that is just tooo close NO NO NO"

And after all the colds, teething, skin problems came the conjunctivitis this week....poor Zac was so upset....:)but took it all in his strive.

A lovely moment captured on camera! These two can be so glad seeing each other. Reuben has a special way with Zac. Often I tell him off for being a bit too rough with his little brother then look around to notice Zac gives his brother the heads up with a grin like this. Reuben is very protective...I love that about him. HE loves taking Zac to his nursery...Zac squeeels and gets very excited....every time we go to nursery. He sees his big brother and his friends....scary but I have tow boys in nursery...life is good.

Yeah...Just have to say Zac has an amazingly good apetite...we love love the way he is so excited about food. I would have never thought such thing is possible. Those who have kids like Zac will never understand how hard it is for those who have hyeractive and "not so book like" babies. They should be really really thankful. I had two experiences ....and I would be lying to say I do not wish Reuben my first born shocker baby to have been like Zac...but off course the more I got challanged personally with Reuben the more I appreciate how difficult and complex motherhood and parenting really is. God know I love both of my kids so much....and its undecribable....however facts are....one is easy peasy while the other is hard work....I am sure somewhere during life there will be times roles will change....Still Am loving being mum for Zacky and Reuben and I am so privileged and happy to have this amazing experience. Zac is nearly 1 soon and I am so very very very very thankful that time does not stand still that we are developing and learning and enjoying and loving each other more ....LIFE IS TRULEY BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING:) thank you Zacky for making our lives so so wonderful.