life goes pretty fast

And some days its hard to get on here to blog...my son has become a climber. He figures that he should climb on anything he can get a grip onto, and swing himself up..hence the nickname Monkey. Today while cooking supper, he was puttering around my feet..then went to play with a bowl and spoon...ok...thats fine..I turn around and find him standing on top of the kitchen table with a huge grin on his face. LOL! He is constantly crawling onto the couch too...and onto the end table..where he looks at you so innocently, with a hint of mischief in his eyes! Classic! He also stops the mischief to give me kisses...throughout the day..randomly...just walks up to me, makes the kissing noise, i bend down, and viola, slobber all over my face!!!!

happy weekend

Things are good for us in The Thompson household...Zachary is almost over his cold....yay! He still has a raspy cough, but way better than it was. I also cut his hair, it looks pretty darn cute if >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I do say so myself. Today we are thinking of going to the last day of capital ex...so we can enjoy mini donuts and corn dogs..and maybe let zach ride the carousel! We will have to see, as he is napping, and if hes happier when he wakes up, we will go....

I have been working on a couple card orders, while Zachs been sick...as he napped a lot this week...letting me get them made and sent out!!

Zach and the cold

My poor lil guy...he gets over the tummy flu, and gts whammed with a cold. He has been coughing and feelin' poopy for 3 days now...my poor lil guy. His cough is so raspy, and he has a fever. He is not one to fall asleep on mommy, yet last night and today it's the only place he would sleep. He has a runny nose, and feels shapoopy. I never knew my own strength til the last few days, because I too have started getting the cold, but have had to be super mommy at the same time. So I am proud to say I have survived 3 days with less than 24 hours sleep, and I am still able to be there for Ian and Zach! WOOHOO! I even got all the dishes done, and the laundry started! Not bad for barely functional! I hope we are all better by the weekend cos we have plans that will have to be cancelled if we aren't!
Anyway, hope you all are doing well and life is treating you well.
Love,
Cath and Zachary (who have bad colds and are very very tired)

Zachary laughing brings happiness to all around him!

This is Zachary and his infectious giggle tonight at dinner! Its hilarious! I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

pics of zach naming body parts

Tummy
Nose
Eyes
belly button

He is so freaking cute when he does it...then he comes up to me, and points to my toes, nose, belly etc! So adorable! I love this kid!

first sentence!

Zachary doesn't say a lot of words...but he does have his ones that he says a lot .."ditty" for kitty (as we have Ian's folks 2 cats, he sees a lot of the ditties lately), mumma, mum (both of which I am fondly referred as!), dad, no, wow, doddy (doggy for the cute pomeranian that goes by our house about 3 times a day), roar (the noise the vacuum cleaner makes, or daddy when daddy blows his nose), and a few other random words like button, juuuuuuuuuuice, and more! But they are all totally random. Anyhow, yesterday Zachary and I were playing and he made me laugh, and I said "Oh Zachary I love you" and he replied "Mum, I uv oo"..my heart melted! His other new thing is naming body parts...if you ask Zachary where his ears, eyes, nose, toes, belly button, and teeth are..he will sweetly point to each! I took pics of this today..and will probably post them tomorrow..as its almost bedtime. But I can already picture the scrapbook layouts! It is one of those scrapbooker things, you take the pictures because you have a good layout idea!
TTFN! its bedtime!

Short weekends stink..but Zach still has fun!

So Daddy worked all day yesterday...but Zach and I still had a blast....we played, laughed and enjoyed each other. He loves to crawl in and out of his car, slamming the door and laughing!!! It was a bit windy, so we stayed away from the kiddy pool, as I didn't want him catching a chill when he was still recovering from the flu..but we had a good time enjoying each other! He got his appetite back too..which was good..the kid must have eaten at least half a watermelon, 2 scrambled eggs, and a piece of toast..not to mention umpteen sippy cups of apple juice. That was yesterday..today was spent doing N O T H I N G! As it was Ian's only day off this week, we layed low and ate grilled cheese sandwiches, he played ps3, and I scrapbooked, Zachary wondered between the tv room and my scrapbooking room and the laundry room. He even brought me a couple socks, I think he was saying that I needed to do laundry. That being said, all Ian's work clothes are done, and hanging in the closet for the week, socks rolled in the drawer and ready to go..minus 2 or 3 socks that Zach found on my laundry room floor! He is so very independent now, and really quite a character, the kid hated hats from the time he was born til about 3 weeks ago. Now he can't get enough of them! As this picture shows, he will do the funniest things. He found this toque that we had from when he was 3 months old, and decided to wear it while eating a fine lunch of alphagettis and milk...our biggest adventure is that we are trying to get him to use more words, as he doesn't really say much...he has his words..and uses them when he wants to, but in most cases its a series of whines, grunts and strange baby noises. However, as a mother I tend to know what each one means. Last night he woke up crying...I knew by the way he was crying that he was in pain...sure as anything, when I went in to check on him, he had caught one of his cute chubby legs in between the crib bars! After a cuddle and a sippy cup of water..he was back tucked in with his favorite pillow and his binky, and asleep before I even shut the door!

2 sick boys!

Sad day here at The Thompson household..normally we look forward to weekends and spend as much time doing fun things with Zachary. Well not this weekend, as I have 2 sick boys...my hubby has a cold, and Zachary with the flu! PLUS Ian has to work tomorrow...taking away one of our weekend play days. It stinks because Saturdays are the day Ian makes breakfast for Zach and I, and I get to sleep in a bit! But when work calls..you gotta go! Zach is alot better today, and the health nurse came to check in on him. Apparently he has grown 3 inches since she last measured him. WOW! Ian smartly asked how tall he is now, and stupidly, I didn't ask that, just took the 3 inches taller thing! Will have to ask her to write down the measurements for me next time! The proof of the growth is also in his feet...he was wearing size 6 shoes for what seems like the last few months with lots of room in them..now they are getting tight! I remember when his foot was the size of my thumb..now its almost 3 times that big! CRAZY! I guess that he gets that from me, his size 11 foot momma!

Sick baby boy

So its official, I have a sick little boy. He is lethargic, pukey (as exhibit a is being washed in the washing machine) and just not himself. He was cuddley as heck and didn't want anything to do with his sippy cups this morning, instead got one of his bottles out of the cupboard and brought it to me..this is a tell tale Zachary sign that he is not feeling well...as he only wants the bottle when he is under the weather. He is now napping after having a good cuddle and some baby tyelenol. I hate that he isn't feeling well..he's been asleep for 2 hours..which for him, is rare. I have checked on him about 10 times..yet he is still sound asleep, cuddling Furston, his stuffed dog! and sleeping under his favorite pillow! But even when he is not feeling well he can still give me a winning smile and eat mac and cheese!

Duka Duka

So Zachary is very close to Ian's parents..we live just down the street from them, so we see them often. However, that being said, this summer they took off in the motor home to explore eastern Canada, and will not be returning til the end of the summer. Zachary fondly refers to Grampa Thompson as Duka Duka...well he is most definately Grampa's guy and they both miss each other terribly. He is always going to the window going "Dukadukaduka" but there is no grampa. Now Gamma (as Ian's mom is fondly referred to) called last night from Nova Scotia, where they were getting ready to board a ferry to Prince Edward Island, but they had added new pictures to facebook! I had to share this one..because its so sweet. They miss Zachary terribly, and Zachary misses them..he kissed the phone last night when they were on the phone!

Check out how they decked out the back of the motor home...A ZACHARY TRIBUTE!!!!!!

Zach is such a character

As I set this blog up, I was looking for the best picture that represents my little 20 month old the best, I came across new and old pictures and the whole time I hear this lil' voice "me mum, me" and a cute lil finger pointing... as I search! So adorable! It is rainy here today, so I figure today is the perfect day to start this blog of Zachary!! He does so many adorable things everyday, that this is the perfect way to share them with friends and family!
Without further waiting, here is the newest picture of Zachary!

Welcome

Well considering most of my friends have started blogs, I find it only applicable that I start one too...this is a great way of us all keeping in touch via blogging!!