Day 265 - 9/13

 Zane likes anything sparkly or shiny.  I sat him by Maddie (who was still asleep) and started to check her out really closely with a big smile on his face.

 Below: Zane in his high chair waiting for me to feed him a snack before he went down for a nap at 4 p.m.

Then at 4 p.m. - still waiting for me to get him in his crib. I stopped by our school room to help Maddie with something so I sat him in a chair to see what he would do.  He was so tired - look at his droopy cheeks:

Love those little piggie toes!

Day 269 - 9/17

 This one morning, Zane sucked his foot like it was going out of style.  He also constantly puts things in his mouth to taste them, so I feel like we need to vacuum the floor more often!

Day 268 - 9/16

Zane is getting more confident about his balancing skills.  He loves to walk around just about everything.

Day 267 - 9/15

Zane likes crawling, but LOVES crawling away from me when I call his name and ask him to come right back.  He laughs and starts crawling away really fast.  It is funny that he is starting to be such a little tease. Maybe not so much when he's older.

Day 266 -9/14

Day 271 - 9/19

 Taken just before we left to pick up the kids from school.  He has such a funny little personality now.

He likes to stick his tongue out like this when he smiles.  I love it!

Day 270 - 9/18

Zane is a member of the unofficial "pre-prenursery" class that meets in the hallway halfway thru Relief Society.  He is constantly on the move and can get very vocal and loud during lessons.  So that is where we go - with the rest of the moms who have the same age babies as Zane.  It reminds me of a time when we were students at BYU and there were quite a few who had babies in RS.  The moms were getting tired of being in the hallway and missing lessons that they corralled off a corner of the room to form a little fenced area for the babies to crawl and play - using the chairs flipped over on the floor.  It was pretty effective and for a newlywed like me at the time, I thought it was pretty smart of them!  We need one of those in our ward.

Zane in the morning.  He is a little climber and likes to do this in my school room. 

New hair

Last night we noticed something odd about Maddie's hair.  I looked closer and she had CUT her bangs off and got some of the sides too.  She looks like she has a mullet.  Oh it looks SO bad.  I am not even sure how I can get it to look right.  She got in our school room and took scissors to her pretty hair.  This is the third time she's done it this year, not counting the time she shaved off her eyebrow. Take a look:

Only the day before, on Saturday, the 10th:

The next day, September 11th:

This was taken on Monday, September 12th, just before we did her hair for a princess birthday party. I know, super bad timing!

Here is the side by side look at the before/after the hack job.

She (and all of us) miss that hair already!

On Monday, Isa happened to be in the school room and found the bucket with the hair cuttings.  

Ha!  She even thought about cleaning the hair up.

And this is the best I could do with the hair:

No one at the party noticed that her hair was cut really bad.  I guess it must have been a little dark. Ha!

Silly Maddie.  Always up to something when she is quiet.  Resolution: ALWAYS check when she is quiet for more than 15 minutes.

Photo at preschool on Tuesday, the 13th:

So ironic.  

Why does she have scissors?!  All I can say is that she loves to cut, and will do it over and over at school.  Montessori calls this a "sensitive period".

So, it's all good. Besides, the hair will grow back.  She will be styling pigtails for the next few weeks.

Day 256 - 9/4 8 months 1 week

This shirt from Aunt Abby fits right, and looks like will be too small before it cools down here in the hot desert.  But I felt like Fall on Sunday never mind the heat, so Zane got to wear it to Church.

 Zane is now 8 months 1 week old, and he is busier than ever.  Little guy is so fast and likes to cruise and walk around furniture and any wall.  He is starting to also show signs of being a climber (not good!) -- he pulls up to furniture or railings and hangs on them and gets his feet up like he's climbing/scaling it.  But his grip isn't strong enough to support his body weight so he has fallen on his back a few times.  He likes to eat veggies, and lately I got our favorite baby food mill out:

and so far Zane has enjoyed fresh strawberries, and spaghetti and chicken noodle soup for dinner.  All that yummy goodness from home!

 Maddie loves to be in Zane's photos.  She loves to carry her baby brother around.  She is a great little sitter too, and keeps a good eye on him when I am not in the room.

I like Zane's profile - droopy cheeks, puppy eyes, and of course, the hair!

Maddie in Music Class

Maddie loves music class at preschool.  She looks forward to it and loves to sing and do hand motions.  It's good too because she gets another teacher besides me at preschool.

Maddie likes to pose for me too.  Here she is after preschool:

 She likes to wear whatever she finds that might fit her from the baby's closet:

 And she loves to show off some interesting gymnastic poses:

 And figuring out how best to smile:

She likes to pick out her own outfit.  The yellow dress is actually a terry cloth Size 8 swim dress that was Allie's.  She loves that thing.  I should take photos of her packed bags next time -- she's got some interesting things in there. She is always carrying around either a purse, a bag, a backpack, or lately, a big garbage sack full of things.