Can it Be? Our Zacky is 3!!!!!

I can't believe it was 3 years ago today that Zack was born. It doesn't seem that long ago.


We actually celebrated his birthday yesterday and I will post more pictures soon. Zack certainly enjoyed himself though and Auntie Meg did another outstanding job on his cake.


Looking back over the past year I can definitely tell he's growing, not only because of his size but what he is up to these days. Some of these things I will try and post in the next few days as they need their own blog. Some things haven't changed though, like his odd sleeping places...


He's also still our busy, busy boy. I don't know where he gets his energy. I swear I don't give him much sugar.


We love him to pieces!

Just Like Daddy

Grandma D and Grandpa Al will appreciate this newest spot Zack decided to try for his nap yesterday. It will remind them of a picture taken of Darin while on vacation who fell asleep with his feet on the wall. You know how close those beds can be to those walls. Zack must have overheard us talking to G & G about this picture on our web cam conversation on Sunday and figured he'd try it out too.



I've added a new label, "Odd Sleeping Places" to the left to keep these priceless pictures set apart from the others.

Doesn't Look Comfy to Me!

He must have one uncomfortable bed.

This is where I found him last night at bed time fast asleep!

And this is where I found him today at nap time, again, fast asleep!

At least this time he brought his pillow into the toy box!

I really miss the crib!

Odd Place for a Nap!

I kid you not!!! I did not stage this at all!

I've been having some difficulties getting Zack down for naps lately. When he does go down for a nap it's been taking between an hour to an hour and a half for him to go to sleep. I've basically been leaving him in his room that long, (we have one of those plastic child proof things you put on door knobs so they can't get out. I know, cruel, but gives me peace of mind in the middle of the night, while in the shower and at nap time). Well today was no different. Put him in there at 3:00. Pounding and banging going on until around 4:45 ish, about the usual time he's been crashing if he does go down. So I went in to see where he landed. First view, diapers all over the place again, (See below). Then, I found this!

I had to stop myself from laughing too hard! All the toys are out of his toy box. He's sitting on his two cabbage patch dolls, (well Darin and I's) and his blankie and blanket.

He was fast asleep too. I picked him up, changed his poopy diaper and laid him in bed. Slept soundly through all of it!

I guess whatever works right?!! :-)

Sound Sleeper

Progress report on the big boy bed:

Well it is taking a while to set up a routine with Zack. Most afternoons and nights we have to sit in the chair in his room or lay down on the floor next to him until he falls asleep. Otherwise he plays and pulls everything out of his drawers.

In the morning there is quite a mess to pick up. It doesn't bother me to much because he's pretty content playing in there and I can snooze a little and take my shower before getting him.

I'm glad we started with the toddler bed before putting him in the twin. Much shorter drop! So far when he falls out of the crib he doesn't wake up!!!! Most nights before we go to bed we check to see where he is, is he in bed or on the floor? And most nights this is where we find him,

The other night Darin was in the room directly below Zack's bedroom and I was in the family room. He came darting out of the room in a panic asking me if I heard that? Heard what? Zack had fallen out of bed but I hadn't heard anything through the monitor and he hadn't made a peep. Darin came back down and reported that he was on the floor and sound asleep.

One night I actually watched him fall off the bed, (the night this picture was taken). I know it sounds mean but I wanted to see what was happening. He had his feet on the floor and upper body on the bed, like he was kneeling and saying his prayers. I was going to run to grab the camera but as I was leaving that is when the upper body began to fall to the floor. The picture above is where he landed, sound asleep! Didn't even stir!

We have bought a railing for the twin bed to help him stay in bed. We tried it on the toddler bed but it made it into a crib again. Guess he'll just keep falling for a while longer. :-)

UPDATE 05/30/08

So last night we were awaken at 12:30 by a screaming child. When I went into the room Zack was UNDER his bed!!!! Somehow he got under the bed completely! He was asleep at 11:30 when I went to bed and I had placed him in his bed at that time. I have no idea how he got under there!!! I think we may need a nanny cam to figure out what he is doing at night while we are sleeping.

Daddy "Broke" the Crib!

Not really but that is what Zack said when he saw the front railing taken off of his crib. We decided it was time to transform his crib into a toddler bed last night. We will be moving Zack into a new room before the baby comes and thought he should get used to sleeping in a "Big Boy Bed" that is a little lower to the ground before we move him into the twin bed in his new room.

It took a while for him to go to sleep last night and he finally settled down on the floor rather than the bed. Not sure why, it's the same mattress! Go figure.

We did put him back on his bed before we went to bed and I'm happy to say I didn't hear him fall out of bed. I was going to peak in on him at 5:30 this morning, (when I was up for the second time using the bathroom) to see if he was still in his bed but thought I might wake him and didn't want to risk it.


This morning when he woke up he created quite the messy room but was busy reading stories and looking innocent when I came in.

He is getting to be such a big boy! He's now wanting to drink out of big cups too. I can't believe he's going to be 2 in 16 days!!