Tot Gymnastics.

Zane had his first Tot-Gymnastics class this last Friday (1/8/10) and he loved it! I was only able to steal a few pictures before class actually started since I had to participate with him during class. The class is full of rambunctious 18 mos-3 year olds and its a lot of fun to watch them interact and work on their "skills"!

Zane's T.V. Debut!

Zane (& I) were filmed by King5 News today, but it won't air for a couple weeks. His doctor's office has started a new program in the well-child visit to address dental care as well as their regular well-child care. Starting at about 6-9 mos they will start by putting a flouride varnish on the baby's teeth and repeat that up to 3 times a year at the well-child visits to help prevent cavaties in the baby teeth. King5 was doing a story on this and they needed a child to partake and that child was Zane! Yes, he's older than 6-9 mos, but they wanted an older child for the news story, a child with more teeth than a 6-9 mos child! My little man did so good! He wasn't happy about the varnish being applied, but aside from that, he did great! I was very nervous about my little interview and am secretly hoping they edit me out completely, but if not, then that's ok too! Hey Brooke I asked the producer that was here if she knew you and of course she did!! She had to correct me on your name though (duh, like I didn't know), I asked her if she knew Brooke Corbett and she goes "yeah, she's Buckingham now"...ugh, I knew that, I just spaced, I'm sorry!!!

Anyway, if you'd like to catch this little news bit and you live in western Washington set your DVR's for the 8 a.m. news on Thursday, January 21 on KONG (channel 6 in most areas).

It was fun, but I've learned I am not cut out to be on t.v....its hard for me to ignore this huge camera staring at me, hard to not feel self-conscious, and hard for the cameraman to ask me a question and not be allowed to look at him to answer it.

2009 In Review.

JANUARY
Zane received the worst haircut ever (the "Lloyd" cut) and it was his last haircut in a shop.


FEBRUARY
Zane played in his first bouncy house, still was a little small for it, but had fun!


MARCH
Josh and I attended our first of many Sounders games!


Zane became obsessed with vaccuums.


APRIL
Zane received his first in-home haircut and hated it just as much as being in the shop...but he didn't end up with the Lloyd (Dumb & Dumber) haircut!


MAY
Zane made his first trip to the E.R. on Mother's Day (wknd) no less!


We took Zane to see Sesame Street Live and he loved it!




JUNE
We took Zane to his first Sounders Game.


We took Zane back to where it all began; where his mommy & daddy met!


JULY
Zane took his 2nd annual trip to Ocean Shores!


Josh lost his job and found a new (& better) one within 30 days, such a blessing.


AUGUST
Josh and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary and left Zane for a weekend for the first time.


Zane enjoyed his first boat ride!


SEPTEMBER
Zane rode his first rides at the Puyallup Fair.


OCTOBER
Zane went bowling for the 1st time!


We became the proud owners of a home nebulizer machine :(


Zane & mommy took a trip to Georgia for a family event!


Zane turned 2!!



NOVEMBER
Zane attended his 1st movie A Christmas Carol.


DECEMBER
Zane learned he was still not a fan of the jolly ol' man!


Zane really enjoyed Christmas this year!!

Build-a-Bear...er I mean Frog.

My friend Sara gave Zane a Build-a-Bear gift card for his 1st birthday and we finally used it tonight! We don't have a Build-a-Bear at either of the 2 malls we normally go to and whenever we happened to be at a mall that did have one I of course had forgotten the gift card at home...but not tonight, we made a special trip to complete our mission! Zane named his frog "Froggy" original I know! And since Zane's obsessed with fire trucks right now, it was only right that Froggy was a firefrog!

Merry Christmas 2009!

We were so blessed today at our house. I love Christmas and always have, I turn into a 5 year old kid when Christmas Eve and Day hit and this year was no different! I woke up every couple of hours last night and was ecstatic to hear Zane babbling at 6 a.m. This year was very cool in that Zane was more "active" in Christmas and more excited about it himself. Zane still does not get the concept of Santa, but he was so much more fun this year, has become a pro at tearing open gifts and I can only imagine what next year will bring!

We have started some of our own traditions this year since Zane is a little older and able to do more things. Traditions are very special and important to me and I'm excited to keep our traditions going for years to come. One tradition in Josh's family that I just love is that every year (since Josh was very little) they get a Yule Log ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus. It was fun to see Zane's face when we started to sing Happy Birthday and let him blow out the candles...I can't wait until he understands what it really means!

I feel very blessed to have such a great family, in-laws and life. We are very fortunate to be able to buy and receive gifts every year (and throughout the year) and I think we all need to take time to remember just how fortunate we all are. My thoughts are with the families of the fallen and wounded officers today, may their hearts be full of memories to help them smile and may the world become a more peaceful place in 2010!

I copied my friend Lori and made a couple collages of some of my favorite photos from the day and hope you enjoy them. I also am including a video of Zane seeing his gift from Santa this morning for the first time, the smile and surprise on his face will melt my heart for years to come!






Merry Christmas, love Josh, Lisa & Zane Alexander.

Good Friends.

Zane and Brooklyn had the chance to exchange Christmas gifts tonight, it is so cute to watch them interact. Brooklyn is a precocious little thing and just cracks me up! Zane wants to do everything she is doing, copy everything she says, so fun to see! Both kids were spoiled as usual!

Brooklyn modeling the apron I made for her!


When Zane opened this gift he said "oooh, cute, its a shirt"!


Mr. & Mrs. Ham


Brooklyn modeling her new backpack...even has her name embroidered on the front (not pictured)!


Ready to eat!


As you can see from these pictures, Zane is feeling quite a bit better today!!! Amazing what some steroids can do for you!

Poor Monkey.

Zane and I spent 3.5 hours tonight doing one of our least favorite past times...hanging out in the Urgent Care! Zane's runny nose and slight cough escalated quite a bit today. I received a call from daycare around noon that he was having some breathing problems and couldn't get a break in between coughing. I borrowed a nebulizer machine from work (mine's at home of course) and ran down to daycare and gave him a treatment. He was much better afterwards so I helped him lay down for his nap (by laying with him for awhile) and then headed back to work. I didn't hear from daycare again, so figured all was well. I got there at 4 to pick him up and he wasn't doing well at all, she said he only slept about 1/2 hour and has been crying and uncomfortable most of the afternoon. I held him for awhile there and noticed his breathing was very rapid still/again and since she had just done the inhaler a couple hours earlier I knew it was going to take more than that. I called our doctor's office who advised us to go to UC, so there's where we went. We got right in and were seen right away, so that was nice. He received 3 breathing treatments and oral steroid and a chest xray (that was clear, phew). We finally were discharged and he fell asleep as soon as we hit the freeway. The poor kid was exhausted. Zane threw up a couple times which left us with absolutely no clothes left to wear, so he was wrapped in a gown and blankets on the car ride home! We got home and daddy helped get him changed into his jammies, we did one of his inhalers and he's off to dreamland...and hopefully will be in a peaceful slumber all night!

Now lets see what tomorrow brings...hopefully, nothing as exciting!