So I think it is safe to say that Zachary is pulling himself up to stand! He can't pull himself up on everything (like the couch, he can't quite get a grip on it), but the bottom of the stairs and his fisher price chair toy are consistently being used as standing devices. He also likes to stand on all fours...like a downward dog. Tonight I even watched him stand up, fix his feet and take one step closer to where he wanted to be...that was a little tear jerker for me.  Am I actually able to think about him walking at a developmentally appropriate age? The one thing I found while I was pregnant, I couldn't think about any scenario, because I didn't have all the variables. I am totally a data/fact person.  And the same has gone with all the milestones Zachary reaches...do I get excited now, or am I jumping the gun and it really doesn't mean anything.  Boy, as I write this it sure sounds like I'm pretty pessimistic!...lol  Truly I'm not :)...(says all the pessimistic people LOL) I really am a hopeless romantic, optimistic to the core, data loving person...and yes you can mix the two. :)
Anyways, so it's hard for me to put into words my mixed emotions of feeling like I always knew he would do these things, and realizing the joy that he IS actually doing these things.
But I am celebrating, celebrating a moment that was meant to happen, but is no less a miracle.

Peyton lost his first tooth! He has been wiggling that thing for the past week or so, anxiously awaiting when it would finally dislodge itself.  Then finally at 3.24AM, he proudly came in to wake me up letting my know it had fallen out. He said "it almost went down to my belly, but I stopped it"...I was glad he didn't swallow it. :)
He wanted to take it to school the next day to show his teacher and friends and then last night was the big night to see if the tooth fairy would appear.
I'm not usually a big fan of made up characters that children whole heartedly believe in, but the tooth fairy doesn't seem to bother me (I think I'm not a fan of Santa or the Easter Bunny, because they take away from real celebration). I was actually quite excited to sneak in his room and slowly and cautiously switch the tooth for some money.
It feels like kids get through all their "firsts" in the first two years of their life. It was really fun to be apart of a first for Peyton that he will actually remember.

My toothless monster :)

Well once again here I am back from a blogging hiatus.  I didn't even post about Zachary turning 11 months! I have had a grand time catching up on all the blogs I follow, but have neglected my own (good thing I'm not all that exciting and don't have too many people following me...)
I have been busy doing nothing...well nothing notable anyways. Zachary did turn 11 months, and once again I'm at a loss as to where the time goes.
I go back to work next week...:(  Thankfully I am part-time and can enjoy the best of both worlds, a little adult time and still being with my kids the majority of the time.
The next month serves to be a busy one. I have 9 appointments in the next 5 weeks, it always seems ot work that way. We haven't been to TO since Zachary's surgery in September and now we find ourselves there 3 times in 3 weeks.  We finally have Zachary's MRI, we originally had to cancel the one in December because he was sick.  Unfortuately that sickness hasn't really gone away (although should be fine to be sedated), I think he might have seasonal asthma. We also have the post op for his surgery (I had to call to get that one booked...longer story, but very annoyed that they didn't even know what was going on and I had to inform them that we only had so long before the second surgery had to be completed).
Over all he is doing so well. His crawling gets him everywhere, and he is now attempting to pull himself up! I'm at that crossroads of wanting him to do everything and feeling so blessed for how far he's come.  I think I'm starting to get used to the "hurry up and wait" feeling (well not really used to it, but trying to realize it's our new reality :))

Here's my little man at 11 months



This boy loves the iPod...







Sporting his new cap my girlfriend made for him