He's Awake!

Once rare moments, we now get to see Zachary's eyes quite a bit more. He often looks alarmed when he finally wakes up, and we were happy to catch that view.

Other times, he is content to just look around while in our arms, a swing, or in his car seat.

The diaper change: a sure fire way to wake this little dude.

Zachary's Announcements

Finding a 4X6" envelope around here is a little ridiculous. Here are Zachary's announcements. Angela's friend Lindsey took the pictures, and put them into the announcements. Impressive, huh? My favorites are the first and second. Which one is your favorite??? (We'd really like 25 comments again....!!!)




As for an update...

Zachary slept almost the entire way home on the plane. The next day, he woke up at 7am, and between 7am and 7pm, he slept about an hour. The rest of the time he spent crying and fussy. Brady and I were a little panicked! The night wasn't a lot better. We decided to take him to the doctor, where we discovered that he had popped blood vessels in his ears from the plane ride. We both breathed a sigh of relief, since colic sets in around 2 weeks, and we thought we were in for a long couple of months!!! Welcome to parenthood, right???

The last few days, Zach and I have taken lots of walks, entered the world of "play dates," and mostly just relaxed. I started to go out of my mind a couple of days ago, and created a massive "To-Do" list. I think that will keep me in check, and enjoying this mommy deal. I have to go back to work in about 2 weeks, and I am focusing on enjoying my time with this little dude.

Thanks for everyone's help and suggestions!

Photo Shoot

You ask, we deliver. More pictures of our little Zach (and that sentence right there should answer most of your questions regarding spelling, right?). Thanks, Ang, for setting us up with your friend and letting us use your facilities (i.e. beds). She did a great job, and was so good with Zachary. He fussed a bit, but for the most part, cooperated throughout the blaze of paparazi.

We both felt a little awkward during our turn with him, but we are happy to have our first family pictures!!!

Meet Zachary Aaron

Here's our little man! He was born on Monday, January 7th at 1:11pm, and came in at 7 lbs 14 oz. He officially came into our home on Wednesday evening, and we seriously can't get enough of him! We are so in love with this kiddo!!!!! He has already sprayed both of us (and he doesn't kid around when he decides to let loose), he loves to look around at the world at 3am, and he sleeps almost all day long. We will write and post more later, but here's a quick view:

Our New Crib

No, we haven't moved and I don't watch MTV...we actually just put together our nursery. For those of you ready to jump all over us over the stereotypical sports theme, we challenge you to find a nursery set that does not involve zoo animals or Winnie the Pooh, and is somewhat masculine. The major issue was the low supply of baby items around here. We are just fine if our child does not care about sports.

We received a call on Friday, and we are heading out tonight for the birth (weather-permitting--a big IF right now)! Of course we are antsy and excited and anxious, so we spent a good amount of time on Saturday mountain biking. Brady rates this trail as one of our top 3 rides for it's spectacular views.

The destination was a lighthouse, but we didn't take a picture. Actually, when we made it, we figured we couldn't possibly be there yet. The "lighthouse" was a light on a pole, with a toolbox attached. Hardly picturesque. Thinking that it couldn't be it, we kept searching, following all sorts of "No Trespassing" signs and dodging abandoned cars. We finally figured out from a local that we had passed and ignored our original desination, so we booked it home.

We finally were able to go to the Beach House Restaurant in Poipu. We wanted to go on our anniversary, but could not get a reservation. Then, we wanted to go with Jill and Eric, but we were in California over the time of our reservation. Third time's a charm, right? The scenery was fabulous, and the flavor even better! (Thanks for dinner, Jill and Eric!)

These pictures were taken exclusively for Cory. Macademia-nut crusted Mahi-Mahi and the Kauai Duet.

New Year's Resolutions? Hmmm...not with molten chocolate cake on the menu.

GO BUCKEYES!!!

After getting slaughtered last year against Flordia, 70% of the nation believes OSU is going down tomorrow. We're hanging with the 30% crowd, hoping for redemption.