Easter Weekend

Easter was a fun weekend for us. A friend of ours was celebrating her 7th birthday and wanted to go camping on the beach. We decided at the last minute while driving home from work Friday to join them. So we quickly threw all our camping gear in the trunk and had a semi-roughing-it overnighter. The kids had a blast and slept like logs. I on the other hand was just hating myself for not packing the ear-plugs. Sleeping on a tropical beach sounds fabulous and all but the pounding surf and 15mph winds make a lot of noise. I never sleep well the first night in a new place anyway so it was not a restful night for me but it was fun anyway.
Zana and the birthday girl in their rented beach hut.
Do I smell Spam?
Mmmmmmm sounds like bacon! You know what camp food does to me Mom! Love the drool.

Saturday morning we went to the annual community Easter Egg Hunt at a nearby ranch. They found a few eggs and got to act like monkeys, ride horses and harrass the Easter Bunny who arrived on horseback naturally. Then it was back to the beach for more birthday partying and another egg hunt - with much fuller baskets.




Sunday morning Zana woke up almost an hour before anyone else and found the new DVDs the Easter Bunny had delivered during the night. She almost finished watching the first video before anyone else woke up. Very unlike her to be the first to wake-up but I guess the holiday bugs must have been biting or something.




After breakfast we hunted out all the Easter eggs which that crazy Easter Bunny had hidden all over our house. We sure did a lot of egg hunting this year.

Zeth went from barely scooting and almost sitting up to lightning-speed belly crawling, turning and sitting independently over the course of the past 2-weeks. Now he's pulling himself up and getting around really quickly. Too quickly. He is eating baby foods regularly - which he absolutely loves. Talks about "da-da-da-da" constantly and is getting even quicker about pulling hair, if that's possible.

St. Patty's

It's March 17th and for the first time in my life, I was not acutely aware of the fact that it's St. Patrick's day as I got dressed this morning. Consequently I'm wearing black and blue with my Irish-green eyes today so I threw in an insta green camisol. Look closely and see if you can tell what it is. :) The whole pinching tradition is pretty lost in my community but it just doesn't feel right not to have some green on today. Whatever.

I cannot believe March is more than half over and I have yet to add a single post about this month. Zeth hit the 6-month mark a week ago. I swear this little boy is part kangaroo - he's got so much bounce in him. Last night he figured out how to pull himself up in his co-sleeper and as soon as he got vertical, he must have just been so excited he let out a big jump and almost hurled himself over the side. Time to move him to the big crib.
He's eating rice cereal, occasional bits of fruit and whatever else he can grab. Last night he got part of a croissant and told me it was tres bon! He is sitting up now, belly-crawling and doing yoga frequently - he loves the down-dog position for some reason. Still no teeth but he's working on it.

At his 6-month well-baby visit last week, the doctor summed up pretty quickly, "If any kid's gonna be walking by 9-months, it's this guy." He charmed all the nurses as usual (it was intern day so there were several nurses in training assisting the doctor). They labeled him the best baby the'd seen all day even after he had drooled all over and sucked on every stethoscope and finger he could grab. Then it was time for the shots. Poor guy, even on his best behavior he still gets poked in the legs each time he goes in that building. But it's better than the alternative...I know, I know.


My dear husband has an interesting method of helping Zeth fall asleep when he's fighting against fatigue. He will run the baby back and forth on the bed until he's so worn out he gives up the fight. Must come from his military days. It cracks me up to watch him patiently doing laps which start out with big grins and end up with heavy breathing pouts. It's very effective and Zeth knows to just relax and fall asleep after a nice run.

Zana and her new friend Christina hit it off during their recent visit here and sweet little Christina decided she and Zana needed matching sundresses. So we received a cute little package from her new friend this weekend just in time for Easter next week. I'll have some better pictures of it worn properly next week but one thing we discovered is that the dress doubles as a really fabulous Easter bonnet. You know, in a pinch that is. ;-)