Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Memorial Weekend Fun

We had so much fun this weekend visiting friends at The Stephens BBQ and spending the rest of the weekend in Carlsbad. Thanks so much Melissa, Derek and Grady for hosting us!! We had a great time seeing you and all of our friends. I can't wait for Zach and Grady to be able to play someday soon. Right now, we just have to remind Zach to be gentle! Grady is so cute and Zach was really sweet with him! The remainder of the weekend, we spent at the beautiful La Costa Resort. We got a great hotwire rate - and enjoyed swimming, waterslides, smores, chasing Zach and more chasing Zach. We also spent the entire weekend trying to figure out how Zach can fall off of a full size air mattress 7 times each night when he is surrounded by walls on three of the four sides! Just when I think this kid can't get anymore personlity, he does something hilarious. I continue to be amazed at how this little guy can turn into a real person within two short years. Zach can now tell us where he wants US to sit, what he wants to eat, what shoes he wants to wear, he can name all 15 of his friends by looking at a picture, he tells me I am funny, and can tell us that he loves his friend Abby!! It is SO cute!! We will definitely be going back later this summer!
I have one happy kid on my hands!


SMORES


Self-Portrait





And speaking of Abby ....

Monday, May 11, 2009

Mo-Day

To all those baby mommas out there - I want to give a shout - happy mother's day... Seriously, we had a great mother's day. Woke up about 5:45 since that's when Zach woke up - Zach took his daily a.m. dump. I let Randi sleep till about 7. While randi was getting that extra hour (bahhhhhhhhhhhhh), Zachy and I layed on the couch and watched for the 500th time, Yo Gabba Gabba - Biz' beat. When Randi woke up, Zachy gave momma her mother's day gift - a spa package for use at Burke Williams (Ran - you better use it and RELAX - you deserve it!). At about 8:30, we headed to Huntington Beach for breakfast. Being that there was no wait and since Randi had to have her Bloody Mary (too much v8 -bahhhhhhh), we went to Sharkees (Randi will say because we did not have reservations anywhere....Not true (had reservations at Back Bay - $50 bills a head and I don't eat shrimp and caviaaaaaa). Anyway, breakfast started out with Zachy having a crazy temper tantrum because he did not have "TWO BALLONE." One was not enough. When we got "TWO BALLONE," Zachy calmed down and the rest of our breakfast was great. The french toast was awesome and we had a huge booth. As you can see, Zachy was really loving momma on her special day.






After breakfast, we headed to the beach. Zachy really enjoyed it. I think he may wind up being a surfer, or a ballerenist? (seriously). Here are some pics.








In the afternoon, we played outside.




Friday, May 8, 2009

Cool Tricks - Cool Tricks

We don't watch that much TV in the Shayne Household but when we do , it is always Yo Gabba Gabba. We REALLY like this show. It is pretty goofy but it cracks Zach up and he is learning a lot. One segment is called Cool Tricks - Cool Tricks! One of the things they do for example is "hum" the tune to twinkle twinkle with your hands. Here are some of Zach's recent cool tricks. We'll tell you all about Biz's Beat and Zach's new vocabulary next time.


Falling Asleep on His Favorite Blue Chair while mommy makes lunch.


Doing High Kicks in the Bathtub


Smiling on Command (sort of)


Wearing nana's Go-Go Boots


Gearing up to be the next Michael Jordan