Mobile

There's been a drop off in posts because over the past few weeks Zach has rapidly become more mobile. He went from army crawling in the video to crawling on all fours in a little over a week. If you put him down now, you really have to watch him. Turn your back and he's across the room getting into something.

When we haven't been watching Zach, we've been baby proofing the house. The lower cabinets all have child locks and the baby gates are up at Casa Del Merce Collegeville. Zach and Izzy even had a little standoff the other morning at the top of the basement steps.

Flower Child

Zach being goofy in his grandmother's garden.

Williamsport

We were out in Williamsport a few weekends ago to see Zach's grandparents. His Aunt, Uncle, and cousins also made an appearance. As usual Zach had a ball. He loves all the attention.

The Mohawk

Zach's hair is now long enough to have a little fun with in the tub.

Also notice his teeth in the second picture. That's the best shot of his little chompers to date.

See Zach Bounce

We figured we should get (and share) some video of Zach using his bouncer before he grows out of it.

Curious Boy

Melissa was humming into the blue cup, which ended up sounding something like a kazoo. Zach was simultaneously mesmerized and confused by this. He didn't know what it was (1st picture) but he liked it and didn't want her to stop (2nd picture).

Tearing it up

Zach was fussy one night so in a moment of somewhat desperation Melissa gave hime one of the many catalogs she gets to play with. Like all kids who prefer the box to the toy that came in it, Zach loved ripping the catalog to shreds. He spent over a half hour tearing it into increasingly small pieces.

These are the best photos I could get of him tearing pages in half. He was too fast for the camera.

He clearly enjoyed himself.

Unfortunately, now we have to keep all magazines out of his increasingly mobile reach.

8 Month Pictures

Clearly another growth spurt when compared to last month. They are as different as the 5 and 6 month pictures.

That chair is definitely getting smaller.

Crawling

Two weeks ago I said Zach hasn't made any progress crawling. Until this past week that was true. Once or twice during the week, we caught him pulling himself forward. He'd only do it once and it was only when he had something to pull on, so we didn't think too much of it.

That changed yesterday morning. I put him down to grab something in our bedroom. The cat was sitting across the room. Out of nowhere, Zach starts crawling toward Izzy.

Naturally, the first thing we did when we got home last night was get him to crawl again and take video of it. Notice how excited the little guy is and that Izzy is clearly the target.

Bravo Mom

Melissa took this set of pictures. I don't know when they were taken or the story behind them, but they are outstanding. I think the first one is my new favorite picture of Zach.