Zacharie talks to Grandma

After Miriam finished telling Grandma about her missing tooth, Zacharie wanted to chit-chat a bit as well. We thought it was pretty cute and decided to share a little of it with you. He really is starting to burst verbally (relatively speaking, of course). He's added quite a few words to his vocabulary just since we arrived here.

Papi et Mimi and the "French" Grandkids

Can't say we didn't try....

Celebrating Zacharie's 1st birthday

Thank you all for the birthday wishes for Zacharie. We had a great evening celebrating together as a family. While Zacharie didn't exactly start talking on the very day he turned 1, he sure did start becoming more active! I'm not sure whether it was turning 1, or his new "BabyHaler" (see us administering his medicine in the small picture in the collage where he is crying :( ), but he has definitely all of a sudden become more interested in all the little things in the world around him! Tonight, we even caught him picking clementines out of the tiered fruit basket and tossing them one by one into the nearby trash can! And this afternoon he removed Papi's hearing aid for the first time ever from his regular perch. He is fast becoming Mr. Busy-Body! It's a good thing. :) Just keeps us on our toes. And for the record, he did like his marble birthday cake with chocolate frosting. (Did anyone really doubt?) We love our little Zacharie, and sure are glad he's a part of our family.

"I'm ONE!!"

---and ready to meet all the challenges ahead. According to his big sister, he can't wait to eat chocolate! :-) Maybe we will find out tonight at the big birthday bash!
Happy Birthday, Zacharie. We love you and so enjoy having you around. You bring lots of joy to lots of people and I am sure you will in the years to come, too.

Weigh-in time

Monday, at his latest wellness checkup, Zacharie weighed in at 9.4 kilograms, or 20.7 pounds. We are thankful to God for our healthy, growing boy.

Zacharie Christian: 8 months old, first haircut

Monday our little guy turned 8 months old! He's also been needing a haircut, and so, remembering how I looked back at Micaiah's pictures and couldn't believe I had waited so long to cut my baby's hair, I decided it was time! (Although, the hair in the eyes was the biggest deal with Zacharie. With Micaiah there was no danger of hair getting in the eyes since it all stuck straight up! :) The haircut was pretty quick and simple, as he was well-entertained by a cartoon and his father. Other new landmarks are his two bottom teeth. Along with his teeth has come a new love for the pacifier, which he had positively refused before. All around, he is a very happy little boy, and is increasingly more interested in all that is going on around him. Our baby is growing up!

Happy half-birthday, Zacharie!

Six months old today. Unbelievable.

Celebrated by going into town to do some scouting for MMT. It was rainy and cold!

5 months, and then some

I'm a little behind on blog posting, and haven't posted anything about the fact that our little guy is now 5 months old! His appointment is not until June because of the pediatrician being out of town, so I have no stats for you. But I do have this picture and a little video clip of the first day that he tried out his new Johnny Jumpup thingamabob. (He has become quite a bit more proficient in making it "work" since the day these were taken.) He also recently discovered his singing/squealing voice, but I couldn't get him to do it on this clip.

I'm 4 months old!!!

Well, actually 4 months 3 days by now. :) Haven't had his doctor's visit yet this week to be able to give you an update on his stats, but thought you would enjoy these pictures from "Mommy's Photo Studio" that I managed to snap just before heading out the door for church yesterday. Auntie Brenda gets the credit for the outfit, as she and her family picked it out for Micaiah several years ago!

Our little man is 3 months old!

His smile has finally broken free!

New pics of Zacharie

Lala loaned us one of their old cameras. So here you see what Zacharie looks like as a one month old. (He'll be five weeks old tomorrow.) Took these pics yesterday and today.

Guess who's 1 month old today?

Our little Frenchman!

I'm afraid the picture is more than a week old, but here are Zacharie's new stats from last Monday's visit to the doctor.

Weight: 4,5 kg. (9 lbs. 15 oz.; he was 3,5 kg. at birth)
Height: 53 cm. (49,5 cm. at birth)

As you can see, he isn't starving to death! We see so many differences in him already. He's more and more fun to be around.

Peaceful

Getting dressed