One Year Old

Zach turned ONE yesterday. It is hard to believe that he is one now. Sometimes I think it is a miracle I have kept him alive that long!! Here are a few pictures from his birthday.

Zach eating His Birthday Cake. (sorry these cake pictures are out of order. We had his little birthday party in the evening)

We had blueberry pancakes for breakfast.

Zach helping Grandma Taylor and Shae Decorate.

Zach opening his presents.

Mexico

Here are a few pictures of us in Mexico. We all had so much fun. It is hard to come back after a fun vacation. Although, I was super excited to see Zach.

While we were away

While we were in Mexico, Mark's mom was watching Zach for us. One day he was in the kitchen playing with the cupboards and pots and pans like he usually does, but when she went to find him he wasn't there. She looked a little harder and this is what she found. He was in the cupboard spinning the rotating shelf and occasionally pulling things off. What a cute little stinker.

Swimming

I bought this little swimming pool for Zach's birthday but just couldn't wait until his birthday. He loves it.

Dr. Mark D. Taylor

This week has been really busy with Mark's graduation. On Thursday we went to a twins game with Mark's classmates and professors and that night there was a banquet that lasted about 4 hours. Zach did so good all day but didn't fall asleep until 10pm!!!! Saturday morning was graduation. He is officially a Doctor of physical therapy. He is going to be taking the board exam the beginning of June and will start working the end of June. He accepted a job in Twin Falls, Idaho. We are both really excited about the job. Unfortunately we have to make the horrible drive back out west......uggg.

CURLY

Looks like Zach got my curly hair. Unfortuntely a lot of my curl is gone.

Back in the Midwest

We are back in the Midwest until Mark graduates and finds a job. We are staying with Mark's parents, which is nice saving on living costs. Me graduates on May 17th. We are really looking forward to it. He is looking at jobs in St. Croix Falls, WI, Boise and Twin Falls, ID. I'm hoping for Idaho, but we will see.

The drive out here was an adventure. We started the trip on Friday, early afternoon. After a few hours of driving we got stuck in Rowlins, WY. The Interstate was closed between rowlins and Cheyenne because of bad weather. It was undecided when it would reopen and every Hotel was already booked so we were worried we would have to sleep in the car (it was only 6pm, which made it worse. What can you do all evening in a car). We got on the GPS to look for a grocery store to get some snacks and the only grocery store we found was "Davidson's Gun and Grocery" Not quite what we were looking for. After driving around for awhile we found a little Market place and were about to get some food. Luckily for us and Zach the road opened after a few hours. The road was really that bad until Nebraska. We drove for about 150 plus miles on sheets of ice. CRAZY, it was May. It was really scary at one point the Semi-truck in front of us (there was a lot of traffic and cars because of the closed interstate. Practically boxed in by Semi's) got out of control and was swerving all over the place. Thankfully we didn't hit it and it got under control. We couldn't slam on our brakes because of the ice. It seemed that ever mile or so there would be a patch of ice that lasted 1/2 - 1 mile long. It was awful. But we made it safely Saturday evening. We drove straight through the night only stopping a couple times for little naps. It was not a fun trip. It is about a 20 hour drive and we made it in 5 hours including our stop in Rowlins so we made really good time. Needless to say we were really tired Saturday night and Sunday.

It was been really fun to see Mark's family again. Zach is loving the attention from the Taylor's. I really miss my family but i like it out here also. (my hands aren't dry and cracking :))

Sorry, i always forget to rotate the pictures.

Random Pictures.....to keep everyone lookin'

THis picture is at a park in Idaho. It was really funny we would put Zach on the grass and try and get him to crawl towards us but he was too afraid of the grass. He wouldn't put his hands on it.
I thought this picture was really funny. I caught Zach sitting on the edge of this bin getting into our stuff.
Bath time. Zach loves baths.
Zach stands up to everything. he won't just sit on the floor anymore. He crawls to something he can stand up to and then stands up. It is funny because he doesn't quite get how to get down so he just stay sthere until he losses balance and falls.

Kelsey was trying on dresses for prom and I thought it would be fun to try on my wedding dress again. It still fits!!! Although I had a really hard time breathing in it after it was zipped up. I guess I still have a few pounds to go.

Washington and more

This first picture is of Mark and I playing Settlers with my family. I sort of have a weird look on my face. hahahaGrandma Valentine and Zach. I just love this picture of them looking at each other.
Her are some of my favorite pictures in Washington, visiting my Grandma and Grandpa Robinson. Grandma bought a highchair for Zach at a thrift store and mom and I were too grossed out to touch it so mom made seth and Isaac scrub it down for me.
This is my grandma, zach, and me watching the little boys fish of the shore.
Just hanging out outside.