Zev (out of nowhere): I old.
Jen: Oh really? How old are you?
Zev: Ummmmm. I old.
Jen: Are you two?
Zev: No, I five. I old.
Zev: I want popcorn.
Jen: Ok, how many pieces do you want?
Zev : I want ALL of it.
Jen: ALL of it?
Zev: Yeah. Not for Ocho.
Zev (naked in the pool, with bucket on head and standing perfectly still): I a water robot!
Jen: Wow! You’re a water robot?
Zev: No, I Zev.
Zev: I like tools. I love them. Yahoo!

Wow, am I just that lazy or have I been that busy that I couldn’t write a blog post for over 6 months? Maybe a combination of both… So much has happened since I last wrote. Zev is almost two! He has almost all his teeth! He has gone from saying a few words to truly speaking – he says so many words, hundreds probably, and he makes sentences and communicates concepts. He throws himself on the floor when he doesn’t get his way and he gives hugs and kisses …

Okay sports fans, a special playoff edition of the pool. Following is the selection show which shows you how it all went down. If you don’t have 7 minutes to waste, scroll past to your assigned teams. Worth noting, 7 of the selected 12 pairings are Super Bowl rematches. I’m no statistician, but I imagine that the odds of that happening were pretty slim. The only possible combo we missed was the Pats – Eagles. Interesting.

Purple League
Adam F. – Jets & Eagles
Jason M. – Steelers & Seahawks (SB Rematch)
Pat O. …

We visited the dentist today. She was nice enough and seemed to know what she was doing. Zev wasn’t scared and in fact wanted to “bas?!” which means I want to get in/on that thing I am pointing at (in this case the chair), but can also mean I want to get down from this thing I am in/on.
He was actually having a grand time, what with all the pretty ladies admiring how cute he is, until he had to have flouride put in his mouth. They actually paint it …

Michael had a company picnic on Saturday, so we packed up the baby and headed down to Central Phoenix for some good times! It was a political picnic SRP holds every year, where all the candidates for all the parties have a chance to speak for a few minutes. It was interesting to see all the candidates gathered, but frankly, it was a lot more fun to watch Zev running around than to listen to a bunch of speeches. We tried to get Zev’s arm painted with a pumpkin, but …

Zevry really, really enjoys chasing the dogs on his walker. I think the dogs like it too, because all they would have to do is leave the room and he wouldn’t follow them. But they just let him chase them around and around the room. But today he figured out how to get Comet to chase him! He put Poolie (Comet’s adored pool toy) in his walker and then started running. Comet was after him in no time, and he was laughing louder than I have ever heard him laugh.