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 …

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 …

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.

We had a great day! Friends over in the morning, bagels with Kathleen, Zev took a nice long nap without a lot of fussing, we got most of our errands done. Then, while we were grocery shopping, Zev took the punnet of blueberries and flung them across the busiest aisle in the grocery store. Blueberries everywhere. Carts running over blueberries, hence blueberry juice everywhere, I just had to laugh (after i cleaned up what I could of the mess).

Zev cracked the walking code on Tuesday. He took his first steps several weeks ago, but he hasn’t really ever used the skill to do much. He would take steps when I set it up for him, but the most he ever did was 7-8 in a row. He also never stood up on his own without holding onto something. So now he suddenly is walking everywhere. It is so funny because he holds his hands above his head and kind of off to the sides – he looks like …

Now that Zevry is a toddler, I feel it is time for him to take on some responsibility toward the upkeep of the household, so he’s been assigned a chore. He must put his pajamas in his hamper every morning, and his day clothes in the hamper at night. I tell him, ” Go put your clothes in the basket, Zevry!” And he just does it! And yes, I know… if someone else was telling me this I would be be rolling my eyes – this isn’t exactly the accomplishment …

We just got back from the Botanical Garden this morning. Zev was not impressed. We spent 30 minutes there and he had a complete meltdown the likes of which I have never seen before. He was sitting there watching a carpenter bee, and I was explaining what the bee was doing when all the sudden he started wailing. I checked to make sure he hadn’t been stung and it didn’t appear that he had been, but he was just screaming. Snot was pouring out of his nose and he …

Making friends is ridiculously easy when you have a baby. I suppose you have to have a somewhat outgoing personality, but as long as you do, you have a built in social circle at pretty much any playground, park, or library. You don’t have to be best friends with every single person, but it is nice to know that you can just approach people and as long as you have a child with you who is within about 1 year of the age of their child, 99% of the time …

The diving board drew first blood. As many of you know, Zev enjoys a good nude dip in the pool most days, and after his swim, he often likes to hold onto the railing and do a little pole dancing. Its actually pretty hilarious to watch, but seems inappropriate to post videos for what I hope are obvious reasons. Anyway, he was dancing away when he lost his footing and bonked his little mouth on the diving board. He was very, very sad for a few minutes. I picked him …

Zev has been really interested in birds lately. We go swimming a few times a week and then sit out in the shade and wait for the hot air to dry us off. While we do that, a lot of birds fly overhead. They fly from tree to tree, and sometimes land on the roof or the ground. A few weeks ago, Michael was holding him the pool and he pointed in the air and said bird one time, but then he didn’t say it again. He also made the …