Baring It All

The trees are becoming stark and bare with the leaves having turned and now most have fallen. I love the fall, but dislike this time of transition of autumn to winter when the colors have gone and the trees are so bare. I actually look forward to the snow as I think it's beautiful....I guess that's the Minnesota gal in me!

The good thing, however, about the leaves falling is you get to rake them into big piles and have some fun. While I didn't run and jump into the pile or set up a slide to slide into the leaves (this year anyway) I did get to take some cute pictures of our little pumpkin sitting and playing amongst the fallen foilage.

All Hallows Eve

Happy Halloween!!!

The whole clan at the Greene/Ostman household.

Zachary and Daddy at the church party - Jesus and candy, what more could you need?

Octoberpalooza

Fall fun and October updates!
The first weekend of the month we took our annual fall trip to Emma Krumbees for breakfast and autumnal activities. Zach was with me insitu last year, but I think he enjoyed himself more this time around.

Riding on the "Barrel Express" with Daddy.

Feeding the mini-horses at the petting zoo.

"Hey - Mom & Dad, I want thisssss one!"

"Shhh, don't wake Daddy - I'm 10 months old today!"

Zachary was 20 lbs and 28 1/2 inches long this time around. Still no crawling, but there are now 7 teeth chopping on everything in site with an 8th one on the way. He can also pull himself up on things and loves to stand at the ottoman and play.

10/14/08 - Our 2 yr anniversary! We had a great dinner with the fam at Red Lobster and then had some delicious alone time chatting and playing our favorite card game at Caribou.

Zach and Daddy hiking around at Taylors Falls.
We decided to take a "fall colors" drive and ended up at Taylors Falls. It was a beautiful autumn day and it was good to be outside enjoying nature and each other in such a gorgeous setting.

Zachary Greene - Outdoorsman Extraordinaire

"Can we get ice-cream on the way home?"

Squidoo

Shocking that I'm posting 2 times in one day I know! I was just going through my normal blog-hopping/reading for the day and found this and thought it was worthy to pass on!

Squidoo (http://www.squidoo.com/) is donating $80,000 to charity. There are several you chose from and when you vote, the charity you chose gets $2. You can only vote once but if you pass this on, then some great charities could potentially get some great money! You don't have to sign up for anything, just go to the page and pick your charity. If your favorite cause isn't listed, they have descriptions for the charities listed so that you can make an informed decision.

I went for Oxfam -don't know an incredible amount about it, but they are working for social justice and the ability of people to get educated to pull themselves out of poverty, both locally and globally.

Let me know if you went there and what you voted for!

Better late than never!

Silly me, I forgot to do a 9 month birthday post for Zachary! So here's the scoop:
20 lbs 3 oz, 28 1/2 inches long with a crazy head size in the 90% :) Also, in honor of the event Zach decided to debut a new tooth which is on the top - he's so excited to have an opposing muncher and is using his teeth to bite and chew. He is also now starting to show his other front top tooth and a few more on the bottom, he'll have a full set of chompers before we know it!
No official crawling yet, but he now thinks that his mom and dad are jungle gyms and he never sits still. I'm sure he'll be crawling around soon and the real fun will begin (read: mom will get a work out chasing Zach around every day)!

Bathing Beauty

Yes, beauty can be masculine! Oh, how I wish that my kitchen sink were deep enough to give Zachary a bath in. But for now I'll settle for a dish tub that I set atop the wash machine - don't worry, it's secure! Zach fits perfectly in it and it's a real back saver instead of stooping over into the bath tub. I know eventually here we'll have to transition to the "big boy tub", but for now we're enjoying the laundry room :)

Zach's very first bath - not lovin' it.

9 months later - LOVES bath time!

Florida Take 2

At the ripe ol' age of almost 9 months, Zachary took his second trip to Florida (with his mom and dad of course!). This means he has officially been on 6 airplanes already! We went down to visit Poppy, Mamere and Grammy on a last minute labor day week vacation. We were also able to stay at Ron Jon's Cape Caribe resort which was right on the beach with a great swimming area as well. We were fortunate to go there after storm Faye and for all the projected thunderstorms, it only rained one morning. It was sweltering hot and dripping with humidity, but the sunshine was nice and Zachy and Mommy didn't end up melting after all :) Dave, however, was in heat heaven and was chagrined to come back to 65 degree weather.
Zach was once again a super trouper through all the traveling and visiting and we all had a really great time. Thanks again Poppy and Mamere for flying us down!

The airplane ride to Florida - smiling as usual!


Four generations of Greene men!


Spending time at Grammy's house.


Ready to cheer on The Gators with Daddy!


"Pruney" swimming pool feet :)


At the beach with Mommy.


Post airplane back to MN - still smiling :) Notice the wings on the carseat, he's official now!