16 months old! September has been a challenging month with the breath holding spells. Thankfully after 2 of them ZBL seems to have more ability to calm himself in difficult situations. So we are grateful for this new found maturity and are hopeful that the spells are a thing of the past. Fun game – John bought Z a stuffed bear as his souvenir from Disneyland and it has been a great addition to our play. John also thought up the morning game of “finding Koda Bear”: each morning when Z wakes up and comes downstairs, we ask him where Koda is? Either John or SPL hides Koda the night before and Z has a fun time finding him. After he is discovered, Z carries him over to his dad to show him first thing (that was a ritual too :-) First hair cut September 22, 2013: I have loved ZBL’s curls and remember SPL have some too (though many fewer). After SPL’s first haircut, they never came back. So I have been hesitant to cut Z’s hair, even though John wanted to. In September, I thought it was finally time and found a place that could work around the curls. They did a nice job and he has what our friend Diego calls a “Luke Skywalker look.” :-) Breath holding spells – hopefully these are done with. 2 were more than enough (see other post for more details). First stanford football game September 21: All 4 of us went to the Stanford football game this year (we got season tickets as it was projected to be a great year for the Card). Z did great and made it through 1 half! A personal goal: climbing the stairs at preschool – Z’s preschool has about 6 carpeted stairs and he is very interested in them. He’s still a bit wobbly when he climbs but he’s getting the hang of it. Loves the wagon – we got it cleaned out and now take walks: Z inherited SPL’s big red wagon and this month we washed it off (it had been collecting dust and dirt since SPL was Z’s age) and took it for a spin around the neighborhood. Now it’s our regular morning routine: after dropping SPL off at the neighbors for carpool, we tool around the neighborhood for 30-45 mins. Uncle Bryan visits October 5 — We always enjoy visits from Uncle Bryan and now that he lives in Australia, they aren’t as frequent as they used to be. But he does visit 1-2 times per year as his work brings him to San Francisco. Figured out he can get into the cupboard in the kitchen – I was wondering when he’d figure this out! He took out some of the bowls and climbed in. Then he looked a little perplexed as if he wasn’t so sure he could get out. :-) Collecting leaves for Halloween front yard decorations – Z has taken over this important responsibility from SPL now. We still have no mature trees on our lot so we walk around the neighborhood (just like S and I did in Sunnyvale) and collect other neighbors’ leaves :-) Interested in puzzles – I got out SPL’s old puzzles this month and Z took to them like a duck to water. He was surprisingly good at matching up the letters and numbers with their corresponding spot. I was impressed! – Z and his classmate S were able to take turns using a cool toy @ preschool. They each had 3-4 turns witthout getting upset or distracted by something else. Impressive for 16 months.] Excited to see what 17 months brings!

February 5, 2014 · PHOTO

16 months old!

September has been a challenging month with the breath holding spells. Thankfully after 2 of them ZBL seems to have more ability to calm himself in difficult situations. So we are grateful for this new found maturity and are hopeful that the spells are a thing of the past.

Fun game – John bought Z a stuffed bear as his souvenir from Disneyland and it has been a great addition to our play. John also thought up the morning game of “finding Koda Bear”: each morning when Z wakes up and comes downstairs, we ask him where Koda is? Either John or SPL hides Koda the night before and Z has a fun time finding him. After he is discovered, Z carries him over to his dad to show him first thing (that was a ritual too :-)

First hair cut September 22, 2013: I have loved ZBL’s curls and remember SPL have some too (though many fewer). After SPL’s first haircut, they never came back. So I have been hesitant to cut Z’s hair, even though John wanted to. In September, I thought it was finally time and found a place that could work around the curls. They did a nice job and he has what our friend Diego calls a “Luke Skywalker look.” :-)

Breath holding spells – hopefully these are done with. 2 were more than enough (see other post for more details).

First stanford football game September 21: All 4 of us went to the Stanford football game this year (we got season tickets as it was projected to be a great year for the Card). Z did great and made it through 1 half!

A personal goal: climbing the stairs at preschool – Z’s preschool has about 6 carpeted stairs and he is very interested in them. He’s still a bit wobbly when he climbs but he’s getting the hang of it.

Loves the wagon – we got it cleaned out and now take walks: Z inherited SPL’s big red wagon and this month we washed it off (it had been collecting dust and dirt since SPL was Z’s age) and took it for a spin around the neighborhood. Now it’s our regular morning routine: after dropping SPL off at the neighbors for carpool, we tool around the neighborhood for 30-45 mins.

Uncle Bryan visits October 5 — We always enjoy visits from Uncle Bryan and now that he lives in Australia, they aren’t as frequent as they used to be. But he does visit 1-2 times per year as his work brings him to San Francisco.

Figured out he can get into the cupboard in the kitchen – I was wondering when he’d figure this out! He took out some of the bowls and climbed in. Then he looked a little perplexed as if he wasn’t so sure he could get out. :-)

Collecting leaves for Halloween front yard decorations – Z has taken over this important responsibility from SPL now. We still have no mature trees on our lot so we walk around the neighborhood (just like S and I did in Sunnyvale) and collect other neighbors’ leaves :-)

Interested in puzzles – I got out SPL’s old puzzles this month and Z took to them like a duck to water. He was surprisingly good at matching up the letters and numbers with their corresponding spot. I was impressed!

– Z and his classmate S were able to take turns using a cool toy @ preschool. They each had 3-4 turns witthout getting upset or distracted by something else. Impressive for 16 months.]

Excited to see what 17 months brings!