Zack's 1st Birthday Tribute.

A couple weeks ago we celebrated lil man's first birthday.  I can't believe how fast time has gone!  Dave and I made this list for our journal so thought we'd share it with you.

Top 10 Favorite Moments of the Last Year (not in any specific order)

1.       Holding Zack for the first time.  He looked up at me and touched my lips, almost to say “Oh there you are Mom!”

2.       Watching Zack get so excited any time he hears the door open and Dad walks in after work.

3.       By some miracle sleeping through the night at Christmas, although Mom and Dad woke up at 5:30 am.  We were too excited to go back to sleep because it was Christmas morning!

4.       Hearing him laugh hysterically for the first time.  It never gets old.

5.       Taking off and crawling to Dad at the Marriott in St. George.

6.       Zack’s baby blessing and having all family and friends there to celebrate with us.

7.       When Zack finally started sleeping through the night.

8.       Watching Zack stand at the window and point to all the birds and continually say “Burrr. Burrr.”

9.       All of his firsts: eating peas, playing in the sand, swimming in the pool.

10.   The little moments we have together as a family: waking up together, morning walks, hide and go seek, bedtime routine, wrestling on the ground and so much more.

Top 10 Worst Moments of the Last Year (not in any specific order)

1.      Months of not sleeping well and the never ending spit up that ruined almost every outfit he wore.

2.     Trying to survive Sunday’s after Zack is 2 hours overdue for his nap while Dave and I both have after church meetings that he’s screaming through.

3.       Dad trying to film Zack’s 1^st Birthday and accidentally falling over and breaking the Tupperware his toys were in.

4.       Pooping in the Marriott bathtub in St George.  As Dave put it, “when Zack farts in the tub, he means business.”

5.       Hand Mouth Foot disease, absolutely awful.

6.     Zack cutting his first teeth during the stress of Dad’s busy season, caring for Grandpa Taylor during his back injury and planning Aunt Kierstin’s wedding.

7.       Zack blowing out so bad in his carseat that it leaked everywhere while mom was in the store trying on clothes.  Dave then text his uncle, thinking it was me, telling him to hurry up cuz Zack just pooped all over his carseat.

8.       Sitting at the doctor for four hours trying to collect a urine sample to make sure the red spots in Zack’s diaper were just urine crystals.

9.       In the midst of not sleeping well, we took Zack to the doctor thinking there had to be some health issue.  The doctor told us she hasn’t seen a healthier baby in days.  More money out the door. 

10. Watching my boss catch the continual spit up that was shooting out of Zack with her hand while she was holding him one day at the office.    


Here's to another year!