If I'm not feeding him fast enough he'll do this little trick. He'll make little fists and then shake and tighten his entire body. It's very humorous. I was very pleased that he did it for the camera. He is quite the photogenic little creature. He must get that from his auntie Metta.
friendly faces over the holiday break! unfortunately we didn't get all of them on camera, but I'll post some of the ones that we did capture. he really loves people and enjoyed himself immensely! he did ralph all over his first cousin, once removed, tanner! but he loved his great aunt donna!
He and jack-jack hit it off with the
cleaning supplies.
Ethan and Hanna
The Michigan primaries are on the fifteenth! just a few short days away. I am so tempted to drive up over the border and see if I can find the candidates! I know that Mitt will be in Hudsonville, but it's nearly four hours away from here. I can't find the exact locations of the other candidates. All of the politics get me so excited! and then so anxious at the same time. On the republican ticket I really am pulling for Romney, but it looks like it's going to be a crazy race. I am excited to see what happens once Guilliani starts campaigning in the bigger states. I just don't like Huckabee...at all. I'm afraid he's too much like Bush. I strongly believe we need a big change and Huckabee is not the force of that change. I'm trying to separate myself from the bias I have towards Romney, but after reading issues and watching debates, I really do like him the most. I still don't like Hilary and I'm not sure I can change that! Right now I'm trying to learn as much as I can about Obama and Edwards.
The worst has finally arrived. My throat feels awful. Still cheese grater bad. You can kind of see the redness in the pictures. Plus, when I swallow, it now feels as though a golf ball has lodged itself down there. And to top it all off, to make matters the worst imagineable, my voice is gone. Last night at cooking group it was nearly gone and hard for me to talk. Kent wasn't here this morning to talk to so I only re
alized that it was totally gone when the sister missionaries called. I answered with a "hello", but nothing came out. I tried desperately to get out a squeak and finally mustered out a "hey". Sister Dickson just laughed and said "I guess that means you probably won't be able to come teaching with us tonight, huh?" They had dinner with us last night and knew my voice was on its way out. This happens every year-never fail. I think Zeb is starting to wonder why I'm not talking or singing to him or reading books like usual. He keeps giving me these funny stares. I just hope that it's back soon. I HATE not being able to talk. I've been running errands today and I probably seem so rude...not chatting to anybody or saying thank-you. I'm going bonkers!!!!
Here is Zeb's favorite spot in the house! Yesterday he ate an entire piece of pizza (minus most of the cheese). It may sound weird but I love watching him eat! As soon as he sees food, he'll open his mouth! Then he'll pick up food with his thumb and little fore finger and stare at it, switch it from hand to hand, and then finally drop it into his mouth (the whole process being done with an open mouth). It totally amuses me. It is so nice that he can just eat what we eat now.
I just thought I'd post pictures we took over the break while we had all family members together. We are pretty lucky to have such great families. Little Zebby already misses all of the attention he was getting! I do however think that he was developmentally stunted while we were there! he didn't have to move by himself at all! I thought for sure that he would be crawling by now, but thanks to being constantly held he is still just pivoting and rolling! Thank you all
After a long day of traveling we finally made it home :) and I am back to the blogging world! I didn't look at the blog even ONCE while I was in Utah for the holidays. Maybe I'm not as obsessed as I thought! Really it's because I had no free time on my hands and I was with lots of the people that I am usually blogging for.
! I hope that lots of other people did and will post them. The flight home was MUCH better then the flight to Utah. I thought flying during Zeb's sleeptime would be nicer, but I was very wrong. He did much better on the morning/daytime flights. Not to mention he didn't have a fever, all of those dang teeth came in while we were in Utah or on the plane to Utah (he got THREE new teeth!), and there was an extra seat so they let us bring his carseat on board! If we were rich, that would be an indulgence. I would have bought the rugrat his own seat on all of the flights! It was so much easier!
Z is completely finished with any form of baby food/cereal and has graduated to real people food. His very favorite is Pizza. He loves every bit of it! the tomatoes, the cheese, the sauce, the bread, ALL of it. He also loves cheerios, corn chex, and drinking from a cup. He has grown up so much in the past six weeks.
This morning we woke up and turned on the news to find that church had been cancelled! "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Toledo 1st--CLOSED" is what it said across the bottom of channel 13 news. We are on level 2 snow emergency. This means that we are to leave our houses and venture out only if absolutely necessary. Level three would be a road closure except for emergency personnel. Apparently you get ticketed if you go out in a level three! 
kind of crazy really, especially since we only got about 6-8 inches! the city of Toledo doesn't have enough plows and they say there's a layer of ice under everything. We have had quite a pleasant morning though! I'm sad to not be able to teach my lesson and I really do love going to church, but it's nice to be "snowed in". Kent made blinni this morning and really it's kind of cozy and fun. I actually did my lesson for Zeb and Kent and we read over the Spencer W. Kimball lesson for today, so we got in as much church as we could. Our morning was calm but now Kent is out home teaching and then is going to shovel walks with the Elder's quorum. I hope Zeb will zonk so that I can get packing and finish up some Christmas presents! the weather is supposed to improve considerably by Tuesday so I am hoping that our flight makes it out just fine.
There was lots of good food at the party and a great Nativity with the Primary kids! Three of 
my four kids were there and acted as wisemen/shepherds. I'll admit that I have come to enjoy my time in primary far more then I ever thought possible. I actually look forward to going and teaching the lessons. I love the kids. I lucked out hugely with a great class. I'm positive that I have the best kids in the entire ward! We are switching around at the year though, we'll have to see how I fare. I have learned that whenever I am happy or comfortable with my calling, something gets changed up! I really thought I would just have to suck up the fact that I was in primary, but now I actually love it. 
For some reason growing up we always celebrated mom on December 15. It's like another mother's day, only better. All moms get to be celebrated on mother's day, but today is a day held especially for my mom! It's "best mom, Nannie Annie, and mother-in-law in the world" day. Zebby is especially sad he can't actually be there to celebrate so he is holding the sign (and has that look on his face).