Lake of the Ozarks 2008

Tulin' at the lake

What a week of fun! We just got home from Lake of the Ozarks with the Huebsch family. Zack had a great time. He loved tulin' (tubbing), boat rides, swimming in the lake and being spoiled by grandma and grandpa. It was good to get him out of the city so he could enjoy a little nature time. He was pretty amazed by the various bug noises. He would look up at the tree and say "buzz, buzz." Zack has been talking for a while now, but in the past two weeks he has become even more articulate. He now is speaking in 4-5 word sentences! Crazy he will be two in less a week.

Gone Fishin'

We're off to Grandma Jude and Grandpa Scott's lake house in the Ozarks. Check back in a week for more pictures and stories about our vacation.

Hey move over!

This is Zack's buddy Connor. Connor is 8 months younger then Zack. Connor lives across the street and Zack calls him Baby Connor. As you can see in the picture, Connor is almost as big as Zack. Zack has taken several pounds on that cute bald head and Connor is gearing up for some sweet revenge.

Zack loves going to the pool and splash parks. When we are driving to the pool in the morning he says, "to the pool, to the pool." For some strange reason he finds pool water quite tasty. I just hope the chlorine is strong.

4th of July

Hi!
Hope you all are doing well. We've finally joined the blog world. This should be an easy way for our friends and family to keep up with us. We had a great 4th of July here in Chicago. The weather was a little cool, but it actually helped keep the bugs away on the night of the fire works. We took Zack to Millennium Park for the City of Chicago fireworks. We had to get there pretty early (6pm). Zack was a trooper. He made it until 11pm and loved the "ka-booms." Matt's family was in for the weekend for his 30th birthday. It was a very fun weekend.

Hard to believe Zack is almost two! He is talking a ton and loves to repeat any new words. We have been going to the pool almost everyday. He loves to swim around and "share" other kid's toys. No matter what I bring to the pool the other kids have something better. It is pretty fun to watch all the kids interact. We continue to have playgroup on Tuesday mornings. This is the same group of kiddos from when Zack was 3 months old.

Check back to this blog soon. I'll try to update it each week with stories about Zack and new pictures.