The next great Hawkeye offensive lineman??? Alex 6 months

This big boy is off the charts. Yesterday we had his 6 month appointment and here are his stats: 20lbs 11 oz (95%), 29 3/8 inches (>95%) and a melon that measures in the 95%! Alex is a rolling machine. He can get anywhere he wants by rolling, rolling and rolling. He is a big talker and recently discovered his tongue and ears. Main concern is lack of sleeping through the night. He seems to rather enjoy my company every few hour in the middle of the night. The doctor laughed, looked at Alex and said, "this boy can get through the night." Easier said than done, right? Wrong. After three shots and some Tylenol last night, Alex slept from 6:45pm to 6:3oam this morning. He may of slept even longer, but I couldn't enjoy the peace. I had to go check on him. You'd think this was my first baby! Bravo Alex, let's see if we can have a repeat performance tonight.

The morning after celebration

The boys sported their Hawkeye finest last night for bed. Zack wore his jersey all day and wanted to sleep in it too. Who could blame the kid - he has good taste. Zack wasn't real into me capturing the moment this morning.

Cool new shirts!

Grandpa Kent and Grandma Jan sent these cool new shirts for the boys. Zack always love to ham it up for the camera.

Happy New Year!

Grandma Nene eating apps with the kiddos

Happy New Year to all! We hosted the Koch's and my mom for New Year's. Zack was in heaven having so many friends to play with. The kids went to bed around 8:30 on New Year's Eve and the grown-ups sat down to a delicious leg of lamb made by Matt. We had a great time!

Let it Snow!

Alex and his new buddy

Even though the weather was a bit of a pain on our travel schedule, we had a blast sledding at Aunt Bethany's house. This was Zack's first time sledding (too much city living). He had a blast! Aunt Bethany and Mommy had about as much fun as the kiddos.

Christmas Day at the Koch's

Air hockey

Shirts and Skins

Mom with her original darlings

Grandma Nene and her darlings

"Santa came!"

Christmas morning was very exciting this year. Zack put out milk and cookies for Santa and special reindeer food for Santa's crew. Zack and Alex must have been really good boys this year because they got a ton of presents. Zack kept opening presents and saying, "another game!" Alex was content with rolling around on the ground.
We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with the Huebsch Family and Christmas day at my sister's house. The weather kept us from traveling to my dad's house again this year.