Aspen Ski Trip

Zack's ready for ski school!

Alex hangin' with Grandma Jude

Zack and Mommy

Zack and Daddy

Zack and his ski instructor Sol

We had a fabulous family ski trip to Aspen. We met Matt's family out there and stayed at his brother Steve's house. By the end of the week, Zack was doing awesome at skiing and loving it! He mastered the Magic Carpet and advance to Skittles (the kid's gondola) and even got to go up on the chair lift to ski down with his instructor. On the last day we took Zack up and got to ski a little with him. It was so cool to watch him and see how much he had learned!
The weather was absolutely perfect for spring skiing! It was 40s and sunny on the mountain everyday except our last day. The last day we had 10-12 inches of fresh powder. Awesome snow if you're a pretty good skier (Matt and Steve), hard work if your average like me.
Grandma Jude took care of Alex while we were off having fun. Thanks Grandma! As the week progressed, Alex mastered crawling on his knees (as opposed to the army crawl). Alex will be out on the slopes soon enough (sigh....).

"I like the deep stuff" - Zack

Crawling - HELP! (8 months)

Eight very fast months have passed since Alex was born. He just became mobile and are we in for it. He has perfected his army crawl and is working on getting on his knees. He'll even stand for brief periods of time at his musical table. Zack is starting to realize this sweet innocent baby has an agenda and it is to go straight for his big brother's toys. Zack is always trying to get us to put Alex in his stationary Exersaucer. Ahhh, let the friendly brother battles begin.
In other Alex news, he continues to explore new foods. He now eats mashed avocado, small cut up banana (not mashed), eggs and shredded cheese. He still hasn't cut any teeth, but I swear any day we'll see one. With the amount of Motrin I've given this kid, he should have a full set. He battled his first ear infection last month. Hopefully it will be the one and only for the season.

Go Blackhawks!

Matt took Zack to his second Blackhawks (NHL) game on Saturday. Are we crazy? Yes! The game didn't start until 7:30 (30 minutes before Zack's scheduled bedtime). Zack made it through the first period and was spent. I think next time, Matt will take him to a day game.

7 months

Yikes, where does the time go? My baby is 7 months today. He is such a sweet little guy. We all love him so much. Even when Zack is going a million miles an hour, he takes time to give a little love to "Big Al." Alex is a rolling machine. He has perfected the roll to get him anywhere he wants to go or shouldn't be. He sits all by himself. In the last week he has been getting up on his knees. I hope that crawling is not on his mind! He loves to talk and is pretty easily amused. He has outgrown his infant carseat and is now in a big boy carseat facing backwards. My life just got ten times harder having to buckle him in and out of the new carseat. Alex is on a pretty predictable schedule now. He wakes up around 6:30am and goes to bed around 6:30pm. He usually takes two naps. He is eating 3 meals a day, takes one bottle and nurses three times. By the looks of it, he'll soon be joining his brother on the ice.

Sunshine!

The sun came out on Sunday and we took advantage of the beautiful day. A school near our house has a wonderful sheet of ice for skating. Zack loves being outside on his skates. He is getting faster and faster each week. Alex and I enjoyed soaking up a little vitamin D.

Weee!

Zack and Daddy

Zack

Burrrr, Alex watching very patiently

All cuddly and warm

Sunday, Matt and I took the boys sledding. Well, we took Zack sledding and Alex went to watch. The hill was a bit icy so we were flying down pretty fast. Zack had a great time. We all have a little cold. Zack has a pretty nasty cough and Alex has a little runny nose. We are anxious for more sunlight each day. I love it when the daylight gets a little longer each day.