Alyssa Zoe-Kole Brost & Zachary Edward Brost: September 2013

9.18.13 Happy Birthday, Daddy

Today is Daddy's birthday. I wanted to take him to dinner and dress fancy. We had a fun evening and enjoyed birthday pie at home.

9.15.13 Climber

Zachary decided to scale our entire staircase today. He climbed all 15 stairs with ease and quickness.

We decided to throw in the towel and remove Zachary's Scleral Shell. His eye lids continue to be red, irritated and swollen. He has been having a rough time and
We are going to wait a minimum of a few months before trying again the ocularist is consulting with Zachary's doctor to put a game plan together. He is reacting quite a bit and is not a happy camper!! We want to get the process under way by the time he is 2 so we have a while, but the sooner the better.

9.12.12 New Tooth

Zachary's 6th tooth came in. 4 on top now. Left lateral incisor.

9.10.13 Second Attempt

We are attempting to have Zachary wear a Scleral shell again. Todd, our ocularist, decided to decrease the size and thickness of the shell since Zachary had a severe reaction the first go around. Zachary was a little upset when it was being placed however, he recovered very quickly. He did rub his left eye, but that is to be expected. As you can see, the shell opens up his eye and makes it look closer in size to his right eye. Let's keep our fingers crossed that this works! It was Christie's birthday and she gave Zachary a flower, since he was admiring the flowers while we were there. He loves flowers and it sounds like he says flower too.

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After

9.6.13 Grocery Store Fun

Mommy gave in and let us get the Car shopping cart. We both had so much fun and enjoyed getting a cheese sample and cookie in the store.

9.5.13 Pre-School

Today was the first day of Pre-school. I have a new teacher and am going to a new school this year. I am sad to not have Mr. Beau, but am pretty excited to start at my new school.

9.7.13 12 Months

Zachary is ONE!!!

23 lbs 3 ounces

28.75 inches

Zachary:

Gives hi-fives

If you ask how big he is, he raises his hands up to the sky. It's adorable!

Is trying so hard to talk.

Is so active, fast and gets into EVERYTHING!

9.7.13 Birthday Parties

Today is Zachary's Actual Birthday. I can't believe how quickly the past year has gone and my baby is now 1!!

Zachary really likes an Elmo toy we have, so we decided to have an Elmo themed 1st Birthday party for him. I had fun doing the decorations and making his cake. Zachary did really well with his cake. He was a little timid at first, but quickly dug in. It was really cute, he would take breaks in between bites to take a drink of milk. He started to get the hang of opening gifts too.

Wide awake at midnight. Must be eagerly anticipating his party??!!

Pre-party Nap.

Dorothy Fish Crackers

Party Favor using baby food jars.

Alyssa picked the them of the Grinch this year. She really doesn't pick anything girly or easy! I stressed quite a bit on what to do about her cake and decorations. I am really happy with how it turned out. She really liked the cake and told me she loved it. That is truly what matters. She said the cake was delicious and that I am the best Mommy ever. That made me feel so good. We had a Grinch Pinata (Alyssa says it's not a party without a Pinata.) and played pin the heart on the Grinch. We had "Who" Hash Dogs, "Who" Pudding, Grinch Cake Balls along with tons of cake and ice cream.

Prize for pin the heart on the Grinch

9.2.13 Birthday Girl

I am 5 today!
I wanted Happy Pancakes for Breakfast and I chose to go out to dinner at Red Robin. I got a soccer ball from Mommy and Daddy for my birthday and couldn't wait to go play. We had fun playing at the park.