Halloween with our walking boy!

SO much fun feeding himself!

Gotta love the soggy bread on his shoulder

Sleepy lion after a long night of trick-or-treating

On the prowl

Just cute

So we're a little late getting up Halloween pictures, but better late than never! For Halloween Zak was a lion. He went trick-or-treating to just a few family and friends and was dead asleep after the 4 house visits. We had fun getting him dressed and especially doing the little photo shoot.

Zak has also started walking like crazy! It's so fun to see him pop up and start walking kinda slowly and then goes faster and faster until he can't really keep up with himself and falls or gets to his destination. He usually walks with his hands high in the air which just adds to the cuteness.

He had his 9month wellness check up last week (which he was actually 10 months old...but just got him in) and he wighed 19.2 lbs. and is 29 1/2 in. tall. He was in the twenties for his percentile in weight and the 80's for his height. He eats just about everything, but aparently doesn't feel like gaining much weight. His favorite game is to be chased. It cracks him up to have someone coming after him! He's also loving to feed himself. He thinks this is one of the funnest things ever and he always offers mom and dad a bite of whatever is in his slimy hand. So generous!

Nate and I are doing well. We're loving our calling as Sunbeam teachers. Our class is doing sharing time in 2 weeks...so if anyone has good ideas for that let me know! Nate is still just doing research and is liking it as long as there is stuff for him to be doing. I just fill in at odd jobs here and there and stay home with Zak. That's basically our exciting life for now!

We're so excited for the Holiday season and definitely ready for them!

Zak walking. He's kinda grumpy about it when he's gotta do it on demand, but doing it on his own, he loves!

Standing all alone! With a stick even!!

His signature pose! He loves to get up on one knee and play or clap or wave a toy around...whatever..

First week as Sunbeam teachers!

Squishing little man's cheeks!
He loves to walk...with a little help of course

Here we are!

Nate and I had our first week as Sunbeam teachers today! It was so much fun! Kids definitely do say the darndest things. They have a primary program next Sunday so our second time with them we'll be performing! None of them have done a primary program before so they're kinda shy about going up and talking in the microphone. No worries though, Nate and I have been practicing their lines!

We went on a little family photo shoot today as well. Zak did not want to smile for the camera for the life of him. He was wanting to check out everything around us. We still managed to get some cute shots though. I think I'll need to go on another shoot though because I just didn't quite get all that I'd hoped for with the shots of all 3 of us.

The Hogg clan is heading for Eastern Idaho this weekend! Woot Woot! A friend is getting married so we're going to their sealing on Saturday. So it should be fun to visit Rexburg again. We haven't been there since we moved...which I guess has only been about 3 months.

I'm not sure what new things Zak has started doing this week. Oh, he has figured out high fives! That's a fun one. He loves using electric toothbrushes....not really brushing. He's even started to "roll it and roll it" (from Patty Cake) and he can also "mark it with a Z" and "toss it in the oven"....it's super cute...he's had the clapping down for awhile, but the rest is starting to come. He's still loving to say 'uh oh' and has even added his own touch and will sometimes say "guh oh" instead.

We're loving the fall weather and having it start to cool down. I was ready to start busting out jeans and long sleeves.

That's us this week!

Zak's 9 months!

So Zak has reached the 9 month mark...well technically I think he is really 9 months and 1 week. He's getting to where it seems like he's starting to do new things almost daily. He now gives us kisses which is definitely fun, he waves and a new thing he does is say 'uh oh'. He loves to say 'uh oh'. He'll say it over and over especially if someone is saying it to him as well. One of his favorite games is probably to drop something on the floor or kinda throw something and then say 'uh oh'. He's loving to play with baseballs and golf balls...probably because he can palm them. He likes to hit at them and watch them roll all over and follow them then do it again. Hurtling things is also becoming one of his favorite past times. When Nate or I are lying on the floor, he just loves to climb over the top of us, and then climb back over again and again.
We have to put bar stools in front of the stairs so that he doesn't go up the stairs without supervision, but he's started trying to go through the stools. Not under, but through. He typically gets caught in the bars lying on his stomach looking like superman with his arms and legs sticking out.
Today we went shopping for shoes for little Zakary and found out he wears a 4...is this normal for a boy his age? It seemed rather large. But what do I know...?
Nate is loving his internship. He should find out about his MCAT scores any day now! We're excited to see where these scores will lead us.
Nate and I have been called to teach primary which we're pretty excited about. We don't know what age group yet or anything, but still we're excited. Well, I guess this is all for now. We'll hopefully get some pictures up soon!

Trying some corn on the cob with his new chompers!

Sneaky peek of Zak's bottom teeth!

We are now bloggers.....sorta

The Hogg family finally has a blog! How we admire all of you that have such cute and updated blogs....this was a lot trickier than I thought it would be. I've finally got down a few basics though and will hopefully get better and better the longer we do this. Nate and I are in Caldwell, Idaho living with my (Amber's) parents while Nate does a 10 week internship at the College of Idaho on how breast cancer matastisizes (sp?) into bone cancer. He took the MCAT a couple weeks ago and is just waiting for his scores. From here we'll be off to podiatry school, medical school, or will be working a little longer until getting into one of those schools...we think.

Zak is getting big. He's got 4 teeth that have come through now. 2 on top and 2 on bottom. Teething hasn't been the most fun, but what can ya do besides just wait it out. He'd been sleeping through the night and since teething wakes up at least once a night. His little teeth are just too cute though. He also is 'pat a caking' and just starting to wave. He's mastered crawling and walking along furnitur and crawling up the stairs. I've found it a whole new experience to put a baby to bed who can sit up and stand up whenever they want instead of just having to lay there. Each day is definitely a new learning experience!