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Anniversary, Christmas, Zak's 1st Birthday....Woa I'm behind!

So I haven't posted since Halloween! Holy moly am I slow at getting stuff posted. Well a lot has been going on with us. Nate has finished his intership and has applied for a job in Salt Lake with a company called ARUP (i think)... He had a phone interview and we're hoping he gets another. We think moving to SLC would be a fun adventure, plust he'd work 7 days on then 7 days off which would be nice for me to have him home so much. They also pay for him to do more school and have full benefits. So keep us in your prayers that this works out! =)

My grandma and her husband, Roger came along with my mom's brother Rick with his wife and son. It was so fun to see them all and also have my sister Amy and her husband Mike in town. The whole family was at my parents and we had a lot of fun with everyone. We did dinner with both my family and then Nate's family so we definitely got stuffed! My uncle took a bunch of pictures then so I will post them when we get them back from him.

December 23rd Nate and I had our 2nd wedding anniversary. Nate surprised me with a super cute new dress and some awesome black patent leather heels. Such good taste... We went to the temple and then stayed at a cool hotel in Boise minus Zakary. Our first night in year without Zak... It was so relaxing! We checked into the hotel as soon as possible and had planned to go out to a nice dinner but decided to have chinese food delivered and just watch movies and hang out in our hotel room in sweat pants all evening and night baby-free. It was so nice. Zak stayed with my (Amber's) parents and did awesome without us. They said he slept through the night and did great. Although it was so nice to have a little getaway...we were pretty excited to come home to the little guy and see how excited he was to see us.

Christmas Eve was spent with my parents and then most of Christmas day was spent at Nate's parents. Zak got a bunch of new cars, balls, a fire truck, clothes, a cart, a little church outfit, and books. He loved his cars and balls. He drives his cars around and says "brrrrrr". And he loves to throw the ball to people, then they give it back and he'll walk away and throw it to them again over and over.

For his first birthday (January 6th) we had people over for dinner and cupcakes. He got more stuff and was spoiled rotten and didn't even know it. haha I think the parties are more for the excitement of the parents.

Anyway we had an amazing year and are very blessed to have such an amazing family.

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!