Welcome family & friends! This is the Bacher Family Blog where we'll post pics and videos so our friends and family from afar can keep up with us! Mike and I have been married since Sept 29, 2007, and we've been a happy family of three since Zane joined us on July 18, 2009!
Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family! We hope you all had a wonderful, blessed day.
This week we started "solids" with Zane - meaning rice cereal - and he did great! Of course we recorded this momentous occasion!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZaurBeEZVI
We thoroughly enjoyed Zane's first Thanksgiving. He had sweet potatoes for the first time today - and absolutely LOVED them. He definitely ate them with gusto and made very cute, happy sounds with almost every bite!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNLLrVYIXH8
And he's developing more and more leg strength. We call him our little Weeble Wobble, doing the hula hoop!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtQhxk8XsIo
Here's a Thanksgiving pic with Mommy & Grandpda!
Last weekend my wonderful friend Daria came to visit, with her two sons Nathan (7 1/2 months) and Brayden (2 1/2 yrs). Here's some pics of our two baby boys together!
So, since birth, Zane has gained 7lbs 14oz, and grown 5 inches. He's very happy and healthy! And the Dr. said we can start "solids" - which at this point means trying rice cereal to begin with =)
Here are a few pics: playing with Daddy!
playing with Mommy!
and.....drumroll please........... . . . . . . sitting on his own!!
We had alot of fun with Zane for his first Halloween! Our little Zane the Zebra was just adorable. First we took him up to my office for the annual "bring your kids to work for trick or treating". Zane had lots of fun seeing all my coworkers and making them fall in love with him with his cute coos and smiles. Last night we had a blast walking him around the neighborhood. He was all smiles again and he's now coordinated enough to hold the candy! He got lots of candy and we promptly put it in the candy bowl and gave it to the rest of the trick or treaters.
Here's a few pics of our adorable zebra!
Zane seemed to LOVE being in his costume...and when it was time to change him, he also LOVED being naked! Here's a pic & a video showing just how happy he was. His hair is all crazy from the costume =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkRwJNQc_8
and finally...today was an absolutely gorgeous day! We decided to go for a walk - and finally tried out the baby carrier, which Zane really loved! Since we didn't have the stroller with us, we took the dogs too - so we had our first walk as a whole family. Here's a pic of Mike, Zane, Lanikai & Kiko. And yes, Zane is wearing sunglasses! They just barely fit him! =)
I can't believe it's been so long since we updated the blog! Sorry to have neglected it - we've been busy having fun with Zane! =) Adding lots of videos and photos today so you can see what we've been up to.
Here's some highlights since the last post: - drove to El Paso (with the dogs!) to visit Gana for her 95th birthday (had fun staying with Gamma - Grandma Sutherland, for a week!) - adapted to Mom going back to work - pretty easy since he loves spending all day with his Grammie (Grandma Bacher) - attended his first baby shower and met lots of other babies to play with (and perhaps some future girlfriends?) - drove to San Antonio for Tracy & Dave's wedding - survived his circumcision on Friday!
Here are some recent pics and videos!
Pics:
1) Zane and Gana!
2) Zane and Gamma
3) Four Generations - an awesome photo!!
4) Bedtime - Mike reading to Zane =)
5) Zane with Grammy & Grandpa at Little Aussie Bakery in San Antonio (the best gluten-free cheesecake ever!!)
6) Dad & Zane enjoying breakfast at Chicken Paradise in San Antonio - crab omelettes with fresh gluten-free waffles - yum!
7) Mom & Zane enjoying a beautiful afternoon at Chicken Paradise - everything still in bloom and gorgeous!
8) Zane is getting in the mood for Halloween next week - he loves this glow-in-the-dark onesie!
Videos: 1) 9/17 - Grandpa Sutherland (GPS) with Zane - so much fun to have Zane meet his other grandfather! The more and more I look at this, the more I see lots of Sutherland traits in Zane =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6UvP7SeX4s
2) 9/19 - Traveling to El Paso - Zane's second big road trip, this time with the dogs - and everyone did great!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbdnHh9Md_0
3) 9/20 - Snuggling with Gana - it was truly wonderful to see Zane in Gana's arms(his great grandmother) - a truly priceless moment that will be cherished forever =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G1n43MaZRs
4) 9/23 - Morning stretch - everytime we unswaddle Zane, he does alot of great stretching. It always looks like it feels so good! This video is long but I love it - lots of smiling, cooing, a few little laughs and he even does "Guns Up" (the Texas Tech Red Raiders hand signal). Enjoy watching Zane wake up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp3CUPrHn-k
5) 9/26 - Sleeping arms - We finally had to record this since it was so cute (to us at least!) Zane was sleeping and we kept adjusting his head, and his arms would fly up fast but reeeeaaallly slowly go down. I love seeing how adorably fat and pudgy his arms are!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opi6lfQCcjA
6) 10/2 - Razzberry reaction - so Zane has the cutest reaction to the "razzberry sound" - it's like he has no clue where it comes from or what it means! We love eliciting this reaction from him, it's adorable every time.
8) Sleeping in the swing - I love his arm up on the tray, and his little toes sticking out from under the blanket! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLMH-sddbDA
9) Football and Hiccups - Zane gets excited about cheering for his favorite teams and deals with this hiccups in stride!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQxSV6eO5s8
Well that's it for now - hopefully ya'll got your Zane fix! Probably not though, since I know we never seem to have enough time with him!
so tomorrow zane will be two months old - wow how time flies!!
we went to the dr. today, here are zane's latest stats:
weight: 13 lbs, 13 oz (93rd percentile for weight) height: 24 1/2 inches (92nd percentile for height)
.........so, since he was born, he's gained 3 lbs 6oz, and grown 2 3/4 inches - yep, he's still our big bacher boy =)
today he also got his first round of vaccinations - and he did great! one big cry and after that he's been a total trooper.
a few more updates... - he's holding his head up GREAT - much less wobble-head these days! - we're getting lots and lots of smiles too - he's even more adorable with a smile on (didn't know it was possible, but it is) - he's "talking" more and more - lots of cooing and responding to us - this week zane met his grandpa sutherland! - on saturday we are headed to el paso for him to officially meet Gana for her 95th birthday!
some pics: zane's a texas tech red raider fan....he's worn a tech onesie the past two weeks, and they won both games!!
and....zane's nfl team is the broncos (with his auntie kris!) =)
pics with grandpa sutherland:
and....new bacher family photos (taken on labor day): (from left to right....terrie, brian, zane, amy, mike, kristan, leanne & ann)
It's been a while since we've posted - in one sense, we've been very busy (traveling to Denver with a one month old is quite an undertaking!) and in another sense - other than Denver, we haven't been doing much. Lots of eating, sleeping (for Zane, at least) and that's about it.
Zane went to the pediatrician last Monday, for his belated one-month appointment. He's a growing boy - here are the numbers! Weight: 11lbs, 15oz (a nice growth from birth weight of 10lbs 7oz) Height: 23 3/4 inches His weight is in the 94th percentile for his age, and his height is in the 92nd percentile. The doctor says he looks great!! He had some major baby acne and cradle cap earlier this week, but it's quickly cleared up!!
So, all in all we're doing great!! Zane did great on the Denver trip, with the drive up, staying in the hotel, and meeting tons of family. And Mike & I certainly feel more confident getting around with him....after Denver, a trip to the store is a piece of cake!
Here's just a few videos.....will try to post more soon! 1) Zane's first road trip! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B539clRS2xQ
2) Zane waking up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNk12rwjUNM
3) Zane cooling off - wait till the end for a nice little surprise ;) This is after Mike & I walked to a park near his grandparent's house. Zane got pretty warm so he was cooling off and we were doing some close up video of him, and he decided to end the shot his own way =) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Om8Gdkqtfo
1) zane close up - he's always really cute after feeding. he works on figuring out his tongue and has fun staring at all sorts of fun things! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4h698ilEVo
2) zane refuses tummy time =) - we tried to have him enjoy some tummy time, but he just wanted to sleep. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oyvJkJsuss
3) story time (cute close up about 1 minute in) - the first story we read to zane outside the womb! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeAfF5WsTHM
4) daddy's home! mike gets in some cuddle time after a full day at work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdeGPtt4wRc
5) and semi-baby related: kiko is confused by the walker =) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYpUx9itm8Q
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