Oh Zev. You’re growing up so fast. I cant pretend that you’re a baby anymore — You are running everywhere and talking up a storm. I dont think I have seen you sit still for more than 1 minute (unless I put on ‘Melmo’ – then I might get 5 minutes of stillness, but thats rare).
Zev is the destroyer of all things. He is constantly on a mission to find something to break. When hes fussy – I actually tell the big kids to go build something for him to break — Lego tower, magnatile house, building blocks — anything for him to crush or dismantle seems to make him happy.
He loves to ‘read’ books — he likes turning pages and pointing to things. (Board books only! If he gets his hands on paper – he will rip it into a million pieces!) He has most of his animal sounds down and is starting basic words like ‘dog’, ‘choo choo’, ‘ninny’. He thinks that plants are called ‘No no no’ because every time he gets near them, thats what I’m yelling. So now he points to them and says ‘No no no’! He can say ‘Mama’, ‘Dada’, and ‘Wil (sounds like Wow!)’ but cant quite says Evie, but occasionally copies me when I say ‘Sissy’.
Zev loves baths and makes a beeline for the stairs as soon as I say ‘splash splash?’ I end up soaked after every bath session – he laughs hysterically while splashing and throwing things everything. We went to a waterpark over spring break and it was basically heaven for him.
He never sits still and is always climbing or running. His favorite thing is to climb up on the couch and run from end to end. Which leads to him falling off the couch constantly, but it never seems to deter him from doing it again. He was our first kid that had to go to immediate care and I’m guessing there will be more instances.
Hes 30 lbs (!!) but still wants to be held or in my lap. He is exhausting! I seriously cant get a single thing done while hes awake because he wants to be right in the middle of anything going on. He is starting to reach things on the counter and tries to pull everything down. I have a two hour window during his nap that I try to accomplish everything (or rest).
He is by far the shyest kid of them all. He’ll cover his eyes as soon as you look at him (or will give the stink eye) and never smiles at strangers. It takes him a very long time to warm up to people, which made getting babysitters very hard. He is skeptical of most new things and has the best furrowed brow ive ever seen.
Zev is starting to become a big kid! He is happy doing most things that Wil and Evie are doing including climbing on playgrounds, watching movies and eating popcorn, coloring, etc. Its fun to do things with all 3 of them together instead of finding separate activities for them. I can see an easier and more uniform life on the horizon. And as much as I’ll miss having a baby in the house, I’m excited about all the fun times in store for us.
Love you ZP!
Woznation 