Future Ricebird...

Okay, sorry it's been a while, but following the big bed fiasco, Dayton came down w/ some bad allergies/cold/cutting two back molars/rash. I swear, when he is sick, he is sick. We spent all of last week trying to recover. Dayton was so cross and he's such a boy. He wanted and demanded all of my attention 24 hrs a day. We couldn't even go outside b/c of the rash, so it was a long week. Saturday we took off to Houston to look at golf carts - Brandon is wanting one. Then, we ate at Pei Wei, went to Carter's and made a quick stop into Old Navy. We headed home, picked up the Zabodyn's and drove down to the bay. Coby and Sandie bought a house a few months ago and recently finished re-doing it, so we went and checked it out. Then, we drove around and looked at houses for sale. Wayne is in the market, so we are super excited about that. Sunday, we didn't do much of anything exciting but we managed to get over to the stadium to test out the new field. I just had to get some pics of Dayton on it now, so that when he's playing football in high school, we could pull these out and look back on when the field was brand new. Cheesy - I know, but you guys know me. I have tons of pics, haven't decided what to do w/ them yet, but may blow one or two up and incorporate them into his new bedroom one day when we actually have a new house :) I did some editing on some of them, and some of them arent' going to show up very well on here b/c they're far away, but you should see them in real life - I love them! Enjoy!!!!


























































Will and Luke are w/ my parents from Saturday night thru Wednesday. Coby and Sandie are on vacation and Anna is in Katy w/ Sandie's parents. Mom needed help last night so I brought Will home w/ me for a while. Gave him a bath and played - so fun! It was nice to take him back though ;) They are such little cuties!!!

Here is Luke...


Here is Will...


Here is Will at Aunt Jenna's after he'd gotten out of the bath...

Big Bed for a Big Boy - sniffle, sniffle...

Well, it's official - we have ourselves a big boy (well, kinda). We bought him a toddler bed yesterday in hopes that he would sleep in his own bed all night - it didn't work. But here are some pics from our first night in a big boy bed. He's been napping in it for an hour and a half this morning, so it must be pretty comfy (just not as comfy as Daddy and Mommy's bed)...

First time to try it out...


Didn't take long for this to happen - "jumping on the bed"


Notice Brandon's finger on the left side of the pic - he's saying "No, No Dayton - no jumping on the bed." Notice Dayton's hand, he's smirking and saying "No, No" back while continuing to jump on the bed...


Nightime last night - looked like we were gonna be sure winners. Lucy is checking out the new bed. Didn't take her long to join him...


Lights out - Brandon and me were both a little sad to see our little baby grow up.


Here's a few pics from the generation gap on Saturday. Bryn and my dad got a second place trophy and Samantha and Brandon got a third place trophy so everyone was very happy. We went out and watched. Dayton lasted about half the morning - he was sweating like crazy!!!

Bryn hitting a shot...


Dayton's hair - isn't it horrible :)


Double Trouble - don't worry the cart was never in motion when this occurred!


A cute one of the golf pros!!!



Brandon and I had a WONDERFUL time in Houston over the weekend. We went up Saturday afternoon and attened the New Home and Remodeling show at Reliant. I get A.D.D at stuff like that, but Brandon got a lot out of it. Then, we ate dinner at Fogo de Chao - it was awesome - we loved every minute of it and enjoyed a wonderful bottle of wine. Sunday we met up w/ Samantha and Diane at Golf Galaxy then went and ate at Texadelphia - I miss that place. Then picked up Date's bed and headed out to Telfair to tour some model homes. We love going over there and getting new ideas. It is so much fun. We are dorks - I know. Then it was home to get Dayton and straight to church. Then, home again to put together Date's bed. A very full weekend that flew by, but lots of fun!!!

Pics of the week...

Here are some pics from this week - I notice now how many facial expressions Dayton has - these are some crazy faces! Please excuse our kid's hair- we're trying to grow it out, but it's just looking progressively worse, but Daddy swears that "it'll get better, it's just going through a bad stage". Whatever...

For those of you who haven't noticed, Brandon has a burr! I love it, but anyways, we decided the other day (w/ the consent of his mother and father) to give Brock a burr, too. This kid is fearless. Here is Brandon the Barber in our back yard the other day. It was hilarious!




Brandon and Brock do some male bonding...


Here is one of those faces I was talking about earlier. I snuck into Dayton's room w/ the camera as he was waking up from his nap - if this look could kill...


Another funny face - when he doesn't want to put forth the effort to give you an actual smile - he just makes this crazy looking grin????


Dayton daydreaming on his car - yet another crazy looking daze...


Trying to drink out of the giraffe sprinkler


So happy to be in the bath tub - life is good!!!


Trying to eat the bubbles - okay, so we're not the sharpest crayon in the box...


Check out the tonsils on that kid - he shrills w/ delight: "Look Mom, I'm standing in the bathtub like you always tell me not to do - yeehaw!"


Here is our little Baby Bevo - wrapped up in his towel. I had a hard time getting a good pic of the whole head part w/ the horns. Either close up of him smiling or see next pic...


Full shot of him looking miserable...


Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend - I am really looking forward to tomorrow and our night getaway! I'm fixing to start packing Dayton's stuff already so that's one less thing I have to do in the morning. I'll let you know how everything goes - have a good one! :) JZ

I'm too sexy for my shirt / Father's Day

Who dresses this kid? If he's not the cutest thing you've ever seen - trucker hat, Gap surf shorts and crocs - stylin'...


Look at that sexy white belly - must take after his Daddy...


Here he is doing a little modeling - don't you love the head tilt?


Little did I know until the other day, Dayton loves him some of Grandpa's homeade hot sauce - he was eating the heck out of it!


Here is my little dipper - I do not like him eating chips, but he handled these thin ones pretty well. Such a big boy!


Here are the two greatest boys I know - Dayton giving Brandon his Father's Day gift...


Of course, Dayton had to get Daddy this great tonka truck Father's Day card!


Here is my little Luke-y Luke!


Here is Big Will-y!


My mom playing w/ Will on Father's Day - we had lunch at their house w/ everyone. It was a great time!


Here's Uncle Brandon and Will (I think...) They are getting easier to tell apart, but I do second guess myself all the time!


Here's Dayton watching some golf today - we were watching the exciting playoff between Rocco and Tiger. He is probably sick of golf - we've watched a total of atleast 20 hours of golf since last Thursday. I'm trying to teach him to say "Tiger Woods".


Yes, I am a horrible mom. Dayton is eating a BLUE flavor ice, BUT - it's sugar free ;)


All is continuing to go well for the Zabodyn clan. We had a great weekend. Friday night we went to Chili's w/ Brandon's parents and had some Presidente Margaritas. Saturday, we played in the Ricebird Booster Club golf tournament. It feels great to get out there and compete sometimes. We did pretty well - shot 10 under and no one killed each other (me, Brandon, my dad and Scott). Pretty good accomplishment. Saturday afternoon, Brandon played again w/ another group and me and Date chilled at home and watched more golf. Diane took him out to the tractor pull at the American Legion in the morning - besides it pouring down on them, I think he loved it. Our child is obsessed w/ John Deere tractors. He can say "trc-tr" and "Jnn Dir". It's the craziest thing. We have a John Deere cap, John Deere sippy cups, John Deere books, John Deere dvds - you name it, we have it. I don't have the slightest clue about these machines, but my one year old does.

Anyways, on Sunday, we woke up and went to church then rested for the rest of the morning. We ate lunch at my parents w/ the gang. We even played some horse balls (a game similar to washers for those of you who are puzzled at this point) after lunch - I got my dad a set for Father's Day. Then, we went over to Zabodyn's and swam and hung out and ate dinner. Then home again for some more golf watching.

Not much going on this week, just hanging out w/ my little Date. This Saturday, I had a huge surprise planned for Brandon, but I am the worst secret keeper ever, so I've already let the cat out of the bag. I reserved us a room at the Marriott by the Galleria for Saturday night. I think we're going to the new homes and remodeling show at the reliant center on Saturday afternoon, then out to eat at Fogo de Chao (sp?)(*Trace, Alicia - if anyone's up for a double/triple date, let me know and we can all go out to eat together - we'd LOVE to have you), then spend the night in Houston and make our way home on Sunday. Just a little weekend getaway for Father's Day/graduation. Dayton's going to be staying w/ DeDe and Papa.

That's all I've got for now - sorry so long. Dayton is napping, so I actually have some time on my hands to breathe/type!~!!!!~~!!!~!~!~~!