Literally

I found the boys in the front yard earlier and when for some reason felt suspicious--let's call it intuition--I discovered that they were playing with a dying bird. When I freaked out and started scolding them Ben said to me, "No, Mom. You said never play with a DEAD animal. This bird is still alive!" Silly me.

Spring Break in Vegas

At the end of March, we were able to go down to Las Vegas and see most of Dave's family and have a fun vacation. It was part Spring Break, part family reunion and part our First Anniversary. There were all kinds of reasons not to do it: the boys were in school, I was still recovering from the complications during the pregnancy and had not yet had my heart surgery, Dave had to work... But dang it all. I did not want to miss the party! We also had not yet met Susan's or Becky's babies and I was dying to see them. We wound up not staying as long as everyone else did, but we still had a wonderful time. Liz was able to hook us up with some great deals (thanks Lizzy!) and we found many more family-friendly things to do than I expected.



We stayed at Excaliber. The boys (and especially Taylor) absolutely loved that we were staying in a "Castle."

All the babies together! Susan, Becky and Dave all with their baby boys.

The show at the Excaliber was really great. Knights jousting and sword fighting... the boys loved it!



The dolphin enclosure at the Mirage. It was really neat how close you were to the dolphins. The boys said this was their second favorite part, the best part they said was swimming in the pool. :) We also took them to the aquarium, the fountain at the Bellagio, and Dave and I saw the Cirque du Soleil "Beatles Love" show for our Anniversary date.



While we were in Las Vegas, Sally had Zach pose in this outfit which she has kept from when Dave was a child. She has a photo of Dave in the same outfit at the same age, although it's a bit more snug on Zach :)

Baby Pictures

Video of Zachary in the hospital



The day he was born



5 weeks old



2 months old