Zane Perry Jr.

Thanks to everyone who made last week special for my little man! And thank you to everyone who has made this first year of parenthood so special. All the tips, gifts, nice comments are greatly appreciated! Also, a very special thank you to the grandparents who have provided never ending support and occasional babysitting.

For those of you not on Facebook enjoy this little video I made with Picasa using 1600 tagged pictures. I hope it doesn’t give you a seizure!

Here is a video of ZJ tasting his first birthday cake. It took longer then expected for him to really dig in. Thank you Nancy for making a great Elmo cake!

Finally, thank you to my beautiful wife.  You are the most loving woman I have ever met and you are an amazing mother.  You are the reason ZJ always has a smile on his face.  I love you!

Time to party!

Celebration Time!

I thought it would be fun to post a clip from our home video of ZJ at one day old.  We thought we lost this tape when we were robbed but I had one unmarked tape in my collection that I prayed was it.  Last week I found a guy on craigslist who converted Tape to DVD for $20.  You should have seen the look on my face when he put it in his VCR and hit play!

It is amazing to look back and see how much of his personality is still the same.

• Still quiet and well behaved
• Still smiles all the time with his little dimples
• Still wiggles when you pick him up
• Still has bright Red hair
• Still looks like Mommy (although a few have claimed he is getting daddy traits)
• Still makes my day

Uncle LP convinced us to submit ZJ to Ralph Lauren Employee Family Model contest.  He is already a winner in my book!

ZJ is starting to stand up all the time and can’t be more then a week or two away from walking.  Keeping the camera close by!

Coming up in September:

• ZJ will be staying with the Hagins while Karen and I visit Grand Junction CO for Kevin & McKenzi’s wedding,  This will be Kron’s longest period away from him and will miss him dearly.
• Trip to Maryland for Karen’s 10 Year and Shauna and Jason’s wedding in MD.

To be continued

(I will get Karen to post more soon enough!)

Karen, ZJ and I just completed a 9 hour car trip from Maryland to Charleston.  It was much better driving back from then driving to Maryland as ZJ was not sick.  I would rather have a cranky ZJ then a sick ZJ any day of the week!

After unloading the car I booted my computer to find this WONDERFUL SURPRISE waiting for us online!  Melissa Barrick’s blog post of our photo shoot with her Friday June 11th (click link or any picture to see the full collection)

I said it before and I will say it again.  Melissa is all pro!  If you have an upcoming wedding or just want to catch the moment before or after pregnancy or an engagement Melissa should definitely be considered for the job.  Every shot she takes is frameable!

Thank you so much Melissa!

It has been a while since I last posted and I do apologize to ZJ’s adoring fans!  Multiple weddings going on + house hunting has kept my calendar filled.  One thing I shared via Facebook but never posted here definitely deserves view.   If you haven’t seen this yet you are in for a treat!  Karen is playing with ZJ while I held him and filmed.  Other then the occasional focus issues due to a dirty lens this video is an instant classic.  Finally ZJ’s full laugh captured on film, snorting and all!  Enjoy!

ZJ was Born 6 Months ago today.  He is still not crawling but rolls over like a pro.