Winter Updates (even when it wasn't so wintry)

Zach

• Practicing going up and down the stairs
• Still climbing, lately it's been on the coffee table and the upholstered chair
• Still working on his diaper rash, so we've been giving him "air time." See both below!

• Saying "bye, bye" and "Dada" for Frank, but "Mama," seems to mean food. He says that loudly and insistently while he's eating meals, no matter who is feeding him!
• Hugging us (and taking refuge by hugging our legs), and sitting in our laps. So cute!

• Zach is still shutting doors for us: the bathroom door, the fridge door. All doors. Watch those fingers!
• It's amazing what Zach can understand. As I mentioned in last month's blog post, I'll tell him, "Let's go have a bath," and he'll start climbing the stairs.
• Speaking of baths, when I wash his hair, he now closes his eyes tightly as I get to "3" in my "1, 2, 3" count down to dousing him!
• Loves watching the girls from several doors down. They all play on some Saturdays at the playground
• First ride in an elevator at his 15 month doctor's appointment. It surprised him!

Family

• Walks all around Reston and to Lake Anne Coffee House on Saturdays
• Warm weather! I took Zach for a nice, really long walk after work on a Thursday. (It reminded me of our early morning walks in early November.) :)
• The zoo! Zach got to see elephants, zebras, meerkats, seals, etc.

On the merry-go-round at
the National Zoo

Fun

• Date night dinner out at Red's Table and Cherish the Ladies concert
• Brunch at Red's Table and a run with Kathleen. (Thanks to Gamma, Daddy Bob, and Auntie Em for babysitting)
• Meeting Auntie Em at the Lake Anne Coffee House on several Saturdays
• Happy hour with Katie at Lake Anne (How much do we love Lake Anne?)
• Chinese dinner with Michael and Leah and family

Food

• Made very simple bread from scratch! No yeast, mother, kneeding, rising; just mix and bake for 40 minutes. Easy!

Work

• Virtual conference. Great sessions. Huge success. Terrific numbers: 570 unique visitors, a little over 1000 registered. Great conversion since 30% conversion is considered good, and we were at over 50%. Average time in event was high at 3 hours 40 minutes. Almost 1500 documents downloaded. A huge number. Over 1700 views of documents and an average of 7 downloads per person.
• My featured video blog with d'Vinci is here. 

"Nevertheless she persisted."