Zara's NINE month DOCTOR VISIT

Zara had a descent showing at the Pediatric Village today!

the 30th is Zara's 9 month birthday exactly actually!

She is 28 inches long/tall; putting her in good positioning for the

75th percentile for height.

However she weighed in at 15lbs and 4 ounces, dropping her ranking to only 10th percentile of the national average.

Doc said, "Sorry Zara, you're not making the cut!" (naa she didn't)

tough break kid!

So, the momma- that's me- is putting her on a new weight gain program indulging in high protein fatty foods- like yummy avocados etc...

Tomorrow, we fly to Phoenix, Arizona to see Great Aunt Evey!

(Zara's great grandmother's (Lilian's sister actually)

She will be travelling as my "lap baby" for the 4 hour 20 mins flight; i wonder how much of that will she be able to handle in my lap!!!?? aaaghh let you know... we fly home on eileen's and sammy's bday- 5th of may!!

Zara touring the neighborhood in Hagerstown

Zara loves rollerblading! Megan did a great job keeping the munch "rolling". Grandma Rock took us on a great walk through their neigborhood streets; really lush& nice area-- as you can see!

Zara with a new Toy

Zara drove out to hagerstown to see grandma rock and ALL the rocks! Megan & Mary Rose had fun with her too; in fact Megan pushed her in her carriage on roller blades aroung the neighborhood! Zara was winking at grandpa rock all dinner long; making quite a scene!

Grandma rock and i picked out a new muscial toy for Zara and here she is playing it with Mary Rose!

Decision 2008; which bathing suit to take to Arizona??

Zara likes to share...grrrrrrrr

ever since i found myself so hungry and begging Zara for food last week; her new thing is to share her food; she gets such a kick out of it!

You will see that she also like to "growl" (or perhaps i should say "purr") when she is excited and pleased with herself! grrrrr....

Zara rides like a dolly!

Char char (charlotte) was just so desperate to have Zara go in her dolly stroller and Zara sort of fit! In fact; it almost makes Zara look all tubby like!

picnic time with bella & charchar

on the front lawn playing with zara, the girls were such sweethearts with her!

zara at the Baltimore Inner Harbor with Cooey!

zara (the munch) and i drove up to baltimore and visit the harbor and have lunch with the Cooey! Then we 3 drove to see Charlotte, bella and mom and dad Easter on their beautiful farm! We stayed the night and had a blast; i will try and upload some video in a while! Cathy, Teddy and girls were so happy and sweet to have Zara over for a slumber party!

hair pulling and giggling!

Zara suprises Granny and Grandpa Zarr at the Airport

We arrived just in time to catch the returning Grandparents at the International arrivals area at Dulles! Zara's grandparents were returning from their cruise and travels to Qatar; Oman and the UK!

zara around town and her friends!

Zara and Lia on Alton Place

with Max!!!!
After Costco sitting on the lawn watching Mom lugging the groceries in the house!

Here is Zara at 5 and a half months

this is my first attempt at uploading video.. hope you can view it easily!

Dining al fresco!

our first Nats game at the new stadium!

mommy's day off from work; playtime with zara!

This morning, we rallied and went to Costco; you know...for the experience...and for purchasing massive quanities of food items that will most probably hit their expiration dates before we ever even finish eating them! sheesh! How big does the bottle of carrot juice need to be? i mean does any one person need 84 fluid ounces of any liquid?

Then it was suprisingly sunny in the afternoon and we ventured out into the garden! Tomorrow, Daddy says he will take Zara to the baseball game and see the brand new DC stadium! Go Nationals!

the munch with daddy

here she is with the easter basket the daddy made for her (which the mommy promptly emptied.. in my tummy! oh yea baby!)

Whilst riding the metro, Zara studied the map and decided upon the best route to take for optimum cherry blossom viewing!

Cherry Blossoms & Zara

The Munch took the metro today to visit her first Cherry Blossom festival here in DC! Besides smiling at every cute boy she saw, she was extremely well-behaved and enjoyed herself throughly! It was very sunny but not above 58 degrees so a bit chilly! She was a trooper and posed for her paparazzi!