The Things You Say....

I wanted to do a little post about this little Cowboy for a bit now. This age is sooo funny and the things he says are so cute--sometimes (he also talks back quite a bit now)! :o) I don't want to forget them and obviously don't have the time to scrap book them, so here it is on my blog.

Also I wanted to use this picture. John let me sleep in one morning with GG and brought Zech downstairs. He wears this hat everywhere and one day he is a cowboy and the next he could be a pirate. Anyways, John asked him to smile nice for him and he took a picture. It is so stinkin cute, but he took it on his phone (so the quality is not the greatest). I told John he needs to take all of Zech's pictures now, as he will not pose or smile for me!

A few things that he says that melt our hearts:

1.) I always say to Zech and Genesis: "I love You and you know what, Jesus loves you most of all." I don't know why or how I started that, but I always do it. So now Zech always tells us that he loves us and Jesus loves us most of all. He says it to me, Daddy and even GG.

The funniest was when we were in Superstore the other day and Zech kept saying: "Daddy, I love you and Jesus loves you most of all". Now if you haven't heard our son, he is not quiet, so the whole store could probably hear him. He gets pretty excited when he expresses his love too! So we got quite a few looks and we just say it back to him--no need to be ashamed! :o)

2.) Every night we read the Bible, say our prayers and then John takes Zech to his room and they have "cuggles". Every night, Zech always asks Daddy if he will cuddle with him even though it is part of his routine. We have to give him a time limit now, otherwise they would be cuddling all night long. So we start with the 5 min. warning and then the 2 min. warning and then finally the 30 sec. Lately he tries everything to extend his time, here are just a few:

- 3o more seconds daddy.
- no you listen to me, you don't go, as he tries ti push John back down.
- Ice cold water, please.
- No don't be rude, you stay.

3.) The funniest thing happened the other night after we had said our prayers and John was tucking him in. Zech turned to John and said let's pray and put his hand on John's and said:

Dear Lord Jesus,

Please help puppy.

Amen.

Too cute and funny! He has two stuffed puppies and a baby dinosaur that he has to sleep with every night. He will not sleep until he finds these beloved pets! :o)

4.) He is so in love with his sister and very protective of her. I told Genesis that she was being a bad girl the other day because she wasn't listening to me and kept getting into something that I didn't want her to. Zech got pretty upset and said:

"She is not a bad girl. She is just a baby and you give her hug right now." (he sure told me)

He also gets really upset anytime she is upset and he tells me that I need to hug her, and he will always go to her and tell her that Jesus loves her and will help her. What a sweet heart!

5.) "It's just pretend!" We bought him a Curious George movie before Christmas. One of the episodes George is afraid of the dark and thinks that there are monsters in his room----just what we needed. In the end it was all pretend and just a part of his imagination. It took us a bit to explain this one.

One day Zech found John's Star Wars DVD and wanted to watch it. John told him that he couldn't because it was too scary and not for little boys. Zech just looked at him and said:

"It's okay, it's just pretend!"

6.) Ask Zech what his name is and the answer is always 'Larry'! The other day at the park he greets the kids that are coming to play and says, "Hi my name is Larry, what's your name?". So now I have to tell him to say his real name, not his pretend name.