More Pictures: My oldest Nicole has graduated High School, she will be attending Central Michigan in the Fall. I can hardly belief it. Time goes by so quick. I am sooooo proud of her!!!! Nick has a new and steady girlfriend, Miriah. (and I actually like her), she runs track like I did and she treats Nick nice, and Zach is doing great..... into Everything!!! Zach is very different from Nick and Nicole. He has No Fear. He thinks nothing of crawling up the back of the highest chair and hanging there, (until we yell "Zach, Get Down). He can open the front door and if thats not scary enough, he runs as fast as a spider. So needless to say we have to keep the inside door closed, this he has not mastered the opening of, YET!!!! Zach had his hearing tested and past with flying colors. When the doctor first saw Zach she was a bit cold, I am sure she was thinking oh God another child, since it appears she works on more adults then children. After running the initial test she came back in the room and said I can't believe how still he sat, maybe I can test the ears with the tool that will tell us if his ears are sending the correct waves. She put the little device in his ears and he was wonderful. Her attitude towards him changed completely after the test it was like she was a different person. He past the test with Flying colors. He is only delayed in speech. If needed later he may have to go to Speech Therapy, but for now we have no concerns.

Hello all,

I am finally updating with pictures and more info. Zach went in for his latest developmental clinic on Monday, and the doctor said he is performing above his level in everything except for speech. His motor skills and thought process are excellent. Jill and I were very proud at the things he could do, some we didn't even know he could do. Like put blocks in their place, and put marbles in a cup. I was a very proud father.

The doctor wanted to see how he could walk and run over a long distance, I put him down and he took off so fast around the corner, she didn't get to see it. Oh well. Zachary is doing great, and he weighs 21-1/2 pounds.

We went to the March of Dimes Walk of America walk 3 weeks ago, and he was a lot better than last year, he even walked across the finish line, and ate a piece of pizza afterwards. That was a fun morning. We even ran into one of the preemies we met in the NICU and his mother and grandmother, his name is Carter Hill. He's doing great, very close to walking. We had fun. Keep up the good work, and give us an e-mail sometime.

So anyways, Take care to all you parents out there, and have a great spring.

We are back. Did not go far, but we moved and had alot going on. Moved into a really nice Modular home. It is just like brand new inside and a bunch more room. Zach is now walking and continues to have the funniest faces ever, once I find the cord to the camera I will load some more pictures. Terry has a website in which he sells clothing for premature babies. It is a bit slow now, however he will be selling our own products shortly, instead of making others money selling their products. March of Dimes Update: I would like to Extend a very heartfelt Thank You to all those that gave to the March of Dimes, expecially my brother and his wife, JIM AND JONI. Thank you. Please follow the link on my Blog to see what the March of Dimes does for Premature babies. Well off to find the cord for the camera updates to come soon.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! No we did not keep Zach up all night he just woke up at 11:55, so we kept him up to ring in the New Year. Dad looks like he has been drinking, however we don't drink, he was up since 4:00 AM with Zach. Well time to get Zach back to sleep it is 12:30...Wish us Luck, we never had him up at Night and had to put him back down.

Merry Christmas. Some shots I took when Zach woke up Sunday morning, while Dad was still sleeping. I did nothing to make Zach laugh, somethimes he just starts laughing and can't stop, it starts to make everyone in the house laugh. The pictures of Zach in his T-Shirt were taken later in the day. Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON. It is so nice to be home and not in the NICU this year. I think often about those families that are spending Christmas in there and I pray you are given the same strength that we found to get through it. And may you all be holding your baby in your arms at home next year. God Bless you all.

Last weekend we went to the Rock Financial Expo center in Novi, Michigan. They had a Christmas show, which when you think about it did not have to much at all to do with Christmas. A few Christmas Trees and Carolers, and a whole bunch of vendors selling stuff. We did buy one of those personalized CD's that is sung by Elmo, which repeats the child's name, did I say repeats your child's name, over and over and over again. Anyway Santa was there and Zack was so amused by his hairy appearance he did not even look at the camera. So the shots we got are just that, Zack checking out the old Dude with a hairy face. Tomorrow we will be going to see the Doc, for a few more shots. I am a little concerned about Zack's weight. As of his one year mark we switched him to Whole Milk. Gone is the formula. He eats well on most occasions, but he is a smaller guy. We will see tomorrow what Dr. Weinberg has to say. Another thing I find curious, Zack is getting his first tooth, an incisor tooth, you know the fang tooth, and only one. In all my experience with children I have never heard of this. So if anyone reading this has, Please clue me in. I don't believe we have "vampire" in our family history. And last but not forgotten.... I would like to say HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER IN LAW NANCY. Your the bestest.

If you were any part of the many many days in which Zach spent in the NICU, you will remember Terry working on a cross stitch. The project and I use this word lightly, began as a Cinderella, as we were told numerous times and have the video to prove it, that Zach was indeed a Tiffany. After the birth of Zach and the discovery that Tiffany was indeed a Zach, we changed the theme from Princess to Winnie the Pooh. Back to my explanation of the cross stitch, Terry finally finished it. It only took one year to do it. Ok, maybe the word "only" does not belong in this sentence. He promised to have it done before Zach turned 1, and this he accomplished. And here it is.

Zach's older brother Nick is determined to have Zach become the "World's Youngest Skateboarder". Zach on the other hand wants no part of it.

Happy 1st Birthday Zach!!!!!! November 21st, 2006

I reviewed some of the pictures we have taken recently and have found some of my favorites. Some are comical, one of them is a picture of Nicole the Big sister at 17 years old and Zach her little brother, one of them is Terry's grandma Vera who is a young 96, and some are just for fun. Pay no attention to the stains, we on occasion let Zach experiment with feeding himself and well, you know.........I hope they make you smile. I know today sucked at work and it was just what I needed.

If you look at the nurse's fingers in the second picture you can get a idea of how small Zach was.

Zach's birthday is coming up. We just found some pictures which are added for a time of REFLECTION. Some of them are blurry.