A Picture Post for Abi and Everyone Else

Christmas at the Dorff's house!

Baby Jimmer (the hat is a BYU one and a guy walking by commented on our "Baby Jimmer").

There was snow. Zac and I both loved it. A lot.



Someone LOVES the toilet.



Zac likes to help us do all things now.

Yes, he is unloading the silverware onto the floor.

Anytime Zac sees the camera he gets really smiley and heads straight for it.



Valentine's Day. Nate set up cute little flower arrangements around the house for me. It was so romantic and sweet. I love seeing them everywhere I look.



Nathan made one of my favorite meals for Valentine's; we call it milk toast. Boiled eggs mashed up, milk/starch/cheese/salt/pepper sauce dyed pink and toast. Delicious!



I got Nathan a "Love Monster"; I told him it represents our love. Mostly, I just thought it was the coolest thing ever.


Daddy putting Zac to bed.

So, Zac seems to enjoy the bath most after the water's been drained.





Nathan and I took Zac to the aquarium and Zac was terrified until the end. He clung to Nathan as if life depended upon his grip. Except in this picture.

I went to the aquarium with a friend who has two little girls. The one pictured below is a week younger than Zac. Cute, huh?

And here are some cute little pictures that I'm posting because they're cute.

Oooooo! Zac has is first tooth! This one hasn't "receeded" like the last first three. It's the upper front left tooth.

Also, to erase some confusion. I don't want to name this baby Audrey Belle even though it's been my favorite name for 6 years. I'm just not feeling it for this little girl. We're thinking Brooke Elizabeth.

Can you guess???

So, we had an ultrasound today. It was snowy outside - yesterday it was 59 degrees and today it snows. Crazy. It's a girl. We're excited. I have absolutely No idea what to name her. I hear a girl name and I think, "That sounds good". The only problem is that I feel that way about every girl name. Nathan said we could name her Audrey Belle which I've wanted to name my first baby girl since I was 16. But I'm not sure anymore. I just don't know. Any suggestions besides Baby Girl Blacker???

Life is so good

I have been sick for about the last month. A couple days after Christmas, while still on vacation in Utah, I got this horrible head cold. The nice things is that there was absolutely nothing going on and my family/Abi was more than willing to watch Zac so that I could nap. I literally was able to sleep 4 or 5 hours at night cause I couldn't breath - even with a humidifier and medicine. That has been the other kicker about being so sick, I'm pregnant and can't take the good medicines; you know, the kind that actually work. Anyway, then I started to get better and went running one day and the next was sick as a dog with a cough/cold this time. I couldn't sleep again, this time cause I'd wake myself and Husband up coughing. Not fun. Also, that meant that I was not the most attentive mother. Some days I would be so exhausted and tired and sick that I would stick Zac by his toys, shut his bedroom door and lay down to rest on his floor. I would wake up either from coughing or from Zac pawing at me to wake up. I felt so horribly about this. Luckily he has survived. Anyway, the coughing has gotten to the point where it would induce Braxton Hicks and cause me to throw up. Also, now it's making me stop breathing. I'm feeling much better now :) :) :) :) :) !!!!!!! I'm still coughing and throwing up and not breathing because of the coughing but I'm trying to chalk it up to being pregnant (the throwing up part) and it's become very common place. Also, yes, I did go to the doctor, twice. They couldn't really do anything for me. Just basically said it's a virus, wait it out. I did get a Z Pac but that didn't help. The doctor told me to suppress my coughs so that I didn't throw up - when I tried this it made me throw up more. Great, huh? Anyway, I'm functioning now! Even if it's not normal functioning. I'm so happy.

To go along with being sick, Nate and I started the semester 2 weeks ago while I was terribly sick and I couldn't do anything besides barely take care of our son. So, for that reason and many more (including I HATE that people think that evolution is fact and has nothing to do with religion) I've decided to do independent study through BYU for this semester! YAAAYYYYY!!!! I'm thrilled. Soooooo excited. This way I actually feel like I'm fulfilling my graduation requirements and not just taking classes to take them.

Alsoooooo, for those of you who don't know, Nathan's road bike was stolen in early October. We were incredibly violated. I hated all New Mexicans and UNM (the bike got stolen on UNM campus) and dishonesty. So, after Christmas Nathan made a goal to get another road bike and get into shape. My thoughts: yeah, right. How are we going to afford that one. No way. Anyway, my husband sold his snowboard and boots, Bose speakers and mountain bike in order to fulfill his goal. I'm pleased to announce that Husband got the exact same road bike and loves it more than the last one (he loves biking like I love running) and keeps it very safe from dishonest, yucky evil doers.

Zac Update: my child is close to walking. Yeah, a month ago he was only army crawling. Now, he pushes himself into a standing position all the time and scoots using anything he can grab. At his 9 month appointment we found out how much like his daddy he is, not that we didn't already know that though. Zac is really tall and really skinny. He's somewhere around 75%-80% for height and 25% for weight. Ha! I laughed. Zac also likes to talk to us. The other day, Nate was changing the little guy's diaper and a boowob sound and Zac decided to repeat it. This is the first time we've seen him work out how to make the sound in his mouth. So adorable! Now, he won't stop saying, "booow booow booowoob". It's so cute.

Also, I realized something very important. Not going to school and having a baby is a TON easier than going to school and having a baby. Since I left UNM!!!!! WOOT WOOT!!! and don't have my BYU stuff yet, I have been able to get everything around the house done that I could possibly want to get done. It is sooo wonderful, especially after being sick for so long and incapable of doing anything. Our house is clean and I love it! But that doesn't mean I'm stopping going to school. No, sir. I'm getting my undergrad.

Also, this semester isn't as horrid as I imagined. I actually get to see my husband most days :) I really like to see him. Sometimes I'm not allowed to talk to him (for those of you who know me well, you know I LOVE to talk) because he has to study. Sometimes he leaves the room to dissuade me from speaking. Sometimes it works :) I love my husband. OHHHHH!!! Good story! I got up this morning and my husband had left me a "gift card". It was a 3*5 notecard which read, "This coupon is good for 1 gift card to BabiesRUs. (The great thing is that you get to choose the amount.)" You see, the other day I was at BabiesRUs buying Zac's new car seat and I saw so freaking adorable maternity clothes. I told Nate allllll about them and then he gave me a gift card!! They are super duper cute. I love them. Also, yes, I'm wearing maternity clothes now....they're quiet big but it's better than me wearing too small non-maternity clothes and much better than me going around naked.

Also, we find out on Monday whether our new baby is a boy baby Blacker or a girl baby Blacker. :)

Dear people who read this blog,

I am 16? weeks pregnant. I keep forgettinghow pregnant I am - not cause I don't feel pregnant but mostly because I'm losing my mind. Again. My due date is June 26th and we find out the sex on January 31st. Nathan thinks it's a girl. I think I might think so too.

Love,
The writer of this blog

It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's Zachary!

Our son flaps when he's happy and excited. It's how he communicates :)

Long time no blog

Hi everybody! Sorry you haven't been updated on our lives for a month. But this will make up for it all.

The first week of November, Becca came to visit and she brought lots of friends :) She's on BYU's women's Frisbee team and there was a tournament at UNM and half of them stayed at our house for the weekend. Loved it!!! It was so much fun to go cheer for them all afternoon long. BYU rocks. A really cool thing about this team is that they don't play on Sundays. They go to lots of tournaments but only play on Saturday. A couple years ago they went to a tournament and only played on Saturday and on Sunday when the rankings were posted, they were ranked 6th (?? it might have been 4th - can't remember) even after only having played on Saturday. Let me tell ya, they are that good! I especially loved being able to open our home to others and serve. It made me soooo excited for future letting-people-stay-at-our-house-happenings :) They also gave us a BYU Frisbee and they all signed it :) We hung in up on the wall. Hehehe. We can't wait to actually use it.

School is winding up. I Can NOT Wait for this week to be over. It will be so wonderful to feel free; to feel like I have time and energy to make dinner; to play with Zac all day long and not feel like a slacker; to have my husband around for 1 month and 1 week! Allllsssooo, when this week ends Bryan and Aubri will be getting married! YAY! New sister to love :) Also, I simply adore weddings. I really really enjoy them. A lot. Since we're part of the wedding part I've started to experiment with my hair to see how I want to do it. I haven't done anything fancy since my hair's been long so there are lots of experiments. Also, I've painted my nails fun and cutesy - they're purple :)

Another allllsoooo: after the wedding...WE'RE GOING TO UTAH FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!! Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I. LOVE. MY. FAMILY. I'm SOOOOO excited to spend time with my sisters and parents. It's not fun living far away from them.

Zac is an army crawler and can get to where ever he wants to be. Always. It's exciting but also kind of nerve wracking. He also LOVES to walk. During Thanksgiving, at the Blacker Grandparent's house where they have all tile floor, Zac would race around the house over and over and over and over again in his walker. He also likes to walk while someone holds his hands. Sometimes he cries simply because we aren't helping him stand up and walk around.

Cute but long video of Zac during bath time - it's cuter than the pictures.

We have a Christmas tree. Nate loves it. I love it. Zac Loves it (only with the lights on). We have a plethora of ornaments on it now (Thanks to Dad and Mom Blacker) and it looks pretty awesome.

Well, that was going to be all but then I remembered........................

Taylor Swift

Dear world, I love Taylor Swift's music. I love that she writes her own lyrics and music and that her music is real. It's about life as everyone knows it (especially teenagers in or out of relationships). If everything else fails, I love Taylor Swift's songs.

Then I also remembered...that bush/flower plant that was in the last post and was white. Yeah, it's not white now.



Also, Nathan gave Zac a "tooth" with mashed potatoes. Both my men were proud of themselves.



Now that's all :) MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!