Welcome to Zach's Blog

After seemingly endless prodding, teasing and thinly veiled condescension from friends and family, my wife and I have finally succumbed to peer pressure and have entered the 21st century. That's right, we are now officially "blogging". Besides, what better way to introduce ourselves to this mysterious and novel medium than through the shameless exploitation of our wonderful little boy, Zachary Winston Williams. Since before he was even born Zach has been a constant source of "oohs" and "aahs" which I have piously and painstakingly documented with my camera. Indeed, you- the common citizen of the Internet, will no longer have to miss out on precious moments such as "Baby's first dirty diaper" or "Baby blows milk out his nose all over mom".

During the first months of his life, Zach has had his photograph taken ad nauseum. I have countless photos of myself, Lesley, friends, family and a few complete strangers holding our son in every possible setting imaginable. There are so many photos in fact, that it would be impractical and maybe even a bit cruel to post them all here. So in order to conserve both available memory and the readers sanity, the plan is to pick a 'small' handful of the best pictures and include a link to my flickr website for those with the fortitude to tackle the rest.

On my son's behalf, I would like to extend my sincerest appreciation and gratitude for your interest in his life. I hope all of you will enjoy watching him grow and develop over the next months and years. I know I will.
~Kacy

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Saturday, September 6, 2008

Zach Sits Up

10 steps to get your 6 month old child to sit up on their very own.

STEP 1: Clear you schedule

STEP 2: Redefine your interpretation of the word "patience"

STEP 3: Test your new found perspective by taking two dozen cats to a dog park and herd them into a hula-hoop placed on the ground in the center of the field. If you fail, give up or lose any cats, go back to step one. If you succeed, proceed to step four.

STEP 4: Prepare the practice area. To do this you must remove any sharp or hard objects within a 100 foot diameter of your child. Failure to do so will result in your child's' skull making instant contact with said object(s).

STEP 5: Bend your child at the hips and place their bottom firmly on the ground.

STEP 6: Let go of your child

STEP 7: Stop the bleeding by applying firm pressure with a clean cloth applied to your child's' skull.

STEP 8: Remove hard/sharp object from the practice area and go back to step 5. Repeat as necessary (minimum of 10 times)

STEP 9: Once your child successfully sits for 5 seconds, acquire video recorder to document the event.

STEP 10: Push "record" and go back to step one



3 comments:

Nalini Asha Biggs said...

Ha! that was AWESOME! I never thought I could be so entertained watching a baby learn to sit up but knowing Zach now it's really great. happy for all of you. now lets not teach him to walk...sitting is good... he can just chill...right in front of the TV.
we miss you guys so much!

Travis said...

Ha ha. He's like a gumby. You just need to hold him in the right position long enough and he'll stay there for a while.

Unknown said...

That's fantastic. Reminds me of my first christmas photos. I kept falling over with a smile on my face and my dad's hand caught my head from hitting the brick repeatedly.

I miss you guys!
~Kris