Zeke's new friends...

We've just been in the country about 12 hours and Zeke has already charmed several people, most of whom have been grown men. While coming home from the airport, traffic moved a little slowly and a car pulled up next to our van with three grown men across the front seat. All three of the men began to smile and wave at Zeke, who did the same back to them. When we went out at 2 in the morning to get something to eat (see the Family Blog), a man in the restaurant squatted beside Zeke's stroller, pulling out his camera phone to take a picture. Anyway, we can't speak a word of the language yet, but Zeke is already helping us meet new people. He seems to be having fun, as well.

Zeke's first Birthday Party!

We celebrated Zeke's first birthday today. He had lots of friends and family come. We ate hot dogs and hamburgers and his mother made a really cool dinosaur cake. Zeke had a lot of fun and is already looking forward to his second birthday. If you want to see more pictures from the party, click here.

Zeke's walking for real!!!

Zeke's finally walking! He just decided to take off the day before yesterday. Anyway, without further ado, here he is!

Happy Birthday to Zeke...well, maybe not...

Well, we went to take Zeke to have the traditional first birthday picture with the cake and the balloons and all. He wanted the cake the whole way to the picture place and while we were waiting to get called back. Here's the result...

Go figure. Well, he did end up having a happy birthday despite the picture.

Grocery Shopping

Here's a fun video of Zeke with a grocery cart and his high chair...

Down by the Riverside...

So, there's a little creek that runs near the place where we are in VA. Here are a couple of pictures of Zeke sitting down by it.

To the Zoo...

We went to a zoo in Natural Bridge, TN on the way to Richmond. It turned out to be really good. They had pumas and tigers and bears, oh my! (No lions, though.) They also had a variety of monkeys, peacocks, ostriches, pigs, llamas, camels, giraffes, elephant, and a wide assortment of other birds, reptiles, and little furry creatures. Zeke had a lot of fun. We offered him to the bear, but the bear didn't want him. Here are some pictures. Some of the animals were more cooperative than others: