Zack = Foster?

The BBQ at the Deeken's went well. We were going to stay for just a bit, but Zack insisted on eating before we went home, so we stayed longed than expected. Then I went and picked up Cliff and Mare. They were sooo excited to see their grandson.

Today, Mare has been a huge help with Zack. I think she'd hold him all day long if 1) he didn't want to eat every 30 minutes, and 2) we'd let him out of our reach that much. The big event for the day was taking Zack and the dogs to the park where the plan was to play ball with Sierra, watch Foster run around aimlessly, and for me to play Cliffy in tennis (plus generally just to get out of the house). Between the wind and the morons taking BP on the field and trying to go yard into the schoolyard, playground, and tennis courts, Jess and her Mom turned back with Zack. I took Sierra and Foster home when they interrupted our tennis game by grabbing the balls. After that, I gave Cliffy a tennis lesson. He wasn't too hungry for dinner, because he had a big helping of pride to eat on the court.

So the night before Zack was born Jess was reading a web site about personalities and zodiac signs (he's a Taurus). When she was reading it, we thought she was describing Foster to a T. Ever since, we've be noticing that Zack seems to be very similar to Foster.

Here are a few observations:

• They are both blond
• They both seem willing to eat non-stop (hence why Foster has massive turkey neck)
• They are both pretty lazy (Foster will lay down and sleep anywhere, anytime; Zack falls asleep when he is eating)
• They both stretch and yawn a lot
• They both make a lot of grunting noises
• They are both flatulent (Zack smiles when he farts and since we all know farting is funny, this makes me laugh)
• They both follow us around all the time (OK, so we're actually carrying Zack around, rather than him following)
• They both get very calm when they lay in our laps
• They both seem to have nightmares when sleeping and flail around
• They both like to sleep in strange positions (Foster will get up against the chair in the living room on his back with his legs facing one direction and his head the other)
  
• They both enjoy sleeping in bed between us (Foster seems to be learning that he has to stay at the base of the bed)
• They are both very curious (Foster keeps sniffing Zack and when Zack chooses to open his big Blue Steel eyes, he looks all over the place trying to figure out what the heck is going on)
• They are both stubborn (Foster will get kicked off the bed, walk around to the other side and jump back up; although Zack seems to be eating all the time, he prefers to do it on his schedule)
• They've both been known to pee on others (Foster has peed on dogs at the dog park, which made me laugh; and I'm not going to name names, but Zack has peed on someone when getting changed, which also made me laugh)
  
• They are both adorable and we love them so much