Ten on Tuesday

1. Mom arrived in snowy St. Louis Saturday. It snowed all day and has been gloomy and cold ever since. So there has been no garden planting or strolling through the botanical gardens. Instead we have watched Zane roll all over the house, causing great destruction. We have also made great strides on our Nova Scotia trip planning.

2. Mom and I are going to Nova Scotia at the end of July to go whale watching and relax by the sea. Today we booked plane tickets, a rental car, and a bed and breakfast right by the ocean, I can't wait. We aren't really sure what we are going to do once we get to Halifax, but I am sure we will come up with some great ideas between now and July.

3. Over the past week Zane has become 100% more destructive and mobile. Part of this, I'm sure, is because he is feeling better than he has in a long time. We are done with his antibiotics, his little cough is pretty much gone, and he doesn't have any other illnesses ( knock on wood). This means that he is crawling all over the house, pulling things off the coffee table, pulling baskets over on himself, trying to pull up on things, and eating things off the floor, all the classic 9 month old activities. I lay in bed at night contemplating how he will get his first skull fracture, that' the neuro nurse in me. I need to to start putting away all the breakable things that are within his reach. Sigh....

4. Also over the past week Zane has decided that he thinks his bedtime should be pushed back two hours, from 7:30 to 9:30. This is nice because I was able to see him yesterday after work, but it is much harder to get him convinced he needs to go to sleep. He just can't stop moving, so it becomes a bit of a battle. In good news he has been sleeping from 9:30 to 7:00 which is great.

5. Today mom, Zane, and I had Italian food for lunch, which meant that Zane got his first taste of the famous St. Louis toasted ravioli. Needless to say he loved the toasted ravs and my cheese tortellini. He is an eating champ these days and has done great the few times we've gone to restaurants lately.

6. Zane now has three teeth. His bottom teeth and one of his top teeth are officially in. The second top tooth will be here soon. His little smile looks so different now, adorable, but different.

7. Zach is busy studying for his test next week, in between his long trips for work. He told me today that he will be driving at least 3.5 hours each day all week. Not exactly the relaxing week that he needs before his test, but he is powering through. It has been great to have mom here this week to help watch Zane while Zach is studying or out of town. He will be staying over night in Peoria, IL tomorrow.

8. This week is my father in law's last week of work at Caterpillar after 30 some odd years. He officially retires Friday. Happy retirement Mike!!! This means you guys can come up and see Zaney anytime.

9. Zach and I are going to see Conan O'Brian this Saturday at The Fox Theatre with my friend Michelle. That is if Michelle doesn't go into labor first. Keep that baby in there a little bit longer Michelle, we have to see Conan.

10. I am in the process of learning how to use the Silhouette cutting machine that I'm boring from Able. I have a lot of ideas of things I want to do, but I have yet to figure out how it really works or how to down load new designs. My first order of business is to make a Happy Birthday sign for Zane. I feel like it is probably going to take me the entire 3 months until his birthday to get this done, but it is going to be super cute.