Ten on Tuesday

1. The basement saga continues and has become a much bigger deal than originally thought. We have had to take up all the laminate hard wood floor that was in the bedroom (we should be able to reuse most of the boards).  Not all o f the floor was wet, but a lot of it was. After three days of fans blowing, sucking up the water, and leaving the windows open everything seems to have dried out. We shampooed the small area of carpet that was wet, so that doesn't smell bad anymore. Now we just have to figure out how to fix the "leaking" issue before putting any of the flooring back down. Sigh....

2. Due to this debacle I haven't been able to exercise in a while. The basement is a wreck, with all the bedroom furniture in my workout space. Not to mention the wet dog smell ( which is better today). I went down earlier today in hopes of exercising tonight. I am frustrated with the weight loss journey, not mention the basement craziness.

3. This past weekend, in the mist of the basement leaking situation, we went to Zach's Grandma's 80th birthday party, followed by grilling hamburgers for Zach's family at our house. It was tons of fun and I think Georgia had a great time. Here are some of the party pics. Zane loved crawling all over the gym where we were, with help from his cousins and first cousin's once removed :)

4. We are planning on going down to Zach's parent's this weekend for Mother's Day. Hopefully we can get to their house through all the flooding that is going on down there. I wonder what my boys will get me for Mother's Day ( hint hint Zach)!

5. On a garden update: we have a new varmint of some kind. There are little holes in our yard and two big burrowed holes in our gardens. One of our tomato plants was dug up/killed. The holes in the yard are small and Zach thinks it is either a chipmunk ( do they tunnel?) or a vole, which I had never even heard of. After googling it, I learned it is basically a mouse like rodent that has a stouter body than a mouse. They have small burrows with many exit holes, which basically describes our yard right now. Anyone know how to get rid of voles??

6. I haven't been able to plant any fun flowers yet, what with all the non stop rain. It has stopped raining but it is still very muddy. Today, on Zane and I's and walk, we saw some beautiful yards, I need to get on the ball.

7. I am getting excited about our upcoming Oklahoma trip. I can't believe I haven't been home since January. Hopefully Zach doesn't get sick this time. I am, of course, nervous about the plane ride, especially since Zane hates being held now. That should be fun!

8. Here is Zane's cheezy picture of the day. He is the funniest kid I have ever met. His little personality keeps me entertained all day. Here he is in his Butterfly House t-shirt, courtesy of Grandma B, cheesing it up in the office.

9. Zane is working hard on walking. He is cruising quickly around the coffee table ( my coffee table has never been so clean). He is also "talking" a lot more now, including saying ma ma more than just when he is crying. Too much fun!

10. In other great Zane news, he is taking longer naps and sleeping threw the night on a regular basis. He is getting so big, I can't believe it.