Ten on Tuesday

1. I am happy to report that Zach, Zane, and I have survived yet another Missouri earthquake. There was a 4.2 magnitude earthquake with the epicenter in Sullivan, MO. It woke us up at 3am and sounded like something was hitting the roof. When I woke up I felt like we were shaking and the numbers on our clock, which is projected onto the ceiling, where shaking so I thought it might be an earthquake. When I woke up this morning and googled it, I was right! There was some damage, one of the birds on my wreath fell off, but we are recovering well. :)

2. Zane is walking more and more each day. Yesterday  he walked across the kitchen to me, Sunday he walked from the coffee table to the office, and today he walked from his room to the living room holding a ball. He walks amazingly well when he isn't thinking about it and if no one is watching. I think he may be going gang busters by his birthday! He does look like a little Frankenstein, walking with his arms out for balance.

3. I am back to food tracking and working out. I hope I can see some progress again. It is truly summer now so it is very hot, which means the working out is going on in the basement. I know I will go off the tracks for Zane's birthday, but it's ok.

4. The basement project continues. This weekend it became clear that we wouldn't be able to reuse the laminate floor that was there before, which meant a day of running from Lowe's to Home Depot and then back to Lowe's trying to figure out which type/color of flooring to buy. All while Zach and I were terrible moods because we were having to spend money we didn't have on something we didn't want to be buying. We ended up picking a darker color flooring and by Sunday night Zach had all the flooring down. The floors looks great, now he just has to put the floor boards back down and fix the carpet before the guests arrive.

5. I am putting the finishing touches on all of the birthday decorations and plans. I am almost completely done with Zane's scrapbook, have finished matting the 12 pictures that are going to be out for the party, and Zane and I picked up his birthday plate this afternoon. Here is the finished project. The orange turned out more of a melon color than I was hoping, but all and all I think it turned out pretty cute.

 6. Zane and I both have  a bit of runny nose/scratchy throat. I am hoping that we are just having an allergy flare up and that I'm not getting sick. I am loading up on vitamin C and water though, just in case. This evening Zane was pretty pathetic and cuddly, hopefully we aren't heading down hill.

7. I want to wish a happy 10 year anniversary, a little early, to my sister Abbey and her husband Brent. Their anniversary is the 9th and sadly I am missing their big party this weekend. I love you guys and will be there in spirit. Here's wishing you many more happy, healthy, years of marriage ahead.

8. Zane has a new favorite word, no. You would think this would be frustrating or possibly him being bratty, but it is actually highly adorable. When I put him on the changing table or take him out of the room he wants to be in he says "no no no no" in the cutest voice, with his little lips sticking out, making a perfect little circle. I know that doesn't sound cute on paper, but if you saw it you would melt.

9. I would like to welcome baby Donovan Zane into the world and congratulate his parents Chrissie and Eric and big sister Serenity. I have to say I love that middle name :)

10. This evening Zach had a softball game so Zane and I had a quiet evening at home together. I scrapbooked some final pages for Zane's book, while he crawled/walked around the house exploring/destroying things. He loves carrying his straw cup around these days, though he rarely drinks from it. We had a great time together, I can't believe how big he is getting. Time is going by too quickly.