Ten on Tuesday

1. Today I had planned to take Zane to the Zoo before his first nap. However, he was very emotional this morning, needing lots of cuddles. By the time he woke up from his first nap it was already blazing hot and humid so no Zoo today. Just a quick trip to Target, the bookstore, and then back home for laundry and play time. Not a very exciting day.

2. We took family pictures and Zane's first year pictures at the botanical gardens on Friday. We started at 10am, but that proved to still be too late in the day, as it was already 90 degrees with 95% humidity. It was good that we did family pictures first because by the end of it I was drenched in sweat. It was difficult to get Zane to stay in one place long enough to get his picture taken, what with him being one and all, but we gave it a shot. Hopefully she at least got a few good shots. We shall see.

3. Zane and I are flying home Friday for a quick weekend visit with the family. I know I have said this before, but this really will be Zane and I's first flying trip by ourselves, as long as no one gets sick this time. I am going to take the stroller and he can walk, so I think it should be fine. Hopefully he sleeps on the plane like he has previously.

4. I do have a few concerns about flying since the past few days Zane has been an emotional wreck. I am blaming it on his belly and praying this isn't a knew phase. He had gone about a week and a half with out Pepcid and I think had started to get a belly ache again. That added to a few constipation issues and he was a very upset little boy all weekend long. Multiple fits were thrown, tears were shed by all parties, and no one got much sleep. But we have a new Pepcid prescription and drank some apple juice so things should be turning around.

5. Zach's friend Adam was in town Friday and Saturday for their friend's wedding Saturday evening. We had a great visit and Zane warmed up to Adam quickly. I got off on Saturday so Zach and Adam were able to go to the wedding together in Columbia, MO.  It sounded like they had a great time. Congrats to Andrew and Keri on their wedding, have fun in Hawaii

6. Last night I watched the D.C. and NYC fireworks shows. I have always favored D.C. because Abbey use to live there and nothing is more patriotic than our nations capital. That being said, NYC's fireworks were leaps and bounds better than D.C.'s last night. Who knew? I would have rather that NYC's were also set to the music of military bands, but I guess you can't have it all. I miss seeing live fireworks though. I could hear them going off outside all night, but didn't see any this year.

7. This evening I went to say good bye to two friends from work who are going to do travel nursing for a while. I will miss their happy faces at work. They both have been beyond supportive over the last year. Good luck Jen and Beth, come back soon!

8. Today I started working on my anniversary year in review book. This is usually a fun task, looking back on all the things we did over the past year of marriage. Keep in mind I do the book from August to August, so the first months I had to do this year were September, October, November, and December. Shoot me! I got to November, was crying, and had to quit. I contemplated not doing it, as I don't really want to look back on a lot of this year. However, I have done one every other year and I am sure I would regret not doing it at some point.

9. After getting highly depressed with the year in review book I decided to work on Zane's scrapbook. I have finished all his pages that Abbey set up for me, but still have a few I'm thinking about doing myself, like an eating cake page, and a page about Mooly the cow. This was a much happier creative outlet and I have loved how all the pages have turned out.

10. Tonight I had a horrible glimpse into what working nights with Zane is going to be like. I was getting ready and unable to pay attention to him for maybe 30 minutes and he had a complete melt down. At the end of the 30 minutes I was able to cuddle him and all was right with the world, I didn't have to leave him crying at the door. I am pretty certain that the first time that happens I am going to quit my job. It is going to be awful. Time needs to slow down because I have to go to nights on, wait for it, my dad's birthday, August 14th. Classic Audra's life. Gotta love it!

Happy Tuesday everyone!