Ten On Tuesday

1. Zach and I are back from our weekend in the STL. We had a wonderful time and were so happy that we got to be part of Adam and Rebecca's big day. The wedding was gorgeous and we had lots of fun seeing old friends. Here is the happy couple. I actually had never met Rebecca before but she seemed like a wonderful person and obviously adores Adam, which is all that matters.

 

2. Of course the other couple of the weekend was Zach and Adam, best friends since grade school. It was so touching to see the two of them celebrating this huge event in Adam's life. Adam was the best man in our wedding and Rowan's Godfather, so he is very loved by all of us. The two of them are like brother's and I love seeing how much fun they have when they get together. Apparently Fayetteville Arkansas is only three hours from here so maybe we can hang out with The Kingrees more often.

 Theses two were possibly going a little crazy after five hours of pictures!

3. Zach did take his groomsmen duties seriously, including taking part in the forced Village People YMCA dance. The DJ left quite a bit to be desired, but all the guys were great sports about it.

4. Of course Zach and I took our customary wedding picture together. Not really sure why, since we look exactly the same in every one. But we had a great weekend away from the boys, though we missed them dearly and wished we could have been part of the Blakley Farm fun. Next time I guess.

Here we are with our personalized champagne bottles. Very cute!

5. I got to see all my St. Louis girls as well which was beyond fun. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. I love them all and miss the daily comedy that came with working with them. I do not, however, miss the stress and drama of that floor. So I guess I'll just be taking some weekend trips to St. Louis!

6. I still feel terrible, actually this has worsened over the past few days. I completed my antibiotics last week and a course of steroids. I was feeling better when we left, but now I feel horrible, my head feels like it might explode, I can't stop coughing, my chest hurts, everything hurts, and I am miserable. I have acquired a primary care physician and will be seeing her tomorrow, so hopefully we can get all this under control. I work Thursday and Friday which is going to be rough, but already didn't work Monday so going to have to suck it up. Very sick of being sick!

7. Rowan continues to have green snot pouring out of his face as well. He is almost done with his second round of antibiotics. I don't know, I guess it's just his baseline now. He also has a molar coming in, which is just silly since all his front teeth haven't come in yet. The poor kid cannot catch a break and continues to be pretty miserable. I wish he could just feel better at some point, well that and get use to his new routine. Being one is really hard.

8. Today we tried to power through my feeling terrible for an afternoon of fun in the backyard. It was a little chilly, but just right in the sun. We had snack time outside, Zane pushed Rowan in the car, and they actually played fairly nicely together the whole time. It was much needed fresh air for everyone

 As cute as this  below picture is a fight broke out over the car shortly after, obviously.

9. Rowan is starting to try to talk more, in his own little one year old way. Today he tried to say ball, pretty adorably. Last night he said "blast off" amazingly well while we were watching little Einsteins. He babbles or yells pretty much all the time now so I'm sure he'll have a burst of vocabulary soon.

10. Today was the first day that Rowan has shown any interest in books. With my utter lack of energy I decided that I could maybe pull off a trip to the library (p.s. why do they need two forms of picture ID to get a library card? I threw a huge fit so they let me get one without a second form, but seriously America, the people who need the library have zero forms of ID, except possibly a freaking library card if you would let them have one!!!) Ok I'm off my soap box. Anyway I took them to the library in hopes of them being calm and reading books so I could rest. It worked perfectly. Zane loves all the books he got and Rowan now has started bringing me books as well. Rowan is violent with them, usually hitting me in the face with them multiple times, but he has sat and listened to a few books and has entered the "take all the books off the shelf" phase. He likes turning the pages and wants to be part of book time when I read to Zane. All good things, now we just need to practice being gentle with Mommy's poor pounding head.

Here's hoping I get some good drugs tomorrow so I can feel better soon! Happy Tuesday