I've had a wonderful day, in fact, a wonderful weekend. Yesterday, we all met up with my Aunt Linda, Cousin Rebekah and her two children at the Como Zoo. We got sprinkled on a little, but it was fun to watch the kids with all of the animals. Sparky the sea lion was inside and took a break from swimming to perch on the ledge by the glass and go almost nose to nose with Jack. We (and the other guests at the zoo) were much more impressed with this than Jack was. Jack was like, hey. Yeah, the lady next to me is as interesting as a sea lion. After the zoo, we came home, and Jack and our cat, Hank, gave me their cards and a little present. The Clever King said that those two didn't understand a calendar well enough to know when the actual mother's day was. The book from Jack is so sweet - Someday by Alison Meghee and Peter H. Reynolds. Only slightly less heartbreaking than Love You Forever by Robert Munsch and Sheila McGraw. After a trip to the grocery store, we put Jack to bed, Nick bought some wine and flowers, we cooked an Indian dinner, and settled in to watch an episode of Lost (on tape from Thursday night) and Ratatouille.
Today, Jack slept in until 7am (thanks for the gift, Jack) and then CK took Jack downstairs so I could sleep a bit more. I made it until almost 9am! This helped tip the scales even farther on the side of wellness for me; I am almost fully recovered now. Then Jack went down for a nap, and Comet came over to watch him while Nick and I went out to breakfast at one of our favorite spots. We came home, took a walk, played with Jack outside, and Nick gave me gifts from him, The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters and Burt's Bees foot cream and the promise of a foot massage. Jack went to sleep at 6:40pm and I am passing time until the season finale of Brothers and Sisters.
In other news...
Yesterday, we felt a little tooth bud for Jack on the bottom, his first one. It seems like he has been working on it for months and now it is finally emerging. Today, we felt another one on the bottom, so looks like he is getting two at the same time. He celebrated by feeding himself lots of Gerber puffs today. (Yes, Keith and Brian, he does eat that "Gerber" food now.)
We are headed to visit Nick's family in New Zealand a week from Tuesday. I don't think I have even mentioned the trip on the blog. We booked the seats a little while ago and then illness has been bogging us down. We have a lot of preparation before we will be ready to go, as I am headed to Madison this weekend with Jack for an annual get together with my high school girlfriends and CK will be having the Brodeo Part II at our house. Maybe spring will finally be here to stay in Minnesota by the time we return in early June.
I'm sure there are other things, but I can't think of any right now. All my love to the mothers and other special women out there. A special bit of love to my mom who has been gone for 22 1/2 years, but whom I think about everyday as I look into the eyes of my son.
Thanks to Jen for the lovely photo!
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