Ten on Tuesday

1. Matt came back from his trip last week, and now he's off again! What a traveler! This time he's in NOLA for the ORS/AAOS conferences.

2. I think he won't recognize Asa when he gets back. He is growing SOOO much! Unbelievable how that little tongue clip turned everything around (oh yeah, and peaches might have had something to do with it, too).

3. Asa now eats about 6 peach wedges, 10-12 greenbeans or 1/2 a pear, a cube of some type of babyfood I've made (sweet potatoes or butternut squash so far), 2 tablespoons of oatmeal, and then sometimes a banana puff or two or a soda cracker... twice a day! The boy can put down some food! :) We love it.

4. Mom is here visiting. It's the best. :) Nuff said.

5. Mom has been helping me do a spring cleaning of sorts. Wow. Who knew you could jam so much stuff in your closets?

6. Our cleaning out has made me determined that I MUST use fabric from my stash, scrapbooking supplies from my tubs, and rubber stamps from my collection before I buy more. Out. of. control. Wow. I too easily get into "it's too pretty to use." I can't let myself do that! I need to USE and ENJOY--that's what I bought it for!

7. Asa is teething. If you've tried to sleep in the same house as a teething baby... especially if you have been the nursing mama, you know how that is. I figured out his new weight (YEA) entitles him to a little bit more Tylenol in a dose. We adjusted last night and he went 4 hour stretches overnight for the first time in probably at least a week... except the one feeding I decided to see if it was really the Tylenol making a difference, so I skipped the dose... and he woke up 2.5 hours later. Yup--the Tylenol is helping... and I am praising the Lord it is! He even slept in an hour this morning AND took great naps today since he wasn't so exhausted. Hooray!

8. We have had some beautiful weather here this week! I think spring might actually come. :) Red buds and Japanese Maples are already blooming on our street!

9. Asa had what was hopefully his last blood work for a LONG time yesterday. He is such a trooper! They actually got a line in his arm (wow!) and the blood flowed fast once they got it positioned correctly. Praise God!

10. Tomorrow Asa has what will hopefully be his last weight check before we got back to the normal well child visit schedule. We love Dr. K, but it will (Lord willing) be so nice to know he's back on track and doesn't need the weekly weight checks. We should get the blood work results back at our appt. as well. We are praying for good news!