Sweet Zara is 10 + months old.  She is changing and growing every day.  She is quite the communicator these days and is using her signs.  She tells me with signs when she wants milk, when she is all done, when she wants more, she waves hi and bye and even says the word "hi" when she waves.  Zara is pointing to things with an questioning look on her face, it is like she is already asking me what everything is in the world.  Zara is still a sweet and calm baby.  She is balancing on her feet and I feel like she will be taking her first steps by herself any day now.  She gives hugs and kisses (sometimes messy) and seems to be arriving in her mind and body more every day.  She is doing great with me being back at school and is even spending one full day a week with her nanny Bridget and her friend Penny Rose.  She is playing muscial instraments and loves the drums and xylophone:)

Zara got a tube toy from IKEA and loves to crawl in and out of it.  She seems to be needing more and more interesting toys, hard to keep up with the constant evolution of these amazing creatures.  At least mama can get creative with toys and find just about anything in the cabinet to entertain sweet Z.

I am also doing well.  I am finding it difficult to keep up with life right now but I feel like I am getting into a grove.  I just need to minimize any kind of social interactions after school so I can focus on getting some exercise and spending a few hours a day with Zara.  I find that it is more difficult for me to find balance when I am going 100 mph all day and all evening.  I hope that eventually I will figure out how to keep myself from spinning out of control but for some reason this transition into fall has been very busy for us, maybe this winter things will slow down a bit:)  We are heading to KC tomorrow to spend some time with family.   I am so excited for Z to meet her cousins, aunts, and uncles.  I hope she enjoys her first airplane trip.