On the mend...

James is finally starting to be his "normal" little self again. He has been fussy with a low grade fever and runny nose since Wednesday. I don't know whether it is teething or a little cold. Either way, I'm ready for my happy baby boy to return to sleeping through the night and playing happily. He has had periods of happiness during these past few days, which have been just wonderful. He crawled from the living room into the kitchen for the first time on Thursday. Before, he would just crawl around the living room... now he is adventursome! And I have to be extra careful because EVERYTHING goes into his mouth... goldfish or grapes that Jemma dropped, lint or a dryer sheet from the laundry, strings or straps or anything else that he can get his fast little hands on! Jemma was so good... she hardly ever put anything in her mouth and he is quite the opposite. Here are some pictures from Wednesday night... James was so happy that Daddy left his backpack on the ground... look a strap!!


Enough of that strap... he's off to explore something else...


Jemma went to school today. She still has a runny nose and cough, but the fever seems to be gone and her energy is returning. The teacher said she did great today. It was so strange for us to stay home Thursday, Friday and Saturday... we didn't venture out anywhere. I did take the kids outside for a stroll on Friday and Saturday because it was just beautiful weather, but they both stayed in the stroller and both were extremely quiet... you could definitely tell that both were not feeling well!


I threw a little babyshower for Merin (my neighbor) on Sunday. We had it at a little restaurant called The Painted Lady. It was so, so nice! The food was fabulous, the service excellent, and the room was elegant and perfect. We all had such a great time and Merin seemed to really enjoy herself! I love babyshowers!! :) Jim kept both kids... James took a 3 1/2 hour nap (he never does that for me) and Jemma took a 1 1/2 hour nap on the living room floor. Apparently she decided that she was tired, so she took out her nap mat, laid on the floor, and went to sleep. I usually have to coax/battle to get her to take a nap! The kids always seem to do so nicely for their Daddy. When I returned, he had them both at the park and they were just as happy as ever.

Now it is 8 pm on Monday night and both kids are in bed, Jim is reviewing information for his 5 AM brief and I am going to try to get myself organized for the upcoming weeks! Plus I need to get to bed soon... if James' pattern continues, he will be up at least 3 times tonight...