Excuses Excuses

I sat down to blog, and was trying to think of a good title. All I could come up with was a bunch of excuses for why I haven't blogged in so long. All of them are legitimate, but...

First of all, Nicholas has been very sick. To be completely honest, it scared the living crap out of us. He has been so healthy - he's almost 16 months old, and has never really been sick - until now. It started as a cold, but quickly turned to a double ear infection with a high fever. At one point, I got 103.7 on the thermometer. This went on for about a week, but thankfully, he is finally felling better. He wasn't really eating much, and I think he lost a little weight. I'm enjoying watching him eat again - he's got some making up to do. I put him on the scale yesterday, and I'm estimating he lost about 3 pounds.

I have to say, for the past few days, he has been such a happy little guy. I think he's just so relieved to be feeling better. It was a rough week. And, to top it off, we had scheduled to have the floors refinished. So, we spent two days at my parents, and left a little early when my dad got sick, and one night at the Cutlers'. The floors look amazing. They're still a bit stinky, but we're dealing with it. And I'm just thinking... I should have taken a picture to post, but I forgot. I'll put one up next time. It's just so nice to be home.

We did have fun at Grandma and Grandpa's and Nana and Papa's, though. He colored, and played with the dogs, watched the snow, and took lots of naps. He was a very good boy under the circumstances.

Our goal is to have the CO by the end of the week. Say a prayer. I swear, if there's one more setback, I'm going to need to be medicated...