Feeling Better...

Finally, it appears Noah is feeling better!  He has been absolutely miserable for the past few days - totally stuffed up, runny nose, cough, pink-eye and fever.  He has been extremely irratible and whiny - not himself - and driving Susan and I to our collective breaking point!  Thankfully, he seemed better this morning and then, when he woke up from his nap this afternoon, he seemed much better.  So much so that we decided to head out, try to do some shopping and grab a quick, family dinner...it went pretty smoothly (except that Susan's and my dinner was extremely slow to arrive - not good with a 2-year old!).

We'll knock on wood and hope that he continues to be on the mend tomorrow.  His not feeling well has really delayed our progress on the new house - it's been extremely difficult to get anything done while he's been so fussy.  We certainly can't blame him - he's obviously not feeling well - but it's been frustrating nonetheless.  Susan and I both like things to be somewhat orderly - and we are very far from that at this point; over a week into our move...but what can you do?

Noah was great at dinner - despite the relatively late time for him...he usually goes to bed around 7:30 and we only received our food around that time tonight (slow - we would have likely taken to go if we hadn't both ordered fish)!  He was back to his usual, goofy self - which we love.  He ate almost all of his rather large grilled cheese and the fries that came with it.  He also decided that he would line up his food in his favorite "traffic" pattern on his plate (see below).  He even was singing along to Mumford and Sons on the ride home...even though it was after 8pm.  He also went down to sleep without a fuss - which has been an unusual issue the past few days.  We can see the light at the end of the tunnel - and it is much welcomed!  Unfortunately, we still think it's the prudent thing to do to stay home from swimming tomorrow - so he'll miss that for the second week in a row.  We'll try to make up for it ourselves. 

He continues to make progress with showing interest in using his right hand - today, unprovoked at breakfast he tried grabbing his water cup with his right hand and tried eating a cheerio, too, and then at dinner he tried drawing with the crayons they gave him with his kids menu!  We really think that the camp in July will be coming at a great time for him....it's a long road with ups and downs, but we are continuing to feel better about things ourselves!


"Oh no, traffic!"