Family Alive

Josiah’s been battling a dripping cold for a couple days.  He slept ok last night, but in spite of feeling terrible today, he only grudgingly went down for his nap.  After about 40 minutes, he woke and sobbed for an hour straight, not napping, just laying on my chest, not sucking on his paci, totally out of the ordinary for him.  I thought for sure it was an ear infection, as Analise had one that hit just like that.  I got a super-last minute appointment (had to be there in 10 min and wake poor napping Analise).  I grabbed a bag of M&M’s and the laptop for entertainment on my way out the door.  No ear infection, thankfully.  We’ll just wait out the cold.  But my pat on the mommy-back today was that Analise was amazing with me at the doctor’s. She’s freaked out the last couple times we’ve been, even if she’s been there for J’s visit and not for herself. She was SO GOOD, and so was Josiah. I was so happy. And the whining factor was so much less today, too. Whew. That’s a good day. 

We had an amazing dinner… I’ll post the recipe in another blog.  But it was Sesame Chicken, served with brown rice, steamed veggies and in a late addition for Brian, a box mix of Toasted Sesame (rice) Noodles from the brand Thai Kitchen. Yum-O!  Analise even said, "I like this chicken, Mommy… thanks for making it for me!" That’s another pat on the mommy-back for today.

The kiddos went to bed very easily tonight, and Brian and I just enjoyed a quiet evening snuggled on the couch watching Ocean’s Thirteen. Such a fun movie!  And the most exciting news is we might be snowed in tomorrow am.  Haha.  Just kidding.  But we do have lots of news warnings to be alert for poor travel tomorrow am, thanks to the *possible* 1-3 (or 3-5 if you’re one of the big dreamers, like Brian) inches of snow we probably won’t get. Ha. These people would never survive north of the Mason-Dixon line .