On the Mend

We are finally over the sickness hurdle and coming to the finish line, for this cold/flu anyway. It was horrible for a few days. I even took Baby J to the dr on Friday to make sure he was okay. The dr confirmed that it was the flu but that he was okay. He weighed 12 pounds 8 ounces - even the icky flu didn't slow down his eating!!! We spent the weekend putting together the kids' new playset they got for Christmas. L & S have been truly helping their dad built this gigantic thing. It has been so heartwarming to watch them on this project. I helped a little today. We are almost done - attach the slide and the rockwall and it's done but we ran out of daylight tonight so we'll finish it up in the morning. It has been nice having Daddy Piper home during this Christmas break (the contractor he's working for shuts down for 2 weeks because they all work out of town so they went home for the holidays - Daddy Piper'll be back to work next Monday). We also spent some time during the last few days watching old video of the kids. One common thread - I always have a pile of laundry on my couch :-( I VOW to get better at this homemaker thing. I found this really cool mom's calendar thing and am trying to stick with it. I have been much better lately since putting together my homemaker's binder but since having Baby J my schedule has been kitty-wompus so hopefully having a daily to-do list on the fridge will help me. We had our Christmas celebration with my mom last night. It went well. We are going to my sister's next Saturday to celebrate with them. We were supposed to go last week but didn't because of our flu bug. So that should be fun this weekend.

Baby J is still a wonderful little baby. He is cooing and smiling like crazy. He is a bit more fussy in the evenings lately, I think maybe this sickness or could be colickly - who knows?!? He has been more particular eating lately though. I almost gave him a formula bottle the other night because he was so fussy and I thought he might be hungry. We worked through it though. He continues to sleep great - thank goodness!!!! We have done more tummy time lately. He has rolled over from his front to back. Instead of rushing him, I'll be happy if he's a late walker like his sister : -)

Okay - now I am off to complete my checklist for the evening!