silly sunday

As I hoped, things went much more smoothly today. Dennis was still as irritable as could be this morning, but I was sick and so poor David had to deal with it. I can't tell if I'm having a fall allergy attack (because a heck of a lot of grass was mowed around here this weekend) or if I'm coming down with a cold. Dennis and I both have itchy eyes and tiredness and he is coughing a tiny bit while I have a sore throat. I have wanted to sleep all day except for when I wanted to eat, and Dennis napped a good bit as well. We realized about 7:30 that his afternoon nap had actually stretched to his bedtime without him waking up, so we got him up and fed him and played with him for a long time before putting him back down. I can hear him walking around in his crib right now.

He was in a sweet sunny mood this afternoon and we played with his cars for hours. He wanted to snuggle a little and we indulged him in that as well. The cutest things he did today were 'helping' us with the laundry (meaning he snatched clean clothes from the pile to play with) and twirling around in circles in his room and then staggering drunkenly until he fell down in a fit of giggles. I don't know why dizziness is such a fun experience for him, but apparently it is. Strange. But very cute.

He doesn't have fever and he seems to feel okay, but I think he's got itchy eyes from the way he's scratching them and he's been swiping at his nose a bit so it must be runny. Very mild, whatever it is, and I'm hoping that's the reason for yesterday's terrible moods. And I'm proud to announce the arrival of tooth #14 (the second upper incisor, so now he has fangs), which might also explain some of the moodiness as well. I have no excuse for my own moodiness and will just have to plead female hormonal-ness.

We are holed up in this house with all our healthy groceries, and we are taking our vitamins and hoping for the best. It's going to be too nice outside this week to be sick. So we won't be. I just know it. We rested all day while David took care of us (such a great Dad and husband he is!) and we'll be rarin' to go in the morning (but not early).