Sick

Yesterday Thomas was sick - really sick - for the first time. Well, he had a fever once before and we got nervous, but this time he was vomiting. Somehow I never thought of sicknesses when I thought of all the firsts we would go through.

The poor kid slept nearly 13 hours, so we should have known something was wrong, but when he threw up just a little right after he woke up, I thought it was a fluke. 2 crib sheets and 3 outfits later, we knew: Thomas was sick. At first, every time he threw up he'd look really startled - what just happened to me? - then, after a minute, he'd start to cry. And the poor kid was hungry, so he wanted to eat and drink, but he couldn't keep anything down.

He made it until 1:30 - André was home alone with him for an hour while I frantically kept a coffee date with a girlfriend - and then he fell asleep in my arms. After a 3 1/2 hour nap, Thomas woke up feeling much better & he's been fine ever since. In fact, I can hear him talking to himself upstairs now that he's finished his morning nap, so I should get going!

Oh, and welcome back to the blog: I'm off for the summer & have finished the graduate class I had to take, so for the next few days I'm going to be going back and finishing up some of the half-finished posts as well as starting to write new ones. Wish me luck!

Thomas's perfect day

In my imagination, today has been Thomas's perfect day. It's a rainy one (so far this summer has been the wettest here in 17 years, so it's often a rainy day!) so we met up with two of Thomas's friends - Parker and Eli (whose moms are Malia & Erin) - and went to an indoor baby "gym". It's a giant foam-covered play structure with a ball pit and slides and tubes. You can only imagine T's delight when he realized he could climb and run to his heart's delight. He was ecstatic.

We played there until the kids were exhausted & then headed home. When we pulled up to our house, another delight awaited: a digger! (Yes, the lead-pipe replacement project continues as they begin to repair our sidewalk.) The digger driver was the same man who's been coming since October and he was excited to see us, too: "I'm glad you're here!" he smiled. "I was afraid you might miss us."

But we didn't miss them and Thomas got to touch the shovel part of the backhoe. The whole crew was thrilled with his pure joy; they all took a break and watched him revel. If I can get it together, I'm going to send some of the pictures to the construction company: I'm not sure how often they are greeted with such enthusiasm!

Needless to say, Thomas is down for the count now - all that excitement has resulted in a good, long nap!