Fun stuff

So you're coming back to health after a surprise ear infection. Poor baby, you were just miserable for a couple of days. Fortunately we had that antibiotic bubble gum stuff from last month when your fever never spiked. So you've been getting that and we saved a trip to the Dr. It worked, too, thank God. You still have a cough, but hopefully that will subside soon. Last night you slept all night through in your own bed again, so that's huge progress. Sunday night I didn't even get 2 hours of sleep, and I doubt you got much more than that. You were pretty ill.

Before that, though, you've had some fun times. Let's see, what's happened since I last posted (12/1)? Hmmm... Well, on Saturday 12/4, we went to the APS Festival of Lights Parade down Central Avenue. It was a rainy miserable day, but we had SO much fun. Auntie Chelle went with us and we got pretty lucky with the weather for most of the parade. About 1/3 of it we had to have umbrellas, and the adults all got soaked by freezing umbrella drip-offs while we struggled to keep you covered. Come to think of it, this might have had something to do with your ear infection. But I digress...

Of course, we've done quite a bit of Christmas shopping in the last few weeks, too, and much of that weekend surrounded various shopping trips. I should say we've shopped a lot - but haven't bought a lot. You have quite a few presents under the tree already though. Speaking of the tree, we finally gave in to reality and put all the ornaments up high and out of your reach. You were starting to think it was really funny to pull an ornament off, run into a corner or behind the ottoman and hide until someone came to find and reprimand you. Yep, funny.

Last Tuesday and Wednesday, I went on my first ever business trip, and first real trip without you on my own. I missed you terribly, but you got to spend some extra time with Daddy, Grandma and Uncle Chris. I think you actually liked that. You seemed very blase when I came home, like you hadn't even noticed I'd been gone. Little snot. :)

This past weekend, you got to see Santa Claus. Incidentally, you can say Santa Claus too which is pretty impressive IMHO. You didn't get to talk to him up close but you did yell over what you wanted when he was between kid visits. I'm hoping next week when we're in Vegas with Jen, Scott and Jackson maybe you and Jackson can visit Santa together.

Speaking of Vegas, I can't wait to go! This Saturday is Daddy's birthday, and we're also going to Tucson for Uncle Chris's graduation for his Master's degree. Then Sunday it's off to Vegas to see Auntie Jen, Uncle Scott and your someday fiance (no pressure!) Jackson. It's going to be SO much fun, I am beside myself with excitement. We haven't met Jackson yet, and now he's almost the age you were when you met Jen and Scott. It's been that long since we've seen them, too. Jackson's birthday is a few days after yours; you're almost exactly a year apart in age. That won't be much as you get older.

Anyway, that's the latest. I'm sure I'll have more soon. Honestly, you're changing so fast there's no way I can possibly keep up with it all. I'm stunned when I read or hear about what you should be doing at this age - it's almost always stuff you've been doing for ages. With your size and your advancement in so many areas, you really do seem much older than 2... and you're only 22 months. Such a big girl.