I'm not sure if it's the same thing that Rob and Leah (and Evan) had last week, but Grant and I got sick this weekend, and it seems like it came from nowhere! Grant's started yesterday afternoon, as I was rocking him to sleep for his nap. I stood up to lay him in his crib and he threw up ALL over both of us. Before I could even get anywhere to clean him up, he threw up twice more. He seemed to feel okay afterwards, so we both got in the shower to clean up. We got him to sleep again, only to have him wake up throwing up again! Then he tried a couple more times over the next couple of hours, but poor thing, there was nothing left in his stomach to get rid of! So we gave him Pedialyte over the next couple of hours while he slept on my lap in the living room, then I slept in the guest bed with him last night.

Grant is pretty much okay today.....he hasn't acted too much out of the ordinary. But at around 2:30 I went over to our neighbor's house for their Air Show party. They had all kinds of desserts there, but I didn't have an appetite for any of it. That made me wonder if I might be getting the same thing....if I don't want desserts, then something MUST be wrong! Sure enough, about an hour later I started feeling queasy, so I came home. I ended up getting sick and laying on the couch all night. Thankfully Dean felt fine and was able to take care of Grant!

I feel okay right now, and it seems like a virus that comes and goes rather quickly. So hopefully I've experienced all of it.....and hopefully Dean won't get the same thing tomorrow!

I've added comments again.....

Some people have complained that I don't allow comments anymore. It's because some random person typed something in Portuguese one time and it kinda freaked me out. But I've added them again, in case anybody wants to type anything. Don't feel like you need to, though....I sometimes have a hard time knowing what to say on people's posts, so I'll understand if you just look and never type anything!

Check out my earring and nosering!

The other day, Grant had just finished his oatmeal cereal and was eating some Cheerios and Gerber puffs (which he LOVES, even though they're basically just air!). He still had some oatmeal stuck to his face, and a Cheerio got stuck to his chin. It was so funny....but I had barely taken a picture of that when another one stuck to his ear! And they didn't come off easily.....I rushed out to show Dean (who was mowing the lawn), but I had to pull pretty hard at them to get them off!

Look what I can do!!

Cereal time (any meal time, actually) is taking much longer these days, now that Grant wants to grab the spoon every time I try to put it in his mouth! He's getting to be a big boy and wants to try to feed himself. He usually gets some of it in his mouth, and the rest ends up on his hands and his clothes. Although it's messy, I try to remember that it's good for him to try to figure it out by himself. He's also getting really good at picking up finger foods, which a few weeks ago he was still having a hard time doing. He loves shredded meats (turkey and ham) and he devoured part of an omelet I gave him the other night. The only foods that give him problems are ones that are slippery, like bananas and peaches. Most of those still end up on the floor or on his clothes!

Mommy's birthday

My birthday was on Saturday. We woke up that morning (the day after Grant's accident) and Grant was acting perfectly normal, which was such a relief. He was playing, babbling on and on, and acting happier than he's acted in probably a week (since he's had a virus and has been fussy in general). This was the greatest birthday present I could ever have wanted! We went to a nearby donut shop for breakfast, and Dean even took me to Exxon to get my gas station coffee/cappucino fix. Nothing like gourmet coffee for your birthday!!

Dean mowed our new lawn for the first time, then we all got dressed and went up into town for a few hours. We had lunch at Texadelphia and found a nice cabinet where we'll put all of our electronics stuff once our new big-screen TV arrives next week (more about that later).

We came home and watched football for the rest of the evening. Grant did get a little fussy and ended up going to bed at around 7:30pm. And unfortunately, the Tide couldn't pull off a win in overtime over Georgia. Oh well!!

Here's Grant checking out this other kid at Texadelphia. This little kid just stood there and talked to himself, on and on. I think Grant thought he was pretty peculiar, just like we did! Grant and Daddy in their Alabama gear:
Still loves the hat....and the glasses! He tries to grab them any chance he gets:
Smiling Grant and Mommy at Texadelphia: