Quickly, now, because fatigue is setting in.

Went to the doctor today - a new one for the area. I kind of adore her, except she gave me some really lousy news. I have a double ear infection, I have bronchitis, I have a staph infection on my face, I have a heart murmur (functional, nothing too serious to worry about) and my thyroid looks swollen and she wants some bloodwork on that. Rock on.

Also, we are moronic parents who gave Matthew milk yesterday because he seemed better. Oh noes, he said. Up at 3:45 until 5AM ish and oh my GOD was he pissed off. Then when he finally did wake up, I could unfortunately smell the source of his discontent. GAH. Parenting is gross. He’s also going through a Mama stage where only I will suffice, and while that is comforting in some ways, it’s sad to see him rebuff Josh, who as many of you know was his primary caretaker for over a year, and by all accounts, spends more time with him than I do. I know this will pass, but this is difficult now.

And on that note, I am entering this favorite into Stacie holiday photo contest, which makes the latter half of the last paragraph seem like a bunch of lies.

We leave for Florida in less than a week. Haven’t thought much about getting ready other than that last sentence. Josh’s mom was busy gathering some stuff for us to use while we were in town and wrote this morning that they have secured:

1. A stroller
2. A high chair
3. A crib/portable bed thing
4. something else, and
5. A bucket of dinosaurs.

Christmas ain’t Christmas without a bucket of dinosaurs waiting for you!