Super Sick

This is E. I just wanted to put a non cute post up because ... well because I can. Clostridium Perfringens, A.K.A the "Buffet Germ." It struck A and me. Friday evening and let me tell you that food poisoning is something horrible. I haven't been that sick since I was 10. If I had to equate this to a similar feeling it was like I went out and drank heavily for 5 days straight but didn't get to have any of the fun and all of the bad after effects happened over the coarse of 6 hours. The next morning felt a lot like the scenario I just described as well, but that's getting me too far out of my timeline.

A and I had a nice date on Friday. I had been working a lot and finally had caught a break in my schedule. Besides, who wouldn't want to go out and have lunch with a beautiful woman while our childcare needs were being taken care of by paid professionals? So out to lunch and around town we went. 6 PM came around and I had to lie down while A took care of feeding N. 8 PM came around and I had to go talk to the comode. A was feeling pretty good at around 7:45 and decided to have a turkey sandwhich; the smell of said sandwhich drove my stomach over the brink.

My sweet, sweet wife was trying to take care of me, but I thought I had the flu or something contagious so I kept shooing her away so that there would be one unsick adult capable of taking care of Mr. N. 9 PM rolled around and A found out that a turkey sandwhich wasn't such a good idea. We were a sad and pathetic couple. Luckily we have 2 bathrooms on the first floor of our house. This was very fortunate indeed. At around 2 AM we both started feeling better. By better I mean we were all out of fluids to expel and no longer felt like we had to do a 5 yard dash to the bathroom every 30 minutes. If the 3 AM mark had rolled around I think I would have had to play the "Grandma come get my baby because I'm too sick to change a diaper let alone hold my head up for 15 seconds" trump card. But no such card play was needed.

N was fine and not traumatized by our neglect in any fashion. He slept like a baby throughout our entire episode. A and I managed to keep our sense of humor through the night as well. Several jokes were made and we even had a "Whose trip to the bathroom was the worst" contest at one point. The judges declared it a tie.

The next day was Halloween and Nonna, Pops, and Gigi came to see N in his outfit. We pawned off as much N duty as possible on them. They were happy to do it and we were happy to allow them the opportunity.

Besides the grandparents taking care of N the next day, I have to say the next best thing to have happen is that our diets are going AWESOME. I lost like 5 pounds in one day!!!

N's first Halloween

This weekend we celebrated Halloween with the family. Pops and Gigi came up and Nonna came down. We all had a good time - especially N. He LOVES flirting with people, so getting out and having a ton of people ooh and ahh over his cute monkey suit was right up his alley. Here he is at Rockwall's Scare on the Square grinning his little head off.
There's only so much he can handle before he needs a nap though. He took a break from trick or treating for a little nap.

We had a good time. It was great to see the parents and N loved all the attention. Successful first Halloween!

Too cute for words

Just couldn't resist... The cutest thing ever. To date anyway.

N buffs up

It's been getting chilly in the Big D lately, and we weren't entirely prepared. We didn't have an appropriate hat for N - so he borrowed one of E's for a while.
Needless to say, it was a tad on the large size.

We purchased him a hat of his own, which I totally think is way cuter. Maybe overkill, given it's whole deerstalker ear flap formation, but I couldn't pass up the super cute pompom on the top. I think he's annoyed with the whole thing, but he's learning to love it.

Finally, he's been training for all the running he plans on doing soon in his jumparoo. He LOVES the jumparoo. Who knew? The best part of the video is the last five seconds or so. He REALLY gets into it.

Rolling prowess

Here's proof that N can go from his back to his belly and then from his belly to his back all on his own. It takes a bit because he kept flirting with the camera and not focusing on what he was doing. He does it though - good work N!