Catching Up...

Well, Joel turned 21 months old on the 4th! It doesn't seem possible. It has been rough around here since Thanksgiving. Rob started feeling poorly almost immediately after all of our company left. He spent four days with a HORRIBLE case of the flu. He even missed two days of work, which is unheard of! Joel had had a cold for a little while, and we thought he escaped the yuck. I have got a terrible cold...complete with coughing, runny nose, and general unpleasantness. I got prescription cough syrup and thought we were good....until yesterday when Joel started projectile vomiting. Mercifully, he was only sick the one day and seems to be feeling much, much better. The poor little guy! Unfortunately when he was throwing up it scared him and he ran away...spreading vomit all over our living room. :0( He also threw up on Mommy, which I could have done without! We are thankful that he is feeling better and continues to be such a wonderful little guy. Mommy gets frustrated when he pulls the ornaments off his tree, but I try to remember that someday I will miss that! He is so funny with the step-on light cord....he sits in the corner by his tree and turns it off and on and off and on....He smiles so big that it is hard to make him stop! :0) I continue to be amazed at how much we love him and how much joy he brings to our lives, even when he is being ornery! More later...