The Road to the Superbowl!

First, and most importantly, I have to send out a huge YEAH!!!! for the Steelers and their win yesterday. Brent was in his Big Ben jersey cheering alongside of us. He looked so cute! I didn't put any pants on him since it was so hot out by the woodstove, and the jersey goes down to his knees, so it was funny watching him prance around with his chubby little legs. Whenever we got excited about the game, he would join in, punching his fist into the air and trying his best to copy us. Good little man!

Of course, I made sure to wash his Steelers sweatshirt so he could wear it to daycare this morning (someone has to offset all those Redskin kids). But as soon as I got him buckled up in the car he promptly threw up all over it. That was a fun surprise :/ I think his tummy (which he can proudly point out when asked now) has been a little upset the last day or so. All he wanted to do is veg out in the recliner with me and watch tv. Normally I would have been thrilled to be lazy, but I actually wanted to get some work done around the house. Go figure. But as soon as the game started I passed him off (along with the recliner) to Andy and I got a little done in between plays.

All in all, it was a great weekend. And the doctors visit went well on Friday too. His ear infections are gone (for now), but he had a little runny nose that was causing fluid to build up in his ear and may lead to one. So I had to keep him on a decongestant all weekend, which I don't normally like to do. Not that I like wiping his nose every five minutes either, but I really feel like it's best to let the body fight its own battles as long as it isn't bothering him. So as a side effect, he took a lot of long naps, which wasn't so bad for me. Andy and I got some firewood cut during them (thank God for baby monitors) and I got some welcome fresh air. I tried taking him out for a while yesterday, but he was a little cranky about it, so that didn't last too long.

It's supposed to be in the high 50s/low 60s all week here, I'm so excited! I hope he gets to go outside and play at daycare, now that he can finally do something besides be pushed in the swing.

I'll get some pictures soon, I promise! I had fun with his hair, gelling and spiking it yesterday. It actually turned out pretty cute, depsite him trying to "help" (aka: flatten it) as I was doing it.

I spent some time trying to video tape him on this ancient camera we have. It was pretty funny - he watched me take the lens cap off when I started, so for the longest time he just kept trying to put it back on ("helpful" as he is of course). So the video just keeps showing him walking toward the camera and putting the cover on and off. But he had the cutest intent expression that I couldn't help taping it. He really is quite the helper these days. This morning he saw me putting on my shoes, so he kept wandering the house bringing me as many shoes as he could find. I made the mistake of being super thankful and praising him for the first couple, so I may have created a monster. But hey...he's my monster :)