Sick

Well, we had planned lots of fun things for the weekend - taking Will to Saluda Shoals, swimming in Bapa and Grandma's pool - along with several outdoor projects Ellis and I had planned. But poor little Will has caught some nasty bug that has a hold of him good. He had a fever Friday morning and has had one on and off all weekend long. He has had a bad cold for a while and threw up Thursday, so we took him to the doctor Thursday afternoon. Everything looked fine, but now he has gotten worse. Poor little guy. The hardest thing is that he is such a trooper. Being sick doesn't have much of an effect on him - so he wants to go outside even though his nose is so congested he can barely breathe. And he is beginning to get irritable and very very bored (as are Mommy & Daddy). The best remedy has been a whole lot of Elmo watching on the TV and letting him have his pacifier during the day.

I guess we should be thankful that this happened on a long weekend that nothing else was going on ... but I suspect we'll take him to see the doctor again if he is still running a temperature Tuesday morning.

To top everything off, I have lost the connector thingy that lets me download pictures off my digital camera, which is the reason I haven't been able to post any pictures of my sweet boy. Its got to be around here somewhere...

Update on 9/2

Will was much better on Monday and seemed very much back to his old self this morning. Of course, he has now passed this cold on to his Mommy, but I knew that was coming.

FOL at the Beach

Last weekend, the gang got together at Hilton Head Island. Chaos and lots of fun ensued all weekend long. I didn't capture too many pictures, but thanks to the great idea of Julie, we have our first ever shot of all of us together at one time. Its hard to remember to take pictures when keeping up with all of these kids!

Many many thanks to Jennifer's parents for letting us use their beach house for the weekend!!

Water!

We are back from St. Simon's and it goes without question that Will loved the beach. Last year, he sat in the sand, eating it mostly, and staring in happiness at everything around him. This year, Will ran ... and ran ... and ran. All over that beach he went. I don't think he sat down longer than maybe 5 minutes to drink some juice or eat some raisins or play in the sand. So, although Mom & Dad were a little tired (beach vacation with a toddler is just a bit different, isn't it?) we loved seeing him have such a great time. St. Simon's has these great tidal pools at low tide that we could just let Will run wild in without worrying. And he loved it.

The waves intimidated him a little bit, but by the second day, he happily screamed in delight as each one lapped at his ankles. And he loved clinging to Mommy as we drifted over the waves ... in knee high water for Mommy. And he loved digging in the sand with Daddy (for 5 minutes) and then running with Daddy in the tidal pools as the tide came in.

And Will's name for the beach? "WATER!" :-)

18 Month Well Check-Up

Last Friday, Will went for his 18-month check-up. (He is actually 19 months now, so we were a few weeks late.) Everything looked great and the doctor was impressed with how he was doing, particularly his vocabulary. I was so proud of little Will. And at the end of the visit, after Will had screamed and cried at the doctor for checking him out, I asked Will to say "thank you" as the doctor was leaving. And the sweetiest little voice said "tank-you"! So cute. Its the first time I have gotten him to repeat that phrase. We now, successfully, have "please" and "thank you" in Will's vocabulary, although, of course, he needs some prompting before he'll use them, and I doubt he really knows what they mean yet.

Here are his stats (compared to other 19-month olds):

Height - 33 7/8 inches (75th percentile)
Weight - 26 lbs (40th percentile) (I swear the kid weighed way more than that from toting him around!)

Hard to believe we don't have another well visit until Will turns 2! And then, not another one until he is 3! He is growing up so very very fast. Sniff sniff.

We are busy getting ready for our upcoming beach trips. I'm thrilled that Will will get to see the beach this year - and very curious to see how he reacts. This Thursday, just the 3 of us (mom, dad & Will) are heading to St. Simons Islands thanks ever so much to the generosity of Clare and Wesley's parents! And then the next weekend, we are headed to Hilton Head to meet up with the FOL clan for a week of fun-filled chaos. I'm so ready to head to the beach! Wish we could leave now!!