Sick (but happy) Kids

These past few weeks have been exhausting. Poor Zachary had double ear infections the week of Thanksgiving, then another cold (complete with fever) last week, and yet another febrile illness this week.  His sleep has gone from pretty good to awful and I'm exhausted.  Every time I think we can do a little sleep training, he gets sick again.  Tuesday night was the worst - Zachary was awake from 2am-5am and in the middle of that, Finn came running into my room and threw up on my bed. And of course I've had all the colds they've had, though my symptoms have been relatively mild compared to theirs.

I really hope this isn't the way things are going to be the rest of the winter.

When he's not sick, Zachary is full of smiles and into everything.  He's so tall he can grab things I'd never expect he could reach, and he sees everything.  He's a fast crawler, is cruising now and climbing stairs.  He loves to eat, but has an incredible gag reflex, so advancing from baby food to solids is slow going.  I am weeks behind on my pictures, so I'm going to post a ton here today and try to get fully caught up next week.

11/17/14: pjs at my office (bad traffic meant Nanny M was running late)

11/18/14: wide awake at 9:30pm and happy as can be

11/19/14: playing with his big brother

11/20/14: more sibling play

11/21/14: gimme a steak!

11/22/14: sound asleep in the car seat

11/23/14: after bath

11/24/14: loves his morning yogurt

11/25/14: hi mom!

11/26/14: sleeping

11/27/14: remnants of Thanksgiving dinner on his face

11/28/14: visiting the lighthouse on Hilton Head Island

11/29/14: bundled up 

11/30/14: missing out on the beach fun

12/1/14: loves green beans!

12/2/14: brother snuggles