Sick :(

Me and my little man have been so, so sick! It started off with a cough about 3 weeks ago, then Austin had pink eye (which I of course caught but did a good job of not getting it too badly- but I am just now kicking it completely) and then Austin had a double ear infection. We both were coughing so hard that we would wake one another up for the past 2 weeks... not good when I don't get enough sleep as it is between being punched and kicked at night! We were miserable and took several days off of work/daycare to recoup. Austin finally started feeling better last week after he was prescribed antibiotics for his double ear infection and I resisted going to the doctor myself until I just couldn't take it anymore yesterday afternoon. I'm now on the mend and will hopefully be 100% by the weekend!

On a super cute note- the eye drops that I had to put into Austin's eyes really burned him at first and I had to sit on his body and arms and force his eyes open to get them in. It was AWFUL and I felt TERRIBLE!!! So after a couple of nights of fighting with him over it and just feeling crummy about the whole debacle, I figured I'd talk him through it (because after all, we now like to have conversations the two of us!). So I told him exactly what I was going to do and I even pretended to put them in my eyes and then he said, "Austin's turn" and laid down, put his arms at his side, let me sit on him (because I told him that I needed to) and he did great! For the rest of the week he has done that every time! I tell him how BRAVE he is afterwards! It's amazing what can happen when you actually talk them through it- lesson learned! Now if I could just do this for vegetables.............

Another side note- Belinda was diagnosed with breast cancer a few weeks ago. It's in the really, really early stages so it's not much to worry about but she's having a lumpectomy and lymph node removed tomorrow so Austin is staying with Gammie and Popi for the next 4 nights- Oh, I'm going to MISS HIM (the house is so quiet without him and that whole loneliness thing creeps in but I'm going to stay busy) but, I'm glad he gets to spend time with them. Ryan's grandmother Nandy will be watching him for a few hours tomorrow and Thursday- I'm excited that they will get to spend some alone time too. Austin loves her dog Lily and she bought him a pretty cool car for Christmas that I'm sure he'll ride in a circle for 3 hours straight!

 Here's Nandy and Austin in his new ride

Think he likes it?

Austin with his #1 Girl Maddie

Okay... bye for now.