Week 28: Thanks Again
I know, I know, a week behind, so apologies all around to my fans. Do expect another post very shortly to catch up!
Will caught his first cold while we were on the "good" side of the state visiting family over the holiday. So all of last week was spent taking care of poor Will, who really didn't understand why he felt like hell all of a sudden. He woke up by the hour, screaming because he couldn't breathe, and ran a fever of 101.4, which is high enough to panic a parent, but is also called "low grade" by the doctor. It's just so hard to watch our little guy suffer, knowing he doesn't understand, with very little we can do to help.
He's feeling better now, thanks to a few good nights of sleep this weekend. Back to our cheerful, happy little explorer.
And since Will is really starting to get mobile, what would be a better time than now to bring out Christmas decorations! After a few years of Emily being somewhat trustworthy not to tear down the tree, many of our decorations are made out of glass. And hung up by little metal hooks, which magically find their way onto the floor, inches away from wher Will is cramming anytihing within reach into his mouth. But I can't help it, I love Christmas decorations, especially Christmas trees, which we have three of. Well, three two foot tall plastic trees, which I guss adds up to one six foot tree, which is what I really want. But Will loves looking at all the lights, and I love how cozy it makes the house feel.
And it's even looking quite a lot like Christmas outside. We got several inches of snow last week, more than we've seen in a few years. Emily's been out sledding as much as she can, or simply just lying in the snow, she loves it.
Though being trapped in the house does seem to compound the isolation we already feel in Pullman. On one hand it's so cozy and nice to all be here together, eating popcorn and drinking hot chocolate, on the other, I go days without face to face contact with someone other than my immediate family. It's a darn good think I like Ian so much, or I might go crazy.
But since it's that time of year, I'm thankful for so many things. Friends and family, we'll be soon seeing much more of. I'm thankful for the snow, reminding to enjoy it, since it will be our last winter over here. I'm thankful for these delightful, quirky, healthy children, that I am lucky enought to be related to. I'm thankful, also, for Ian, who I probably don't mention enough in this journal. He goes to work every day, enabling me to spend this precious short time with Will, he's my biggest supporter, offering encouragement when I've been having trouble keeping myself motivated to for law school applications, he is a wonderful father, friend, and the most genuine person I know, and for that I'm thankful, I couldn't ask for a better companion on our little island out here on the Palouse.
Will caught his first cold while we were on the "good" side of the state visiting family over the holiday. So all of last week was spent taking care of poor Will, who really didn't understand why he felt like hell all of a sudden. He woke up by the hour, screaming because he couldn't breathe, and ran a fever of 101.4, which is high enough to panic a parent, but is also called "low grade" by the doctor. It's just so hard to watch our little guy suffer, knowing he doesn't understand, with very little we can do to help.
He's feeling better now, thanks to a few good nights of sleep this weekend. Back to our cheerful, happy little explorer.
And since Will is really starting to get mobile, what would be a better time than now to bring out Christmas decorations! After a few years of Emily being somewhat trustworthy not to tear down the tree, many of our decorations are made out of glass. And hung up by little metal hooks, which magically find their way onto the floor, inches away from wher Will is cramming anytihing within reach into his mouth. But I can't help it, I love Christmas decorations, especially Christmas trees, which we have three of. Well, three two foot tall plastic trees, which I guss adds up to one six foot tree, which is what I really want. But Will loves looking at all the lights, and I love how cozy it makes the house feel.
And it's even looking quite a lot like Christmas outside. We got several inches of snow last week, more than we've seen in a few years. Emily's been out sledding as much as she can, or simply just lying in the snow, she loves it.
Though being trapped in the house does seem to compound the isolation we already feel in Pullman. On one hand it's so cozy and nice to all be here together, eating popcorn and drinking hot chocolate, on the other, I go days without face to face contact with someone other than my immediate family. It's a darn good think I like Ian so much, or I might go crazy.
But since it's that time of year, I'm thankful for so many things. Friends and family, we'll be soon seeing much more of. I'm thankful for the snow, reminding to enjoy it, since it will be our last winter over here. I'm thankful for these delightful, quirky, healthy children, that I am lucky enought to be related to. I'm thankful, also, for Ian, who I probably don't mention enough in this journal. He goes to work every day, enabling me to spend this precious short time with Will, he's my biggest supporter, offering encouragement when I've been having trouble keeping myself motivated to for law school applications, he is a wonderful father, friend, and the most genuine person I know, and for that I'm thankful, I couldn't ask for a better companion on our little island out here on the Palouse.
posted by Kate @ 1:40 PM
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