Mountain Mama

Or, proof that Ben does not actually smile 24/7!

Is it wrong that this picture cracks me up a little bit?

Today, we went to visit Tim’s Grandma Lowe (his father’s mom):

I. am. sick.

We THOUGHT Ben was better Saturday afternoon.  He managed to keep down his dinner.  However, it was not meant to be.  The bug returned with a vengeance Sunday morning and continued through the night.  Tim WAS going to stay home with him today, but he woke up at 4:30 with the same bug! 

So we’re all home today: Tim is in bed, Ben is curled up in a makeshift bed of blankets and pillows on the floor, and I am here in my PJs, hoping I don’t get it!

Ben seems to be over the pneumonia, thank goodness!  However, he was not healthy for long before a stomach bug set in!  Last night he woke up at 12:30 covered in… well… his stomach contents (sorry if that’s TMI!).  We changed him and his sheets and put him back to bed.  Ten minutes later, the same thing happened again, but now we were out of clean sheets for him!  We put a towel down on our bed and brought him in with us.  He was sick off and on all night and none of us slept well for the rest of the night.  This morning, we thought he seemed OK, so we gave him a bottle.  A little while later that came up.  He’s napping now.  He fell asleep in my arms on the couch and didn’t wake when I transferred him to his crib.  Poor Ben!