traveling again - day 3

Joel will be home sometime tomorrow. I am so grateful that this trip is a short one. Joel has a yucky cold. He has been stuffed up and coughing since Sunday evening. Today Jace had a runny nose all day. Maybe that explains the crying Monday night. He only cried once last night and it was just for a couple seconds. He seemed to feel OK today but he was all snotty. For me this was difficult because I'm a little obsessed about booger chasing. I routinely use the saline drops and the nasal aspirator on him to extract any yucky stuff. Today it was a loosing battle. I just carried Kleenex in my pocket and swiped at him whenever he came close.

We were home most of the day. I got a little more cleaning done. I ran the vacuum for the first time in more than a month. Jace was terrified. He has never liked the vacuum but today when I turned it on he was startled and screamed. So I vacuumed while carrying him. I don't think that is good for the spine.

Our one trip out of the house today was to the Sunflower market. I must have been craving fruit because I bought a lot (apples, watermelon, cherries, grapefruit, mango and kiwi). Jace will get to try some new stuff (watermelon and kiwi - I don't think he would like grapefruit). We can all load up on vitamin C and get better.

Today's photos are both funny moments.

This morning Jace discovered the balloon that Aunt Jessica got him for his birthday. He was very excited. He looked at me and said, "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" It cracked me up. Then he pounded on the balloon for several minutes. Thank you Aunt Jessica and Uncle Don. He liked the gift!

This evening I was trying to get a photo of Jace clapping and talking to me at the dinner table. I hate to use the camera's built in flash but the images I was getting were just too dark. I popped the flash up and Jace started squinting. He has had the flash go off in his face so many times that he was anticipating the bright light. Smart kid (and Mom takes way to many photos).

One year ago today we brought Jace home from the hospital!