A Fun Start to a Not-so-Fun Week

Avery has come down with his first cold. It's been bad -- a constantly running nose and a fever. He seems a bit better today, and hopefully by the end of the week he'll be all better. We're keeping him home from daycare which is working out okay; I stayed home yesterday and Carolyn worked from home today. The doctor said there is nothing much we can do except give him Motrin for the fever and try and keep him comfortable.

Before he got sick, we explored our neighborhood a bit and found a nice playground within walking distance that has baby swings. Ruby got lots of attention from other kids! And Avery enjoyed going on the swing and down the slide (with some help from me).

Carolyn went to a Mothers of Twins tag sale (she lives for this sort of bargain-shopping extravaganza!) and came home with lots of cute big-boy clothes for Avery (he is quickly outgrowing all his size 24 months outfits!), a tricycle (one of those nice ones with the long handle for the parent to hold onto), AND a cool piano since Avery has been enjoying the one at his daycare so much. He reminds us of Schroeder from the Peanuts comics.

Look at these pictures of him in the hat -- is he not the most adorable baby you have ever seen?!?!?!?