A Forced Slow Down

Sunday night Gabe did not sleep, maybe a few hours. We could tell he had a fever, didn't feel well, and when we took his temp Monday morning it read 102.6* . Poor guy. 

Gabe's always enjoyed watching T.V. but usually it's a background noise kinda thing; but yesterday he wanted nothing more than to sit in my lap and watch movies. It's pretty sad and cute at the same time. He has no appetite, even for his favorites applesauce, yogurt and blueberries, he needs constant reminders to drink milk and yesterday at 11:45 he feel asleep in my lap while reading books- nap time is typically 1:30/2.  

We've got him on a painkiller, benadryl schedule, and after talking to his doctor we're pretty sure he has Strep so we've added an antibiotic to the rotation. I'm hoping this time tomorrow we'll notice a marked difference in his health as it will be 24 hours with the antibiotic, but for now I'm content to snuggle my usually 'too-busy-to-snuggle' little man. 

Back when Gabe was feeling better.

A few weeks ago Gabe and his Daddy built a Gabe-sized snowman.

 And as a teaser, here's a before and almost-after of our new house. We expanded the opening between the living-room and kitchen. We've also installed recessed lighting, and if you look behind Craig in the above pic you can see we removed the peninsula cabinetry. After we move in and get a feel for the space we'll purchase/make/or install an island.

More later, must snuggle Gabe.