He's a Real Live Boy!

So, last week (well, the last couple of weeks) we were all sick...of course, Riley had it the worst with an additive ear infection that wrecked his sleep schedule (lots of sleepless nights unless he was on the daddy/mommy mattress)and also, made him vomit. Anyway, having your "baby" (hey, I still have 5 more days to call him a baby, right?) throw up like a real big kid was awful and surreal. I kept joking (yes, Jim and I even joke around about our lives when covered in puke!) that he's now a real live boy like Pinocchio....I don't know why, but the fact that he upchucked just made everything all the more "real" again, for some weird reason. Anyway, after a weekend of constant attention and Tylenol suppositories (Thanks Mark for the good advice on that unfortunate event), Riley's fever went down and he was back on the solids! yay!

Oh, and a quick funny story about last weekend-

After Jim got puked on my Sir Sicky McSick, we called the pediatrician (we had been to see her that afternoon for his fever and learned he had a bad right ear along with the cold/fever)since he needed to take two oral medications plus Tylenol. Anyway, we learned that he would need to get his Tylenol suppository style, so Jim was off to the drugstore after a quick change of clothes. Well, he didn't change his shirt. In line while he was waiting to pay, there was a little girl behind him that kept yelling to her Mom at the top of her lungs, "I SMELL PUKE!!, I SMELL PUKE"...ha ha ha. Jim looked down and realized that his shirt was wet and he just stood there cringing. tee hee.

Hmmm, what else? Well, next week is Riley's birthday! We can't believe it's been a year already! He's not walking yet but is still feeling out the whole standing up thing without support so I guess it's just a matter of time, really. He can say "baby" and apparently points to two babies at his daycare when he says it, but Jim nor I have seen him do that yet. He just learned to say "beep beep" which is pretty funny b/c he does it at a real high pitch. He's been big into sorting items lately...the circle is his favorite as he apparently believes it's not hip to be square, triangle or starry. Jim and Riley play ball and he actually "gets" the whole "i throw it, you throw it back" game- which is kinda cool. I guess that's about it for now. No new pics as we've all been on the outs with this virus/cold thingy but I should post some soon as today we are going to Auntie Heather's baby shower and then next week is Riley's Dinosaur Birthday Extravaganza!