A Little R & R

Of course, it's that time of the year. Tress are glowing with shades of yellow, red, and brown. The wind is howling while the rain tries to pelt us from above. Of course, that also means you have to deal with the dreaded colds and various illnesses.

I've had a horrible cough for 4 weeks now, and finally decided to actually make an appointment and go to the doctor. The last time I was in to a regular doctor was April 2006. It wasn't much after that when we found out Eli was on the way. As it turns out I have a case of bronchitis and am on some good meds to help knock it down. Today is day 3 of antibiotics and I can honestly say I am noticing a difference. I also have a steroid that I'm taking to help calm the lung - I sure hope so. I love what one of my co-workers said though, "I wonder what performance enhanced

teaching looks like?" I guess we'll find out on Monday! In addition to me having this, both Jess and Eli have colds. Eli primarily has the sniffles, Jess has a cough that I'm hoping stays a mild cough and that he doesn't end up where I am! It's been the pits.

Anyway, because none of us really feel up to a whole lot, we spent the day doing a lot of nothing. We all did a lot of lounging, reading, and of course there was a little car playing. Later in the afternoon Eli wanted to watch Chicken Little, so I put it on in our room and he lounged on the bed. I laid with him for a bit then was doing a little South Carolina research. When I went up to check in on him, he had rearranged the pillows on our bed so it was more conducive for his lounging expectations. This is what I came up to find:

our bedspread happened to be in the wash - gotta get all the germies out of everything now. Ahhh, the joys.

Just because he's a cutie:

The other day, I was vacuuming when Eli decided he wanted to help out. I was doing the corners so let him take the....what do you call that? The little stick thing so you can get in those tight little spaces....anyway....he was absolutely fascinated with it! Not only did he walk around the whole downstairs looking for pine needles, dog hair, anything that could be vacuumed, he then became interested in the engineering and science that surrounds a vacuum. In both of these pictures the vacuum was on. Several times he sucked his shirt into the hose (which then prompted fingers), and finally the little blue bouncy ball. He is such an inquisitive little boy!