Under the Weather

Hello friends! I haven't been posting much in the last few weeks because lately I've been trying to get as much rest as I can while James is napping (which is my usual blogging time). We seem to be on-and-off under the weather over here. Some of it is teething for James. I'm quite sure he has 3 teeth trying to make their way through on the top. This has been causing some disruptions in the night, as well as very fussy, whiny days. On top of that, he seems to have a little touch of the flu - and has been a little pukey. I've had cold symptoms on-and-off for almost two or three weeks now too. It is also combined with a mild sore throat that comes back everytime we have a bad night. Needless to say it's been a little bit of a tough week for me.

On top of that, I am also dealing with a couple of different personal and family issues that are really dragging me down. I don't want to mention it all here on the blog, but I just feel defeated in many ways. I am really not used to feeling that way - I tend to enjoy feeling happy and positive - so this depressing, down feeling is not good. It keeps me up at night too, and I'm already not getting good sleep, so something has got to change soon.

To top it off, I was looking forward to watching a movie with Ryan last night that I had rented on Friday (week long rental). We were all settled in, with a big pot of tea, when I opened up the case to put in the DVD. Wouldn't you know it?! It was the wrong movie in the case, and it was one that we had seen, and it was one that we didn't care to watch again. Grrrrrr...

Sorry for the grumpy post. That's just life at the Plett's right now. I've never really liked the transition into winter either. It's that moist, bone-chilling cold that I don't like - and the trees are no longer pretty colours of orange and yellow. Everything just kind of gets muddy in October. Alright, enough complaining...

On the BRIGHT side, James has learned some really cute things this week. He puts up one finger when we say "Is James going to be one?". He is also walking along furniture, and occasionally taking one or two steps towards us. He really loves his Nuby Grip 'n Sip cups, and drinks from it all day when I leave it out with water. This should help with the transition off of the bottle. He also had his first tumble down the stairs, which isn't exactly a highlight of our weekend. It was on Sunday morning, and I was right behind him as he made his usual bee-line for the stairs. In the past, he has always hesitated and stopped before actually going down. Well, on Sunday he decided to just go for it. THANK GOODNESS it was the stairs with rug, and the shortest flight too - just four steps. He rolled down like a ragdoll, and I thought I was going to die. When he landed on his back on the landing, and started to cry and move I started to laugh. I was just so thankful that he was okay, my emotions just came out as laughter! He didn't seem to have any bruises or marks at all. Ryan is picking up another baby gate today.