Snotty Noses & Friends

I'm pretty sure the snotty nose came before the friends, so we'll tell the story that way.  Just hoping that we didn't give our snotty noses to our friends!!

So obviously the inevitable has happened ... Briggs has now gotten his first snotty nose from daycare.  It all started SuperBowl Sunday when I woke up with a sore throat and as the day wore on Briggs started showing signs of congestion.  Of course, Briggs has a little NY in his blood, so we wasn't going to let a little cold keep him from cheering on the NY Giants!!  Even if daddy wasn't pleased, we have to thank cousin Julie for the awesome shirt to remind him of his roots!!

Go Giants!

By the time Monday morning came around, Briggs was full blown sick.  He slept the majority of the day and was just pathetic.  Luckily we already had an appointment for his 4 month shots at 3pm, so I didn't have to feel like an over protective mommy.  Dr. Gamble checked him out and confirmed that he had a little cold and the coughing was coming from the drainage from his nose.  He also had a touch of fever, so no shots.  He told us to continue with the humidifier, Vicks vapor rub, some saline nose spray, and Briggs' favorite ... the snot sucker.  Dr. Gamble did all of the 4mo check up other than the shots.  So this go round Briggs' stats were ... 15.6 lbs, 25" long, 17" diameter on that cranium which puts him in the 50th percentile on everything.  Briggs and I promptly returned to our cozy recliner where we had literally spent the entire day cuddling ... torture, just pure torture.

Poor Sick Boy

Luckily, it wasn't too hard to twist Grammy's arm to come stay with Briggs!  (I think her bags were packed from the moment she heard the first sniffle.)  She drove up Monday afternoon and took over so we could go to work Tuesday and Wednesday.  By Wednesday, Briggs was dramatically better, but of course still super snotty and with a cough that gags him (and scares the crap out of us)!  Grammy and Briggs had a great day on Wednesday playing and discovering toys!!

Briggs loves his Ducky!

By Thursday morning it was time to return to reality, daycare, and work.  I discovered that they had been quite quiet at daycare that week with nearly everyone out sick.  One of the babies even had come down with RSV, so we are still a little nervous about that.  The girls in the nursery were great though and gave him all the extra cuddles he needed and continued with the humidifier and snot sucking!  Hopefully by next week they'll be germ free again!  And sorry Briggs ... gotta go back for shots next week.  Good job trying to dodge the bullet on that!!

Prior to discovering all this grossness, Briggs had some friends visit on Saturday. Kennedy and Charlotte (as well as their mommies) came for a visit!!  It was great to spend some time with girlfriends and both Briggs and I had an absolute blast watching Kennedy and Charlotte play!  I now know exactly why Briggs sleeps so well at school, he just watches kids play until he dozes off!  At home it requires quite a bit more effort on our part to get him down for naps.  Here's some videos of the girls playing!!

In this first video, Kennedy and Charlotte were running from the kitchen to the couch so that they didn't get eaten by the alligators in the water.  Future Swamp People??  Choot em!!

Not quite sure how this came to be, I believe Kennedy was saying that she had a magic horn (like a unicorn) so then she got down and shook it.  Of course, Charlotte had to show off her magic horn too!