Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde

Rowyn's cold is STILL lingering..... and lingering..... and maybe even morphing into a new cold. Rowyn now knows how to wipe her own nose with a kleenex. I think I'm proud of that accomplishment, but I'm not quite sure. Rowyn's language has regressed in the last 2 weeks since she's been sick. She won't repeat anything back to us. Not even Mama or Dada. I miss hearing the words! All I get is a finger pointing and a lot of whining. Can't blame her though. When you feel crappy, the whole world falls apart. And with the new findings on childern's cough and cold syrups, there isn't much I can do besides a humidifier (which only makes Rowyn's room look like the exotic Rain Forest in NeverNeverLand) and a little bit of Vicks vapour rub. Her Noneez (aka blankie) seems to be the only thing to appease my cranky, upset, snotty nose girl. So be it. I've bought a bunch of blankies to rotate them (they get pretty gross after a day) and even bought a second Bo-Bo in fear or the first one getting warn out (Bo-Bo needed a wash after a particularly bad spell of coughing which ended up in Rowyn sharing her dinner with Bo-Bo). Rowyn is eating at her table and chairs like a champ. We tell her it's time for dinner and she promtly runs to the table, pulls out her chair and climbs on. She then proceeds to slap her hands on the table and demand her dinner. So cute. I went away with my mom and sister to the Bala Cranberry festival this weekend (which was pretty darn cool!) and came home to find Rowyn doing all kinds of new things. It seems like she's doing new things but I'm probably just noticing more because I missed her tons. A little time away sure does make the heart grow fonder. Brad and I have been doing well. Most of the posts are about Rowyn - as they should be - but I wanted to say that in amoungst the tedium of working, the trauma of being a parent and the joy of having a family, we're doing well. We celebrated our 3rd anniversary at the end of September. I couldn't ask for a more loving, caring and understanding husband. What I could ask for though is that my husband only had 2 boys weekends a year - not 8!!!

Here is a sample of how our last 2 weeks have gone with Rowyn... Feel our pain... and hers.....


Some of the cutest pics ever.....