Swinging and Sneezing

Sickness has taken hold of our household this week, hence the no-writing spree. Alexandria caught something awful and when she coughed during Moms Group this week, one of the ladies said she sounded like some sort of ancient dinosaur.

Basically the entire week can be summed up in chasing Lexi around the apartment trying to wipe the snot off of her face before she smears it on everything else. I've been busy, to say the least.

And then Eric caught the grossness (probably during one of Lexi's cute, but very slobbery "besos") and has been sniffling and coughing for the past several days. In spite of his not feeling well, he took me out on a nice date this week where I decided to be brave and eat veal. Despite my initial hesitation to order the poor little veal, it tasted incredible. And then I spent the rest of the night awake while my stomach screamed in protest about the injustice of it all. Ironically, Lexi chose the same night to wake up every hour and cry for no particular reason... It was not very fun.

But today is Friday and while I am feeling just fine, Eric and Lexi are still gross, which is unfortunate, because today is warm and absolutely BEAUTIFUL outside. And this is why February is a much happier month than January (as previously stated), because we get days like this interspersed in the bitter cold. The snow from the infamous Blizzard 2011 has almost completely disappeared and the watery sidewalks are finally stroller passable (if you don't mind rolling through 6 inches of water in the low spots). Of course, it is still Chicago, so we still have a good month or so of winter left to get through, but I will enjoy today for what it's worth. I may even get out the camera today and make a trip to the park with Lexi for some swing time.