Howdy all. This has been a week of sickness. James came down with the swine flu on Friday. He was so quiet and cute. Maggie and I took him down to Dillon, MT on Friday afternoon for an afternoon of shopping, and he was awfully quiet the whole way there (almost two hours) and actually fell asleep in the stroller while we were shopping. Which, as you know, is totally unlike him. On he way home he slept and was very quiet. Then we met up with the boys and another couple for Fiesta Mexicana (our Mexican joint) and he was lively, but a little warm. When we got home, he was still a little warm, and seemed really tired, so we took his temp and found that it was 101. On Saturday, he was pretty tired, and in the afternoon he literally sat on the couch and stared off into space. Sean went to Costco in the afternoon and got him the new Curious George movie, and he actually watched his first movie. He just sat there and every few seconds would say "monkey". Pathetic. So cute though. He was super snugly. It was a nice change of pace!

But then Sean and I were mildly afflicted on Tuesday, so that kind of stinks. Sean was barely hit, and I have a very mild case. I even worked this morning until 1. I'm just tired and have a bad headache. We are fine though.

James has been talking up a storm lately and very often says four and five word sentences. He loves to ask questions. Sometimes he calls daddy "Sean". It cracks Sean up. He loves gummy vitamins (be proud auntie Jen!) and calls them "some". He says "I want some", and points to the counter where they live. Then he tries to say vitamin. Funny.

Lately he has been very busy climbing on things and playing with his books. He is completely obsessed with pictures of horses. He loves to back in with his little butt and sit down on your lap and be read too. That's my boy!

He loves to eat too. Man, sometimes he can really put it away. We feed him obsessively healthy food, so his tastes really crack us up sometimes. He loves broccoli and yams. He also screams for tomatoes and whole wheat pasta. His current favorite though is sprouted whole grain pitas with almond and apple butter. Yum!

We are pretty good these days!