Pond Scum

Fill in the blank: "A house full of the stomach flu (plus 1 hangover) makes me want to _______"
A. Buy more sheet sets
B. Recarpet the house
C. Invest in a bigger washer and dryer
or D. All of the above?
We were a pretty sad bunch last weekend. Ethan came down with what seemed to be a 24 hour stomach bug on Wednesday night, into Thursday. Then, Friday night and all day Saturday I was in bed with the bug. Sunday, we all seemed to be on the mend, Michael went up to Country Throw Down, a big country music festival in Denver (in walks the hang over). Then Monday we were all out of it again, Ethan threw up a few times in the morning and the rest of the day we spent lounging around the house. We're all doing much better now though and E's back to snacking every 5 minutes on anything we'll let him have.

As I mentioned in a previous post, we've been going through a bunch of transitions with Ethan. One of the main ones is moving out of his crib (tear). It started at Grandma's, where he was still sleeping in a play pen. He asked her to sleep in a big bed, so she let him. She told him he had to stay in bed until she came and got him, AND HE DID!!! I was shocked! After a week of this pattern I decided it was time to try it at home. So we rearranged and moved in a twin bed. He has done wonderfully! I can't believe it! We have been dreading this transition for awhile now fearing a little face would appear at our bed side at all hours of the night or that after countless drinks of water we would finally have to pin him to the bed until he fell asleep. Needless to say, our anxieties have subdued somewhat for the time being.
We're always looking for new adventures now, especially since its summer time and we can be outside (plus the more we stay inside the more he wants to sit in front of the tv). Today we found our own little pond oasis that is so close to home I can't believe I didn't know it existed until today.

It got us very excited for our upcoming adventure of...
Camping! We are planning to head up to the mountains this weekend for a few nights of tent camping. This is the first time with Ethan, wish us luck!