Newish Things

1. Addie's fascination with plural things. She loves to say "doggie-EESSS" and "num-num PSSSS".
2. Trying to draw actual things. She will point and say "flower" or "ball", even if said picture looks nothing like what she says it is.
3. Dance choreography.
4. Trying to sing. I love this and want to try to catch her, but the video camera is always a few seconds too late!
5. Saying "please". The cuteness!
6. Sitting on the potty. She LOVES the potty. Like, unnatural love of the potty. Sadly she sits on it for days and then gets up and walks away and pees on the floor. We got it out expressly for the sole purpose of exposure, but she loves to just sit there and pretend to poop.
7. Laughing at her own flatulence. This has been a big favorite for some time. I *swear* we did not start this by laughing at her toots...she just thinks it fun to toot.

I'm sure I'll think of more. In other news, we're sick again. Gillian has had a fever about 103 for going on five days. Luckily no seizure, but it's been a pain to keep dosing her every three hours with ibuprofen and acetominophen. I worry about what it's doing to her liver. Yesterday at the doctor, they said it was probably from an ear infection, but didn't prescribe meds to help her, so we still have fever and she's been out of school all week. I went to drop something off at school and her teacher said seven kids in the class were out sick. UGGH.

The level of illness from having two children is exponential. Gillian did not have a single cold until she was 16 months old. Addie, on the other hand, has been sick for almost both of the entire winters she has lived through. I guess I couldn't keep her in a bubble like I kept Gillian in a bubble (RSV worries), and she has Gillian to bring all the viruses of the universe home with her from school on a daily basis.

Anyway, we hope for a quick recovery. She is missing her bud Francie to pieces, and we have had to cancel two playdates in the past week because of illnesses.