hot potato

Our 25 week old Caden started to feel yucky and was stuffy the evening of January 14th, but he didn't have a fever on Tuesday morning, so Zane and I dropped him off at daycare before we went to the dentist. Zane's check up went pretty well. He sat in the big chair by himself...


Until the hygienist tried to have a look in his mouth, so she sent us off to play with the toys for a bit until the dentist was ready for us. Zane loved the dentist though! He was sitting on my lap in the big chair, but he let her count, scrub and poke on all of his teeth. He drew the line at the polisher that spins - it was freaking him out watching the bigger kids having their teeth cleaned in the spots next to him. He did let her put a fluoride paste on his teeth though, and then we were all done! We got the all clear to keep brushing twice a day with his big kid toothpaste and to keep avoiding juice for a while longer. So we got to watch the trucks at the construction site next door on our way out. I might be in trouble if they're all done with their job the next time he goes back!


I dropped off Zane and checked in on Caden, who was napping, so I went back home to meet the shades installer and work from home. A couple hours later, I got called back to pick up Caden because he had a fever. Boo :(


He spent some time in the Moby, which we hadn't been doing much of lately, and took Molly for a few long walks to help cool him off a bit:


Caden had to stay home the rest of the week, but his fever ended on Thursday. He did manage to stay ticklish and giggly, even with a viral fever. He got to stay with a back up care nanny on Friday for the first time. They did really well together, and Caden got to read lots of books with her.

Thankfully Caden was feeling better again by the weekend because Zane kept telling him that Tal was coming to visit! We got to hang out with Tal while he was in town, and Zane really liked being one of the boys:


Then Zane and Caden "helped" me do some touch up painting at the old house... that didn't go so smoothly, but we managed to get the front porch looking good before they both had a big melt down - Caden because he was tired and we kept toting him around and Zane because he got in trouble for bolting down the sidewalk and not stopping or coming back when I asked him to. Zane has definitely gotten faster and more fearless!


The other highlights of the weekend were Zane holding Caden all by himself, and Caden trying out his first veggie - carrots! He made a funny face again the first few bites, but then happily finished the rest of the jar:








Then I had to take a picture of Zane eating his applesauce snack because I was taking too many pictures of Caden eating!


And here's Caden doing his favorite new trick, which is pretty messy when you're eating puréed carrots, blowing raspberries! He started the week before, but was doing it a lot throughout this week: