MY LITTLE MAN

(Ryder a couple of weeks ago right before getting his haircut) So Phil has been in New York City the last two weekends interviewing for summer internships. The first weekend was fine, but being almost 8 months pregnant and trying to be a fun and entertaining mom to a two-year-old was a little tiresome. So as you can imagine, I was very excited about my plans this weekend to head up to Tremonton after dropping Phil off at the airport. However, as fate would have it, the night before Phil left my jaw started hurting. Thinking I had some random tooth ache, I tried to ignore it and plowed through cub scouts and helping Phil get ready for his trip. As the pain intensified and spread I knew things weren't looking good. I went to bed early and woke up at 2 a.m. never really being able to fall asleep again because of the pain. I knew I had to get an antibiotic which = coming back home instead of going to my parents. So I went to the doctor. My ear didn't look that bad so she diagnosed me with a sinus infection. She prescribed me an antibiotic and asked if I wanted Loratab since I had told her Tylenol wasn't doing anything. Never really a fan of using narcotics, I said "nah, I'll tough it out until the antibiotic kicks in". Great, I got what I needed and I figured I could go to Tremonton after Ryder and I had a nap. But a slew of bad luck ensued. The pain worsened (which meant no nap for me) three pharmacy visits (I decided in the end I wasn't too good for the Loratab if I ever wanted to sleep), a dying cell phone and a snow storm I knew I needed to stay home. (I know what you're thinking, "a silly sinus infection". But I tell ya, I get these waves of pain that I'd easily rank an 8-9 on the frowny face pain scale. I mean I could still feel it as strong as ever on the Loratab people! I don't know if it's because I'm pregnant or what, but it's weird, painfully weird. Any of you ever experienced a rather painful sinus infection?) Being sleep deprived and pregnant and in pain, my cute little boy saw me cry way more than he ought to have yesterday. But I am so grateful for his sweetness this weekend. We have obviously been very laid back, but he has been on his best behavior. And that in addition to his little acts of sensitivity have broken my heart over and over. My favorites: -waking me up by crawling on my bed and saying, "mommy? Hug?" followed by a much needed round of hugs and kisses -asking for "kayafus issook? kayafus issook?" (Christmas music?) while we ate our mac and cheese for dinner -holding my face and patting my cheeks with both little hands while asking "mommy, awight? mommy awaight? (Mommy, alright?) Today has been a much better day. Ryder and I have had quite a bit of fun not leaving the house and doing whatever we wanted all day and I'd like to think I'm feeling a little bit better. I'd even go as far as to say with everything that happened, this weekend (excluding yesterday) was still better than last.