Happy Homecoming

I had a busy night at work last night (wednesday) and came home to a happy baby having a blast with his daddy. My favorite kind of morning! Charlie was playing his guitar (Hanukkah gift from me and Alex) and singing the "mommy song" which goes like this: "mommy, mommy, momma, mommy......" to the tune of twinkle twinkle little star. Melts my heart! He was also very excited about climbing on daddy who was all sweaty from running on the treadmill earlier in the morning. Apparently he doesn't mind the sweat!

I went running today in the snow which was fun. It was snowing, but there was no snow on the ground which was nice but it was still muddy and messy, and cold! It took three separate alarms to rouse me from my peaceful post-work slumber...yes three alarms, but I did get up! I ran seven miles and it was actually pretty nice and calm running amidst a winter storm, minus the two times that cars skidded out and I swore they would jump the curb and run me over on Kelley drive. The only bad part of the run was a goose that thought I ran too close to him (her?) and honked at me and chased me. It only really followed me a few feet but it felt like a mile or so! I run through packs of geese frequently on my runs, and although I'm not a huge fan of birds in general, I don't fear the geese too much. Until today. I worry that my dislike of birds will turn into a fear similar to my fear of clowns...very serious fear. Then I will have to find a goose free running route. Hmmm, maybe therapy will help me.

Anyway, I am off to California tomorrow for Grandma's funeral. Leaving my boys at home alone. Alex has a fun weekend lined up for he and Charlie, including lots of music playing on the guitar and piano, and some staying up later than usual. I will pretend I don't know anything and hope they have fun!

Charlie has turned into a little parrot who likes to say everything we say. It's amazing to see how his vocabulary has picked up so much in two weeks since his tubes! We went to the doctor's yesterday (Wednesday) for his "monthly check-up until his asthma is under control". He checked out well, we don't have to go back for 3 months at this point. Seems the increase in his steroid concentration has really made a difference. Once the warm weather hits, we may be able to get rid of some meds or go back down on the concentration of steroid. He lost 1 and 1/2 pounds in two weeks which I expected due to his refusal to eat anything for almost 5 days. He's still stocky and robust but is down to his weight that he was when he was 19 months old...30 pounds! Still heavy but the waist on his jeans are a little looser which has to be more comfortable for him! I'll miss him this weekend but look forward to having all of this funeral stuff behind me! Take care all.....