Careful what you wish for...

So I did say I didn't want too many more simply "relaxing days"... well that was immediately followed by a night of a fitful crying baby who was miserable and letting us know about it, no sleep until morning.... a trip to an urgent care after phone calls to our doctor and the less than comforting information that it is just a viral infection that we just have to wait to take it's course.

Greydon doesn't understand that the more he cries the more his throat is going to hurt, and when it hurts he cries more... it's pitiful.

It's not constant, it comes and goes. For much of the day, including while we were trying to explain to the urgent care doctor how miserable he has been, he has been in quiet a good mood. Smiling laughing playing... Last night was awful though.

The doc here prescribed some benadryl to help dry him out a little. It doesn't effect everyone the same, and in some babies can actually cause hyperactivity.... uhm... not for Greydon... He was a little glassy eyed and was strangely staring at the wall when Kristen laid him down tonight in his crib... If he was talking yet I'm pretty sure he'd have said... "Duuuuuuuuuuuude", "Aaaaaawesome" "woaaaaaaahhhhhh", or just chuckld under his breath.

Tonight my other nephew Jake came over to say hi. We had a great dinner with steaks on the grill and lots of good food. We lit a bonfire, set off a bunch of fireworks, played some catch, whacked golf balls into the woods, roasted some marshmellows, made s'mores, watched a movie.... and... I think that's about it.




Jake, Greydon and Zach

I love Greydon's face in this pic... you can just see him thinking......

On our way back from the urgent care facility I tried to get my sister to at least DRIVE by some sort of body of water... It's killing me that I've been back for a few days now and still haven't even seen a beach... I'm about ready to scream....

She had to get back to the house to get the grill going... so no drive-by lake viewing... Kristen tried to help by pointing out the rivers and marshes we were passing... which was sweet.... but not quite what I was hoping for...

I've developed some opinions that I have absolutely no place to share publicly... which is driving me crazy.... I don't think I can even expound, or allude... arrghh... the agony...

There was just a car alarm going off outside, so I walked around the house trying to find it... it was coming from outside, I went outside... apparently someone attached it to a bird that is living high up in a tree just outside of the yard... Seriously???!!.... how can something so loud and annoying and repetitive just be a bird... crazy.... luckily my mere powerful presence was enough to shut it up... I am sooo intimidating...