Sick, Happy Baby

Well, Brennan has been sick for about a week now - his longest yet. In the guesswork that is parenting, we think that he actually got a cold, but that he is also getting two teeth in and possibly working on his 1-year molars which exacerbates his already present runny/stuffy nose and cough. All in all it's been a tiring last week.

And yet, as evidenced by this picture, he's still a happy baby. Sick, but happy. When I'm sick, I'm miserable and probably not so fun to be around as I lay about in malaise. But here is this little 11-month-old, not even understanding what's happening to him completely, who's laughing and smiling and still playing with his toys. I think I can learn a lesson from this. I know I definitely appreciate the fact that he is not completely miserable. Even though the times when he's a real crank are hard, I know they won't last and the smiles will come out again.

By the way, this was taken moments before he barfed all over himself :0P

"Kissie" Brennan

Well, Brennan has become very affectionate. As his mom, I especially love this, but it's also cute to see him being affectionate with other people too. He's done this thing for awhile where he gives love to Snickers by putting his head down and almost laying it or lightly touching Snickers. Very cute! Well, then he did this to our friend's baby, Noah. That was the first time he did it to another person. He marked a milestone (at least I call it that) on Saturday when I asked him to "Give kisses to Daddy" and he did! His version, anyway. He put his head down and laid his face on Don. It was awesome because it means he understood what I asked. So now we realize he's giving "kisses" when he does this and showing outright affection. For those of you that don't know, Don takes care of our friends' little girl, Denali. Her and Brennan have become good friends. The following pictures show him being "kissie" with Denali. Gotta love it!

Buddies - Denali and Brennan playing together

"I'm going to give you kisses, Denali..." "Now don't roll over or anything!"
Denali gets mad love!