Sick Baby

So Ellie came down with whatever I had the last week and a half. She's been sick now for 3 1/2 days and thus I've had little sleep and little time to do things such as blog. All in all, Eleanor seems to be a fairly good sick kid, she just fusses a lot more than normal and stays pretty much within reach of me at all times. I'm getting pretty tired of being quite so needed, but I guess there are many, many worse situations in life. :) Hopefully she'll be better in the next couple of days.

A couple of things happened of note over the weekend, however. First, Eleanor had her first feed herself meal. It went something like this:



She LOVED getting to feed herself. Then she went straight to the bathtub (which she also LOVES). And yes, I do realize that bananas are sticky and possibly could have fed her something else that would have cleaned up more easily, but I like to make things difficult. :) Since this incident Ellie has enjoyed eating rice crispies by herself, too. It is fascinating to watch her carefully pick up one at a time and try so hard to get it to her mouth! We're waiting on Cheerios for a while since they have wheat in them. I think I'll let her do the messy thing again this evening with sweet potatoes...

Secondly, Seth and I bought a vehical to replace his truck. We got a 1996 Jeep Cherokee that's a little beat up and very dirty, but has quite a lot of potential. Seth likes auto and mechanical projects, so he's set for quite a while now. I'm glad we now have one vehical with 4 wheel drive. We have several milestones to conquer before the Jeep will be family and highway ready, but the quest for a Jeep is now over. I'll get pics of it up here in a few days.