Dancing Man...

Poor Gavin.  I am back on the fence about the cold vs allergies today.  Yes, he had a fever...but only once.  Yes, his eyes are filled with mucous and very watery... but he isn't congested in his nose or chest.  I don't know what to think.  What I do know?  He looks awful.  Red under the eyes - red inside the eyes - and just... blah.  I kept him home from school - and tomorrow we will go to the dental appointment at the hospital (thank God they said it's still okay to come!) - and I guess I'll just play it by ear after that.  A bath today helped wash a lot of the eye mucous away, but it just keeps multiplying.  Brian's cold started the same way, which is why I'm still unsure.  Maybe Gavin has a true cold lurking around the corner.

This morning, while I paid some bills, I put a CD on for Gavin. Once the music came on, I watched with an open mouth and wide eyes while Gavin - for the first time EVER - started dancing!!  By himself!!  Check out these adorable videos...

Music has always made him so happy.  It's been the one thing that has consistently calmed him down, soothed him to sleep (sometimes), and made him so, so happy.  I love to think that he gets his love of music from me.  Lord knows he doesn't get his flexibility from either of us!

And Brian.  I love to think he gets his theatrics and humor from me.

Since I have two boys, I often wonder what my little daughter would have been like.

I suppose I'll never know.  But today, when I held up a photo  that I discovered among the mementos we packed from Granny's house (one I have NEVER seen before yesterday!) and asked Brian, "Who's this?"

He said, "Darcy!" without skipping a beat.  

My heart skipped the beat instead.

I love my sweet boy and my little dancing man.

Week-Ending...

The weekend started off well!  I spent all Friday with my Mom and my sister, Meg.  We're slowly moving my Mom into her new home, so there was a lot of carrying boxes, unpacking boxes, finding new homes for the contents of boxes, laughing and reminiscing.  We accomplished a lot on Friday - but there was still much to do.  I came home with matching straw hats for the boys from Granny's recent trip to Disney World with my brother and his family!

Saturday was the guys' turn.  My brother in law, Greg, drove down from New Hampshire with a trailer.  He, brother Tom...sister in law Jim...and Ed packed up furniture and refrigerators and more and delivered it to all of our homes.  Sister Bean got the legendary kitchen table and chairs, lucky me got the fancy dining room set, sister Meg got dressers and chairs... we are all so lucky!  And so is my Mom.  I love how we're all coming together to make this process easier... efficient... and, dare I say, kind of fun.  (And proof that having a lot of kids is generally a smart idea in times like this) Next week my brother Mike will be down to assist me and Bean with the GIANT yard sale.  Once it's over, everything left will be packed up in a truck and donated...and the house will officially be vacant.  Hard to believe.

While Ed was out on Saturday, the boys and I took a trip to Barnes & Noble.  They had advertised a "Leap Frog" event with fun activities and time for kids to interact with the Leap Frog Tag pen.  The reality was - we were the event.  Me, Gavin, Brian and a lovely woman with a terrible cold who had no idea what to do.

We got really bored, really fast.  But we lucked out - because the lovely lady got really bored, too.  So, off we went to read books.  Brian picked out books for Gavin...

...and Brian found a fun Star Wars game that he has been obsessed with since.

Unfortunately when we got home I noticed that Gavin was "off" and had watery eyes.  I thought for sure we had begun the usual allergy season we deal with every year.  But then he spiked a fever of 102.  Poor kid has the cold that has been making it's way through our house.  Brian...then me...then Ed...and now, Gavin.  It just figures that I was able to get him in to see a dentist at DuPont on Tuesday - an appointment that was NOT easy to get - and now he's sick.  I'm planning to hold my breath as I call tomorrow to see if they'll need to reschedule him due to his illness.  I will be SO bummed.

Fingers crossed!